Television Production Team Reaches Peak Performance with Flexible Intercoms

By optimizing the use of Clear-Com’s intercom systems, Punk’d has attained technology-led efficiencies and new capabilities that have promoted production excellence. The collaborative solution has simplified the communications infrastructure, given the team more alternatives to manage their productions, and allowed them to keep pace with their fast moving production environment.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CUSTOMER: Punk’d (MTV)

• Hidden camera reality television series 
• Millions of viewers 
• Los Angeles, California

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BUSINESS CHALLENGE 

• Enhance intelligibility and operational efficiency 
• Simplify technology management and expansion 
• Adapt to changing requirements, faster

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INTERCOM SOLUTION 

• Eclipse-PiCo digital matrix 
• Eclipse Configuration Software (ECS)
• 10 V-Series 12-lever key control panels
• MS-704 Encore partyline main station
• RS-603 Encore beltpacks
• 3 V3R-FX-Intercom Optocore interface 
• 3 X6R-FX-Intercom Optocore interface 
• TW-47 Radio/walkie-talkie interface 
• IMF-3 Interface frame

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BUSINESS RESULTS 

• Effective collaboration in real time 
• Increased readiness and significant cost savings 
• Improved agility across multiple work spaces

Read the full case study here: Television Production Team Reaches Peak Performance with Flexible Intercoms

Grace Family Church Preps for Multi-site Application

Photo Credit: mankinmedia.com

Grace Family Church turned to Mankin Media Systems to establish a video venue in its existing sanctuary as the church was preparing to conduct services at other campuses in the future. In addition to the video installation, some audio elements were also critical to the upgrade. The church installed Clear-Com's wireless intercom system to facilitate communications between the technical team.

Read more in Dawn Allcot's article in Sound and Communications: Video Plays Key Role 

Review of Clear-Com's CC-300 Headset

"If you have been a techie at a church for more then five minutes, you know that in a lot of ways the tech guy/team is the unsung hero of the weekend service. We are the Marines of the church world, the first ones in and the last ones out. In the same way, I think the intercom is the unsung hero of the tech equipment world. Let’s be honest, just the fact that you need/have an intercom separates production from PROduction," says Mark Hanna, Video Director at Hope Community Church. 



Read his article in Church Production to learn what makes the CC-300 headset such an outstanding product: Review of Clear-Com's CC-300 Headset