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[Satnews] Cyron will be working on a complete overhaul of 31 stations… Dalet involved in streamlining news ops… Globecomm brings advances to its media platform… A 3D demo channel for Digital+ has been launched… A new GS-4000 graphics station from Utah Scientific…


  • Chyron homepage link
    Chyron has announced a major purchase by Raycom Media, one of the largest broadcasters in the United States, who will be implementing the new Chyron BlueNet™ graphics workflow at all 31 of its news-producing stations. In a complete overhaul and HD upgrade of its graphics systems, Raycom is outfitting each of these stations with Chyron solutions, including two dual-channel LEX3 on-air graphics systems, a CAMIO server, and the iSQ remote monitoring and playout application. BlueNet leverages Chyron’s suite of graphics tools to enable complex broadcast graphics workflows, from the moment a graphic requirement is identified through creation of that graphic to the management and fully automated playout of the completed asset. BlueNet workflows streamline ordering and graphics asset management, collaborative graphics creation, and real-time playout. Integration with AXIS, Chyron’s cutting-edge cloud-based services offering, extends the power of BlueNet workflows in getting even the most sophisticated graphics to air quickly and efficiently. Raycom will roll out its new Chyron BlueNet workflow at 26 stations in 2011 and at the remaining five stations in 2012. The broadcaster will implement an AXIS layer in a second stage of its BlueNet implementation.


  • Dalet homepage
    Mediaset, the largest commercial broadcaster in Italy, has selected Dalet Enterprise Edition to centralize and streamline all of the company’s TV news operations, including a 24/7 news channel which launches later this year. Mediaset journalists throughout Italy and in-the-field will use the end-to-end newsroom functionality of Dalet Enterprise Edition to browse wires, prepare text, edit video, and create voiceovers and packages, all from the Dalet’s desktop. The Dalet platform combines state-of-the-art production tools with strong metadata management and media automation capabilities. A single Dalet Media Asset Management (MAM) platform will manage the entire news organization, improving the production process, and facilitating sharing, cataloging and preparation of content for multiple outlets. The rollout of the Dalet MAM platform begins with the installation of Dalet’s story-centric newsroom, video production and playout tools in Milan for the Studio Aperto channel and for Mediaset’s newly created central news agency, which is the hub for news gathering, video production and feeds to the regional channels and web operations. Deployment will then extend to include all 10 of Mediaset’s regional stations as well as the all-news channel. Business partner and system integrator, Media Power, is working closely with Dalet to design and deploy the enterprise installation. More than 120 news agency staffers will be using Dalet in the agency hub; another 25 journalists working in Rome, seamlessly connected to the same Dalet content database to review assignment, browsing wires and video, and create their locally-produced reports. Remote journalists will be able to access the database from the field using Dalet Web Space.

  • Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) has launched version 2.0 of its Tempo Enterprise Media Platform, an enterprise-class for delivering interactive live and on-demand streaming media to desktops, mobile devices, and televisions. A key advance in this release is expanded delivery to mobile devices, including Apple iPhones/iPads and Google Android. Tempo 2.0 also improves support for live interactive broadcasting for corporate communications and training applications, such as interactive distance learning and shareholder communications. Tempo is available as both a cloud-based Platform as a Service and an on-premise managed service. Customers will be able to learn more about the Tempo Enterprise Media Platform 2.0 from Globecomm staff who are participating in the Streaming Media East Conference, New York, New York (May 10-11) at Booth #323.

  • SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has launched a 3D demo channel on ASTRA for Spanish operator Digital+. The new demo channel, called Canal+ 3D Demo, is broadcast via SES ASTRA’s orbital position 23.5 degrees East and available free-to-air across Europe. Pioneering 3D broadcasting in Spain, Digital+ has launched the new 3D channel to allow installers and retailers to showcase 3D television at the point of sales. The channel will feature high quality 3D content including film clips and concert clips during daytime. To date, SES ASTRA broadcasts six commercial 3D channels from Europe’s first broadcasters and program operators, including BSkyB in the UK, Canal+ in France, Sky in Germany, Viasat in Scandinavia and Brava 3D and Penthouse 3D, catering to a pan-European audience. In addition, SES ASTRA features its own 3D demo channel, bringing the total number of 3D channels including commercial and demo channels to eight.

  • Utah Scientific’s new GS-4000 graphics station can now receive automated real-time data feeds and local content updates from CGS’s Newschief system as a result of a strategic partnership between Utah Scientific and CGS Infographics Automation. Utah Scientific’s GS-4000 works with its own MC-4000 master control switcher to support graphics, including fixed text, multiple text crawls, still and animated logos, snipes, and time-and-temperature displays. Integrated with CGS Newschief, the Utah Scientific graphics station automates the often labor-intensive task of collecting data from multiple sources and merging it with graphics for on-air display. The CGS Newschief Data Feed is a centralized source of automated headlines, weather, sports scores and statistics, lottery results, stock prices, and market indices. CGS can also provide Newschief software to facilitate the collection of local information such as school closings, high-school sports, and election returns.