automation & asset management feature
Any duplication of centralised
Hub-and-spoke architecture
investment on the local level is
prohibitively expensive, and therefore
The fundamental requirement for
any deployment locally must be very
implementation of a successful hub-
lean. Furthermore, the movement of
and-spoke architecture is to place at
media should be kept to a minimum in
its heart an enterprise-level playout
order to minimise the bandwidth and
automation system. In one instance,
operational costs of distribution and
Morpheus automation has been
contribution, as well as the impact of
integrated into just such architecture
media transfers on ‘time-to-air’
and provides 45 channels of playout
requirements. Thus, large content
covering a total of 17 spoke sites,
aggregators and distributors covering
distributed across a number of
sizable geographical areas must find a
different time zones.
way to address and enable local ingest
Within the hub, Morpheus
and delivery of content without
applications provide the tools
The fundamental
of its content transfer capabilities,
duplicating or increasing capital,
necessary for all ingest operations
requirement for
implementation of
archive and management systems,
operational, and bandwidth costs.
related to central programming. In a successful hub- and alternate playout platforms - all
The nature of centralised playout
providing these tools, the automation
and-spoke
of which can be leveraged by local
operations makes system resilience a
system minimises media movement
architecture is to
place at its heart
spoke sites. Centralising core high-
critical factor in system design, and
and the burden on operational staff, an enterprise-level value assets at the hub also yields
correct implementation of the chosen
but also maximises the use of
playout automation
maximum flexibility in repurposing
architecture is another challenge that
system.
hardware. External traffic systems content across multiple regions, with
must be met properly if the full
provide the central and local minimal cost implications.
channel output is to be maintained
programming schedules, which are At the hub site and/or any of the
continuously.
loaded into Morpheus. Central playout spoke sites, the playout schedule can
Given these challenges, any hub-
is handled across six workstations, be edited to accommodate local
and-spoke model designed for
with each workstation operator programming. For live programming a
multichannel playout over multiple
handling a number of channels. multi system ‘Gang Take’ facility
regions must offer a high level of
Under normal network operation, ensures frame-accurate regional
resilience and incorporate tools and
file based content is delivered content insertion across multiple
functionality that empower centralised
centrally from the hub. Solutions sites, with all selected sites being
staff to manage and deliver local
architected with Morpheus allow triggered by just one transmission
content effectively.
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