25 May 2010 – Nevion, a leading video transport solutions provider for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, was chosen by Mediateket AS – the Norwegian systems integrator dealing with video distribution for the Eurovision Song Contest – to provide NRK with a routing solution using a router from its VikinX Sublime range. Taking place in Oslo, Norway, the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) semi-finals will air on Tuesday 25 and Thursday 27 May, with the grand final on screens on Saturday 29 May.

 ~ video transport solutions provider also equips NRK studios for HD ~

Initially needing a new router for studios 5 and 6 in Oslo to help with the upgrading of its news and sports production to HD, NRK chose Mediateket AS to deliver a solution through a public tender. With the ESC approaching, they also needed a further two routers for the routing in the main control room in time for the contest, and chose Mediateket to provide a solution again and chose Nevion for this.

“We chose Nevion to help us provide a routing solution to NRK for both the studio and Eurovision Song Contest projects,” said Terje Togstad, systems builder, Mediateket AS. “We’ve already worked with Nevion in the past and their routers have been used elsewhere within NRK, so it was logical for us to use them again. The VikinX Sublime was the best router for the ESC project and it integrated smoothly with NRK’s control systems meaning they were able to re-use our existing control panels.”

Nevion provided two independent Nevion routers, the VikinX Sublime 64x64 – which covers signal formats from analogue video/audio to HDTV - for the ESC project, as well as the VikinX Modular 256x256 router for studios 5 and 6. The timeline for the integration of the routers was critical and Mediateket AS and Nevion were able to deliver them in time for the contest in May.

“Our existing relationship with NRK and Mediateket AS made the integration process very quick and efficient,” Everyone was pleased with the end results.” said Kjetil Bonde, vp sales, Nevion Europe. “We’re now the main supplier of routers to NRK as well as supplying them with Mediateket valgte å tilby Nevions modulære VikinX 21RU 256x256 til studio 5 og 6.Flashlink products.

About Mediateket AS

Mediateket’s primary activity is as systems integrator and consultant in conjunction with broadcast automation, fibre transport, video routing, editing, CG, graphic workstations and server/network solutions for distribution, editing and archiving of video. Mediateket’s foundation with practical experience in the television industry and good IT knowledge possess them with a special expertise in systems integration, software development, technical project management and operations/maintenance services.

About Nevion

Nevion is a video transport solution provider for broadcasters, telecommunications service providers and government entities worldwide. With the most flexible and scalable video processing and transport over any network, Nevion puts power, reliability and quality behind global media transport solutions. Its Ventura, Flashlink and VikinX product lines deliver the full range of content transport, signal processing, and routing solutions, with comprehensive system management and control. With the lowest carbon footprint in the industry, Nevion products are the greenest of their kind, reducing customers’ operational expenses and benefiting the environment. Nevion maintains its world headquarters in Sandefjord, Norway and U.S. headquarters in Oxnard, CA, with global offices in Singapore, Dubai, and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.nevion.com.