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Fiji TV Playout Facility Opts
For Harris Broadcast Gear
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arris Broadcast has supplied a
range of integrated broadcast
solutions to international
distributor and service provider,
Gencom Technology Ltd, for the
implementation of a multi-channel
playout facility at Fiji TV.
The solution at the leading
television broadcaster in Fiji and
the Paciﬁc region encompasses the
playout operation for 25 channels
and also serves SKY Paciﬁc, the
Paciﬁc’s premium direct-to-home
(DTH) satellite pay TV service.
Gencom Technology designed
and built the new solution in
Auckland, New Zealand.
At the heart of the new facility is
a Harris Broadcast Platinum router
with integrated HView SX Pro
multiviewers.
This, alongside various 6800+
modular processing systems,
ensures reliable signal processing

FRA: Euro Media Group has
acquired the technical resources of
Alfacam, a Belgian ﬁrm specialising
in the recording and broadcasting
o f i m a g e s i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y.
Euro Media Group CEO Thierry
Drilhon said that the acquisition
of the technical resources would
support long-term growth.
With this strategic acquisition, Euro
Media Group is reinforcing its presence
in wireless technologies & services
(RF) which are critical for major events.
The additional capacity, said
Euro Media Group, will increase its
footprint in Europe while expanding
its operations in emerging countries
such as Brazil.

Foxtel Go App
Uses Pilat IBMS
Fuji TV’s playout facility runs 25 channels

and monitoring across the entire
Fiji TV facility.
The facility, now on-air, also
incorporates a range of Harris

Broadcast master control graphics
and production solutions to enhance
the on-air look across all channels.

DigitalFilm Tree Enlarges With Facilis TerraBlock
F

acilis TerraBlock has provided a
shared storage solution for two
ABC Studios series in Burbank, CA
as part of a new workﬂow process
that provides an integrated remote
post set up that includes editorial,
online, titling, colour, dailies and
VFX.
Designed by post-production,
consulting and software
development company DigitalFilm
Tree (DFT), the pipeline was originally
outfitted with TerraBlock and it
has already proven successful in
facilitating the workﬂow on the ABC
series ‘Mistresses’ and ‘Perception.’
With support for 4TB drives,
TerraBlock ﬁts 96 terabytes into
a single 5RU, 24-drive chassis –

Alfacam Technical
Arm Acquisition

Facilis TerraBlock storage drives
Digital Film Tree

providing all of the bandwidth
and storage necessary for a
full show season, while also
reducing the power consumption
and heat emission from that of a
traditional SAN.
This robust and compact design

allows post-production teams to
easily complete on-set dailies. Once
ﬁlming is wrapped, hard drives with
RAW Apple ProRes 444 footage are
loaded into the TerraBlock for the
dailies to be processed.
Concurrently, an editing team
is able to cut multiple streams
of Avid DNxHD Mbit/s36 ofﬂine
from the SAN.
There is always a link to the RAW
material housed on the TerraBlock,
so the post-production team can
easily lock a cut by reconnecting
to the online ProRes 444 material
rather than having to take the
material from LTO or the postproduction facility’s SAN.

AUS / GBR: Pilat Media’s IBMS
solution has been selected for
Foxtel Go, a portable app offered
by Australian pay-TV provider Foxtel.
Foxtel Go, enables Foxtel
subscribers to choose from
some of Australia’s most popular
channels and watch their
favourite shows anywhere and
anytime on both Wi-Fi and 3G.
Foxtel launched Foxtel Go last
November following the success of
its 2012 London Games app.

Archimedia Ships
Reference Player
USA: Archimedia Technology has
announced its first product, the
Archimedia Reference Player.
Aimed at those who work with
video mastering formats, the player
aims to bridge the gap between
content producers and their
archives without loss of quality.
Supporting multiple vendors’
formats, Reference Player allows
users to view and inspect archivalquality ﬁles on a standard HDTV.

ABonAir. Wireless was never so reliable.
Professional broadcast quality - Bi-directional technology - OFDM - Low delay - 2.5Km Range CCU - Tally - Intercom - Unlicensed frequency - Fully automated set up.
To ﬁnd out how professional broadcasters worldwide beneﬁt from ABonAir’s
unique technology, contact us today for a demo.

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