The largest TV broadcaster in China is now also the country’s first to use Lawo’s flagship mc²96 Grand Production Console – part of China Central Television’s (CCTV) swift and ambitious uptake of 4K/UHD and IP operation. The audio console has been installed in CCTV’s No.8 Studio in Beijing by systems integrator, the NDT Group.
Begun in July 2018 with installation work starting in November, the project is now complete and marks the second of CCTV’s studios to be upgraded to 4K/UHD with IP technology. The mc²96 and two further Lawo mc² series consoles in No.8 Studio (aka the 800m² studio) follows three prior AoIP projects for China’s national state broadcaster undertaken by Lawo, perfectly demonstrating that the German technical pioneer’s AoIP solutions are proven, safe and stable on the most high-profile of international broadcasters’ stages.
“The renovation of CCTV’s 800m² Studio audio system was handled by our long-term partner NDT, and finished mid-Jan 2019,” says Lawo System...
