South Korea’s WOW TV has recently completed an important step in transition to a 12G-based UHD broadcast organization. To achieve this, they have installed Lawo AoIP equipment including two mc²56 MkIII production consoles, an A__UHD core platform and A__line Audio-over-IP Nodes. All this gear was provided by Lawo partner Dongyang Digital (DYD).

Control rooms A and B are each equipped with 32-fader mc²56 MkIII audio production consoles, which have native support for SMPTE 2110, AES67/RAVENNA and MADI audio streams. These consoles include audio-follows-video functionality, integrated 3D/immersive mixing tools, and parallel compression.

Lawo’s IP Easy functionality, based on the HOME management platform, ables automatic detection and quarantine routines in IP networks. Along with processing functions provided by the console’s own processing engine, Waves SuperRack SoundGrid integration provides operators with access to Waves’ plug-in selection of real-time signal processing — no additional screens or control devices required.

“The WOW TV channel broadcasts live for more than 16 hours daily, providing various economic, stock and business information. Because of this, the reliability and redundancy of all systems weighed heavily in our decision. We also performed a comparative review with products from various manufacturers, and Lawo’s mc²56 mixing console received high scores for excellent features such as LiveView, Automix, and its intuitive control surface layout. We chose Lawo products based on all of these factors.” These are the words of Jin Woo Lee, WOW TV’s Technical Director.