Case Study: AREC + Televic, the formula for every successful council

Dear ADENA Partners, in this case study, we review how Rochford Council in the UK successfully uses the AREC DS-4CU together with the Televic Confidea discussion system. Thanks to the efforts of our distributor, Tukans, and system integrator, Nuway, Rochford Council now embodies its “Simpler, clearer, faster” slogan in every council meeting, increasing transparency and improving public outreach. Learn more about how the systems work below and watch the system in action on the Council’s YouTube channel.

Rochford Council is a governmental institution responsible for district services and providing information for the Rochford district. This includes plans for local economic development, tourism, housing, jobs, and many other matters. The council’s workload necessitates frequent meetings and debates, which, until recently, were streamed with a single camera. 

While the streams did make the meetings publicly visible, they only conveyed the bare minimum. Important parts of the proceedings, such as computer-shared content and diagrams, could not be displayed, and it was not possible to focus on active speakers without manual control of the camera. Consequently, the council decided to look for a way to improve its streaming setup, and thanks to the efforts of our distributor, Tukans, and system integrator, Nuway, found that the AREC DS-4CU was exactly what they needed.

DS-4CU Speaker Tracking Station

The DS-4CU is a speaker-tracking station that supports up to four video sources connected by HDMI, VGA, or network. It is integrated with a variety of popular discussion systems on the market, including Audio-Technica, Shure, Bosch, Televic, and others. The station can select a customisable layout with multiple video sources, switch overlays and backgrounds, and control PTZ movement of each connected camera uniquely for every speaker in a fully automatic mode. The combination of these features allows Rochford Council to clearly display the current speaker, switch to opposite cameras to display councillors on the other side of the chambers, and show various computer content as part of the livestream. 

Televic Confidea

Our station is used together with the Televic Confidea, a bespoke and robust discussion system for councils. It ensures that every speaker is clearly heard and comes with a multitude of features tailored to council meetings, such as voting, RFID authentication, and more, which Rochford Council uses in every meeting.

The council has joined the long list of successful meeting transformation projects accomplished with AREC, and you can see the results on its YouTube channel. Is your council also looking for a solution to improve recording, streaming, and conferencing processes? Reach out to us at www.a-dena.com, and we will be happy to arrange a discussion to show why AREC is the right solution.

AREC DS-4CU and Bosch CCS-1000D webinar

Dear ADENA Partners, this June we are partnering with Varius Technologies from Kazakhstan to show you how you can enhance Bosch discussion systems with the AREC speaker tracking solution.

Our product, DS-4CU, is a 4-channel device that automatically moves camera presets, adds special effects, and changes how video sources are displayed according to the active speaker. We will show you how this works in English and Russian in two separate sessions taking place on the 18th of June. Make sure to sign up for the event and add it to your calendars through our website live streaming page. You can also sign up directly through the following links for specific languages:

English

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Push the button! AREC DS-4CU and Bosch CCS 1000D webinar

June 18, 2024, 09:00 - 09:30 CET

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Russian

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Нажми на кнопку и получишь результат! Вебинар AREC DS-4CU и Bosch CCS-1000D

June 18, 2024, 15:00 - 15:30 Almaty / 12:00 - 12:30 Moscow

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AREC and Dante in Universities, Companies, Courts, and more!

Dante, created by Audinate, is a network-based protocol for audio and video transmission. It has grown massively in popularity over the past years and has now become a leading standard in audio over ethernet transmission, adopted by hundreds of AV manufacturers.

Dante’s global popularity and ease of use make it an essential addition to AREC Media Stations. Its inclusion helps create even better AV systems for all sorts of projects by cutting installation times, reducing cabling work, and improving overall audio quality. Take, for example, a standard conference room.

With Dante, the connection between microphones and speakerphones on the conferencing table, wall speakers, other audio devices, and an AREC Media Station is accomplished with just a network cable. This reduces clutter, preserves audio quality, and makes it easy to change audio routing should the room configuration change. Furthermore, network connection makes it easier to position hardware far away from the room, leaving only the necessary devices inside.

And it is not just the conference rooms that can benefit. Consider a regular town hall.

Plenty of discussion systems that are commonly used in them work on Dante. They are the same discussion systems that are integrated with AREC for tracking. Take, for example, Televic Confidea. Each Confidea Flex G4 can be connected to a central unit, which can then be connected to AREC LS-110 for audio recording and to the DS-4CU for automatic speaker tracking, all of it by the network.

Likewise, in lecture halls, you can send audio from the ceiling and handheld microphones, combine it with captured cameras, and create engaging learning material. Dante will deliver the audio of your speakers in high quality, whereas the wireless nature of connection makes it possible for lecturers to focus on their task. To make this even more convenient for the user, consider using our IR and AI tracking cameras. They are designed to follow your speakers and active audience members, and work wirelessly, making an ideal pairing for Dante-enabled devices.

These are just some of the ways you can use Dante audio products with AREC. Would you like to know more about how you can use our products in your projects? Reach out to us at www.a-dena.com and we would be happy to discuss it with you!