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RTI Takes PlayBox Technology
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Ivoirienne (RTI), the state
broadcaster for the Ivory Coast, has
taken delivery of a new CG titling
and television playout solution from
PlayBox Technology.
"We have been using PlayBox
Technology equipment very
successfully for many years,"
said Vénance Kouakou, Head of
Operations - Digital Workﬂow and
Maintenance, at RTI. "We transmit
round the clock so reliability is
obviously a major requirement.
"PlayBox Technology products
integrate into a fully uniﬁed system
which is highly stable and easy to
control. This is naturally appreciated
both by our production and our
engineering staff. Switching between
live and ﬁle-based feeds is seamless.
"Other very useful advantages

Radiodiffusion-Television Ivoirienne are utilising PlayBox systems

include the system's ability to
manage incomplete clips and to
automate the management of logos."
Kouakou said that the latest
installation comprised three AirBox
servers, each equipped with TitleBox
Interactive on-air graphics, SafeBox
automated content management
software and Multi Backup Manager.

A fourth AirBox and TitleBox are
being used for content preview and
system testing.
The system was installed by
Brussels-based systems integrator
Periactes Broadcast Solutions at
RTI's production and transmission
centre in Abidjan.

Hungary's TV2 Boosts Avid Production Workflow
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V2, one of the largest commercial
entertainment channels in
Hungary, is bolstering its existing
Avid workﬂow with an investment
in Avid's leading cloud-based
solutions.
In making this move, TV2 expects
to accelerate its production workﬂow
and efficiently manage and
distribute its content, empowering
the broadcaster to benefit from
operational efficiencies and
increased productivity.
"TV2's investment, and the
momentum we're gaining in
Eastern Europe, is testimony
to how our solutions meet the
challenges broadcasters are facing
by empowering them to boost

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operational efﬁciencies and increase
productivity.
As a result, they stay ahead
of the competition in today's
competitive media landscape," said
Dr Christopher Brennan, Managing
Director, Central and Eastern Europe,
Middle East and Turkey at Avid.
As one of the major players
in the Hungarian entertainment
industry, TV2 produces multiple
shows that require a workflow
to handle fast turnaround and
concurrent productions.
The broadcaster has invested
in MediaCentral | UX (formerly
Interplay Central), the cloudenabled, web front-end to the Avid
MediaCentral Platform, centred

on the requirement to handle
multi-cam assets in a complex
production environment.
Now these assets can be
processed in a single system,
delivering TV2 with an end-to-end,
distributed and ﬂexible workflow.

magine Communications
has unveiled SelenioFlex, a
comprehensive, software-based
transcoding and encoding solution
for live and file-based media
processing.
With the addition of SelenioFlex,
Imagine Communications offers a
broad portfolio of media processing
solutions, addressing any application
requirement - from source acquisition
to adaptive bit rate (ABR) delivery and
ﬁle-based, on-demand distribution -
and supporting the expanding needs
of content owners and service
providers in today's multiformat,
multiscreen media landscape.
"While dynamic changes in the

media world and consumer viewing
habits have created a host of new
opportunities, they also create
operational pressures for media
broadcast and service providers
whose workﬂows have traditionally
been static and hard-coded in the
processing system - restricting
innovation and delaying time to
market for new services and delivery
formats," said Charlie Vogt, CEO of
Imagine Communications.
"SelenioFlex is a strategic addition
to our media processing and
compression portfolio, building on
our Software-Defined Workflow
(SDW) framework to enable faster
response to market trends and

FRA / VIE: Vietnam Television (VTV) is
deploying Dalet Media Life, powered
by the Dalet Galaxy enterprise MAM,
to enhance end-to-end management
of programme preparation.
Vietnam's national broadcaster
selected Dalet Media Life as
the outstanding solution on
the market to optimise its QC
workflows and to modernise
its compliance editing process.
Tightly integrated with VTV's
existing technical infrastructure,
the broadcaster has advanced
plans to expand Dalet Media Life
in support of wider operational
and production workflows.
Dalet Media Life is expected to go
live this summer.

Radical Live
Studio Camera
USA: Blackmagic Design's Studio
Camera has been specifically
designed for live production.
Hailed as one of the most
advanced broadcast cameras
for live production it boasts a 10"
viewfinder, a four-hour battery,
talkback, tally indicators, optical
ﬁbre and a magnesium alloy body.
W i t h p h a n t o m p o w e re d
microphone connections, built in
optical ﬁbre and SDI connections,
the Blackmagic Studio Camera is
to be offered in either 1080 HD or
UltraHD guise.

Slik Opts For
SGO Mistika

Avid MediaCentral | UX

Imagine Communications Unveils SelenioFlex
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VTV Prepares
Dalet Media Life

providing the operational efﬁciency,
agility and insight to capitalise on the
rapid growth of multiscreen media
consumption."
SelenioFlex enables efficient,
automated, high-quality media
processing at any point in the
content value chain from production
to distribution for applications,
including: File-to-File Transcoding;
Live/Linear Multiscreen Encoding;
and Live-to-File Ingest Encoding.
Imagine said that SelenioFlex
would enable customers to optimise
experiences across multiscreen
environments and support
tomorrow's VoD and live media
processing delivery requirements.

CAN: Montreal-based post facility
Slik has invested in SGO's Mistika.
Slik Co-founder and Editor,
Philippe Fafard, said: "With its wide
variety of tools, we think Mistika
will provide us with a tremendously
fast and ﬂexible central system with
the highest digital image quality."
He said that the real-time
performance with online,
compositing and colour grading in
a single platform was an important
aspect of the decision.

Kaltura Acquires
Tvinci OTT
USA: Kaltura, a leading open source
video platform, has announced
that it has acquired Tvinci, a global
provider of Pay OTT TV services.
Kaltura said that the acquisition
would give it a leadership position
in the booming OTT market, and
cements its role as the only pure-play
video technology company to power
any video experience.
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