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Cinegy Takes Swedish TV To Air
Västra Mälardalens Television modernise their playout system with Cinegy
Early in 2010, regional Swedish TV Channel Västmanlands Television (VMTV) needed a solution to modernise their playout system. The new playout system needed to provide a modular and future proof system that would create a path for further expansion of the station while being a cost effective solution that met the budget requirements of a regional broadcaster. In March, VMTV went on air using Cinegy Air. The solution was chosen due to its merits as a playout solution, such as the ability to perform multi-channel playout, but also due to the ﬂexible nature of the wider Cinegy Workﬂow platform. One month following the installation of Cinegy at VMTV, they were already talking about what else they could do with Cinegy. “The more we use Cinegy Air the more possibilities we see. It’s easy to understand and operate,” comments Pär Hemström, CEO, UNC Television. “We will later also try other parts of the Cinegy Workﬂow. Our plan is to set up regionalised transmissions and to expand with a web-TV channel.” Following the successful deployment of Cinegy Air in 2011, VMTV further expanded their playout system w i t h C i n e g y ’s branding and CG module Cinegy Type. VMTV now use Cinegy Type for all their text-based news that runs in between programmes. This is performed using an automated template. The reporters simply update the fields themselves directly in the “Type Template Edit Computer”, placed at the news desk. Eventually this tool will be extended further by allowing the content to come in from automatic content feeds such as RSS, making the process even more efﬁcient. An additional beneﬁt for VMTV has been the introduction of a new up-todate look. Cinegy Type has enabled VMTV to upgrade to a much more modern design while simplifying the effort to get CG on air. Now all CG, from schedules, news, tickers and lower thirds are produced in Cinegy Type and played out to a number of destinations using Cinegy Air HD. Cinegy Air provides a broadcast automation front-end and a realtime video server for SD and HD playout in an integrated software suite. Designed to meet the most demanding real-time requirements of busy control rooms, Cinegy Air can be used to control multiple channels or to plan schedules, programme and commercial blocks ofﬂine. It can play mixed-format content and unconformed edit sequences straight to air. It can also create titles, insert logos and control external devices. Cinegy Type is the new softwarebased CG and branding option available for extending Cinegy Air. Cinegy Type allows the addition of multiple layers of automation controlled, template based titles, logos, animated graphics, and more. ■

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