AHADU TV

THE BRIEF: AHADU TV BROADCAST COMPLEX

C2S delivered a fully integrated broadcast TV Complex for Ahadu TV, in Washington, D.C. and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This turnkey solution covered every stage of a TV station, from acquisition to transmission, ensuring high reliability and resilience.
At its core, the system uses a Cinegy platform for ingest, media asset management, and playout, seamlessly integrated with Cinegy NRCS to manage content from ENG crews, studios, and external sources. High-speed centralized storage supports efficient editing and audio post-production workflows.

The facility includes two production studios equipped with Sony broadcast cameras, Birddog PTZ units, and a Ross Carbonite vision switcher, enabling daily live shows and post-produced content. C2S also installed and commissioned all video, audio, control, and network systems, along with advanced studio lighting grids, cyclorama, and green screen for versatile production environments.

THE SOLUTION

For Ahadu TV, C2S designed a complete workflow built on a single, integrated platform. Content from ENG crews, studios and external sources is ingested into Cinegy, organised through the Cinegy NRCS and archived with Cinegy Archive, before being played out to air. In the studios, six Sony HXC-FB80 camera chains and four BirdDog PTZ cameras feed a Ross Carbonite vision switcher, with Ross XPression graphics, a Ross Ultrix router and Ross openGear infrastructure handling signal processing. Audio is mixed on a Behringer X32 console, while Sennheiser wireless microphones, Clear-Com intercom and Autocue teleprompters support presenters and crew. Edit suites run Adobe Premiere, and AJA Ki Pro Rack units provide additional recording.

KEY EQUIPMENT

• Key Equipment:
• 6 x Sony HXC-FB80 Broadcast camera chains
• 4 x Birddog PTZ cameras
• Canon Broadcast lenses
• Eimage pedestals and tripods.
• Ross openGear Infrastructure
• Ross Ultrix Router
• Ross Video Carbonite vision Switcher
• Ross XPression  CG
• Cinegy Media Asset Management, ingest and playout
• Cinegy NRCS
• Cinegy archive
• Aja KiPro Rack
• Canara lighting
• Autocue teleprompter
• Clearcom intercom
• Sennheiser wireless microphones
• Behringer X32 Audio mixer
• Adobe Premiere