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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 5 - Issue 8 | August 2015

InStudio

Quran Hidayah Chooses Globecast
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lobecast has been selected by
Quran Hidayah International
Network to provide a comprehensive
suite of playout and distribution
services for its launch of 40 channels
around the world.
Quran Hidayah is based on readings
of The Noble Quran in multiple
languages, the largest network to
broadcast the Noble Quran with 40
channels in total (across 30 languages)
being distributed by Globecast. Digital
Media has been working with Quran
Hidayah International Network to
create these channels, providing a
wide range of production services.
Globecast hosts Digital Media's

Quran Hidayah

state-of-the-art playout platform and
provides the services around that to
manage the playout servers. Digital
Media is managing the content and
uploading it using remote playout
capabilities. For operators this means
they can upload the content remotely,
using a simple web-based scheduling
app, organising the playlist via that
application.
Giorgio Giacomini, Globecast Middle
East Managing Director, says: "This is
a very major project that has required
a great deal of careful thought and
planning. We worked closely with
Digital Media across this project, using
our technical and market expertise
to provide a complete playout
and distribution structure with
inbuilt flexibility."
Ayman Lasheen, Digital Media
Managing Director, adds: "We
are very pleased to announce
the launch of Quran Hidayah
channels. The Quran Hidayah
bouquet is intended to be the

Quran Hidayah International Network has launched 40 channels

new worldwide trademark in Islamic
and Quranic channels. Globecast is
providing us with excellent distribution
services; no other provider can deliver
this level of connectivity to playout
and distribute this number of channels
in such a technically elegant and cost
effective way."
Globecast is also providing encoding
and multiplexing and, of course, fibre
and satellite distribution. The encoded
signals are distributed globally on six
satellites, with fibre distribution to the
various uplink sites.
The channels are distributed on:

AsiaSat5 (uplinked from Amman,
Jordan); Arabsat5C (uplinked from
Amman, Jordan); Palapa1D (uplinked
from Jakarta, Indonesia); Galaxy19
(uplinked from Culver City, Los
Angeles); HotBird (uplinked from Paris,
France); Hispasat1C (uplinked from
Madrid, Spain).
The channels will also be distributed
in real-time on YouTube with Globecast
providing the encoding/streaming to
YouTube, using the live signal.
All the satellite channels have been
launched with a phased launch of the
YouTube services through July.

AVIWEST Digital Mobile News Gathering
A

t
IBC2015,
AVIWEST
will
demonstrate
the
latest
enhancements to its Digital Mobile
News Gathering (DMNG) system.
AVIWEST's advanced live video
contribution
platform
enables
broadcasters to capture and broadcast
live HD or SD video over multiple
networks, including bonded 3G/4G
cellular wireless, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and
satellite.
Offering seamless integration into
existing workflows and headends,
extremely low power consumption,
high MTBF, and unparalleled mobility,
the DMNG system offers broadcasters
a fully integrated and cloud-based
solution for breaking news and live
events coverage.
AVIWEST will demonstrate the
DMNG HE4000, a new HEVC 4K
contribution video encoder, at
IBC2015. The encoder is designed to
help broadcasters deliver crystal-

A SDK is available for the DMNG APP

clear 4K content at low bit rates.
The 1RU encoder features AVIWEST
SafeStreams technology, which bonds
together IP networks to assure the
delivery of live transmissions even in
the midst of unpredictable cellular
network conditions. The HEVC 4K
contribution encoder can be fully
integrated with the DMNG Manager
and DMNG Studio receiver.
AVIWEST's DMNG Manager is an
innovative server application that
enables broadcasters and video
professionals to monitor and manage
an entire fleet of DMNG equipment.
At IBC2015, AVIWEST will showcase
a new grid view, which will provide
a video thumbnail of each feed from
the field units. These thumbnails ease
system resource allocation by helping
operators to easily route the video
streams to one or multiple receivers or
CDNs, with simple drag and drop.
AVIWEST's DMNG APP, which turns
any smartphone into a live broadcast
video camera, is now available as a
software development kit (SDK). This
allows broadcasters to embed the
core of the AVIWEST app within their
own application to achieve a unique
branded look and feel. The DMNG
APP allows users to transmit video

content in just seconds, streaming
high-quality, live video content via
Wi-Fi and 3G/4G-LTE networks (even
bonding both together for higher
bandwidth, coverage, and reliability)
or transmit pre-recorded video files
from anywhere in the world to the
DMNG Studio receiver.
AVIWEST will demo its new Web
portal,
www.aviwest-booking.com,
designed to assist broadcasters and
video service providers looking to rent
the company's DMNG solutions.

Also introduced will be a new IP
Bridge functionality for the DMNG PRO
video uplink system and DMNG Studio.
This functionality allows broadcasters
to establish an IP bridge between the
LAN on which the receiver is connected
and the IP devices connected over
Ethernet to the DMNG PRO. This setup enables full control of all IP-based
products, such as video mixers or
PTZ cameras, directly from the DMNG
Studio site, allowing for remote video
production on the fly.

AVIWEST DMNG Manager fleet server
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://www.globecast.com/ http://www.aviwest-booking.com http://www.aviwest.com/product/dmng-manager/ http://www.aviwest.com/product/dmng-app-ios/
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