automation & asset management feature
• A new playlist engine is coupled with density of channels from a single broadcasters to select the best
a fully distributed architecture to workstation, making a positive underlying technology to suit all of
leverage Pebble Beach’s experience of contribution to reducing operating their specific business and operational
developing drivers for a huge variety of costs. requirements,” said Hajittofi. “We
delivery devices, allowing broadcasters • Pebble Beach is acutely aware of the
Marina is
deliver enormous flexibility, but at the
to maximise the benefit they get from mission-critical nature of delivery same time maintain a consistent user
investing in new technology, whatever automation and has accordingly built
powerful,
interface to simplify training and make
the source. into Marina, as with all of its flexible and operational use as efficient as possible.
• In common with all of the company’s automation products, the highest levels
elegantly
We’re dedicated to providing end to
automation products, Marina is fully of resilience and reliability. The system
scalable up
end file based workflows that are
interoperable with Anchor, Pebble is configurable to suit every possible
to hundreds
scalable, flexible and reliable, and
Beach’s media and workflow scenario and budget, from N+1 backup Marina really raises the bar by meeting
management system. This enables channels to total redundancy, thus
of channels,
the needs of broadcasters whose
broadcasters to create end-to-end saving money and optimising and gives its business models are in an era of
workflows in order to manage content resources. It also enables the system to
users an
fundamental change and who continue
through all stages of the process, from be changed ‘on the fly’ as the
almost
to move away from legacy systems.”
ingest through to delivery via many broadcaster’s needs evolve.
infinite
The company continues to grow and
channels, in many formats, using rules- • Other related features include the
variety of
has won significant contracts from
based logic to carry out automatically ability to use Linux as well as Windows clients such as ZDF, Globosat, ERTU,
such vital processes as delivering as the operating system, and enhanced
configuration
Bandeirantes, Viasat and TVE, finding
content and transcoding to other management of user and operator options, itself well-placed to expand into key
formats. permissions to control and
using a
geographical territories as we enter the
• As a fully Unicode-compliant system, compartmentalise access within the
single central
new decade. In 2009 Pebble Beach
Marina can operate in all languages system. The system allows for logging
database
Systems Inc was opened in New York
including Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. and an audit trail of all system activity, to service the key US market, with
In fact the whole system can be enabling Marina to cater for a wide
allowing
experienced industry veteran Ted
completely and instantly toggled range of business requirements. coordinated Dembicki at the helm, and the
between languages, making it easy for Marina adds significantly to Pebble
applications
company announced further ambitious
operators to manage the system in Beach’s automation portfolio and
and resources
expansion plans into the Asia Pacific
their own language but also perfectly complements the highly
to operate in
market at the end of 2009, with the
overcoming potential problems a successful and well-established
a distributed
appointment of Hong Kong-based Alex
support engineer would face. Dynamic Neptune. The two systems share many Chelleri as president, Pebble Beach
audio track control provides powerful components, and can work closely
architecture
Systems APAC.
capabilities for multi-lingual services. together with, for example, Neptune across Hajittofi concluded: “As a friendly,
• A powerful suite of user-friendly tools providing the ingest features of a
multiple
vibrant company with a strongly
give operators the ability to manage system workflow - capturing content
servers.
international flavour, we have a broad
graphics and other secondary events, that will ultimately be played out by understanding of different cultures and
the elements that broadcasters use Marina. Neptune may also be used to can be agile in responding to changing
between and around major provide MOS-based news playout as a market conditions and requirements.
programme segments to give a component of a larger multichannel I’m immensely proud to say that
channel depth, richness and a clear Marina playout system. Neptune and Pebble Beach has established a great
brand identity. Marina clients can run on the same PC, reputation over its 10 year history for
• The fully configurable user interface and Pebble Beach is happy to discuss solving broadcaster’s problems and
offers a range of user-friendly features migration paths from Neptune to building solid relationships with our
such as keyframe previews and instant Marina on an individual basis for those ever-growing international client base.
access to multiple layouts to cater for customers who need it. We still have the same core
the varying preferences of individual “In Marina, Pebble Beach has development team as when we
operators. The operating environment developed an enterprise-level started the company, and we pride
has been specifically designed to allow automation system which hugely ourselves on the quality of people we
an operator to manage a very high extends our range and allows employ across the board.”
Features
• 1, 2 or 4 channel HD/SD Waveform Monitor
• Simultaneous display of up to 4 waveforms
• In-built Quad Splitter
• In-built Rasterizer
• HD/SD Audio De-embedding
• 5.1 Surround Sound Metering “Solutions in Audio & Video”
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DK-Technologies A/S, Marielundvej 37D, Herlev DK-2730, Denmark.
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