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Protect your valuable data with Paragon for Archives

Designed for flexibility and ease of use, Paragon is a Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) platform that can scale from systems for a single user or small workgroups, through to large national archives responsible for the safe storage of petabytes of data.

The Paragon system provides an open architecture to deliver a media-aware storage management system by utilising the LTFS standard and controlling LTO data libraries. It creates a fully-managed, digital content library that is device independent, future proof, and secure, while enabling easy access to archived content and making it simple to repurpose it across teams and organisations.

An integrated proxy-browse interface makes it simple to search, discover and browse media with its associated metadata, select clips, and carry out partial restore of content before downloading, saving both time and money for your organisation.

Paragon has the flexibility to be used as a standalone archive solution as well as being capable of being extended for wider business requirements by combining it with other TMD media services platforms.

 

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Tiger Spaces is a project & user management software that enables you to create, assign and manage virtual project workspaces. Gain the freedom to move projects and assets across a mix of heterogenous storage solutions (shared Tiger SAN storage and any NAS SMB & NFS protocols), while preserving users’ mount points and data paths intact. Tiger Spaces carves out separate workspaces in your shared storage and users see each one as a local attached drive, which prevents inefficient scanning of workspaces and ensures best performance. You still manage one shared storage space - no added complexities. Tiger Spaces allows elastic project sizing as well as setting workspace quotas. Optional Avid bin-locking improves collaboration by allowing users to work on the same project simultaneously.

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Actus AdWatch offers an advanced audio and/or video content detection solution combined with a robust feature-set allowing detection of recurring content in linear broadcasts such as ads or promos.

Actus AdWatch ​uses advanced audio-fingerprint technology to monitor yours and your competitors' channels to detect commercials and generate reports including the New Commercial Report highlighting new Advertisers in your local market and the Delta Report that lists Advertisements aired more on competitor channels than you own.

The process begins by defining the reference commercials, either by marking them from the recorded feeds or by importing sample files.

The system automatically computes one specific fingerprints for each of the marked commercials.

AdWatch monitors the live feeds of all selected channels, and compares the fingerprint of the live feeds to the fingerprints of all the marked commercials (ads) or any other content stored in the database.

Adwatch can also detect new ads that have not been fingerprinted and alerts the operators with all the new ads for confirmation.

At the end of the process, AdWatch creates a database of all certified detections.

The user may produce a large set of reports from this database, by date, channel, brands, campaign and many other attributes.

For further analysis, there is a possibility to export any report to excel (.csv)

AdWatch is the optimal solution for Sales Lead List generation, Ad verification with video verification, and competitive ad analysis.

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This file analysis application can be used to compare files and folders to one another or generate reports of an entire hard drive - no matter the size or content - keeping teams organized between multiple workstations. Compare files, folders or volumes with thumbnails and metadata displayed results. Integrates with Frame.io for automatic and secure upload. Generate reports of entire directories or hard drives without making a copy. PDF reports provide metadata and thumbnails. Set specific criteria for deep, smart searches of files on hard disk or any connected drives. View previously generated checksums, choose from multiple algorithms. Verify previously created MHL reports with thumbnails and metadata for each file. Easily import jobs from the history list.

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Leader ZEN-Series LV5600 True Hybrid IP/SDI Waveform Monitor and LV7600 Rasterizer

Accompanying image: Leader LV5600 showing IP display.

Introduced at NAB 2018 and supported by an expanding range of new features, Leader's ZEN-Series LV5600 is a mains-powered SDI/IP waveform monitor in a half-rack width 3U desktop chassis with a touch-screen front panel display. It provides all the facilities needed to monitor UHD/HD/SD-SDI as well as video-over-IP signals seamlessly in a hybrid operating environment. Engineering related features include test pattern generation, eye pattern display, closed caption monitoring, CIE color chart, high dynamic range measurement, focus assist, customisable screen layout, tally interface, 4K/UHD operation, 10G IP input and 12G-SDI interfaces. SMPTE 2022-6, SMPTE 2022-7 and SMPTE 2110 protocols are all supported. The LV5600 also incorporates Leader's intuitive Cinezone and Cinelite which are familiar to many content production staff.

The ZEN-Series LV7600 rasterising waveform monitor offers the same capabilities as the LV5600 but in a low-profile 19 inch 1U form-factor for easy rack or desk mounting.

Enhanced IP measurement for the LV5600 and LV7600 provide nine extra tools for the video over IP measurement function specified in SMPTE ST 2110 and SMPTE ST 2022-6:

1: Buffer measurement based on SMPTE ST 2110-21.2; Packet error and packet jitter insertion to the IP test signal generator; 3: Addition of lip-sync test pattern to the SER32 option; 4: IP to SDI conversion insertion of payload ID; 5: Simultaneous display of ports 1 and 2 packet jitter and PTP measurement; 6: Event log displayed in PTP time; 7: PTP grand master clock information is displayed from the PTP announcement message; 8: Graph data such as packet jitter and PTP are output as a CSV file; 9: Audio and ANC can also be displayed on the ST 2110 packet jitter graph. The toolset is available as a freely downloadable upgrade.

Enhanced measurement of SDI has also been introduced for all five models in the ZEN series. The SDI measurement function specified in 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI now provides two new extra tools. First of these is a BT.709-compatible vector scope scale. UHDTV (ARIB STD-B66) and HLG color bars (ARIB STD-B67) contain BT.2020 and BT.709 colors. A scale has been added to allow the vector coordinates of BT.709 color bars to be checked easily. This feature is intended for use in BT.2020 and BT.709 video content production. Second of these two new features is enhanced support for EIA-708/608 close-caption data in 4K, with support for both 3G-SDI quad-link and 12G-SDI. This too is available as a freely downloadable upgrade.

Like all models in Leader's ZEN series, the LV5600 and LV7600 can decode and display Sony SR Live Metadata. The following information can be decoded and displayed: Table Version, OETF, Transfer Matrix, Color Gamut, Conversion Mode, HDR Look, HDR Black Compression, SDR Gain, Master Black, HDR Black Offset, Gamma Table, Gamma Step, Gamma Level, Knee, Knee Point, Knee Slope, Knee Saturation, Knee Saturation Level, Soft Knee, Knee Radius, SDR White Clip, SDR White Clip Level, HDR Knee, HDR Knee Point, HDR Knee Slope.

Option SER06 SER06 is a 25 GbE single-mode video-over-IP / multi-mode fibre IP interface module which provides full conformance with the SMPTE 2110 standard for transmitting 4K content in a non-compressed format via Ethernet at up to 25 gigabits per second.

Option SER31 provides enhanced measurement of 12G/6G/3G/HD-SDI. This module allows operators to check chroma levels beyond the BT.709 or DCI-P3 gamut. It simplifies the task of identifying the reproduction errors which can occur when transmitting video content produced in BT.709, DCI-P3 or BT.2020 wide color gamut or when converting content from BT.2020 to narrow color gamut. With the colorimetry zone feature switched on, chroma signals exceeding the legal gamut are made immediately apparent using a false-color substitute.

Option SER32 is an IP test pattern generator module which can produce HD and 3840 x 2160 UHD test signals for delivery via SMPTE ST 2110-20/30/31/40 IP. IP channel stress testing can be performed by adding jitter and errors to IP packets. A network synchronisation mode allows PTP-synchronised video and audio test signals to be generated.

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IMF Analyser is a high-performance, flexible software solution for the analysis and validation of IMF compositions and packages. Easily integrated into media workflows, IMF Analyser validates completeness and conformance, examining each component including validation of MXF assets against the relevant standards and cross-checks between components.

IMF Analyser features can:

• Reduce rework and save costs, by continuously validating IMF compliance throughout workflows to eliminate downstream errors


• Improve customer satisfaction and grow repeat business by always delivering 100% compliant IMF packages


• Realise the Quality Control cost benefits of IMF by aligning QC with the componentised, distributed processing of IMF workflows


• Ensure interoperability of your systems by testing new releases against the latest standards

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VisualOn's Remote Lab allows real-time remote testing, monitoring and device control of connected devices at 30+ frames per second under real-world conditions. It includes test automation to help QA process in the actual consumer environment and to help reproduce difficult to catch intermittent issues

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The volume and complexity of data being collected is exploding at an accelerating rate, making traditional data-processing methods inadequate to handle the onslaught. To gain insight out of chaos, organizations are turning to artificial intelligence solutions like aiWARE.

aiWARE lets every person and every organization do more through the power of AI. Our operating system for AI solves critical and often systemic issues by leveraging an advanced yet extensible AI ecosystem.

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Busby offered by Squared Paper is a state of the art microservices and ESB toolkit which can be used in a wide variety of broadcast applications:

• monitoring hardware


• software and applications


• workflow orchestration of any complexity


• event recording for SLA reporting and later analysis


• controlling external devices and services


• media manipulation and delivery.

Busby Core Modules

• Configuration, authentication, presentation


• Workflow tools


• Resource scheduling and analysis


• Device control


• Alarms and monitoring


• Dashboards and reporting

Three parts of Busby

• Busby Configuration


• Selector (presentation of the current configuration)


• Busby Admin (an overview of the Busby system status)

Busby Configuration

• Centralized user interface for managing the configuration of your Busby system


• Allows configuration of all available services


• Versioning available for rollback to a previous state


• Secure


• Core system settings


• Various levels of deployments can be assigned to multiple machines or hosts


• All services can be configured through a simple form


• Drivers for connecting to numerous third-party hardware/ software devices

Busby Configuration • Workflows

• Manual steps allow the Busby user to interact with the workflow directly


• Automatic steps might be an action performed on an asset like transcoding or the compilation of a report/schedule


• Multiple paths can be easily created in a workflow by adding ports


• Scripts can be added at any point in a workflow. Written in modern scripting languages and utilising built in libraries, frameworks and functions

Busby Configuration • Boards

• To present a workflow in a meaningful way we use boards.


• They allow for ultimate flexibility when deciding on the what workflow steps should be included and in what order.

Selector • Boards

• Allows for the presentation of a workflow where each vertical strip corresponds with a step in the workflow.


• Each separate job is represented as a card in a column. Behind the scenes a record is kept of the jobs progress and varying ‘states’ as it travels through the workflow.


• ‘Info-block’ metadata can be attached to jobs at any point


• Each board is customisable for  different user groups

Selector • User Interfaces

• Other user interfaces are available


• Each can be displayed depending on the users' access permissions.


• Screens can also be tailored to display different parts of a workflow depending on the users’ requirements

New  features…Some of our latest work includes:

• Creation of a Resource scheduling and diary modules


• OTT/TX chain overview user interface


• Multi-site connections using secure zone trunking


• Additional connectors to third-party system and services

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The consumption of content continues to accelerate on an upwards path and the need to efficiently acquire, manage and deliver across the entire content supply chain becomes ever more compelling.

To achieve optimum performance we need to consider following a digital transformation strategy that builds on the four pillars of the content supply chain:

• Content – in all its forms, digital and physical, video, audio, graphics, captions, subtitles, scripts and documents, as well as all the associated and additional metadata


• Workflow – Nothing happens to content without direction, as simple or complex as needed. Business processes, logic and decisions must be performed to create cohesive and efficient workflows, taking into account both manual, and the increasing amount of automated tasks


• Resources – Workflows don’t happen without somebody or something managing and orchestrating them, whether it be a person and/or technology


• Analytics – How do you know how well your operation is running and that you’ve implemented efficient working practices? Analytics. Being able to measure and manage the business across the above 3 pillars enables an organisation to automate elasticity in resource utilisation, to understand the metrics of its operation, how efficient they are and ultimately how the bottom line is affected by them.

Undertaking a strategy that creates tight integration of all 4 pillars will deliver significant benefits to the organisation. Maximising the benefit requires the implementation of an agile and flexible content supply chain solution, so implementing a business solution, such as Mediaflex-UMS (Unified Media Services), that embraces all 4 pillars will ultimately lead to a significantly more efficient operation.

From its concept, Mediaflex-UMS has been designed to integrate these 4 pillars and place clients in control of their content, metadata and the business processes across their content supply chains. Equally as important, it was designed to place our customers in control of the Mediaflex-UMS platform.

So often organisations find out the hard way that the implementation of a new system requires them to go back to the vendor and/or rely on technology experts to modify the code to cater for new business processes, or modify existing ones, as the business changes. This often leads to the question “Do I build or buy?”.

With Mediaflex-UMS you get the best of both worlds: buying a system that allows authorised personnel to use the tool-sets built into the system to design, modify and configure it to meet the ever-changing demands of the business as the consumption of media continues to change.

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ShotPut Pro has been the industry standard camera card offloading application for 10 years. It is optimized for video files but can be used for any file type, from any source. Files are verified using checksums or file based comparison, multiple options for both are available including XX Hash and MD5. Process multiple jobs at once, as well as one source to multiple output destinations. Color-coded, at-a-glance progress window clearly indicate what job is at what stage of the process. Email, text and desktop notifications provide information about completed jobs from anywhere. PDF reports with thumbnails and metadata can be generated, as well as TXT and CSV. Detailed naming options can be saved and exported in presets. Available on both Mac and Windows.

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PulsarTM is the fastest, most comprehensive and versatile file-based Automated QC system in the market. It automates quality check and control at every stage of the content life-cycle. Along with RapidTM add-on module, Pulsar can be used to perform quick scanning, QC, auto sorting and in-depth verification at any stage of the workflow. What’s more, it’s incredibly simple to use! With support for all Broadcast/OTT formats along with a wide range of checks, Pulsar is ready to be used in a wide range of workflows including Broadcast, Production, Post Production, Media Services, Archiving, and Over-the-Top.