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I N T E R N A T I O N A L WWW.INBROADCAST.COM | ISSUE 24 - OCTOBER 2013 N E W S InNEWS FORK Supports XDCAM With Avid TVB Upgrades With PlayBox P l ay B ox Te c h n o l o g y h a s completed an upgrade to the playout facilities at Hong Kong’s largest independent broadcaster, Television Broadcasts (TVB). The project, which also included customer training, was completed together with the engineering team from Mediatech (International) Ltd, the local PlayBox Technology partner, and was finalised with the installation of 26 servers at the network’s headquarters in TVB City, Kowloon. The installation encompassed nine HD 24/7 channels. Seven of them are already on air and the others are in precommission testing. Twenty of the servers installed consist of PlayBox Technology AirBox and TitleBox, for playout, with character generation and graphics. Eighteen are configured with 1:1 redundancy level for main and back-up operation on the nine high-definition channels. Control of the nine high-definition channels is via Multi Playout Manager, a fully assignable monitoring and control system. Two redundant Multi Backup Manager servers were added to manage redundancy switching on an existing Snell Aurora router. An additional pair of servers have been installed for use in staff training, again as main and backup. PlayBox Technology also supplied four single-channel CaptureBox servers, each with additional playout software installed for video quality control and verification. Once content is approved, it is automatically sent to two 16TB network-attached storage servers, configured for main and redundant operation. NED: Primestream’s FORK Production Suite can now record XDCAM MXF files that will update in Avid Media Composer while recording. The long-GOP codec can be used with the craft editor plus the benefits of the FORK Production automation and media asset management platform for I/O, logging, tagging, proxy editing, workflow management, and archiving. The Edit-While-Capture functionality for Media Composer is an optional component for the FORK Media Player. Axon Neuron Fires Up AVB TVB’s PlayBox installation in Kowloon, Hong Kong Viaccess-Orca Revamps TV Everywhere Interface V 14 iaccess-Orca demonstrated a new user interface for its TV Everywhere (TVE) solution at IBC. The new interface allows TV viewers to easily discover compelling content on a wide range of devices – including TVs, PCs, smartphones, and tablets – enabling content service providers to offer a state-of-the-art TV experience on every screen. “To remain competitive in today’s multiscreen world, content service providers must offer a personalised TV experience anywhere, anytime, and on any device,” said François Moreau de Saint Martin, CEO at Viaccess-Orca. “Our nextgeneration TV Everywhere solution features an intuitive user interface that allows quick access to favourite content, helping providers enhance subscriber satisfaction.” Using the TV Everywhere solution, providers can securely deliver live, VOD, and catch-up TV content on any network via any screen. The Viaccess-Orca TV Everywhere demo also highlighted the The award-winning DEEP offers an enriched metadata experience company’s DEEP platform (Data Enrichment and Engagement Platform) which is an automatically generated digital magazine platform for the second screen. Through DEEP, operators can generate enriched metadata and offer users additional content related to what they’re already consuming. This enables operators to support new business models such as targeted advertising and branding and to provide their subscribers with an immersive user experience. DEEP was selected as ‘Best Content Platform of the Year’ at the 2013 ConnectedWorld.TV Awards contest at IBC. NED: At IBC, Axon launched Neuron – billed as the industry's first video product based on AVB technology. Featuring both hardware and software, Neuron offers cost savings, reliability, and increased flexibility for instant network access and multi-switching. An AVB-based network can place all audio and video streams – as well as associated control, metadata and synchronisation for live productions – on a single connection. Neuron provides managed n e t w o r k i n g , u n c o m p re s s e d video delivery, as well as compatibility with 4K. Trilogy's Gemini Connects Uni GBR: Trilogy has installed its Gemini intercom system and Mentor XL sync pulse and test signal generators (SPG/TSG) at Birmingham City University. Configured to accurately replicate a full, professional production facility, the 64-port Gemini intercom system is deployed at the university's stateof-the-art Media Centre. DK Meter goes 'All In' Every Feature in Every Meter R Audio Metering Suite, Loudness Logging, StarFish, Picture Preview, SMPTE reading ..... no hidden cost - just tools! R John M ....more than simply Loudness DK-Technologies.com