The FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup 2023 featured AEQ intercom systems and positions for commentators

The 19th Men's Basketball World Cup, organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) jointly in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia between August 25 and September 10, 2023, was powered by AEQ.

In collaboration with your local partner Cignal TV, Mediapro, as host broadcaster, selected the AEQ intercom system for all coordination including wireless beltpacks AEQ Xplorer, and commentator positions AEQ Olympia3 for the reporters displaced there.

AEQ CrossNET is a compact, one-rack-unit-high intercom matrix with basic IP connectivity based on Dante technology, compatible with the new AES 67 standard, which carries high-quality audio suitable for broadcast and AEQ TP8000 user panels.

It also has high-quality balanced analog audio inputs and outputs and includes support for previous Kroma IP panels and interfaces with telephone bandwidth compressed audio, and for Kroma panels with digital audio linking. Thanks to its scalability, from a 40 x 40 system to a 168 x168 system, AEQ Crossnet offers a wide type of external connections: analog, digital, AoIP Dante and low bit rate IP ports.

In this system architecture, the AEQ 8000 Series intercom panels have been designed to achieve the high level of audio quality, where the signal is digitized and processed at 24bits@48kHz. which gives a bandwidth of 20 Hz to 20 kHz and negligible distortion and noise levels. Audio is digitally processed on the TP8000 user panels to cancel acoustic echo and automatically level the voice power and speaking habits of each operator. The acoustics have been carefully studied to achieve the best intelligibility and naturalness of sound.

Lastly, the commentator unit AEQ Olympia 3 can work autonomously or connectable through 8 channel AoIP link, with Dante protocol in a scalable way, both integrated into the IP Intercom system and connected to the IP commentator system matrix for large events.

In addition, it has a complete stand-alone mono or stereo sound mixer with mixing, routing, tone control and dynamics. 3 commentary channels and a dual or stereo line input; allowing you to simultaneously listen to up to 8 remote and two local sources. It also offers dual power supply at 48V, DC, PoE+ and external source, as well as configuration and remote control by software.

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