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InNews
RR Media's
Playout Duo
USA / GBR: RR Media is running
dozens of channels from two
additional playout facilities based
in the New York Metro area and
London.
The US playout facility has been
online since last November,
with the UK facility online since
February this year.
RR Media fully originates and
manages over 150 channels across
its global media centres.
The established playout presence
in these key media markets
allows RR Media to be closer
to its European and American
broadcaster base.

Avid Everywhere Powers
M6 Group Production
N

ational
French
Television
network M6 Group has embraced
Avid Everywhere and implemented
a cutting-edge Avid Media Asset
Management solution.

Quicklink Partners
With Broadcast Pix
USA: Broadcast Pix and Quicklink
Video Distribution Service aims to
make it simple to integrate calls
from 300 million Skype users
worldwide
The companies have announced
a strategic partnership to offer
Quicklink TX through Broadcast
Pix's distribution partners.
The Quicklink TX appliance allows
management of Skype audio/video
for broadcast without the need to
scan convert from a PC.
The Skype call is handled as any
other HD video source via HD-SDI
with embedded audio.

Boost For Harman
Studer Vista Consoles
GBR: Harman Studer has released
an update for its Vista X / V / 1 and
5 M3 digital consoles.
The software update includes:
the ability to assign Strip Setups
as CUE events; support of the
Soundcraft Realtime Rack (UAD
plug-ins); support of Lexicon
PCM96 Surround reverbs with
Inﬁnity Core; Input Gain unfold for
multi-format channels; and Spill
Zone for contributing channels.
As well as A-Line embedded
Ethernet and contribution PAN
in stereo channels to mono Aux
busses.

M6 Group
Deploys
Avid Everywhere

The new Avid workﬂow enables M6
to share purchased content between
50 users and four departments,
enhance collaboration between team
members, save time and resources
throughout the organisation, and
maximise the value of its massive
archive of media assets.
"Avid Everywhere enables us to save
valuable time and resources across
our entire organisation," said Mathias
Béjanin, Technical Director at M6.
"Our old workﬂows and systems
were limited, and
did not allow
easy cooperation
between departments.
Thanks to our new Avid
workﬂow, we are now able to

easily share media between all of our
different departments."
Avid Interplay | MAM, a Media Asset
Management solution built upon the
Avid MediaCentral Platform, provides
M6 with a centralised workﬂow
that enables the organisation to
enhance collaboration between team
members, and save time and resources
throughout the entire enterprise.
M6 team members can now easily
access, store, and share media, greatly
enhancing productivity throughout the
production process.
The metadata information for each
video and audio ﬁle is standardised
and easily accessible, which simpliﬁes
the exchange of data between
departments.

TBN Afﬁliate Goes Digital
With PlayBox
L

ighthouse Television, a Trinity
Broadcasting Network afﬁliate, has
chosen a PlayBox Technology channelin-a-box solution as the core of a major
modernisation project at its studios in
Kampala.
The investment enables Lighthouse
to advance from tape-based analogue
operation to much more efﬁcient ﬁlebased digital workﬂow.
Every broadcaster currently working
in the analogue domain aspires to
a ﬁle-based workﬂow," said Gary
Everett Station Manager at Lighthouse
Television.
"PlayBox
Technology
has clearly demonstrated its ability
to deliver products that are easy to
install, easy to operate and easy to

maintain.
"The solution we
have chosen will
greatly extend the
channel's resources
in terms of channel
branding, including
live
control
of
animated graphics. It
also provides a high
degree of automation Lighthouse Television staff PlayBox Technology CIAB solution
so we can operate conﬁdently on a comprising ListBox, DataBox and
hands-off basis if required."
TitleBox, plus a RAID-protected AirBox
The PlayBox Technology solution playout server with integral TitleBox.
provided for Lighthouse Television
Rack-mounted video monitors, an
includes a CaptureBox server, a 16 SDI router, a master sync generator,
terabyte network-attached storage primary/secondary smart switch and
server,
a
preparation
station KVMs have also been integrated.
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