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Channel 5 Russia Modernises
With Orad Graphics Solution
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ussian broadcaster Channel
5 has completed a significant
upgrade of its on-air broadcast
graphics infrastructure, using
Orad’s enterprise graphics
solutions.
The new Orad-driven graphics
production workflow, which will
be used for the broadcaster's
independent news channel, consists
of the PowerWall video wall solution
with interactive graphics and
RealSet augmented reality with
Xync infrared camera tracking and
news graphics.
The state-of-the-art installation
garnered the attention of the
broadcast community, collecting
the prestigious TKT 2012 Production
Facility of the Year during IBC.
The landmark installation features
Russia’s largest PowerWall video
wall installation with 72 high-quality
Christie screen displays offering

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was a very important undertaking
and it was crucial to find a partner
who could be relied on 100% for
both quality on-air graphics and
reliable systems.
Channel 5 is producing hourly
news programmes and its
popular Seychas, (Now) Scene
of the Accident, and The Chief
programmes under the new Orad
graphics-driven workflow.

Skylark Enhances Closed Captioning Operations
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kylark Technology, a “Hybrid”
Channel-In-A-Box Systems
Manufacturer, has announced
new enhanced features to Closed
Captioning operations.
Broadcasters have been required
to use glue products or third party
external products for Closed Loop
operations utilising both HD and SD
video formats.
The Skylark SL NEO Series can
now automatically convert on-the-

Skylark SL NEO Series

fly Closed Captioning metadata for
either SD or HD play-out.
“We can store media content with
either CEA-708 or CEA-608 Closed
Captioning formats and convert
them live as you play-out media
content from our “Hybrid” ChannelIn-A-Box automation video servers”,
notes Alex Sadovsky Skylark
Technology President.
The Skylark system has the
capability to store and play-out
Closed Captioned media content
regardless of whether the media
content and Closed Captioning
metadata is imported via short or
long-form recording or file transfer.
Also available as a standard
features on the Skylark SL NEO

USA: Fight, fashion, and
documentary content are coming to
GlobeCast's MyGlobeTV platform in
the US – with the addition of FightBox
HD, FashionBox HD and DocuBox
HD to the broadband TV service.
The three channels from the
SPI TV portfolio have been
added to the MyGlobeTV
home to top-tier international
and thematic content service.
Subscribers can order each
channel a la carte or enjoy the Box
HD Pack, which includes all three.

ABOX42 Debuts
M12 Set-top Box

Channel 5 headquarters in Russia

interactive graphics thanks to Orad’s
integration with RadarTouch.
Orad’s Maestro enterprise news
graphic suite integrates with Dalet
News Suite, facilitating all of Channel
5’s graphic needs including ingest,
authoring, managing, distribution,
playout and archiving.
Aleksey Sokolov, Television
Technical Center’s Director of
Channel 5, said that upgrading
the news production infrastructure

GlobeCast HD
For MyGlobeTV

Series is live-manual Closed
Captioning data entry capability.
“Broadcasters that produce TV
shows can add or import Closed
Captioning metadata to their
media content files,” notes Sid
Guel, Skylark Technology Business
Development. “Any keyboard
connected to the Skylark system via
direct, LAN, or WAN can be used as
a real-time Closed Captioning data
entry point. The Closed Captioning
metadata is stored in the Skylark
database for play-out to air.”
The Closed Captioning metadata
can also be exported as metadata
within media content files in SDCEA-608 or HD-CEA-708 formats.

USA: ABOX42, provider of
OTT set-top boxes (STB) and
services, showcased its new
“M12” IPTV and OTT STB at CES.
The M12 enables service
providers to deliver new IPbased TV content and services,
upgrade existing customers and
create new business models.
The M12 is powered by Broadcom
Corporation’s BCM7231 IP STB
platform and delivers a suite of
Internet-based frameworks and
applications to support the delivery
of OTT content and services.

ACCESS And
AirTies Gateway
GER: ACCESS and AirTies has
integrated NetFront Living Connect
with its home gateways and settop boxes to enable DLNA-based
media sharing throughout the home.
The solution features Digital Media
Rendering and ‘Play To’ functionality
which enables the control of
content from external devices.
It aims to ensure that consumers
and operators can both profit from
next-generation media sharing
experiences and is now fully DLNA
certified and ready for shipping.

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