Riedel to Provide TETRA Communications for Eurovision Song Contest
For the 12th consecutive year, communications and signal distribution solutions from Riedel played an important role in the Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s longest-running international television song competition.
MediorNet, Riedel's real-time media network provided the redundant and decentralized signal routing and transport infrastructure from start to finish of the production that was broadcasted live from the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, that was held in Ukraine in May this year.
The Riedel network linked numerous other production components including critical control points for sound, lighting, and pyrotechnics. In all, more than 150 communication panels as well as 600 analog and digital TETRA radios were used for the show.
On this project, Riedel worked with partner TPO providing comprehensive IT infrastructure, included with switches, servers, and wireless access points to support about 3000 journalists in the press center.
The Eurovision Song Contest is the longest-running annual international TV song competition, held, primarily, among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union since 1956.
Picture: Courtesey of Riedel Communications
