References

Read selected references by customers who opted for the NEXUS STAR.
 

A NEXUS Galaxy: Two Stars and 23 Planets

Imagine if you will, a major broadcasting network, building a gigantic new HDTV production center in the Land of Limitless Opportunity. The broadcaster dislikes its name appearing in the technical press, so we’ll just call it The Center. The Center is very cautious about their technical systems, which must be as close to 100 per-cent failsafe as possible. The clear choice: A NEXUS audio network. more ...

In Constant Flux

The French broadcasting service Canal+ already knew about the exceptional reliability and flexibility of NEXUS. However, it was adaptability that tipped the balance for the audio router since the broadcasters were looking for a main control room that would be scalable. more ...

NEXUS STAR in Kuwait

Radio Kuwait was the first user of a big NEXUS system in the Middle East. A NEXUS STAR core system and 18 Base Devices form a star network with true optical redundancy and undertakes all the audio routing for the station.
Each of the six analogue and six digital control rooms has been equipped with a NEXUS Base Device used as local matrix and I/O interface to the main control room. The main control room houses the STAR router and a large Base Device providing many analogue I/O ports for hooking up sources from the — still analogue — environment. The network also includes the assigned audio-control room and a stage. A further Base Device is used for a transfer line to Kuwait TV. This installation emphasises the NEXUS’ ability to provide a branched audio-routing network.

Skiing World Cup 2003 in Sankt Moritz

St. Moritz, 1 February 2003.
A clear and frosty night. Down in the valley, the opening ceremony of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 has just begun. 10,000 enthusiastic spectators and the whole international TV community are there. Above, the heavens are welcoming a new constellation. The largest and highest audio and intercom network ever, with two NEXUS STARs. more...

SWR Stuttgart

STAR Quality

In the good old analog days, huge audio crossbars and patch bays dominated the switching room. Not anymore. Today, one German broadcaster demonstrates how an entire central audio switching system can be transferred to just two 19" racks — courtesy of a new STAR.

Stage Tec's new product came just in the nick of time for SWR Stuttgart, the second biggest member of the German broadcasting association ARD. It was while making plans for the new SWR system that Marc-Oliver Brehm learned about NEXUS-STAR. At the time, he was considering the use of a campus-wide MADI network and a large, central main switching room matrix for MADI signals. Though the new routing element of the NEXUS family was still only at the design stage then, its features matched the radio station's requirements, and it soon became clear that SWR would be the first NEXUS-STAR user. more ...