New Multi-Channel Playout Facility for GlobeCast (L.A)

Ideal Systems was selected by Globecast to build new broadcast facilities in Los Angeles and Miami, building on the success of the facilities it constructed for the company in Singapore.

Key technologies being deployed at the new U.S. facilities include an integrated suite from Evertz consisting of Mediator media asset management (MAM) with Playtime automation, OvertureRT integrated playout devices, VistaLINK PRO facility monitoring system, and MVP multiviewer. Based on the same architecture as that deployed for Globecast’s Singapore and London facilities, the new U.S. facilities will have a secure, fully managed hierarchical storage platform based on EMC Isilon and Quantum technologies. All of these systems are fully integrated to provide a highly optimized and efficient broadcast facility with industry-leading redundancy as well as proactive and predictive fault monitoring. Also included in the new facilities, and making its broadcast debut in the U.S., is the highly flexible and rapid channel launch capacity of Ideal System’s SoftCast. The multichannel SoftCast platform augments the overall system with the ability to play out a wide range of native formats and the capacity to reduce channel launch times dramatically.