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www.inbroadcast.com | NAB Show 7-12 April 2018 | Product Preview

TV Nova Selects Apantac
T# Multiviewers

Television broadcaster TV Nova, a division of Central European Media Enterprises (CME),
has chosen Apantac's T# Multiviewers for its latest expansion...

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s one of Central Europe's
largest commercial television
broadcasters, TV Nova has expanded
its production control room, master
control room and telco signal
monitoring.
The T# Multiviewers provide
a uniquely modular and flexible
approach that will ensure a futureproof solution for TV Nova's
monitoring
infrastructure.
The
multiviewers provide a crucial element
of the TV Nova broadcast facility
and additional T# Multiviewers will
be purchased for future growth and
technology expansion.
TV Nova broadcasts 24 hours a day,
reaching 99.5% of households in
the Czech Republic and ranks as the
number one private TV Group in the
Czech Republic.
One of the key challenges for TV
Nova was to find a multi-image
display processing solution that could

process and auto-detect
regular productions.
composite, 3G-SDI, UHD,
What makes the T#
SMPTE 2022-6/7 video
Multiviewer
platform
over IP signals as well
particularly versatile is
as support a variety of
the fact that it is truly
their special feature
modular. When fully
requests. After rigorous
populated (using the
testing,
TV
Nova
largest frame - 4RU), the
opted for Apantac's
hardware accommodates
T#
Multiviewers
eight input boards and up
in
the
following
to 64 inputs, monitoring
configurations:
the
signals from Composite
first system accepts 40
to 3G-SDI, UHD, HDMI/
inputs with four outputs,
DVI or SDI over Fiber.
and the second and
SMART
Informatics,
Apantac T# Multiviewers in use at TV Nova, Czech Republic Apantac's partner in the
third systems accept
64 inputs and eight outputs each. monitor all incoming and outgoing Czech Republic, played an instrumental
To meet TV Nova's requirements, contribution signals. In addition, role in securing this project. Led by
Apantac implemented special features the T# Multiviewers monitor off-air Tomas Vesely, Managing Director,
including Dolby metadata, VITC/ATC distribution signals for terrestrial, SMART Informatics provides a valued
display among others into the T# cable and satellite broadcasts. The systems integration service to
Multiviewers.
master control room monitors playout broadcasters and professional media
TV Nova is using the T# for all channels and the production companies in Central Europe.
Multiviewers for its telco facility to control room monitors daily news and
www.apantac.com

Interra Systems Brings Content
Readiness Solutions
Facing changing video production and delivery approaches, service providers
need to deliver high quality live and VOD content efficiently to every screen...

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t the 2018 NAB Show,
Interra Systems is
showcasing how its cuttingedge content readiness
solutions for hybrid QC,
media analysis, and end-toend monitoring for streaming
and
linear
workflows
are
helping
businesses
streamline the classification, Interra Systems' end-to-end workflows
quality control (QC), and monitoring the support for the VAST protocol,
of media content across the entire hybrid QC workflows, as well as
creation and distribution chain.
enhanced support for HDR content,
In addition, Interra Systems is audio language detection capabilities,
demonstrating its larger role in the and more. With BATON's new autosoftware-based digital media solutions scaling feature, service providers can
space, through enhancements in adjust their BATON system to handle
artificial intelligence and machine- peaks in QC content, as needed. In
learning techniques.
addition, BATON supports a range of
A key highlight is Interra Systems' new codecs and formats, as well as
BATON QC solution, which leverages multiple DRM systems.
ML and AI based advanced algorithms
To address a global increase in OTT
to ensure high quality on every screen. video consumption, Interra Systems
The latest version of BATON includes offers the industry's first software-

based over-the-top solution
for real-time monitoring of
ABR content. ORION-OTT is
a high performance, scalable
product that has won
multiple industry awards
for enabling users to verify
ABR videos for quality and
compliance. At the NAB
Show, Interra Systems is
showing new features for ORIONOTT, including an edge performance
monitor (EPM) for true, end-to-end
monitoring. The EPM integrates with
third-party device monitors to collect
critical QoE parameters for proactive
management of issues.
ORION-OTT also includes a new
origin performance monitor for active
and passive monitoring of origin
servers, with the capability to monitor
average response time and bandwidth
served, server availability, and HTTP
response codes. Other enhancements

recently
added
to
ORION-OTT
include wider support for ABR and
DRM-protected content and support
for Adobe HDS, Microsoft Smooth
Streaming, RTMP, and external XML
subtitles.
Interra Systems' SoftwareCentric Approach
Interra
Systems'
product
demonstrations at the show are all
part of the company's commitment to
providing operators with extra agility
and reliability for delivering a high
QoE and QoS. Given how rapidly the
OTT environment is evolving, having a
software-centric approach to QC and
monitoring is critical. Hardware-based
systems and manual methods are rigid
and expensive.
By choosing an end-to-end, softwarebased solution for checking content
quality and monitoring content
at every point in the workflow,
operators can unify the infrastructures
for OTT and traditional pay-TV
services, thereby reducing costs and
streamlining video delivery to all
screens.
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