ASIA-PACIFIC BROADCASTING

DVS provided four Venice video servers, and two Spycer-Boxes, while Imagica Digix’s custom-designed software is providing the Japanese broadcaster with a reliable ingest and playout solution, flexible storage and an increase in the number of supported broadcast formats.

The new equipment facilitates TV Asahi’s material preparation and sharing, and its collaboration with VTRs and linear editing systems, as well as enables playout for on-air graphics.

DVS’ Venice allows for native real-time capture and playout of various broadcast formats such as Panasonic DVCPro and AVC-Intra, Avid DNxHD and Sony XDCAM. DVS’ multi-channel video server also supports single-image sequen-ces like Tiff and DPX, faci-litating a seamless integration between TV Asahi’s production and distribution environment.

Venice’s playlist functionality handles a multitude of compressed and uncompressed formats — without any format conversion or rendering. Thanks to its playlist and excellent VDCP support, Venice can be integrated into automated environments via third-party systems for highly reliable broadcast solutions.

TV Asahi’s graphic design departments especially benefit from Venice: The video server’s sophisticated clip management and direct support of general file formats is a true time saver.

The broadcaster makes full use of all four Venice units by ingesting HD streams at the same time. This accelerates their daily work processes and drastically shortens the production time, confirmed Masaaki Watanabe and Norikazu Doi, Sports and News graphics designers at TV Asahi, respectively.

Venice is at the heart of TV Asahi’s workflow with highlights such as real-time ingest and playout, its extensive playlist support and intuitive GUI as well as its collaboration with SpycerBox.  

DVS’ SpycerBox functions as the central storage for production at TV Asahi and provides an additional 48TB of capacity. Configured as a SAN solution and equipped with Raid-5 protection, SpycerBox increases the performance of file-based broadcast workflows.

Content from TV Asahi’s editing systems is directly stored on SpycerBox that feeds DVS’ video server Venice for instant playout. SpycerBox’s multiple interface options enable a seamless integration into any environment.

Meanwhile, Tokyo-based 
Imagica Digix developed auto-mation software that adapts the DVS SpycerBox and Venice platforms to TV Asahi’s workflow needs. The custom-made solution extends the VDCP protocol to achieve frame-accurate synchronisation and automates the complete workflow at TV Asahi.

Said Toshiharu Sakata, Art Center manager at TV Asahi: “The integrated solution provided by DVS and Imagica Digix is an ideal choice for our workflow needs. Venice has already done an outstanding job during TV Asahi’s coverage of the latest election of the National Diet of Japan. We very much appreciate DVS’ and Imagica Digix’s effort to deliver the most satisfactory solution.”

Added Haruka Miyagawa, application engineer at Imagica Digix: “TV Asahi pursued uncompromising reliability, accuracy  and efficiency for their system replacement. Imagica Digix’s team-up with DVS allowed us to achieve the most efficient integration including the development of the customised software. We are truly honoured to work with TV Asahi and to continue our support for its system operation, expansion and improvements.”

TV Asahi is a major broadcaster with 23 local affiliates that extend coverage across the entire Japanese archipelago. Its global network of 10 bureaus overseas ensures speedy newsgathering from all over the world.

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