Ideal Systems Deliver Advanced Broadcast Facility for Collective Newsroom in India.
Ideal Broadcasting India Ltd., a leading broadcast systems integrator, has successfully completed a project to relocate, design and build a state-of-the-art broadcast and newsroom facility for Collective Newsroom at the Max House complex in New Delhi.
This landmark project marks a significant upgrade in the region’s media infrastructure, integrating cutting-edge newsroom technologies, IP-based connectivity, and a converged production environment aligned with global engineering standards.
Integrated Newsroom Backbone: At the core of the installation is the NxtEdition Integrated Newsroom System, powering 90 journalist workstations. This hybrid platform leverages cloud capabilities where most relevant, offering scalability to meet dynamic news agendas.
Designed as a story-centric production tool, NxtEdition streamlines planning, scripting, media management, and playout into a unified workflow, enhancing collaboration across television, radio, and digital teams. Automation features reduce repetitive tasks, empowering journalists to focus on creating accurate, engaging, and impactful content.
Studio Complex; The production suite includes two fully equipped broadcast studios engineered for flexibility and efficiency:
Studio 1: A large-format studio with five cameras, BMD ATEM Vision Switcher, and Brio Audio Mixer, deal for live, high-production-value news.
Studio 2: A compact four-camera setup optimized for rapid-turnaround bulletins and digital-first workflows.
Both studios share a centralized control system with integrated monitoring, tally, and intercom infrastructure for concurrent operations.
Radio Facilities : Two independent Radio Control Rooms, powered by DHD Audio Consoles, connect seamlessly to a multi-guest radio studio. These spaces support standalone production or integrated workflows with television and digital teams.
Central Engineering Room (CER): The technical heart of the facility features:
Ross Ultrix Routing Switcher: A compact, format-agnostic platform combining routing, signal processing, switching and monitoring.
Ross OpenGear Signal Processing: A modular system supporting HDR, 12G SDI, and evolving broadcast standards.
RTS Talkback System with OMNEO Dante: Merging legacy intercom reliability with modern digital audio networking.
Disk Archive ALTO: A scalable, energy-efficient solution for long-term media storage.
Unified Dante™ Infrastructure: All studios and control rooms are interconnected via a Dante™ Audio Network, ensuring low-latency routing, high signal integrity, and seamless IP interoperability. This backbone simplifies maintenance and supports future scalability.
Additional Facilities:
Two Craft Editing Suites for advanced post-production
Social Media Control Room for real-time digital publishing and audience engagement
This end-to-end ecosystem enables efficient content creation, editing, and distribution across multiple platforms.
About Collective Newsroom
Collective Newsroom is an independent media company founded by four of the BBC’s most senior former journalists in India. Launched on 10 April 2024, it produces high-quality, multilingual news content for audiences in India and across the globe.
With a team of more than 250 journalists based in Delhi and several other cities, Collective Newsroom delivers trusted journalism in six Indian languages - Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu, as well as English.
As the exclusive content provider for the BBC’s Indian-language digital services and the BBC News India YouTube channel, Collective Newsroom creates news stories, videos, podcasts, and graphics that bring credible and diverse perspectives from across India to global audiences.
About Ideal Broadcasting India Ltd. (IBIL)
IBIL is part of Ideal Systems Group with 14 offices across Asia and the Middle East, Ideal Systems is the region’s largest broadcast and media systems integrator. Ideal Systems India specializes in turnkey solutions for television, radio, and digital media. With over two decades of experience, Ideal India has delivered complex integrations for DAZN, Times Network, TV18, Star Sports and regional broadcasters nationwide. Its expertise spans IP migration, newsroom automation, and post-production engineering.