In Broadcast - February 2018 - 12

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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 2 | February 2018

InNews
Arqiva Centralises
Channel Processing

GBR: Arqiva has launched a new
Central Processing Platform for
channel delivery. The scalable
platform will bridge the gap
between channel or content and
provider - handling the content
aggregation, technical processing
and delivery of new channels.
For broadcasters looking to offer
international content to a local
audience, or deliver local content
to a wider demographic, Arqiva will
acquire and aggregate the target
channels into a single feed and
process it in specific formats to suit
their requirements.

Integrated MESH
Mobile TV Truck

CAN: MESH Broadcast Services
has opted for an integrated video
and audio processing solution
from Grass Valley for its Mobile
TV Truck. To build a strong
reputation from the start, MESH
needed exceptional equipment
for its new TV truck, Eclipse. The
company chose to establish the
truck around a proven routing and
switching core. MESH opted for a
Karrera K-Frame Video Production
Centre, Densité 3 Frame, KaleidoModular-X Multiviewer, NVISION
8140 Hybrid Router and NV9000
Control System.

Spectra Logic
Archives ITV

GBR: ITV, the UK's largest
commercial television network, has
selected two Spectra BlackPearl
Converged Storage Systems and
two Spectra T950 Tape Libraries
to protect and preserve the
organisation's digital assets longterm. The solution enables ITV to
send digital assets to dispersed
data centre locations on differing
media types, to assure the ultimate
safety and security of their content
with a genetically diverse data
preservation strategy.
ITV creates, owns and distributes
high-quality content on multiple
platforms.

Etere Disaster Recovery
For Persidera
P

ersidera, the leading
independent
network
operator in Italy, has
expanded its Etere MERP
system with an installation
of Etere Disaster Recovery
system in Milan for 20
channels, to support its main
site in Rome.
Persidera is the leading
independent
network
operator in Italy and it has
been equipped with Etere's flexible
and modular framework of software
solutions since 2015.
Persidera renews its vote of
confidence in Etere MERP system with
an expansion to incorporate for 20
channels in Milan, to support its main
Automation site in Rome. Among the
benefits that Etere MERP provides

Persidera is configured
to fit perfectly in
the network system
architecture.
With the addition
of
Etere
Disaster
Recovery, Persidera is
empowered to protect
all its data and to
Etere Disaster Recovery automate tasks such as
include the capability to streamline system monitoring.
operations, centralise the flow of
Each channel can be configured
information across all workflows and to synchronise data files from the
increase operational efficiency with primary server to the destination path
advanced automation capabilities.
in the DR site.
As a highly scalable and modular
Etere solutions are designed with
solution, Etere MERP allows companies a distributed architecture that is
to expand their systems easily. The extremely fault-tolerant and fault
Etere Disaster Recovery installation at resilient.

TeamCast Updates Vortex II Exciter
T

eamCast's ATSC 3.0 Vortex II exciter
is already in use across the USA
for powering ATSC 3.0 pilot projects
and many other projects linked to the
Spectrum Repack, where its dual cast
capability (ATSC 1.0 today, ready to
switch to ATSC 3.0 tomorrow) is a key
feature.
With the latest software upgrade,
Vortex II now supports the LDM
waveform modulation. Several pilot
projects are planning to evaluate
LDM in the real
world. Among them
there is the project
sponsored by the
National Association of
Broadcasters (NAB) &

the Consumer Technology Association
(CTA) in Cleveland Ohio. The Comark
transmitter there has been recently
upgraded with a Vortex II and is now
ready for field evaluation of LDM.
"We're excited to continue to
empower the field testing of the
amazingly rich ATSC 3.0 technology
with our Vortex exciter" states Eric
Pinson, Business Unit Manager at
TeamCast.

TeamCast Vortex II ATSC exciter

"The introduction of LDM as a simple
software upgrade demonstrates this
exciter is continuously evolving in
the direction the broadcasters may
expect, as a future proof investment,
even beyond its dual ATSC 1.0 / 3.0
feature," he added.
TeamCast VORTEX II is the second
generation of DualCast ATSC 1.0/3.0
rack exciter designed by TeamCast.
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