The challenge was to provide a cost-effective, long-lasting and safe technical solution for more integrated work desks for operators in TV and radio studios and program control room settings. The goal was to consolidate multiple keyboards into a single keyboard for each operator without limiting or slowing down full control of all data, sound and visual sources in an information-heavy and real time-based media environment. Advanced and customized speed-key functionalities were required for interfacing with current and anticipated industry-leading software applications, e.g. graphic inscriptions and pre-recorded voice messages.

WEYTEC’s fully integrated EK Keyboards permit a reduction from four different keyboards to a single one for each operator with unchanged high-speed access to each standard Bell Media workplace configuration 
(i.e. multiple monitors, up to four PCs, and a very extensive range of complex software-based applications). The relevant workplaces are found in sound-proof studio announcer booths and adjacent program control rooms.

Some of the main benefits of the WEYTEC solution include immediate hardware acquisition and maintenance cost savings, a de-cluttered and more functional workspace environment where every inch of space savings matters, and a significant reduction of potential operator errors as all control and command keystrokes are accessible from a single keyboard. In particular, this permits the studio announcer/reporter’s optimal focus on booth guests, audience interaction and real-time program execution.

The quick and easy installation was provided within three working days from the formal client purchase order. Since WEYTEC is a full-solution provider, i.e. developer, manufacturer and direct seller, including maintenance, Bell Media is ensured of an ongoing working and development dialogue as its keyboard features, data sources and software command and control requirements continue to evolve rapidly.