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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 6 | June 2022
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InMedia
Cloud2TV: Off-Prem, On-Prem, Poly-Prem
Cloud Playout Without Tiers cont'd...
The similarity in design is
intentional as it minimizes the need
for additional staff training.
Cloud2TV
provides
practically
limitless scalability and is ideal for
broadcasters
seeking to expand
from their roots as a single regional
or national channel into a multiregional
or multi-national SD/HD/
UHD network. It can be deployed as
a standalone turnkey system or to
augment an existing server-based
installation.
Cloud2TV
also allows
red-button channels
accommodated at
relatively
new
to be
short
notice in support of events such as
the summer or winter Olympics.
Poly-prem
Broadcasting
knows
connected world
no
boundaries, particularly in today's
globally
where
television viewers are free to select
content
from terrestrial, satellite
or online sources. Many television
channels
proved
highly
provide an international
service, distributing content between
multiple production sites. Cloud2TV
has
uniting the creative resources
multi-national
television networks
operating in areas as diverse as
Africa, America, Asia and Europe.
A classic example is Akili Networks
which is based in Nairobi, Kenya and
the USA. Akili chose Cloud2TV as
the content management, channel
branding and playout core of the first
and only free-to-air Kenyan children's
television channel.
Jesse
President: " The actual
took place in the midst
Soleil, Akili Networks'
launch
the
of
coronavirus pandemic. The
PlayBox Neo Cloud2TV model for
virtualized global master control and
operations enabled us to launch and
operate efficiently in this difficult
environment. We certainly did not
anticipate the pandemic but
the
fact that we could bring Akili Kids!
TV on air in the middle of it proved
beyond all question the robustness
of
browser-based remote systems
management. Program uploads
and master control monitoring were
all performed virtually
from either
our New York or Nairobi offices,
and Cloud2TV helped us manage our
channel even when our core staff was
working safely from home. "
effective in
of
High-efficiency ingest
Whether on-prem, off-prem or
poly-prem, a crucial element of any
broadcast operation is the need to
handle content ingest efficiently. Our
recently introduced Capture Suite is
designed to speed up the ingest
workflow of television networks,
post-production facilities and playout
service-providers. Operators
gain
the ability to control multiple ingest
channels across multiple servers or
virtual machines. Functions such as
input selection, ingest presets, filenaming
conventions, assignments
and auto-transfer can be performed
quickly and easily from a single web
user interface.
Capture Suite features include a
browser-based
multiviewer with
black-frame and freeze-frame alarms
plus loudness audio level monitoring
as well as manual, scheduled and
compliance ingest
modes
with
automated input switching.
Figure 3 shows an example of the
Capture Suite user interface, again
designed
to allow operators
to
transition easily between the various
elements of a PlayBox Neo system.
Figure 4 illustrates the structure
of a typical Capture Suite system.
Content can be now edited in Adobe
Premiere and Grass Valley
Edius
Workgroup 9+ while still ingesting.
MXF and TS files being ingested are
available for immediate playout via
AirBox Neo-20 automation without
having to wait for the ingest process
to complete. Capture Suite can be
used standalone of as part of local or
cloud-connected system.
Cloud playout without tiers
It is easy to classify broadcast
networks by parameters
their preferred
transmission
...and without tears
Most broadcasters include some
level of protective redundancy into
their production, archiving and
playout systems in case of damage
from whatever cause. Flooding is a
particular concern. Wide-area power
failure is another. Cloud2TV is an
ideal basis for emergency recovery
protection, either at a nearby site or
potentially anywhere.
Figure 3: PlayBox Neo Capture Suite user interface example
Future proofing
Cloud2TV, like the AirBox
full
support
Neo
product family from which it stems,
includes
for latest
generation 2160-line resolution
4K-UHD as well as 1080-line HD and
525/625-line SD. Among recently
added features are a new transcoder
to support multiple containers and
formats. Also new are refinements to
the graphic editing and media asset
reworking tools, an enhanced playlist
editor, plus EPG and MS Excel playlist
export capability. Software updates
and 24/7 global support are standard
within the Cloud2TV pricing model.
Summary
PlayBox Neo has
such as
geographical reach, target audience,
subject themes, number of channels
and
routes.
Television broadcasting is
one of the fastest evolving facets
of the mass-media market, not just
competing against but embracing the
online sector. Cloud2TV is designed
to support every style and size of
operation from the moment of initial
system commissioning and onward
throughout a network's lifetime.
sustained
position as the global
of
its
leader in
developing and supplying serverbased
playout and channel branding
systems, many
which are
remotely controlled via IP. Cloud2TV
is
designed
to supplement
our
highly popular AirBox Neo server
system, sharing many of the same
software modules to ensure an easy
operational transition between their
respective user interfaces. Demand
for AirBox Neo-20 remains very strong
across
all our traditional market
sectors, powering established
television channels as they upgrade
from SD as well as new channels
starting from day one in HD. Recent
installation projects have included
an HD parliamentary
playout
television
system for the National
Assembly of Thailand, a new AirBox
Neo-20 Channel-in-a-Box
playout
system for playout service-provider
PSI Broadcasting (their 19th) and an
HD playout system with integrated
media asset management for Thai
TV5. The latter includes Capture Suite
to allow high efficiency ingest.
Cloud2TV is tomorrow's
channel
branding and playout
Figure 4: Structure of a typical PlayBox Neo Capture Suite system
technology,
available today.
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