Aret Video and Audio Engineering

EXTRAORDINARY ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS

Italian company Aret Engineering is a globally active broadcast systems integrator with wide ranging experience in the provision of complex broadcast projects.

Established 40 years ago in Milan, Aret continues to deliver consistently highprofile turnkey projects to an international client base in Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, Africa and America.

Aret’s engineering expertise encompasses TV/ radio OB Vans, DSNG Vans, radio and TV production, post-production studios, news studios, production automation, master control rooms, tapeless workflows, storage and robotics.

Aret services, which are exclusively managed by Aret trained staff, include consultancy, architectural design, systems design, project management, coach building, systems integration, training and after sales support.

A History of Success Founded in 1976 to provide OB Vans and studios for RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Aret unfailingly demonstrates growth in its business and technical expertise. Thanks to the wide range and volume of projects successfully rolled out, Aret continues to retain the confidence of its customers worldwide. The drive for unceasing improvement prompted the creation of a ‘Learning Organisation’ within Aret which sets a benchmark for every project delivered and attempts to improve the next one. This is an Aret tradition.

Aret is justifiably proud of its success in the Middle East and Africa with more than 34 OB Vans delivered over the last 15 years, along with successful projects concluded in production studios, robotics studios, MCRs, MAM systems and conference rooms. These projects were delivered to broadcast clients in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrein, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Tunis, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa as well as private service companies.

Ethics Aret has built its market position through strong ethical values. Honesty and fairness is the beating heart of all Aret business practices – a position from which the customer receives impartial advice matching proposed solutions to budgets. With over 400 OB Vans, multiple TV studios and broadcast systems delivered

worldwide, Aret’s clients enjoy direct and consistent support.

Unique Approach to Systems Integration Aret’s unique approach to broadcast systems integration relies exclusively on Aret internal resources with fully trained, skilled and experienced staff covering all relevant subjects e.g. broadcast and RF, mechanics, air conditioning, hydraulics, power engineering and project management.

With its in-house coachwork department and many years of experience, Aret has developed a highly effective coach building technique specifically dedicated to OB Vans working in harsh weather environments. A formally appointed project management office, utilising the best practices in management acts as the customers’ ‘in house’ representative and thus responsible for smooth project roll out.

Every project is commissioned with a fully detailed check list, shared and agreed with the customer before the commissioning phase commences. The check list includes HW inventory and a detailed system performance check.

After delivery of a project with commissioning and training processes completed, Aret product specialists and project managers remain available as single points of contact to assist customers during their daily operation to guarantee the success of the project.

At Aret, commitment to customers is paramount.

400 Turnkey OB Vans Delivered Aret has one of the widest global experiences in this sector and understands the unique challenging nature of these projects. The company’s expert capabilities translates to powerful design, flexibility, reliability, space, ergonomics, heat dissipation and air conditioning to achieve success. Aret understands the customers’ need in a ‘Live’ situation!

All broadcast projects are designed and implemented with several redundant paths and all infrastructure around the system is carefully created to anticipate potential emergency situations and guarantee Live-On-Air event success.

Through Aret’s internal coachwork department, the company has developed unique coachbuilding techniques which deliver exemplary performance in: • Reliability. • Emergency operations.

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• Operation safety. • Robustness and flexibility. • Absence of rust and any kind of corrosion. • Waterproofing. • Space available inside. • Soundproofing. • Thermal insulation. • Damage prevention through human error while operating expansions. • Easy maintenance. • Spare parts availability. • Quality finish.

Aret OB Vans have an unmistakable style with standardised components that are simply the best suited for the purpose. All Aret designs have an unmistakable Italian style based on a careful choice of materials and use of the finest Italian craftsmanship to deliver unique bespoke products. • Broadcast system drawings. • Power, mechanics and hydraulics. • Air-conditioning drawings and schematics. • Broadcast equipment HW inventory. • Small parts inventory eg, lights, pistons, valves, filters, gaskets, etc. • Full software inventory. • All equipment configurations.

When a customer calls, ARET engineers are trained to give ready assistance on all items and technologies, to understanding where the problem lies and to provide workaround and permanent solutions to allowing the customer to return immediately to operations.

After this value-added performance, the final problem solution normally consists of a spare parts shipping.

Aret Care Programmes All customers who have sought turnkey system from Aret receive maximum care and immediate assistance to resolve issues in the event of a crisis. Beyond this Aret offers bespoke customer care programmes including periodic general check and ordinary maintenance, periodic performance checks, SLAs and spare parts packages.

Unique Project Capability ARET recently delivered large and outstanding turnkey studio projects which included two news studios including two production rooms, one teleport, two documentator rooms, two graphics rooms and 48 graphics and post-production rooms.

The project included over 100 rack cabinets and over 400 monitors, over 300Km of copper cables and 250 fibre optic links. The project involved over 100

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After-Sales Support With turnkey projects delivered throughout the world and with all components made in-house, Aret delivers comprehensive after sales support using stored strategic information for all projects including:

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staff and was delivered in five months.

The next project is the completion of a brand new 24hour news channel. This project includes two production rooms, playouts, teleport, edit rooms and graphics. Aret also oversaw broadcast infrastructure, design, project management and commissioning.

The Al-Rayyan OB Vans project was delivered to the Qatari broadcaster and consisted of a 14m HD OB trailer with double expansion sides, a support truck with a 70kVA diesel generator, an audio OB Van and a DSNG van. The OB Trailer is wired for 18 cameras and is equipped with two wireless cameras and two super slo-mo cameras that are served by an architecture of networked slow motion servers. A powerful audio mixer capable of 340 DSPs together with a powerful intercom system serves the audio section, while a fibre optic system supports the transit of signals to and from the OB Van.

A management and supervision system controls all the variables inside the OB Van for powerful, flexible operations. All project details are available upon request. CONTACT

Aret Video and Audio Engineering Via Papa Giovanni XXIII, 30 I-20080 Zibido S. Giacomo (MI) Italy Tel: +39 02 92270873

Fax: +39 02 92270882

Website: www.aret-engineering.com

Umberto Asti

umberto.asti@aret-engineering.com Mob: +393487308920