PlayBox Technology in Uplink Centres and IPTV Headends

PlayBox Technology in
Uplink Centres and IPTV Headends
PlayBox Technology DVB Servers in Satellite Uplink Centres and IPTV Headends
References
NOORSAT Company W.L.L., Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
PlayBox Technology has provided a complete workflow solution
for more than 130 fully redundant Playout channels with Graphics
and N+M Redundancy for the NOORSAT Global Satellite
Communications. NOORSAT is a satellite service provider for the
Arab World.
GlobeCast / Overon, Madrid, Spain
Thank you for such great products and for continuing to keep us
informed of updates on a regular basis. We operate more than 40
PlayBox systems and all of them work perfectly, no problems. It is so
refreshing to see someone who truly believes in its product and
continues to truly improve it”
Alexander Harkenthal, Manager IP TV, GlobeCast / Overon,
Spain
Vision247™, London, UK
Vision247 currently provides satellite playout to 32 broadcasters
utilising PlayBox Technology playout automation solution. In its
Central London facility, located next door to BT Tower, Vision247
offers complete range of broadcast services includes eight TV
studios, playout, scheduling, signal delivery and monitoring.
Vision247 operates in house CDN and has extensive private fibre
network linking playout facility to all major teleports worldwide.
Vision247 also provides colocation space for remote playout
servers.
ViewSat, Surrey, UK
ViewSat is a leading provider of global broadcast and
transmission services for television and radio channels from its
Teleport in Guilford. With 20 TV channels of PlayBox Technology
playout, ViewSat deliver programming into global markets that
include Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Profen, Turkey
“I find PlayBox Technology very valuable and a very reliable
system. We started with 2 TV channels and now have 20 TV
Channels playing from 20 AirBox servers. Other systems are
available, but they do not specifically meet my requirements to
the level of PlayBox. I now play all my channels for the fraction of
the usual price in the market and have peace of mind dealing with
a well-established organization with an always available
customer support”.
OnderHavuzlu, Managing Director, Profen, Turkey
RRSat, Tel Aviv, Israel
RRSAT has more than 50 PlayBox Technology servers that are
rented to RRSAT customers and operated remotely. Another 10
other TV channels have placed their own PlayBox Technology
servers in RRSAT on a collocation basis.
“Excellent products, does exactly what you need it to. As a Satellite
Operator I had numerous initial questions about PlayBox, and
required some guidance in tailoring the solutions to my exact
needs. I received outstanding customer service within hours (if not
minutes) of requesting support. I highly recommend PlayBox
Technology to any individual or business entities”.
Shlomi Izkovitz, Sales Director-Europe, RRSat - Global
Communications
Thaicom, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Thaicom provides playout and uplink services to private and
governmental broadcasts to many countries under the Thaicom
footprint covering Asia, Australasia, Africa, the Middle East and
most of Europe. Thaicom are currently playing out 15 Pakistan TV
channels using PlayBox Technology solutions, 10 Thai TV
channels and 6 Indian TV channels.
Airtel, Manesar, India
BhartiAirtel is one of the leading DTH service providers with a big
installed base in India with increasing quantity, quality of service
and reach make it one of the top service providers in India with a
huge reputation. Airtel has more than 15 PlayBox Technology
servers that are used for the playout of content for its DTH
channels.
NSTPL, Greater Noida, India
NSTPL has been providing satellite communication and uplink
services for TV channels with remotely linked and managed
operations for their customers. They are based in Greater Noida
where they have excellent infrastructure for complete satellite
operations. NSTPL has been proposing PlayBox Technology
servers for playout automation in its end-to-end channel
integration projects and has installed more than 16 PlayBox
Technology Servers.
Kino Polska
Kino Polska, part of SPI International, has offices in Europe and
USA. The company specialises in film distribution, TV channels
and VOD and delivers 15 HD channels over IP in either HD MPEG2 or HD H.264 to Central and Eastern Europe using AirBox DVB
Streamer for playout.
“PlayBox Technology offers a unique and reliable DVB Streaming
platform including an excellent multi language DVB subtitling
solution, quick and reliable support and, last but not least, all at a
very reasonable price”, says Marcin Kowalski Managing Director
of FilmBox and Kino Polska channels.
PlayBox Technology DVB Servers in Satellite Uplink Centres and IPTV Headends
PlayBox Technology DVB playout servers provide Uplink Centres and IPTV Headends a complete enterprise framework
for preparation, ingest, manipulation and delivery of SDI and DVB MPEG-2 or H.264 TS via ASI and IP.
PlayBox SD/HD and DVB ASI/IP solutions represent an integrated approach that enables revenue optimisation to service
providers while lowering total cost of ownership throughout the launch and life of new channels and services.
Avoid Costly DVB Equipment and Recompression Quality Loss
PlayBox Technology DVB products enable:
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• Direct-to-ASI/IP MPEG2 or H.264 Playout
• Live DVB-ASI/IP Stream Commercial Insertion with No Recompression
• SI/PSI Generation DVB Multiplexing, PID Filtering and Remultiplexing
• Multi-Language, Multi-channel DVB Subtitling
• Intelligent IP switch for 1:1 and N+M automatic redundancy
PlayBox Technology DVB playout servers are based on open standards and offer a network distributed workflow. Third
party applications can work with PlayBox Technology providing support for legacy technology.
Applications for the DVB Servers
PlayBox Technology solutions can be deployed individually or integrated as a total turnkey solution. Each PlayBox
Technology system is designed to work on its own or together in a variety of workflow configurations.
• Record Off-Air from Satellite via ASI/IP Either the Whole Bouquet or Selectable Programmes and PID's.
• Overlay streams with dynamic graphics can be controlled automatically by metadata.
• Replay the recorded TS streams and select programmes to play from the recorded bouquet.
• Place a programme in the playlist and play it immediately, even while it is still being recorded.
• Prepare and trim still-recording programmes with multiple in and out points with the built-in clip trimmer.
ASI/IP PlayBox Technology
Applications
• DVB Recording
• DVB Multichannel 24/7 Streaming
• DVB Commercial Insertion
• DVB Multiplexing
• DVB Subtitling
Record, Delay, Stream and Multi-Channel
Commercial Insertion from 1RU
• Support for Both MPEG-2 or H.264 TS and PS Files
• Record or Pass-Through Either Selected Services or
Entire Transport Stream.
• Full Access to Program ID and PID Selections
Capture, Stream and Time Delay in a Single Server with ASI/IP I/O Ports
• Instantly play the recorded signal
• Replay the recorded signal and seamlessly switch to prerecorded media on the HDD
• Commercial insertion or local breakout without a switcher
• Infinitely variable time delay
ASI/IP PlayBox Technology
AirBox Streamer
Play and Stream Anything
Feature set:
• Totally Unlimited On-Air Playlist Editing
• Advanced Time-Based Scheduling with Automated Gap and Overlap Resolving
• Output Video Scaling for Picture-in-Picture and Info Channel Look with Live
Video and Graphics (single channel operation)
• Integrated MPEG2, H.264 and HDV Stream Remultiplexing Engines
• Playback of Video still Being Captured
• Content Trimming and Editing
• High Reliability and Seamless Playlist Playback or Streaming
• Flexible Playout Logging
• DVB ASI/IP or UDP Streaming Output with MPEG2, H.264 compression
• 1+1 and N+M Redundant Playout
• Switcher and GPI Control (optional)
• Open/Burned In or DVB On-Air Subtitling (optional)
• Multi-Language Audio (optional)
• VDCP-Compliant Channel (optional)
• Excellent Price/Performance
• Powerful Dynamic Playlist Engine Available for OEMs through a Simple SDK
CaptureBox Streamer
Variety of Live Video Inputs with Live Stream Output
Feature set:
• Automated RS-422 or Firewire VTR control with batch capturing lists
• Scheduled capturing of satellite feeds with automated channel switching
• File splitting based on duration
• VDCP-Compliant Channel (optional)
• TrafficBox and third party traffic system capture log import
• Multi-channel audio capturing (optional)
• SDK available for OEMs
• Direct capturing from ASI/IP or UDP with customisable PID filtering
• Re-streaming the entire bouquet or PID selections as separate live streams
Subtitle Plus DVB Server
Feature set:
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• Multi-channel (up to 256) multi-language (up to 1024) real time DVB graphics (4, 16, 256 colors)
or text subtitle services generation with partial (only subtitle PIDs) or full (including SI) TS output
• Supports a variety of subtitle file formats (SubtitlePlus SUB, PAC, EBU and others carrying
automation metadata or metadata formatted filenames)
• Auto loading of correct subtitle files based on currently running programmes – no operator assistance or playlist
preparation required (totally unattended operation)
• Automatic skipping of commercial breaks and other programme interruptions
• ASI/IP and UDP input and output
• Integration with AirBox and other systems through simple proprietary TCP/IP based timecode / Tape ID –
announcement protocol
PlayBox Technology Worldwide
General Sales Contact : sales@playboxtechnology.com
PlayBox Technology Commercial HQ
Tel. +44 1707 66 44 44, Fax +44 1707 66 11 55
e-mail: sales@playboxtechnology.com
PlayBox Technology ME
Tel. +44 1707 66 44 44, Fax +44 1707 66 11 55
e-mail: sales.me@playboxtechnology.com
PlayBox Technology R&D Centre
Tel. +359 2 970 30 50
e-mail: rnd@playboxtechnology.com
PlayBox Technology UK
Tel. +44 1707 66 44 44, Fax +44 1707 66 11 55
e-mail: sales.uk@playboxtechnology.com
PlayBox Technology Asia Pacific
Tel. +603 7661 0478, Fax: +603 7661 0970
e-mail: sales.asia@playboxtechnology.com
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