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

InMedia

Jak-TV Upgrades With
PlayBox Technology
J

ak-TV, a leading television channel
located in the Indonesian capital,
Jakarta, has invested in a Channel-ina-Box broadcast playout solution from
PlayBox Techology.
"Jak-TV were looking to replace
existing third-party equipment with a
new system," comments Desmon Goh,
Country Manager, PlayBox Technology,
Asia Pacific.
"The channel's management were
impressed by the greatly improved
operational efficiency that could be
achieved using an integrated Channelin-a-Box approach from PlayBox
Technology.
"The solution chosen centred on
our AirBox with an integral ListBox
to simplify the process of pretransmission scheduling. The new
system comprises main and backup
Channel-in-a-Box units to provide full
one-plus-one redundancy.

"After scheduling for playout,
programmes and interstitial clips
such as promos and commercials are
automatically assembled for playout.
The system is operated from Jak-TV's
master control room. We provided full
operational and first-line-maintenance
training on-site. Additional support is
just a phone call away."
The system was provided by Horizon
Global Media, the PlayBox Technology
partner for Indonesia.
Designed for 24/7 unattended
operation, the PlayBox Technology
AirBox forms the core of a turnkey
Channel-in-a-Box playout solution
for TV channel broadcasting. It
integrates all the elements needed to
keep a channel on-air by combining
automation, playout and interactive
graphics within one box. It can provide
SDI or IP streaming connectivity for
applications including broadcast and

cable TV as well as other
applications.
AirBox
provides
automated content playout for satellite
channels, cable head-ends, over-theair broadcasters and corporate TV
users. It is designed to be extremely
robust, in order to meet the highest
reliability demands of on-air playout.
Due to its unique modular architecture,
it is also suitable for webcasters, hotel
pay-television channels, corporate
presentations, video-wall sourcing and
other programme distribution systems.
ListBox is an offline schedule editor
providing editing facilities such as
text searching, clip copy/paste, and
schedule printing. It enables broadcast
channel staff to create and edit
schedules hours, days or weeks in
advance. ListBox runs on practically
any PC platform.
SafeBox replicates remote content

PlayBox Technology
Channel-in-a-Box server

to local playout server folders for
safe transmission. It can gather
content from a number of sources
automatically, when new content is
available at the remote locations.
SafeBox can be operated in playlistdependent or stand-alone mode.
In playlist-dependent mode, all file
operations are slaved to schedule
contents. New daily schedules are
transferred along with their associated
content and file paths in the playlists
are automatically updated according
to the new local storage.
Expired daily schedule content is
automatically deleted or moved to a
predefined purge folder for manual
deletion or archiving. Deletion can be
performed automatically or by manual
user approval of deletion lists.

Axon Showcases UHD, Control
& Monitoring At IBC 2015
A

t IBC 2015, Axon Digital Design
will showcase its latest 4K
products and highlight the success of
Cerebrum, its broadcast control and
monitoring software. With IP and the
next generation of standards a critical
industry focus, Axon will also use the
event to discuss its work in S2022
and demonstrate an Ethernet AVB
backbone in a production environment.
Cerebrum
Controls
Summer
Of Sport: Axon will showcase
Cerebrum, its customisable control
and monitoring system, which is fast
becoming the control solution for
choice for mobile production, news
and studio live production, master
control and remote production.
Cerebrum's advanced functionality
and broad range of features simplifies
multi device monitoring and control
onto one easy-to-use interface. It
supports a wide range of devices from
different manufacturers - including
routers, production switchers, servers,
receiver decoders, multiviewers and
waveform monitors - using either

SNMP (Simple Network Management
Protocol) or third party protocols.
At IBC, the Axon team will highlight
a number of recent installs, including
News UK's broadcast facilities in
London, and Metro TV, Indonesia's
first 24-hour news channel, and show
how Cerebrum is supporting mobile
production for some of this summer's
major sporting events.
Axon Boosts 4K Productions:
Axon's Synapse signal processing
product line now offers a range of 4K
products, which will be on show at
IBC. These include a 4K up, a down
converter, a distribution amplifier
and two production 'Tool Boxes'. Both
production Tool Boxes (U4T100 &

U4T140) will ease the challenges of a
4-wire production setup by carrying
Vanc and Hanc data such as timecode
and embedded audio. The U4T140
also provides a Dolby E encoder and
decoder. These products are integral
to Timeline TV's new OB - the first
purpose built Ultra HD 4K unit in
Europe.
Proving AVB: As part of its
collaboration with industry bodies such
as the EBU, SMPTE and IEEE to develop
the next generation of standards, Axon
will update visitors on its on-going
work on S2022 and deliver a proof of
concept to demonstrate an Ethernet
AVB backbone working effectively in
a production environment. The Axon

team will show how AVB provides an
inherently stable, 100% open and selfmanaging infrastructure for dynamic
productions.
Axon will also demonstrate SMART
DVB, its platform for live MPEG-2
and DVB transport stream reporting.
Launched earlier this year, SMART DVB
is a complete suite of tools to monitor,
report and analyse live MPEG-2 and
DVB transport streams.
Powerful
and
versatile,
the
SMART DVB suite enables owners
and operators to ensure health,
conformity and quality across the
digital distribution chain and to drive
performance at the highest level.
Axon product
lines 2015
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