STN
to
install
multiple
Miranda
Xchannel
IT-based
playout
servers
December
9,
2009
–
Miranda
Technologies
today
announced
that
Satellite
Telecommunications
Network
(STN),
one
of
the
leading
satellite
television
providers
in
Central
and
Eastern
Europe,
will
be
installing
an
advanced
IT-based
playout
system,
based
on
Miranda’s
Xchannel
playout
server.
The
system
will
comprise
four
Xchannel
playout
servers
with
advanced
graphics
capabilities,
and
eight
Xingest
stations
for
HD/SD
ingest.
The
system
is
scheduled
to
go
live
in
Q1
2010,
with
the
ingest
and
the
playout
both
controlled
by
Pebble
Beach
automation.
“With
Xchannel,
we’ll
be
able
to
build
a
low
cost
and
highly
scalable
playout
architecture,”
says
Tomaz
Lovsin,
Managing
Director
at
STN.
“The
system
will
also
incorporate
advanced
graphics
capabilities,
which
will
enable
us
to
deliver
rich
and
exciting
graphics,
using
highly
efficient
workflows.”
The
branding
graphics
for
the
new
live
sports
and
entertainment
channels
will
be
created
using
Miranda’s
Vertigo
graphics
automation.
The
rich
integration
between
the
Xchannel
and
the
Pebble
Beach
playout
automation
will
allow
the
graphics
templates
to
be
controlled
and
populated
directly
from
the
playout
automation.
This
new
system
will
also
incorporate
Miranda’s
monitoring
and
interfacing
equipment.
Two
Kaleido-X
multi-viewers
will
be
used
for
high
quality
monitoring,
and
13
Densite
frames
will
house
more
than
100
interfacing
modules,
including
up/down/cross
conversion,
and
Dolby
E/AC-3
encoding/decoding
cards.
Miranda’s
Xchannel
IT-based
playout
server
is
ideal
for
highly
automated,
multi-channel
environments.
It
simplifies
the
transition
to
IT-based
playout
by
offering
full
control
under
existing
third
party
automation,
and
also
alongside
traditional
channel
playout
chains.
The
new
Xingest
solution
allows
ingest
of
HD/SD
from
live
feeds,
or
VTRs,
to
low
cost
generic
storage,
prior
to
playout
by
Xchannel.
It
provides
effective
capture
of
time
code,
VBI
and
VANC
data.
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