PSP were pleased to collaborate with the New Zealand team to assist with all the technical AV aspects for their house during the Commonwealth Games 2022, which was hosted by the city of Birmingham. New Zealand House was where all team members, staff and families were able to relax and watch the games in comfort, when they were not competing or supporting live from the many locations across the city.
This job required a lot of logistical and technical planning. From cable routes and power to multiple streams, there were many site visits and lots of late-night calls to speak with the team in New Zealand.
The set up began with a complex design of the switching system using a black magic matrix, multi view 4 and multi view 16, all programmed in companion and controlled from just two iPads. In the house there were 16 sources comprising of 8 x Apple TV’s, 2 x graphics, 2 x VT playbacks, 1 x Zoom, 2 x camera feeds and 1 x Sky feed.
Any screen in any area of any room including the LED could show any source including a quad view of sources. Each signal carried the individual audio to each screen, meaning that any member in New Zealand House was able to choose what they watched, whether this be a certain event from the Commonwealth Games or news from back home in New Zealand.
This all ran from a central control room, with a PA set up in all rooms for any announcements that needed to be made or for music to be played. The iPads used for controlling the sources were also programmed to run Power Point content from the graphics machines to any or all the screens for any key messages or reminders.
All of this is powered by over 6km of cable that ran round the whole venue, over the roof, through windows, through purpose built branded truss frames all hidden away to make for an aesthetically pleasing and incredibly tidy set up.
You may find more information about this project here.
