PBS member station WHYY-TV in Philadelphia has installed Broadcast Pix's Granite live video production systems in two control rooms.
A Granite 5000 was added to control room in its Content Production Center and another Granite 1000 is being used at the Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons, an 8,000-square-foot interactive learning environment.
The control rooms in both areas, along with various other systems within the Commons, were designed by RJC Designs, Inc., a Maryland-based technology consulting firm.
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"They give us plenty of bang for our buck and greatly reduced our equipment costs," noted Bill Weber, vice president and CTO for WHYY Public Media in a statement. "Plus, Granite is a very stable, high quality production switcher, and provides the tools we need for sophisticated live multi-camera video programs and event productions."
In the station's Content Production Center, WHYY produces a number of original programs, including First, a 30-minute newsmagazine.
"To leverage the capital investment in the space, we decided to take a unique approach to the design of our new HD control room," added Weber in a statement. "Instead of the traditional consoles, we installed a collection of ‘activity pods' that can be used together during a production or used independently for content creation when the studio is not in use.
Broadcast Pix Granite made the configuration possible because of its unique approach to file management."
