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TV Automation

Description

Multicon automates a TV’s technical processess such as playout, performance and ingests. It’s a highly reliable product that meets automation’s highest demands:

  • Control of videoservers and broadcast equipment (validated by manufacturers)
  • A/B Performance control
  • TV/DTV/HDTV playout
  • Video Ingests and content transfers
  • Integration with News, MAM and Scheduling systems

Applications

Control of videoservers and broadcast equipment

  • Validated by equipment manufacturers such as Sony, GrassValley, EVS, Avid, Omneon, SeaChange, Thomson, Pinnacle, Vector3 and others.
  • Tape carts.
  • Production mixers, switchers and pre-selectors.
  • I/O digital pulses.
  • Character generators.
  • Logo generators.
  • Teletext and subtitling.

A/B Production Control

  • Multiple secondary events
  • Support for Effects and Overlays

Jet Playout

  • Compact playout module
  • Automation independent of broadcast infrastructure

Chain playout

  • Central broadcast.
  • Territorial disconnections.
  • Remote control of delegations.

Multichannel playout

  • Redundancy of sole point of failure devices
  • Secondary video, audio and auxiliary device control
  • Centralized monitoring

Ingests and content transfers

  • Programmed ingests
  • Transfers between OnAir and NearOnLine servers
  • Broadcast of events on Time Delay
  • Tape backups

Specifications

  • Protocols supported: (VDCP, BVW, Chyron, MOS, AMP GrassValley, Odetics,...)
  • Readily available and highly tolerant of failures
  • MOS protocol for integration with reading systems (iNews, Digition,..)
  • IP/XML protocol for integration with MAM systems (Tarsys, Estructure)
  • Integration with broadcast systems
    • MultiCon XML Format (*.xml)
    • MultiCon Text Format (*.txt)
    • Selector Format (SP*.*)
    • Sony LOG Format (*.log)
    • Sony List Format (*.lst)
    • Paradigm Format (MCAS*.scd)
    • Paradigm Format (ODETICS*.scd)
    • Paradigm Format (SONY*.scd)
    • SAP Media Format (*.xml)
    • Gen21 Media Format (*.csv)
    • ForeTV Format (*.csv)
    • ASI/GREC Format (MI*.*)
    • XML EPG Format (*.xml)

Additional information

Daily playlist
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Daily playlist
Multichannel control
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Multichannel control
Video transfer control
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Video transfer control