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PROVYS Bridges Another Gap in Istanbul
By Dan Stourac
Project Manager, PROVYS

I

n the modern world, business
development requires the bridging
of many gaps.
On the eastern edges of Europe,
by the famous Bosphorus Bridge,
TTNET have selected PROVYS
Software Architecture to bridge their
gap over the dire straits between
telco and broadcast operations.
TTNET, a subsidiary of Türk
Telekom Group (Turkish Telecom), is
the largest Internet service provider
in Turkey and has around seven
million subscribers. TTNET has
evolved into a leading technology
company that offers communication
and entertainment services
together, by "bridgeheading" digital
transformation. Their current VOD
platform, TIVIBU, is now expanding
into a set of Pay TV channels.
These new channels will be fully

prepared in PROVYS.
PROVYS is used for rights
management - description of all
acquired licences and licence
conditions, programme planning -
preparation of long-term programme
plans, and transmission scheduling
- preparation of complete daily
playlists, which are exported to
Grass Valley's Cobalt automation
and played out from K2 servers.
After transmission, as-run logs from
Cobalt are processed by PROVYS to
calculate licence amortisation and
prepare post-transmission reporting.
PROVYS receives information
about available programmes from
TTNET's internal information system
Jira. PROVYS scans the Isilon NAS
storage for available media in regular
intervals using PROVYS Media
Layer tools, analyses the media

Broadcast planning with PROVYS

and automatically assigns them to
relevant programmes.
TTNET has chosen PROVYS for
its ability to easily bridge the overall
infrastructure of TTNET and the new
playout technology delivered by a
major Turkish system integrator
AVKOM. One of the major criteria for
choosing PROVYS was the ability
of the team to deploy the solution
completely within a short period of
time available before the on-air date.
Abdullah Sen, of the system

PROVYS software architecture spans the gap between TTNET's telco and broadcast operations

integrator AVKOM, says: "We have
included PROVYS in the solution
because it offers an easy way for the
TTNET team to prepare complete
playlists for the Grass Valley Cobalt
automation we are putting in place
in TTNET. Working with the PROVYS
team is a great experience for us,
from both the human and technical
points of view."
Erinc Ilktan, Director of the
Turkish ofﬁce of PROVYS, says:
"TTNET couldn't hire dozens of
people for the new operation; that
wouldn't be efﬁcient. They needed
an efﬁcient tool to allow a small
team of experienced planners to
handle everything with minimum
manual work. It has been a great
experience working with the TTNET
and AVKOM teams.
"This is our ﬁrst project in Istanbul
and we believe that we will be busy
building more bridges soon."

Guntermann & Drunck: Singapore In Ultra HD
I

n Singapore, it's not only possible
to experience almost the entire
world of Asia in one place; it also
unites the entire world of broadcast
under one roof.
Every year, BroadcastAsia
surprises visitors with the latest
trends within the industry, among
them those of Guntermann & Drunck.
New Dimensions In 4K: Broadcast
Asia is regarded as Asia's leading
event for the pro-audio, ﬁlm and TV
industries. Its four-day programme
promises a great event and an even

Guntermann & Drunck KVM extender
DL-Vision-MC2

greater chance for networking. Last
year, G&D presented their KVM
portfolio along with the latest
developments. This year, they
followed the call for new dimensions
and offer a KVM extension for
4K resolutions.
The DL-Vision-MC2 transmits
Ultra HD resolutions up to 3840 x
2160 pixels at full frame rate (60
Hz). Thanks to the 4K resolution
many application processes can be
displayed simultaneously on a single
large format display. To guarantee
computer-free workstations despite
using the latest technology, staff
from editing studios, CAD and
3D studios proﬁts from the ability
of the DL-Vision KVM extenders
to transmit even Ultra HD at
full frame rate (60 Hz). With the
help of KVM, users have direct
access to their computers yet
beneﬁt from computer-free, silent
workstations, which make it easy
to become creative.

When small becomes large:
The latest and smallest of the
ControlCenter-Digital variants will
make its ﬁrst appearance in the
smallest country of Southeast
Asia. Its 80 dynamic ports can be
connected either as computer or
as user port. With the dynamic
matrix, users can operate
multiple computers from multiple
workstations. Which type of module
is connected is automatically
detected by the ControlCenterDigital. The system supports CAT
cables and ﬁbre optics even in mixed
mode. An integrated 2048-bit RSA
encrypted Trusted Platform Module
(TPM) protects any access and
conﬁguration data against exposure.
Always a little bit more: To develop
solutions ﬁtting the most diverse
industries and applications, G&D
puts its customers' requirements
ﬁrst. But that's not enough for the
KVM pioneers. G&D offers free
services that include:

The Singapore skyline

loaned equipment;
consulting and planning of
complex KVM installations;
technical customer service;
three year warranty.
To meet the growing requests of
the Asian region, G&D is looking
for qualified system integrators
who identify with the quality made
in Germany and want to offer their
customers added value.
Experience the products and
comprehensive consulting and
planning at Broadcast Asia.

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