Bahrain TV upgrades Avid newsroom system

State-backed Bahrain TV recently upgraded its Avid iNews system, which was integrated with a Pinnacle Vortex solution. Dubai-based distributor and systems integrator Wecom Global was contracted to install the latest version of iNews along with the Avid ISIS 32TB central storage, Miranda Nvision NV8144 router and Telestream Flip Factory to manage its agency feeds. Wecom also integrated iNews with VizRT’s on-air graphics solution.

All of the feeds and incoming video lines are connected to a 74/54 Miranda Nvision router with 16 physical and five web control panels. The tape and line video feeds are ingested to ISIS by AirSpeed through Avid Capture Manager as HD. Non HD content is up converted using Miranda up convertors. Web-based feeds from AP and Reuters are ingested to ISIS and converted through Flip Factory with the help of Transfer Managers.

Once in the ISIS, materials can be accessed by Avid ASSIST, INSTINCT and NewsCutter clients. The journalist can access the text/wires on iNews and create stories and rundown. The same is accessible on INSTINCT also, where they can edit the footages from ISIS. This is then sent to the NewsCutter client where video clips are finalised and sent to AirSpeed for play out. During the making of stories, journalists can insert graphics from the iNews-Viz plugin, which will be reproduced in command for play out with both VCP-MSE and the VIZ-engine.

Key components of the installation include the Avid ISIS 7000 with 32TB mirrored storage; Avid AirSpeed multi-stream HD with four-channel HD play out and eight-channel HD capture supported by redundant iNews 3.3.3 server with 80+ clients; 40+iNews Assist and Instinct clients; four Avid NewsCutters; iNews Command playout and Avid Capture Manager.