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17/07/2006

dB Broadcast commissions Jordan's first independent TV channel

One year after the first brick was laid, Cambridgeshire-based independent system integrator dB Broadcast has commissioned Jordan's first independent television station, ATV. Located in the heart of the capital Amman, ATV initially has one channel, on-air 24 hours a day, seven days a week, broadcasting a mixture of entertainment, and regional and international news.
According to dB Broadcast, the main contractor for the project, equipment suppliers such as ENPS, Leitch, Pebble Beach, MSA Focus, Ross and Pixel Power are currently on site carrying out final training, prior to the station going on-air before the end of the year. dB says that its personnel are also remaining on site until the end of the year to assist with training and to fine-tune the systems.
dB Broadcast, together with sub-contractor Electronic Media Systems (EMS), were responsible for the complete technical installation on this multi-million pounds project. These responsibilities included the newsroom, with 70 journalist workstations, the broadcast infrastructure, studios, control rooms, playout system, edit suites, graphics areas and satellite system. The company was also responsible for the design and installation of the IT and telecoms infrastructure within the building.
"We were responsible for liaising with the architects, builders, electromechanical and other contractors," said Tom Swan dB's director of sales and marketing. "Another major task," said Tom, "were the health and safety issues. In fact, David Bird, MD of dB Broadcast and manager of the project, estimates that some 50 per cent of his time on site was taken up with health and safety matters. He was able to draw on his CDM experience, having been responsible for health and safety for projects such as the refurbishment of TC10 at the BBC television Centre."
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