ABC ASIA-PACIFIC ON-AIR WITH FLORICAL

SYDNEY
ABC Asia Pacific has gone to air using Florical automation. ABC Asia Pacific is the first automation installation worldwide to include Florical's new AirGuide, an electronic program guide for DTV systems.

The Florical automation system includes a two-channel AirBoss on-air presentation system, a MediaFiler ingest/preparation system and MediaMaster, Florical's automatic multi-channel asset management system.

"Florical was chosen for their ability to provide a complete system from on-air automation control through to server ingest and automated EPG management," said Steve Legge, Group Engineering and Operations Manager for the NBN network which provides the uplink facilities for ABC Asia Pacific.

ABC Asia Pacific uses Florical automation to uplink programming to two different satellites serving different regions of the Asia Pacific marketplace. Both broadcasts are DVB EIT compliant transport streams. The automation system controls a two channel Saturn master control switcher, two Pinnacle MediaStream SAN (networked storage solution) video server systems and various VTR's for ingest purposes.

The MediaMaster provides asset management for an ADIC Archive using Avalon Archive control. AirGuide assembles the EPG from two AirBoss play to air systems with any changes updated in real time. The AirGuide system includes the optional interface with the Tandberg EIT Manager, using its native XML protocol.

At ABC Asia Pacific, MediaMaster automatically transfers material between the archive and the system's video servers, as needed by the play to air schedules. Material ingested to the video servers is archived based upon preferences determined by facility personnel, providing advanced system flexibility.

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