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VUE has been enhanced by
new widgets and an integrated multi-viewer
Latest widgets and monitoring boost VUE
Evertz Setting sail: the TriCaster-powered production team on Kieler-Woche TV TriCaster sails at Kieler-Woche
NewTek By Carolyn Giardina
The Kieler-Woche—one of the largest sailing events in the world—took place in Kiel last June, during which Kieler- Woche TV went live with NewTek’s TriCaster for the first time.
The production was operated by agency Jacaranda and Germany-based production company Real TV Group. For the 2012 edition, it gathered an international crew of 40 people from France, Germany, and
Denmark to cover and produce 10 days of sailing. This involved building a studio in the harbour to follow the boats that were 10km away from the coast. One helicopter with an
onboard camera was flying five hours per day and two boats with cameras with special lenses were feeding the TriCaster 850 Extreme with on- water images.
Eleven live signals were going
to the TriCaster, including the on-water cameras and special 3D graphics of the boats. The data was transmitted by GPS to the 3D design team who could
feed the TriCaster with graphics made in realtime.
The 3Play 820 unit was used
to replay the action and show the manoeuvres of the ships. “We bought the TriCaster and the 3Play in May and used it on two sport events already,” said Michael Trapp, CEO of Real TV Group. “You can bring any type of signals, analogue, SDI… TriCaster always delivers”. The feed was sent to the web for a live stream and to the big screens placed in the harbour. Kieler-Woche TV was also the main provider for local networks and televisions. 7.K11
BPM: The all seeing-eye
Broadcasters can reap rewards by adopting Business Process Management says Peter Gallen, Tedial solutions architect
Opinion
File-based workflows are becoming common place in the broadcast industry but rather than fully immerse themselves in this new paradigm many broadcasters continue to rely on tried and tested workflows. Traditional broadcast workflows remain an ad-hoc response to operational requests where the three key elements: people, systems and content are only loosely joined. This craft-based approach is increasingly problematic because both the technology and related workflows are becoming more and more complicated as demands for novel media services increase.
Having achieved a file-based platform, the next step should be to address the improvement of media processes and to contemplate applying Business Process Management (BPM) methodology to current operations.
BPM may be defined as a management layer linking operational processes with business requirements and deliverables. In order to maximise its capabilities it requires the presence of a workflow engine that ensures that tasks such as acquisition or archiving are executed correctly. Importantly, workflows need to be prescriptive and should prevent short cuts so that accurate results are guaranteed. Crucially, BPM implies
comprehensive reporting of content status and workflows
and it is this that enables managers to monitor production as a whole and to fine tune workflows for the future. Together with the aforementioned file-based platform broadcast media production can be revolutionised. A good example of ‘Business
Process’ can be seen when content acquisition is interpreted by the BPM into a series of workflow tasks that are then executed under the control of a workflow manager. As each stage is completed the outcome is reported back to the BPM. Consequently a major benefit of this kind of system is that at all times the precise status of media items is available to managers who are monitoring the production process or operators who want to know when content will be ready to use.
By Michael Burns
Evertz has enhanced VUE, its user-customisable graphical software interface that provides integrated control for broadcast operations. The new Mediator widgets being demonstrated today will, according to the company, establish VUE as the ‘number one interface of choice’ to be used in conjunction with Evertz’ playout and content management solutions. Designed for touch surfaces, VUE unifies control of routing systems, multiviewers, master control and branding engines and infrastructure equipment from a single point. The system is intended to move
operators on from using simple push-button panels to the interactive workflow and look and feel of smartphones and tablets
The new widgets now enable operations staff to have full control of all the elements of the Evertz Playout solution from ingest to playout. VUE, combined with Mediator and VistaLINK, will allow users to operate control and monitoring from one surface.
Evertz has also announced the release of VUE with an integrated multiviewer feature. This multiviewer support uses VUE’s visual control software and combines it with mixed signal format multiviewer capabilities. 8.B40
that is thus enabled, both back to the Workflow Manager and to the BPM system, is critical in that it enables concerned parties both inside the media production area and the wider enterprise to track the realtime status of content.
Peter Gallen: ‘Addressing the improvement of media processes to apply BPM’
While managing media operations, the BPM is gathering a lot of data about current and previous workflows. The comprehensive reporting
This data is also invaluable in measuring the performance of the media facility as a whole, identifying for instance where there are bottlenecks and also where more human or IT resources are required. Finally it can also be used to deploy staff in the most effective ways, taking into account where more experienced operators are beneficially deployed and where less experience ones can safely be used. The content industry is moving rapidly from a mixture of analogue and digital operations to a file-based environment. This opens up the prospect of bringing all document formats – from text to rich media – into a single workflow. BPM and Workflow should be considered as a part of this process. 8.B41
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