The company will also feature AirBox Neo-20 and Clout2TV at the show.
PlayBox Neo will make the European debut of its latest broadcast playout system at IBC 2021, which will run from December 3-6, in Amsterdam at the RAI Convention Center.
The company will demonstrate a complete solution designed to handle every element of the content management process from ingest, pre-production and scheduling to transmission. Fully modular, it offers broadcasters the flexibility to choose between hardware-based, software-based, cloud-based or hybrid operation on any scale from a single regional or thematic channel up to a global network.
Pavlin Rahnev, CEO of PlayBox Neo, said: “The two years which have elapsed since the last IBC show have seen major advances across many sectors of the broadcast media industry. Most significant of these have been the need for maximum flexibility in where, when and how broadcasters choose to work given the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Secure IP-based operation has long been a core feature of our technology, allowing easy control of the entire playout process regardless of physical distance. Flexibility is also becoming increasingly important given the ever-growing public appetite for online TV viewing in addition to the terrestrial, cable and direct-to-home satellite networks. Interest in UHD is also growing given that 4K is the default definition for practically every large-screen TV display. All our products include UHD, HD and SD compatibility.”
PlayBox Neo Capture Suite will make its first European appearance at IBC 2021. It is designed to speed up ingest workflows for TV networks, post-production facilities and playout service providers. Operators can control multiple ingest channels across multiple servers. Input selection, ingest presets, file-naming conventions, assignment and auto-transfer can be done from a single web interface. The solution includes a web-based multiviewer with black-frame and freeze-frame alarms. It also offers loudness level monitoring. Content can be now edited in Adobe Premiere and Grass Valley Edius Workgroup 9+ while ingesting. MXF and TS files being ingested are available for immediate playout via AirBox Neo-20 automation without having to wait for the ingest process to complete.
PlayBox Neo will also feature its AirBox Neo-20 automated streaming and broadcast playout system. It is available in 1U channel-in-a-box and 3U multichannel versions. Well-suited for local or IP-link remote control, it enables playlist scheduling to be done weeks before transmission. Media files can be finessed, rescheduled or integrated with live production. Playlists can be configured for 24/7 automated operation on any scale, including support for multiple time zones in multiple languages.
New refinements include GPU acceleration for fast file decoding, secure web-based resource monitor configuration support for input and output, automatic alerts for absent or frozen video feeds, PiP digital video effects creation and loudness monitoring, the company said.
Transport stream and XDCAM MXF file clips can be played back while still being ingested. Enhanced connectivity capabilities include NDI input in addition to the existing compatibility with SDI, MPEG-2 TS and IP streams. NDI output is also now included, supplementing the existing SDI, SRT/UDP/RTP stream and RTMPS outputs.
PlayBox Neo will also showcase its Cloud2TV for content ingest, graphic editing, media browsing with metadata management, clip trimming, QC and verification, transcoding, playlist management and audit logging. Available as a SaaS subscription, Cloud2TV is fully compatible with an existing AirBox Neo-20 playout infrastructure. Specific
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