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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 9 | September 2022
InMedia
Compliance and Logging
Contributing Editor David Kirk looks
at the latest developments in terms
of hardware, software and services...
B
roadcast
and
logging
TV compliance
have
channel
become
increasingly refined since the early
decades of relying on MCR staff to
eyeball live and upcoming feeds on
a rack of cathode ray tube monitors.
Automation has long since replaced
caffeine. The process continues to
become more efficient and more
precise, notably with the addition
of machine-learning-based content
recognition. This article summarises
some of the latest developments in
this field.
Actus Digital has produced one and
only one product for over 17-years.
This has evolved into the Intelligent
Monitoring Platform, designed
to
provide a comprehensive toolset for
broadcast compliance and logging.
The latest
Actus
8.5, includes
release,
several
version
innovations:
" Compliance logging browser-based
multiviewers are known for a 2030
second delay as they convert
the
video to a browser-friendly
streaming format, " comments SVP
Ken Rubin. " This delay is slightly
extended each day until the browser
is refreshed by what is known as
'drift'. Implementing new and unique
technology, we have
drift
and
provide consistent
eliminated
2-3
second latency to our browser-based
multiviewer. This brings customisable
master control
multiviewing to
unlimited simultaneous Actus users.
Newly
released Actus Synchro is
another enhancement. Selecting the
Synchro button on any alert displays
a multiviewer of that
individual
at many
immediately
throughout the channel's
chain.
This enables
identify
probe points
delivery
engineers
to
where the
issue is introduced so that they can
quickly
also lends itself extremely well
OTT feeds. It identifies which VBR
renditions are experiencing an
issue and at which locations
in the OTT delivery
chain,
including pre-encoding, distribution
feed, or post-distribution from
specific CDNs. Actus
enhancements
further enable
broadcasters to combine silos of
technology
for specific
functions
on an organisation-shared platform
delivering many
benefits.
These
include: Combing all input formats;
integration with traffic; providing
playlist and as-run log discrepancy
reports with links to video requiring
make-goods; regulator compliance;
quality assurance/alerting; transport
stream analysis and SCTE analysis. "
Digital
Nirvana's
MonitorIQ RM
introduced in April 2022, is video
monitoring system for remote hub
and headend sites. A derivative of
Digital
Nirvana's
MonitorIQ, it is
designed to monitor large numbers
of individual locations very quickly.
Cable operators and other
video
distributors can monitor hundreds
of servers across a large geographic
area to verify ad insertion, signal
quality, service delivery, and proper
programming placement at the local
level, from one or multiple locations.
Operators can see the entire channel
version 8.5
remedy it. Actus Synchro
to
lineup, change channels
and
view, fast forward, rewind or scroll
through live or recorded content.
This can be performed by region,
ad zone or down to specific hubs
or headends. Rather than having to
go to every channel individually to
set up a recording, technicians can
schedule it on different channels
and in different zones. " We designed
MonitorIQ RM only
for remote
monitoring, taking away the things
people don't need and simplifying
the user interface to make it
extremely easy to do the job with
as few clicks as possible, " says SVP
Russell Wise. " Then we found a price
and functionality point that makes
it a smart solution to both purchase
and deploy. It is especially pertinent
in Volicon RPM and Slingbox remote
monitoring-type situations where we
can bring access to live and recorded
video at the touch of a fingertip from
any place in the world. " MonitorIQ
RM is available software-only or with
server and hardware included.
Enco Systems' WebDAD 3.0
generation of the
is the latest
company's
radio automation control
browser-based, remote
system.
Actus Intelligent Monitoring Platform version 8.5
WebDAD lets users remotely manage
and
control
studio-based
ENCO
DAD radio automation systems
from anywhere with an internet
connection. Enhancements include
an updated GUI layout designed to
make operation more intuitive and
streamline access to key features.
Selectable dark/light
modes
let
users tailor the display to their own
preference. Reactive forms minimise
the need to re-enter the same data in
different sections of the workflow by
retaining information across interface
screens. " The ability for personnel to
work remotely is critical in enabling
today's
radio broadcasters
to
maximise their flexibility, efficiency,
and operational resiliency, " says the
company's President, Ken Frommert.
" WebDAD 3.0 has been overhauled
to address stations' evolving remote
access needs while providing an
expandable and scalable platform for
future functionality.
" WebDAD 3.0 also bolsters
security with more granular control
over
user
permissions,
restricting access
such
as
to specified
libraries, functions, and systems. "
Digital Nirvana's MonitorIQ RM
Enco NCO WebDAD 3.0
http://www.inbroadcast.com https://actusdigital.com https://inbroadcast.com/news/digital-nirvana-announces-monitoriq-8.0 https://www.enco.com/products/webdad-encloud
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