PLAYBOX PLAYOUT
Playbox Neo has been deployed by vertically integrated distributor of Spanish and English language pay- TV channels in the US, Olympusat. Its expanding programming rights and global distribution provide an original content library from West Palm Beach, serving multiple time zones over the US and Latin America. It has 26 servers with the latest-generation channel-in-a-box handling playout of 30 Full HD channels.
“We can play one channel in real time while delaying it for playout in eight time zones – all from one UI and server,” said Olympusat operations manager, Michael Kohl. “We don’t send a separate feed to
the time-delay box. We dial the delays we want onto the server’s interface. The stream delay function is built-in. It’s an easy, practical way to handle large-scale playout across different time zones.”
THAI TV REIMAGINED
Amarin TV 34 added a new HD playout system from Imagine Communications to its Bangkok HQ. Based on the ADC automation and Nexio+ AMP media server, the asset allows better efficiency and reliability, integrating new playout and asset management systems with previous server and distribution architecture. Amarin TV 34, a terrestrial Thai digital TV channel, has been on air since 2012. When its playout system became obsolete, it looked for content management and delivery systems, identifying Imagine as offering the best solutions for its needs. “We had a clear idea of what we needed to achieve with a new playout
automation network for our affairs today, as we develop our workflows – and as a building block to a file-based future,” said Cheewapat Nathalang, CTO of Amarin TV. Central to the new system is Imagine’s ADC automation; software that integrates with the Nexio+ AMP channel playout servers and Nexio Motion asset management software.
STRENGTHENING YOUR CORE
Harmonic added a new CableOS cloud-native core platform; the Pebble-2 distributed access architecture (DAA). Pebble-2 provides cable operators with a foundation for Remote PHY, Remote MAC- PHY (R-MACPHY), DOCSIS 4.0 frequency division duplex and full duplex DOCSIS deployments, setting new standards for space, power and cooling efficiency. “Our Pebble-2 device features an agile, modular and unified design that supports multiple DAA deployment scenarios, providing operators with a solution for sustainable broadband service expansion,” said senior VP and GM, broadband business at Harmonic, Nimrod Ben-Natan. “In the race to 10G, Pebble-2 is a solution bringing unparalleled flexibility and power efficiency to operators, and offering a growth path for the future.”
METADATA MARVELS
Digital Nirvana is a provider of media monitoring and metadata generation services. It recently announced that its SaaS-based tool, MetadataIQ, supports Avid CTMS APIs. Now it can be used to extract metadata directly from Media Composer or MediaCentral Cloud UX – instead of connecting with Avid Interplay first. This new capability will in turn help broadcast networks, production houses, sports organisations, houses of worship and other Avid users that do not have Interplay in their environments to benefit from MetadataIQ.
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