automation & asset management feature
Dunya News. The automation quality controlled items to be kept The ability to scale systems as a
integrates to a range of devices to separate, with the playout storage broadcaster’s business grows is a key
support Dunya’s dynamic browse and holding only QC passed material ready requirement for modern playout and
edit workflows. for the transmission playlists. Driven by media management systems. During
Neptune controls IPV Spectreview entries in the Neptune SQL database 2008 Pebble Beach worked with many
encoders to produce low resolution that define the content status according customers who invested in NeptuneThe use of
browse clips in real time as content is to the operational requirements of several years ago but who have now
high
also recorded into a dedicated Omneon Phoenix TV, Anchor uses its intelligent launched new services. An example of
performance
ingest video server. The low resolution mover lists to move and track all media this is CME which owns and operates a
proxy copies can be viewed during through the system.
generic IT
number of playout centres across
recording on Pebble Beach’s own cuts- Neptune’s ability to integrate with
storage,
central and Eastern Europe. CME added
only editing application, Razorfish, for large archive systems and tape libraries lower cost new channels and introduced HD
editorial review and quality control has made it a suitable choice for large services across Europe. As a result it
encoding
purposes. ‘Cuts only’ edit decision lists ingest projects. The British Board of needed to expand its Pebble Beach
systems and
produced using Razorfish can either be Film Classification, the body responsible control systems while remaining on air.
rendered as new media directly on the for classifying movies in the UK, has a
single
The modularity and scalability of
Omneon server or sent to an Apple legal obligation to retain file copies of
channel
Neptune allows customers to build
Xsan which hosts a collaborative editing all the material that has been certified
‘boxed’
onto existing systems with the
environment of 10 Final Cut Pro editors. in its library which, by 2008, had grown freedom to choose appropriatesystems is
Additionally, the newsroom workflow is to over 200,000 tapes. To overcome underlying technology to suit each new
growing and
driven through a fast dynamic growing problems with degrading channel’s specific requirements for on
the need to
connection using the MOS protocol to tapes and failing VTRs it invested in a air presentation and redundancy.
an ENPS newsroom system. Neptune system to digitise its library
join up such
Customers are able to make decisions
A similar workflow to Dunya was and to provide control of Digital Rapids
technology
concerning the most appropriate
adopted for Sporto Komunikacijos in encoders using its device specific API. alongside technologies at the time expansion is
Lithuania. The sports marketing agency The Digital Rapids dual encoders are set required without having necessarily to
existing
needed an automation system to play to create MPEG and WM9 versions of continue to use the devices originally
broadcast
out its new sports channel - Sport 1, each tape in real time with the selected when the system was first
the first dedicated sports channel in the resulting files moved through a QC
infrastruc-
commissioned.
country. The channel requires a fast- process and then to the archive using
tures to
Since the formation of the company
paced sports production workflow and Anchor Media Manager.
provide end-
back in 2000, Pebble Beach has
uses Neptune to manage live Similarly, Plazamedia in Germany developed and delivered solutions toto-end
acquisition, editing, file based delivery required an automation system to meet the needs of broadcasters into
workflows is
and playout, also using IPV encoders to interface to a Blue Order Media Archive the 21st century. The company remains
a relatively
create low resolution copies of high and uses a Neptune system to control committed to independent control of
resolution files and Razorfish to view the ingest of large volumes of cassettes
new
best-of-breed video servers working
incoming live feeds. Anchor Media which are supplied by its customers.
challenge for
alongside proven and advanced on-air
Manager is also used to access historic Working in conjunction with Media automation graphics and other output chain
content in a near line storage system. Archive, Neptune automates ingest devices, but recognises that
providers.
Phoenix TV in Hong Kong required a from VTRs and Sony Flexi-Carts into broadcasters also wish to adopt new
structured workflow for its 5-channel Omneon video servers. The system technologies which are emerging in the
playout system, which would allow for exploits Neptune’s flexible and open market. Alongside this, Pebble Beach
comprehensive management of interface protocols to enable the continues to make automation of multi-
content from initial ingest through to exchange of metadata, job lists and channel transmission centres as simple
archiving and playout. Working with status reporting with Blue Order’s and efficient as possible with new and
Magna Systems and Engineering, a Media Archive. The system is fully enhanced features to its core
system was delivered with partitioned scalable and can be expanded as automation software, based on highly
storage which allows for content that demand for Plazamedia’s services configurable and intuitive user
has passed quality control and non- increase. interfaces.
The past can be copied. The future needs innovation.
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