Tinopolis Cymru’s facility at Llanelli was first converted from a Supermarket in 1999 to serve our long standing program Heno. Over the years the facility has undertaken further developments to a point where there are now 3 TV studios, extensive postproduction and live broadcast capabilities, multiple SNG (Satellite News Gathering) vehicles and several methods of accepting line and satellite delivery of material for our many live and post produced programs.

  • Studios

    Studio A

    Studio A

    is currently in use for Pnawn Da and Heno every weekday, but arrangements can be made on weekends to make use of the new Leyard 164” full HD videowalls as well as the system cameras and lighting on other productions.

    Dimensions approx. 13.5m x 18m x 5m high

    • 6 SMPTE-311m tie lines for studio cameras
    • LAN/WAN connectivity
    • Extensive HD-SDI video destinations and sources
    • Dante audio tielines (Fiber and Cat 6)
    • 2 x Leyard TVF 164 LED Videowall (164 inch diagonally 16:9 full HD 1.89mm dot pitch)
    • New 2024 Lighting gantry with variety of lights
    • 60 DMX dimmable lighting channels
    Studio B

    Studio B

    is our larger, utility studio and can house large sets, as well as audience seating.

    Dimensions approx. 15m x 29m x 5m high

    • 12 SMPTE-311m tielines for studio cameras
    • LAN/WAN connectivity
    • 12 HD SDI matrix destinations
    • 64 DMX dimmable lighting channels
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    Studio C

    This is our multi-functional space that doubles as a fully operational studio and a creative media hub.

    Dimensions approx. 14.5m x 17m x 3.2m high

    • 4 x SMPTE-311m tielines for Studio Cameras
    • LAN/WAN connectivity
    • 4 x HD-SDI Matrix destinations
    • Pal and SDI cabling available to our CAR for ad-hoc expansion
    • 48 DMX dimmable lighting channels

     

    Can be utilised for simple sets and productions. 

  • Equipment

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    Studio Equipment

    All three of our studios are directly connected to our CAR and can make use of all the equipment listed below. More available on hire. 

    • 5 x Sony HDC-3200 Studio Cameras, HDCU-3100 CCU (Camera Control Unit), RCP-3500
      • 4 x Vinten Quartz Camera Pedestals
      • 3 x cams have Autoscript monitors driven by a system housed in the HD Gallery
    • 3 x Ereca Cam Racers for our Sony Z-750 cameras with RCP-3500 control
    • 16 Wisycom and Sennheiser radio mic channels
    • 4 IEM transmitter channels and receivers (more channels available on demand)
    • SSL Stage Boxes 
      • 32 x 16 analog + 8/8 AES3
      • 8 x 8 analog
      • Others available on demand
    • Grand MA-3 lite lighting console
    • Grand MA-3 Compact-XT
    • Variety of in-house tungsten and LED as well as hireable lighting fixtures
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    Central Apparatus Room (CAR) Equipment

    Our baseband capabilities go far beyond the equipment listed below, but here are the headlines of our baseband facilities.

    • 288x288 3G Matrix Router
    • Ross Carbonite 3ME + 4MinME Vision mixer
      • Ross TD3S Touchdrive Vision mixer panel
    • 2 x EVS XT-GO 8 Channel servers
      • 3 x LSM-VIA controllers and workstations
      • 2 x IPD workstations
        • BE-PLAY controller
    • Ross Xpression 10.5 Software 
      • 3 x HD-SDI CG outputs
    • V-Mix available for CG or other use
      • Replay controller available
      • X-Keys and Elgatoo Streamdeck
    • 7 x Ericsson RX8200 IRD
      • ETL L-Band Matrix 16x16
      • 8 x KU Band Dishes (from 2.4m to 3.6m) with PLL LNBs
      • 2 x Steerable 3m KU Band dishes with visibility between 30o East to 30o West
    • Dejero Waypoint 104 Server
      • 4 baseband output – can receive 4 simultaneous feeds from Dejero Encoders
    • Dejero Cuepoint Server
      • 2 x WebRTC return feeds
    • Nimbra 680 on Arqiva’s S4C \ BBC CSq Network
      • J2K 180Mbps link to and from:
        • Rondo (Caernarfon)
        • Gorilla (Cardiff Bay)
        • 2 x BBC CSQ
          • Ability to book lines to and from BT Tower through BBC
    • Extensive glue, proc amps ROI Synchronisers etc.
    • Comprehensive monitoring capabilities
    Edit suite
    Edit suite 2
    Edit keyboard
    Edit screens

    Post Production

    Our Post Production facilities can cater for any of the mainstream editing platforms and process almost any media for delivery/edit or viewing. Equipment list below: 

    • 2 x Avid Nexis E4 with dual controllers
      • 120TB
      • 140TB
    • Avid Nexis PRO
      • 40TB
    • Truenas Nearline System
      • 80TB
    • Avid Interplay engine
    • Avid Media Indexer
    • Avid Mediacentral Cloud UX
      • 5 x Adobe Premiere connecter panel licenses
    • Telestream Vidchecker with 4 processor engines
    • Telestream/Root6 Content Agent
      • Card Agent
      • Meta Agent
      • 1 x Job Agent (4 concurrent processes)
    • XEN-DATA/NLTek archive/Restore system for LTO generations 5 7 LTFS archive and restore capability
    • 4 x Avid Qualified HP Z4 ingest workstations
      • AJA Baseband IO
      • 10GbE Connectivity
    • 10 x Avid Qualified HP Z4 Edit Workstations
      • Dual 1GbE connected
      • AJA Baseband I/O
      • Avid Media composer Ultimate 
      • Adobe Premiere Pro
      • Avid Symphony
    • 3 x Avid Qualified HP Z2 Edit Workstations
      • Dual 1GbE connected
      • Adobe Premiere 
    • 3 x Boston Computers Supermicro
      • 32 core – 64 thread AMD Threadripper Pro
      • 128GB DDR4
      • Nvidia A4000 16GB GFX Card
      • Amulet 4 display port Zero Client card and receiver
    • 6 x Offline/online Edit suites
      • Sony PVM-X1800 Monitor
      • Audio monitoring
    • 2 x Online Edit suites
      • Sony PVM-X2400 Monitor
      • Audio Monitoring
      • Blackmagic Resolve Studio 19
      • Blackmagic Resolve Mini Panel
      • Tangent Elements
    • 1 x QC Suite
      • Avid Qualified HP Z4 Workstation
      • Sony PVM-X2400 Monitor
      • Telestream Switch 5 Pro
      • Tektronix Rasteriser
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    Audio Postproduction

    Our audio post facility consists of 3 x Avid Protools Suites based around MTRX Studio, 2 of which are 5.1 capable. All have independent voice over booths attached. Capable of all audio post from Cartoons to high end Drama productions. Equipment list below: 

    • 3 Dubbing Suites complete with individual VO booths
        • Dub 1 Avid ProTools HDX 1
        • Mac Mini
        • 2 x Avid S1 + Avid Dock
        • MTRX Studio
        • Genelec Stereo Monitoring
        • Redundant 1GbE Dante connectivity
      • Dub 2 Avid ProTools HDX 2
        • Mac Studio
        • Digidesign 32 Fader D-Control
        • MTRX Studio
        • Genelec 5.1 Monitoring
        • Redundant 1GbE Dante connectivity
      • Dub 3 Avid ProTools HDX 2
        • Mac Pro
        • Avid 32 Fader S4
        • MTRX Studio
        • Genelec 5.1 Monitoring
        • Redundant 1GbE Dante connectivity
    Mics

    Commentary

    Our commentary booth has ample space for 4 commentators + A.P and mainly serves our live and pre-recorded sports coverage.  

    • 4 x Glensound Inferno commentator boxes
    • SSL 8 x 8 Dante Stage Box
    • 4 x Coles 4104 Lip mics
    • 4 x Audio Technica BPHS1 Headsets
    • 2 x 48” Vision Monitors
    • Redundant 1GbE Dante connectivity
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    Location Audio Equipment

    We have 4 fully loaded ENG Sound kits that facilitate everything from our daily magazine shows, documentaries and live location work.

    • 2 X Sound Devices Scorpio Location Mixers
    • Sound Devices 888 Location Mixer
    • Sound Devices 688 Location Mixer
    • SQN 5S Location Mixer
    • 16 Channels of Wisycom radio mics
    • 4 Channels of IEM
    • 8 x Ambient Lockit timecode boxes
    Talkback system

    Facility Talkback

    Our Talkback system is based around a 128 Port RTS Odin Matrix that is tied in to our Dante network. The system is mainly used to facilitate our daily live programs along with broadcasts such as S4Cs coverage of the Tour de France. We have the ability to have remote panels using our RVON licenses, and along with the agents IC mobile app we have a tried and tested talkback solution that we can deploy anywhere in the world.

    • RTS ODIN 128 Port
    • 16 x RTS RVON Licences (Remote panels)
    • 5 x Comrex Bric Link codecs
    • 2 x 8 Port Clear-Com LQ-RW8 Fully Licenced
    • 4 x TBU
    • 2 x ISDN (until Q4 2024)
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    SNG Equipment

    We have 2 SNG Trucks which mainly serve our contribution requirements into the daily programs for S4C. OS 1 is a bonded cellular and Starlink truck and OS 2 is a 1 + 1 KU Band truck.

    OS 1

    • Single operator compact vehicle – Mercedes Citan
    • Battery powered with 16A inlet for shore/generator power
    • Dejero Engo encoder
      • 6 Sim Cellular bonded
      • 2 x ethernet ports for other connectivity to 5G and Starlink
      • Vehicle mount kit with high gain external antennae
    • Starlink Business Mobility
      • High performance wedge antenna array
    • Dual Sim 5G Teltonika WAN Router
    • BMD ATEM 2 ME Constellation HD
    • 3 x Baseband Monitors
    • DTC Radiocam PRORXD 4 way diversity receiver with single SOL7OBTX V-Lok camera unit
      • Remotable antennae
    • Comrex Bric Link 2
    • Single channel Duplex Radio Talkback
    • Dell Network infrastructure

     

    OS 2 - UKI1946

    • Medium wheelbase Sprinter with 4 operational positions
    • Fischer-Panda 12KVA Generator / external 16A+32A inlets
    • 1+1 KU Band truck
      • Advent NewSwift 1.5m KU Band reflector
      • SMW PLL KU-Band LNB
      • Dual 180W SpacePath TWTA Upconverter and HPA
    • Dual Ericsson AVP3000 Encoder modulators
      • ce-x h.264 4:2:0 HD-SDI Encoder
      • 8PSK DVB-S2 Modulation
    • 1 x Ericsson RX8200 IRD
    • Blackmagic Video Hub 40x40
    • Blackmagic Atem 2ME 4K Production Studio
    • Blackmagic 1ME 10 button Vision Mixer panel (Gen 1)
    • Skaarhoj AirFly Pro NKK controller
    • 3 x Ereca Cam-Racer (over SMPTE)
    • 3 x Sony RCP-3500
    • Trilogy Gemini Comms
    • Comrex Bric Link 2 4Wire comms
    • Starlink Business Mobility Antenna array
    • Dual Sim Teltonika RUTX50 5G router
      • External 6dBi 2x2 Antenna
    • Dejero Engo optional
      • 6 x bonded sims
      • 2 x Ethernet inputs (Starlink and 5G)
    • Dell Network infrastructure

     

    Flyaway Kit

    • Dejero Encoder
    • Field deployable internet distribution unit
      • V-Lok battery power
      • USB Charging
      • Teltonika dual Sim 5G WAN Router
        • High Gain 4 x 4 mimo Antenna with external Wi-Fi antennae
        • Remote management system
      • 1 WAN RJ45 Port
      • 3 x LAN RJ45 Ports
    • 3 x Samsung A53 5G Mobile phones
      • Clearcom Agent IC app for comms