RNE Spain Orders 15 NTP Technology 625 Digital Audio Routing Systems

"The existing installation at RNE Madrid is operated via an NTP 635-300 controller running a version 3.0 QNX-based core which offers main-and-redundant database support and fast TCP/IP control," details NTP Technology Sales Manager Mikael Vest. "The regional versions will be controlled in the same way and will provide full support for the NTP 715 multiplex consoles widely used by RNE. Each single-frame system is populated with 32 analogue transformer-coupled input and output channels and 32 AES/EBU channels with a 512 x 512 matrix."

NTP's 625 digital audio router is a modular system based on the 625-800 19 inch chassis which houses up to 18 plug-in modules configured as 5 RU high hot-swappable cards. Each chassis is scalable up to 2048 x 2048 crosspoints and can accommodate a redundant power supply and redundant frame controller. The supporting range of modules includes a sampling-rate converter, analogue I/O, AES/EBU I/O, microphone input, MADI interfaces, CPU/clock, QNX-based frame controller, optical interfaces and TDM interfaces. All I/O cards incorporate gain, filtering, summing, phase, delay, compressor/limiter, level detection and phase detection. VMC660 software controls the router system in terms of crosspoints, scheduling and signal surveillance.

Integrated into the state public broadcasting body RTVE (Radiotelevisión Española) in 1973, RNE is the Spanish state public radio service. The network consists of six channels:
* Radio Nacional, a general channel with a broad spectrum of mostly speech-based programming.
* Radio Clásica broadcasting concerts and classical music.
* Radio 3 focusing on pop, rock and folk music.
* Ràdio 4 delivering regional broadcasting in Catalan.
* Radio 5 Todo Noticias broadcasting 24-hour news.
* Radio Exterior de España, an international service on short wave with an audience of 80 million listeners. This station is also transmitted in DAB for Spain and by satellite.

RNE's output is also available online.

About NTP

Established in 1958, NTP is a major supplier of high-reliability audio routing systems for major international broadcasters. NTP products are integrated into television and radio stations as well as major production centres, post-production facilities and outside broadcast vehicles. Since 2003, NTP has been a member of the Dan Technologies A/S group which has more than 125 employees and is one of Scandinavia's largest suppliers of audio and video broadcast equipment.