❓ Hon Linda Savage asks about the Royalties for the Regions funded Berlin Philharmonic transmission equipment in regional arts venues, including costs, contractors, and future use. The Minister provides details on installation, costs, and future plans for simulcasts.
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I refer to the Royalties for the Regions funded transmission of the Berlin Philharmonic, announced by the Minister for Culture and the Arts, and I ask -
(1) Are the satellite dishes and decoder boxes which were installed at regional venues to receive/transmit the Berlin Philharmonic as a full high-definition arts experience a permanent installation at the regional arts venues?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) What was the cost for equipment and labour at each regional venue, and which companies/company were contracted to provide the equipment and labour?
(4) Apart from the Perth launch of the new Northbridge State Theatre Centre in late January 2011, what other planned use of this equipment at regional arts venues is planned for 2011?
(5) Can the Minister table the business case for the purchase of the original equipment?
(1) Are the satellite dishes and decoder boxes which were installed at regional venues to receive/transmit the Berlin Philharmonic as a full high-definition arts experience a permanent installation at the regional arts venues?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
(3) What was the cost for equipment and labour at each regional venue, and which companies/company were contracted to provide the equipment and labour?
(4) Apart from the Perth launch of the new Northbridge State Theatre Centre in late January 2011, what other planned use of this equipment at regional arts venues is planned for 2011?
(5) Can the Minister table the business case for the purchase of the original equipment?
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Answered
21 March 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
33 days
(1) Yes
(2) Not Applicable
(3) The cost per unit was averaged across all venues; being $6210.00 over 8 venues. This equates to $776.25 per venue for the supply of satellite dish and decoder installation.
Each site installation included an 85cm satellite dish, a mount to suite a tin or tile construction, Dual LNB, up to 50mtrs of cable, dual wall plate, FTA set top unit, smart card and connection to TV within 3mtrs of set top box.
For Albany there was an additional cost of $7,282.35 for the installation of fibre-optic patch leads, satellite signal conversion box (LNB to Ethernet), and streaming video box (Ethernet to HD Video).
The West Australian based company used to provide the overall technical installation was Broadcast Services Australia Limited - Communications and Technical Services (BSA).
Local regional contractors were employed by BSA to install the dishes and decoders in the regional venues:
Kimberley TV & Satellite Services - Broome;
Damien Milk - Karratha;
ML Communications - Geraldton;
Spencer Blake - Kalgoorlie and Merredin;
Esperance Communications - Esperance;
Michael Taylor - Albany, Bunbury.
(4) Due to the strong public response to the Berliner Philharmoniker simulcast, Perth Theatre Trust is working with the Department of Culture and the Arts to identify appropriate performances to broadcast in the future.
Black Swan State Theatre Company are also proposing to simulcast a performance of their production of A Mid Summer Nights Dream on 21 May 2011.
(5) The equipment was purchased through Royalties for Regions program funding and met the objectives of that funding program.
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(2) Not Applicable
(3) The cost per unit was averaged across all venues; being $6210.00 over 8 venues. This equates to $776.25 per venue for the supply of satellite dish and decoder installation.
Each site installation included an 85cm satellite dish, a mount to suite a tin or tile construction, Dual LNB, up to 50mtrs of cable, dual wall plate, FTA set top unit, smart card and connection to TV within 3mtrs of set top box.
For Albany there was an additional cost of $7,282.35 for the installation of fibre-optic patch leads, satellite signal conversion box (LNB to Ethernet), and streaming video box (Ethernet to HD Video).
The West Australian based company used to provide the overall technical installation was Broadcast Services Australia Limited - Communications and Technical Services (BSA).
Local regional contractors were employed by BSA to install the dishes and decoders in the regional venues:
Kimberley TV & Satellite Services - Broome;
Damien Milk - Karratha;
ML Communications - Geraldton;
Spencer Blake - Kalgoorlie and Merredin;
Esperance Communications - Esperance;
Michael Taylor - Albany, Bunbury.
(4) Due to the strong public response to the Berliner Philharmoniker simulcast, Perth Theatre Trust is working with the Department of Culture and the Arts to identify appropriate performances to broadcast in the future.
Black Swan State Theatre Company are also proposing to simulcast a performance of their production of A Mid Summer Nights Dream on 21 May 2011.
(5) The equipment was purchased through Royalties for Regions program funding and met the objectives of that funding program.
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