The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) was held in Ashgabat Olympic Complex, Turkmenistan, in September 2017. It was the first Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) games in a Central Asian country. The host city contract signing ceremony took place in Kuwait on December 19, 2010.
The Ashgabat Olympic Complex is a gigantic facility constructed by the Turkish construction company, Polimeks in the Turkmen capital,
Ashgabat, across an area of 1.466.400 m2, with all details thoroughly considered from A to Z, and can be conveniently accessed from each and every corner of the city by virtue of its location at the junction of four main arteries.
An International Broadcast Centre (IBC) is built at every olympic games as the media headquarters for local and international media. It is the central operational, production, technical and administrative base for the broadcast operations. This facility includes production and broadcasting facilities, technical rooms, main press center, rights holding broadcasters' areas, offices, restaurants, studios, conference rooms and information technologies center, etc...
AVITENG was asked to build a technologically demanding and future-proof production and broadcasting system as the industry standards for UHD, 4K and beyond were still absent; in fact SMPTE 2110 standard was not brought to the real world at that time.
AVITENG designed and built one of a kind system in the world with a 4K and IP based SDVN capable facility which was interconnected to all over the Ashgabat Olympic Complex venues and locations.
The construction of the project's technical areas have been completed according to AVITENG's consultancy and technical infrastructure comments (Raised Floor, Cable Tray, Lighting, HVAC etc.).
The deployed architecture allows either centralized or local control according to each particular need, with no hardware modifications required.
International Broadcast Centre (IBC) has the following technical locations;
| Equipment Used | Manufacturers |
|---|---|
| 40RU SDVN Video Service Routing Platform | EVERTZ EXE-VSR |
| 4K and HD Live Video Replay and Video Server | EVERTZ DREAMCATCHER |
| Multiviewer with 10GbE Interface | EVERTZ VIP |
| Master Control Console & Corporate Identity Graphics | EVERTZ EMC |
| SDN Orchestration and Control | EVERTZ MAGNUM |
| Video Router | EVERTZ EQX and EQT |
| Customizable User Interface / Widgets for Router, Multiviewer and Infrastructure Tools | EVERTZ VUE |
| 4K and 3G-SDI Glue Equipment | EVERTZ 7800 Series |
| Master SPGs and Change-over | EVERTZ 5601MSC and 5601ACO2 |
| Encoding, Playout, Multiplexing, Signal Splitter and Status Monitoring Controls | EVERTZ 3480 Platform |
| High Density Broadcast Processing Platform | EVERTZ EV80 |
| Radio Frequency Router | EVERTZ XRF6 |
| Radio Frequency & Fiber Transmitter and Receiver | EVERTZ |
| SNMP Alarm Monitoring with Graphical Mapping Support, Email Notifications & Module Configuration Application Software | EVERTZ VistaLINK |
| Shared Storage | HARMONIC MEDIA GRID Logo |
| Live Broadcast Graphics | ORAD HDVG 4 - 8K |
| Studio Cameras | SONY HDC-2500 |
| Production Switchers | SONY MVS-8000X |
| Broadcast Lenses | CANON HJ Series |
| Camera Support System | VINTEN |
| Teleprompter | AUTOSCRIPT |
| Digital Commentary System | AEQ OLYMPIA |
| Production Switchers | ROSS ACUITY 4K |
| Intercom Platform | RIEDEL ARTIST |
| Wired and Wireless Microphone Systems | SENNHEISER |
| Video Monitors | TVLOGIC |
| Audio Monitors | WOHLER |
| 4K Waveform Monitors | LEADER 5490 |
| 4K Up/Down Converter and Processor | AXON |
| MPEG Test, Analysis and Monitoring System | TEKTRONIX MTS4000 |
| Core & Edge Switcher | JUNIPER EX Series |
| Network Broadcast System | AVITENG |
| 4K Non-Linear Editing Station (NLE) | AVID Media Composer |
| Digital Mixing Console | STUDER VISTA |
| Digital Mixing Console | CALREC SUMMA |
| Radio Consoles | AXIA |
| Audio Monitors | GENELEC |
| Digital Audio Processing Unit | JUNGER AUDIO |
| Loudness Processing Unit | LINEAR ACOUSTIC |
| Suspension and Lighting | ARRI Lighting |
| Servers, Workstations and Client Computers | DELL |
| Smart PDUs and Reboot | TSL |
| NTP Master Clock Server | GORGY TIMING |
| Technical Furniture | LUND HALSEY |
| Encoder, Multiplexer and Receiver | ERICSSON |
| TWTAs | XICOM XTD |
| Antenna Systems | GD SATCOM |
| Modulators | NEWTEC |
| Spectrum Analyzer | ROHDE & SCHWARZ |
| KVM over IP | ATEN |
| Rack Cabinets | LANDE |
The EVERTZ EXE-VSR router was the core of the facility with 46Tb/s of switching capacity in 40RU. With 2304 10GbE ports, the EXE router provided unmatched flexibility and scalability for video transport over IP using SMPTE-2022-6 and non-blocking switch fabric support up to 13,800 uncompressed HD-SDI signals.
EVERTZ DreamCatcher IP-based production and replay servers were directly connected to the system over their 10GbE ports and they were the essential parts of the SDVN structure. They provided 4K zoom and Mosaic, as well as the standard expectations from the replay servers. DreamCatcher's rapid editing capabilities combined with enhanced production workflow allow replay operators to be true craftsmen in their profession. HARMONIC MediaGrid was an ideal fit for the systems's shared storage requirements.
The selected commentary platform was AEQ OLYMPIA thanks to its ability to cover large sports events (managing up to 5000 independent audio channels), its high reliability -featuring redundant options for each of its components- and its proven solvency in many similar events as demonstrated by AEQ references such as olympic events, football world and European cups, athletics world championships, etc. The complete system included 52 commentary positions, some of them deployed permanently in 10 fixed locations, while others were dynamically distributed among the rest of venues. These commentary positions were connected to 23 BC2000-D frames where the audio signals are concentrated, processed and distributed. Also, 40 AEQ Phoenix audio codecs were installed to transmit the commentary audio signals from the IBC to each broadcaster's central studio in Ashgabat during the competitions.
Designed & Developed by AVITENG Dev Team