Arizona Public Media upgrades existing Utah Scientific router to 3Gb/s
Jan 19, 2009 9:20 AM
At AZPM located on the campus of the University of Arizona, in Tucson, a UTAH-400 router and a Utah Scientific MC-2020 master control switcher support five broadcast streams of unique programming channels, plus local HD production and editing.
Arizona Public Media (AZPM), the nonprofit public media organization at the University of Arizona, recently upgraded its existing UTAH-400 router (manufactured and installed in 2003) to now be compatible with 3Gb/s HD signals. The router is now populated with 112 x 96 SD I/O, 24 x 24 HD I/O, with one HD and four SD signal-processing modules.
In late 2008, when AZPM needed to expand the HD portion of the router, the broadcaster anticipated local production's eventual transition to 1080p video and opted for 3Gb/s I/O cards to accommodate the format. Utah Scientific engineers swapped out the plug-in I/O cards for the new multirate 3Gb/s HD cards. No other modification to the UTAH-400 router was required.
AZPM includes PBS stations KUAT Channel 6 and KUAS Channel 27, as well as public radio, AZpublicmedia.org, and develops award-winning local television productions. Its facilities are on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson. At AZPM, the UTAH-400 router and a Utah Scientific MC-2020 master control switcher support five broadcast streams of unique programming channels, plus local HD production and editing.
The router AZPM purchased in 2003 was the second UTAH-400 ever delivered. Populated 64 x 64 SD, it was selected as part of AZPM’s conversion of master control to an all-digital operation, which was the first step in its overall digital conversion. The public broadcaster installed the MC-2020 SD for master control at the same time, with the aim of implementing a simplified, single-format master control workflow that would expand incrementally with the addition of inputs and outputs and MC-2020 processor frames.
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