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New playout system for rbb

rbb – Renewal of playout system

MARKETS & INDUSTRIES

TV

CUSTOMER

rbb

CITY

Berlin, Germany

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg began in 2003 as a local ARD station following a merger of SFB and ORB. More than 1,900 employees produce radio and TV programs for the greater Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area. During the planned infrastructure overhaul, the rbb playout system also had to be modified.

Task:

The overhaul focused on HD compatibility and a completely file-based workflow. BFE was responsible for modifying the playout system and making it state-of-the-art.


Solution:

An Imagine Communication ADC 1000 system was used for 24/7 automation with a fully redundant design with main and back-up device servers and databases. An ATT workflow system from Netorium was chosen to control the media management and transcoding. A Harmonic Mediagrid was used as the central memory storage.

The IT infrastructure was built on Dell servers and HP network switches. All clients in the broadcasting center were connected via a core-edge topology. Maximum reliability was ensured through redundant core switches and a dedicated duplicate connection to all servers.

The infrastructure is monitored via a BFE SinAlarm system. The monitoring system also has a redundant design, including feedback of faults to the administrator.


Equipment details:

  • Redundant Imagine Communication ADC 1000 system, incl. main and back-up device servers and databases

  • Main and back-up Harmonic Omneon Spectrum

  • 10 Ingest and 176 playout ports for each server for a total of 52 HDSDI signals

  • Telestream Vantage system for automatic transcoding of all clips not created in the company’s format

  • Harmonic MediaGrid with 1000H memory

  • IT infrastructure built on Dell servers and HP network switches

  • Core edge topology


Technology:

  • Imagine Communication ADC 1000 playout automation

  • Miranda NVision master control

  • Harmonic Omneon video server

  • Chyron character generation

  • BFE KSC crossbar controller

  • Netorium ATT workflow engine

  • Ingest VTR Sony Flexicard

  • Harmonic MediaGrid central storage

  • Snell crossbar

  • Ingest VTR Sony IMX

  • Telestream Vantage transcoding

  • Omneon Spectrum countdown clock

  • XDCAM File Ingest Bic 4 Jukecontrol

  • BFE SinAlarm system monitoring

  • Tapeless DEPRO approval

  • Dimetis BOSS FTM file transfer

  • Dell IT servers

  • HP IT network

  • Lynx AV infrastructure

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