VSPN Korea esports stadium selects Genie comms

LaON’s Genie hybrid intercom system has been selected to provide converged wired and wireless communications for the VSPN Arena, an esports venue that opened last year in Seoul. The Client was looking for an efficient intercom system yet scalable while supporting the complex workflows and communication routings during the eGame show.

Headquartered in Shanghai, VSPN (Versus Programming Network) is one of Asia’s leading esports solutions provider. Last October, the company received a major round of funding from Tencent Holdings. VSPN Korea was founded in 2018, and provides esports, entertainment and on-air promotion content.

The Genie system was provided by Donghwa AV and installed by CJ Olive Networks, which designed the arena and integrated all equipment required for egame production and operation. It includes a Genie BS1000 base station, two GRP8 key panels, four GDP4 key panels, a Genie GLR4 line router, an RA100 remote antenna and eight BP850 wireless beltpacks.

“The hybrid Genie intercom can meet the client’s requirements without the need for a high-cost matrix system or separate wired and wireless base stations,” said Cindy Kim, R&D manager at LaON Technology. Genie is a full digital IP intercom solution that allows easy PoE (Power of Ethernet) connections. Genie’s new GLR4 line router supports flexible communication paths between the key panels and wireless beltpacks, and communications can be set or changed easily within the dedicated Genie Configuration Manager programme.”