Cable Channels
Black Entertainment Television Washington D.C.
BET Broadcast Television Center
This project, which was awarded a 1989 BME "Excellence in Engineering Award" consisted of extensive cost feasibility studies, full broadcast turnkey consulting, design, engineering, equipment supply and implementation services performed by CEI for complete construction of a new building and facility to house all BET broadcast operations and offices. Additional areas of CEI service included:
- Multiple satellite antenna uplink/downlink systems interfaced to a complete earth station computer control system
- HVAC, power, and grounding system design and specification
- Full technical area programming and space planning
- Detailed facility floor plans and layouts
- Specialized acoustic designs to compensate for high noise and vibration environment of facility located next to main AMTRAK rail lines and repair depot
- Multiple control rooms, studios and post-production facilities
- Full frequency coordination responsibilities
- Full equipment procurement services
- Building construction monitoring
- Installation and test of all broadcast technical systems
Additional Black Entertainment Television (BET) Projects:
- BET: 50 Foot Mobile Unit
- BET: ON Jazz Cable channel
- BET: SoundStage® Theme Restaurants
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Home Team Sports, Bethesda, MD
This project consisted of full broadcast turnkey consulting, design, engineering, equipment supply and implementation services performed by CEI for construction of a new facility housing all HTS broadcast operations and offices. About 20% of the equipment from the existing HTS facility was incorporated into the new location. Transition from the old to new plants was accomplished without interrupting program service. Additional areas of CEI service included:
- Full technical area programming and space planning
- Detailed facility floor plans and layouts
- Comprehensive Acoustic specification and designs
- HVAC, power, and grounding system design and specifications
- Automated On-Air Master Control System
- Digital Cassette Library Management System
- Two C and Ku band satellite antennas
- Complete earth station computer control system
- Four microwave links between various HTS Sports Facilities
- 6 fiber optic links between HTS and outside broadcast services
- Television studio with control rooms
- Multiple post-production facilities
- Full equipment procurement services
- Building construction monitoring
- Installation and test of all broadcast technical systems
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The Discovery Channel, Bethesda, Maryland
Over the years CEI has been contracted for numerous design, engineering and integration projects including:
Beijing, China
CEI was selected to design, fabricate, construct, install Audio Dubbing Rooms in Beijing for Discovery Communications, Inc. Among the areas of CEI service included:
- Custom Engineering
- Documentation Design
- Custom Room Acoustical Design
- Construction involving assembling, testing, disassembling packing/crating
- Installation involving unpacking, assembling, testing and phasing
- Training on CEI documentation and installation techniques
- Full equipment procurement management and logistics
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Deutsche Welle (German TV), Arlington, Virginia
This project consisted of full broadcast turnkey consulting, design, engineering, equipment supply and implementation services performed by CEI for transition of DW into new facilities located outside of Washington DC. Deutsche Welle (DW) consulted with CEI to expand into a larger, more capable technical facility. CEI was then selected to provide turnkey design and engineering services pertaining to:
- Electrical Power Specification for the technical plant
- HVAC Systems Specifications
- Acoustic design
- MATV system design (VHF, C/KU, & DBS)
- Feed Room (Receive/Transmission) design
- Studio Stage
- Video Control Room
- Post Production Edit Suite
- Announce Booth
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