One of France’s leading media companies, the M6 Group, has implemented the Volicon Observer for around-the-clock digital monitoring, recording, and logging of all nine of the network’s free-to-air television channels. The Observer provides a centralized and easy-to-use method for M6 operators to access all aired video in order to assist in transmission troubleshooting, advertising verification, and competitive analysis. Installed at M6’s main broadcast centre in Paris, the Observer is capable of monitoring as many as 12 broadcast channels. For quality troubleshooting, the system automatically detects transmission errors such as black screen, audio problems or macroblocking, and sends an e-mail notification to engineers together with a clip of the video in question. Sales representatives are able to access the recorded video and send clips to advertisers to demonstrate that commercials aired as contracted. As all video is automatically indexed according to French closed caption, Teletext, and as-run logs, accessing and retrieving video is as simple as searching on closed caption terms or air times and dates. M6’s latest application of the Observer is for competitive analysis, since the system enables operators to view its own broadcasts side-by-side with those of its competitors together with ratings information. (Volicon will be displaying their wares at IBC2009 at Booth H35 in Hall 7).
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One of France’s leading media companies, the M6 Group, has implemented the Volicon Observer for around-the-clock digital monitoring, recording, and logging of all nine of the network’s free-to-air television channels. The Observer provides a centralized and easy-to-use method for M6 operators to access all aired video in order to assist in transmission troubleshooting, advertising verification, and competitive analysis. Installed at M6’s main broadcast centre in Paris, the Observer is capable of monitoring as many as 12 broadcast channels. For quality troubleshooting, the system automatically detects transmission errors such as black screen, audio problems or macroblocking, and sends an e-mail notification to engineers together with a clip of the video in question. Sales representatives are able to access the recorded video and send clips to advertisers to demonstrate that commercials aired as contracted. As all video is automatically indexed according to French closed caption, Teletext, and as-run logs, accessing and retrieving video is as simple as searching on closed caption terms or air times and dates. M6’s latest application of the Observer is for competitive analysis, since the system enables operators to view its own broadcasts side-by-side with those of its competitors together with ratings information. (Volicon will be displaying their wares at IBC2009 at Booth H35 in Hall 7).
