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Globecast Partners With WinMedia

Integration between Globecast delivery platforms and WinMedia solutions promises seamless
production, playout and media management for satellite TV...

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inMedia, a provider of
automation and content
management software solutions
for broadcasters, and Globecast, a
leading-edge content contribution,
preparation and distribution
c o m p a ny, h ave s i g n e d a
partnership agreement to integrate
and distribute their state-of-the-art
technologies.
The tools to prepare, plan and
playout the content encompassed
in WinMedia solutions have been
combined with the Globecast's
powerful satellite delivery platform.
Six leading TV channels in North
and West Africa already benefit
from this cost-effective endto-end package.
The deployed solutions feature a
vast array of WinMedia Trafﬁc tools
for ingest and scheduling, which
is installed in the broadcasters'

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premises, as well as a WinMedia
Playout system, set up in
Globecast's technical operation
centre in Paris.
Wenping Jiang, Product Managers
at Globecast, says: "This innovative
remotely controlled solution enables
broadcasters to run their channel
playout operations from their own
premises, controlling costs and
enabling them to be completely
hands-on with their channel. We
have a unique combination of

network reach and satellite capacity,
which combined with WinMedia
solutions means we can offer our
broadcasters of all sizes a onestop offering that covers content
preparation, management as well
as local and global delivery."
WinMedia Europe CEO Pascal
Cima adds: "Thanks to WinMedia TV
comprehensive suite, broadcasters
quickly prepare and preview their
playlists, add any number of upper/
lower third graphics using the

intuitive WinPublish module and
send their programming to the fully
redundant playout system in Paris."
Each playout server can
simultaneously broadcast up
to four different channels in HD
and/or SD formats along with
the relevant CGs that project the
style and individual look of each
programme and channel. From there,
the channels are sent via satellite
to a Globecast's teleport for uplink
onto the satellite platform.

JoeCo's 'Outside Broadcast Rig In Your Backpack'
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oeCo has recently raised the
bar for location sound recording
devices by releasing the BlackBox
BBR1MP Recorder.
This latest 24-channel addition
to the company's award-winning
multi-channel recorder series
includes 24 high-quality, in-house
developed microphone preamps,
operating at up to 24bit/96kHz,
which are integrated into the unit's
compact 1U housing.
Adding a USB hard drive delivers
a full-blown audio acquisition
system that, quite literally, ﬁts into
a backpack or hand luggage. It's a
practical solution for reliable audio
acquisition in far-ﬂung destinations,
or for sessions where available
space is at a premium.
The BBR1MP Recorder was
developed following feedback from
broadcast engineers and location
sound recordists around the world,

with a range of "must have" features
gracing its wishlist.
"Over the years, we've found that
customers are seeking increasingly
compact, complete solutions to meet
their multi-track audio acquisition
needs, without compromising
on quality or functionality" says
JoeCo's Joe Bull. "Deciding on
what to implement has therefore
been crucial to the potential
success of the product. Integrating
24 mic preamps into our standard
1U housing is a 'ﬁrst', and was a
massive challenge. However, we are
really pleased with the results. The
BBR1MP is also our ﬁrst 'modular'
system, with user installable Dante
and MADI interface cards available
as options adding 24 channels of
Dante or MADI i/o to the unit."
J o e c o n t i n u e s : " We ' v e
implemented a number of
connection options for ﬂexibility

including individually switchable
mic/line inputs, balanced outputs,
video, timecode and word
clock sync inputs.
"Microphones can be directly
connected to the BBR1MP Recorder
via tails from the rear D-Sub
connectors, or via an optional 2U
breakout panel with XLR connectors.
The unit is also fully controllable via
JoeCoRemote for iPad, enabling
you to set up individual mic pre
channel parameters - level, mic/
line, phantom power, hi-pass ﬁlter,
soft limiter and phase reverse.
"The JoeCoRemote hardware
interface is supplied with the unit.
Levels are displayed on highresolution meters and a monitor
mix can be created and adjusted
using expandable channel strips
with graphic faders, pan, solo, mute
and other parameter controls.
"There's also provision for creating

JoeCo BlackBox BBR1MP Recorder bundle

a simultaneous stereo mixdown
while recording, which has several
advantages on location. The
implementation of two independent
headphone sockets (on the front and
rear) caters simultaneously for the
engineer monitoring the headphone
mix, solo, PFL etc, while offering the
producer a headphone mix only."
Like all BlackBox Recorders, the
BBR1MP records audio direct to
external USB2/3 drive in Broadcast
WAV format for instant ingest into
post production. Full support for
iXML data is also provided.
The unit will run off a 12V power
source. Unused channels and
features can be disabled in order to
preserve battery life on location.

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