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System Integration

Broadcast systems integration: rack pre-fabrication, loom wiring, fibre and SMPTE termination, technical furniture, testing and sign-off.

System integration is the physical build: installing, wiring, terminating, testing and commissioning a broadcast system so that it works as designed on the day it goes live. Intraframe's field engineers build galleries, studios, MCRs, equipment rooms, headends and outside broadcast vehicles, and integrate new equipment with the infrastructure already in a building. The work follows the design documentation, which is kept in step with what is actually installed.

Much of the build happens before anyone arrives on site. Racks are pre-fabricated and loom-wired off site where possible, so time on site is spent installing and connecting rather than dressing cable in a working building. That matters when a facility has a fixed launch date, when other trades are working in the same rooms, or when the build is inside an OB truck where space and access are tight.

Testing is part of integration rather than an afterthought. Circuits are tested and labelled against the cable schedule, equipment is asset-tagged and PAT tested, and the system goes through acceptance with the client's engineers before handover. Intraframe stays on site through testing, acceptance and handover, and trains operators and engineers on each area of the system.

How we deliver it

Our process

  1. Pre-fabrication and FAT

    Racks are built and loom-wired off site to the rack elevations and cable schedules, then checked in factory acceptance testing before they ship.

  2. Site installation

    Technical furniture is assembled, racks positioned, and technical power, network and containment installed, coordinated with other trades under the site CDM and health and safety arrangements.

  3. Wiring and termination

    Copper, fibre and SMPTE camera cables are run, terminated and labelled to the cable schedule, including tie-lines between technical areas.

  4. Configuration and commissioning

    Equipment is configured and integrated with existing systems, and signal paths, intercom, tally and control are checked from source to destination.

  5. Site acceptance testing

    The installed system is tested against the design with your engineers, and any snags are logged and closed before sign-off.

  6. Handover and training

    Handover brings together as-built drawings, the asset register and test records, alongside training for operators and engineers on each system area.

What you get

Key deliverables

  • Rack pre-fabrication and precision loom wiring
  • Fibre optic and SMPTE connector termination
  • Console and height-adjustable technical furniture build
  • Acceptance testing and sign-off
  • Technical power installation and certification
  • Network and AV infrastructure prefabrication, installation and certification
  • Equipment inventory, asset tagging and PAT testing
  • Site CDM and health and safety management
  • Integration of new systems with existing infrastructure
  • Operator and engineer training at handover
In practice

Related projects

StoneX's video studio, with a round glass presenter table in front of a wood-slat wall carrying the StoneX logo and a large screen reading StoneX Studios London.
StoneX Group Inc.

Intraframe assembled all the studio technical furniture, installed power and network cabling, completed the AV wiring within the furniture, asset-tagged the equipment, and stayed on site through testing, acceptance, handover and training.

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A row of open equipment racks in Virgin Media's Knowsley national headend, filled with headend equipment and neatly looped coax cabling.
Virgin Media / Telewest

Full system integration of the national headend in Knowsley and nine regional headends, covering the national delivery platform from source capture to RF combining, with technical power installed and certified.

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O21 Television's Unit 6 outside broadcast truck parked in a warehouse, surrounded by flight cases and cable drums.
Gearhouse Broadcast

Intraframe pre-fabricated and installed 20+ HD camera chains per truck (configurable up to 32) for Gearhouse Broadcast's O21 Television OB trucks, Units 6 and 7.

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Questions

System Integration: FAQ

Can you work in a facility that is still broadcasting?
Yes. Pre-fabricating racks off site reduces the time spent in operational areas, and work that touches live signal paths is scheduled into agreed maintenance windows. For Al Araby TV, an interim studio and gallery at Stockley Park kept operating while the permanent facility was built at Park Royal.
Do you only install systems you have designed?
No. Intraframe can build from its own design or from drawings supplied by a consultant or the client's engineering team. When working from third-party drawings, the cable schedules and rack elevations are reviewed before pre-fabrication starts, so queries are raised before any cable is cut.
What do we receive at handover?
A tested system, an equipment inventory with asset tags, PAT test records, certification for technical power and network infrastructure, updated drawings, and training on each system area. Intraframe engineers remain on site through acceptance so that snags are cleared before the project closes.

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