Radio France Builds New Master Control Room Around Custom Routing Software From NETIA

NETIA Software Sits at Heart of Audio Flows to Enable Fast, Easy Routing of Signals Throughout Radio France Headquarters.

CLARET, France - Feb. 9, 2007 - NETIA today announced that its MANREO ^TM range of content management software is being used by Radio France to control all internal audio flows among its studios and to enable simultaneous mixing from workstations in different studios. The custom solution delivered by NETIA is a MANREO ^TM -derived, IP-based redundant control system for the Lawo Nova 73 audio routing matrix. The system was taken live in August 2006 as part of a master control room at La Maison de Radio France, the Radio France headquarters in Paris.

" We rely on NETIA's Radio-Assist for all of our sound production tools, and for this master control project, the company demonstrated its ability to meet our needs for IP-based signal-routing software as well," said Jean-Marc de Felice, Head of Technical Resources at Radio France. " The resulting system allows us to access audio more quickly and easily, with much greater flexibility in routing signals where they are needed. The NETIA routing system gives us the ability to link equipment located all over the facility and has allowed us to free up space for other projects at La Maison de Radio France."

Radio France operates 47 local radio stations and six national networks. The NETIA solution is installed within the new NODAL master control room at La Maison de Radio France to ensure secure transmission of audio throughout the facility. The system previously in use was an aging, highly centralized solution that limited access to routing by all Radio France stations.

The new NETIA software sits at the heart of operations at Radio France. The system controls 1120 by 1136 crosspoints in handling all of the signals that enter and leave the facility, including incoming signals from ENG and SNG, transmissions to the radio transmitter for FM and AM networks, and routing of feeds from one studio to another. Staff members at the Radio France facility now have the ability to use the single NETIA interface to get an overview of all routing possibilities. The system operates on a 24/7 basis in a redundant configuration that supports uninterrupted production and transmission of radio broadcasts.