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Riedel Communications Excels at the Asian Games 2010

To provide the infrastructure for venue communications, Riedel equipped the venues with a Performer digital partyline systems

Riedel Communications, one of the leading manufacturers of real-time networks for video, audio and intercom, installed a comprehensive communications system for the Asian Games in Guangzhou. Riedel provided the venue communication system as well as the intercom for the opening and closing ceremonies, combining wired and wireless technologies.

 The system for the ceremonies furnished an Artist digital matrix intercom system consisting of two mainframes connected via fiber, about 20 Artist 1000 series control panels and around 75 Performer digital partyline beltpacks.

 To provide the infrastructure for venue communications, Riedel equipped the venues with a Performer digital partyline systems offering a versatile and easy to use communications system with high quality digital audio and more than 600 beltpacks.

Riedel Communications also handled the installation of the analog radio network that was also integrated into the wired intercom infrastructure via RiFace interfaces. The radio network that covered the whole venue during the opening and closing ceremonies consisted of 16 semi-duplex channels for 720 conventional Motorola radios. Five FM-transmitters were used to address the 8,000 radio receivers at the events.

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Furthermore a Riedel RockNet installation provided the routing of the audio at the opening and closing ceremonies over the fiber infrastructure of the event. Ten RockNet 300 input and output modules each offered the needed connections for the events. To bridge the large distances four RockNet fiber converters were used.

About Riedel

Riedel Communications designs, manufactures and distributes the most pioneering real-time networks for video, audio and communications for broadcast, pro-audio, event, sports, theatre and security applications worldwide. The products reflect today’s leading-edge technologies that translate tomorrow's demands into today's solutions. The Riedel group of companies also includes a European based large rental operation that provides radio and intercom services, event IT solutions as well as fiber-based and wireless audio & video transmission systems for large scale events such as the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup. The Company was founded in 1987 and today employs over 250 people located within 9 locations in Europe, Australia, Asia and North America.

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