C à vous Studio
THE BRIEF
C à vous is a popular Live French TV show that airs 5 days a week at 7PM. The set is an informal Parisian loft where the presenter and guests discuss current affairs around a table while a chef prepares a meal for them.
In 2019, C2S were presented with the challenge of moving the whole C à vous production system across Paris to a new site. The timeline of only 6 weeks with zero flexibility of the ON-AIR date required careful planning and implementation.
8 x racks of equipment and a whole production control room was unassembled in 4 days and reinstalled with new cabling and significant equipment upgrades and additions over the next 4-5 weeks. Technical rehearsals assured any technical issues were resolved and the show began its new season successfully and critically, on time.
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In 2021, C2S were invited to replace the aging technical furniture with modern, attractive, and ergonomic consoles and upgrade the technical facilities, in part to accommodate a second live show, C dans l’air, airing an hour before C à vous and with just 5 minutes to handover production between shows. Again, the timeline only allowed around 6 weeks of site access with a deadline set in stone.
A significant upgrade was the replacement of a legacy router with a Ross 160 x160 Ultrix router and additional infrastructure. This meant a replacement of 90% of video cabling as well as MADI-DANTE interfacing and re-configuration of the routing control system. Additionally, extra cameras were deployed, EVS servers serviced or replaced, VOIP solutions added, and a Yamaha CL network replaced with Yamaha PM series consoles.
Once again, and during a partial lockdown due to the COVID pandemic, C2S completed the upgrade and reconfiguration on time and the 2 shows aired and continue to air, successfully.
SPECIFICATION
KEY EQUIPMENT
• GV Broadcast Cameras
• Canon Broadcast lenses
• Panasonic PTZ Cameras
• Ross robotic heads and Pedestals
• Ross Ultrix Router
• GV Infrastructure
• Sony MVS-8000X Vision Switcher
• Ross Expression CG
• EVS Video Servers
• Yamaha PM Series Networked Consoles
• Quicklink and Aviwest VOIP Contribution