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InMedia

Dalet Expands QC Support With
Interra Systems Partnership
D

alet has expanded integration
of the Interra Systems' BATON
platform to include the Ooyala Flex
Media Platform.
Cupertino, California-based Interra
Systems' BATON is the media industry's
leading machine learning- and AIenabled automated file-based quality
control (QC) platform. It provides
comprehensive quality and compliance
checks for VOD content, in the cloud
and on-premises, for linear and
streaming workflows.
The expanded technology partnership
enables Dalet Galaxy five and Ooyala
Flex Media Platform customers to
deploy advanced automated quality
assurance and compliance workflows.
"Dalet and Interra have had a long,
successful partnership. In the past
five years alone, we have done over
50 joint Interra Baton and Dalet
Galaxy projects, worldwide," said
Kevin Savina, Director of Product
Strategy, Dalet. "This has been a very
fruitful relationship and we expect this

Dalet boosts Interra Systems integration

success to continue with the support
of Interra Baton to the Ooyala Flex
Media Platform, with the next major
deployment being in India."
Dalet Galaxy five and Ooyala Flex
Media Platform customers leveraging
BATON integration include VDM, Telefe,
Mediacorp, Bundesliga, MBC Dubai,
National Archives of Singapore, BBC
Wales, Mediaset, ABS-CBN and NOS
Portugal.
"Interra Systems' BATON integrates

tightly with Ooyala Flex Media Platform
and ensures content readiness
throughout the value chain," said
Anupama Anantharaman, VP of
Product Management, Interra Systems.
"This collaboration will benefit clients
of both our companies, while enabling
content creators and distributors to
deliver high quality content."
"Video quality is increasingly crucial
in today's competitive M&E landscape,"
said Bea Alonso, Director of Product

2wcom Tech Update On A30
Monitoring Receiver
S

ince its launch in 2016, the A30
monitoring receiver has been
equipped with a range of user-oriented
monitoring functions, which enables
operators to monitor single or multiple
transmitter frequencies.
Right from the beginning, the A30
has offered a number of interfaces
including analogue or digital audio
input, MPX input, two analogue or
digital audio MPX outputs, GPIs, SNMP
and two parallel MP3 streams.
2wcom has added features, such
as a DAB+ module, the enhanced
MPX measurement option, the usage
as a backup rebroadcast receiver,
and a RDS data-bridge. Additionally,
listening to the audio is possible by an
integrated MP3 player.
The two integrated FM tuners provide
comprehensive functions for decoding
and monitoring the main FM-RDS
parameters of a station, such as RF
level, SNR, pilot deviation, signal, MPX
power and deviation, RDS parameters.
Featuring additional power and

flexibility, the tuners are capable of
independent operation to monitor two
different FM stations continuously or to
control one station all the time.
In addition, the second tuner supplies
the function scan-mode (Round Robin)
to monitor up to 30 frequencies.
The configuration of all FM/RDS
parameters and the sequences of the
monitored stations can be handled
individually via Web interface. In case
a value does not comply with the
pre-settings, an alarm is forwarded
via SNMP, Email or relay. All alarm
activities are stored in a separate
archive with time stamp, type of alert
and the equivalent frequency.
Due to the stringent regulatory
requirements for MPX distribution, the
A30 provides precise measurement
parameters for MPX signal peak
deviation and power, which detect
defaults from permitted values
and trigger an alarm. Settings are
configurable for following MPX
parameters:

*	 Cumulative MPX signal peak:
The frequencies of the measured
momentary signal peaks are displayed
and in addition the threshold excess in
percent and duration.
*	 MPX Deviation: Evaluates every
second the maximum signal peak
within a time period of one second.
The "Max Deviation:" field displays the
maximal value of the MPX deviation
measured over the configured time
interval. The measured values can be
written in an archive and reloaded later
via web interface.

DAB+ Monitoring

Marketing, Dalet. "The integration
of our platforms with the industryleading BATON QC platform provides
an automated solution for accelerated
delivery of high-quality, tested content,
opening the door for media companies
to increase their operational efficiency
and better monetize their catalogues,
no matter their business model."
Acquired by Dalet in July 2019, the
Ooyala Flex Media Platform is an open
and extensible asset management
solution that simplifies and streamlines
the entire content supply chain, from
production to profit, significantly
reducing clients' costs and complexity
while increasing their revenue.
The new API-based integration is
designed to address QC seamlessly
throughout
the
supply
chain,
automating quality checks at various
stages and powering today's media
factories
from
ingest
through
production and distribution.
BATON's QC reports can be populated
automatically to metadata fields
for each asset within the workflow,
enabling users to see the results of the
QC analysis.

*	 MPX Power: Determine MPX
performance in a 60-second sliding
interval. This value is re-determined
every second.
The new DAB+ module enables
operators to monitor DAB+ signal
parameters such as RF level, FIC
quality, audio level and the slightshow.
The integrated band scan simplifies
the setup for DAB+ monitoring by
automatically detecting for which
frequencies a MUX signal is available.
The A30 can monitor the MPX signal
fed via SAT or IP. In case of failure the
system automatically switches to one
of the FM tuners as a backup source
and replaces the faulty MPX signal.
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