PlayBox Neo, a provider of media playout solutions, announced the addition of Ocala, Fla.-based Broadcasters General Store (BGS) as a new U.S. dealer representative offering nationwide support. BGS will carry the entire PlayBox Neo line of server-based playout, channel branding and cloud solutions. Known as the preeminent dealer of radio and audio solutions, BGS has expanded significantly into […]
PlayBox Neo has rolled out a further expansion to the software connectivity of its television channel branding and studio playout servers with support now provided for the Arion newsroom system from SNews Broadcast Solutions. SNews has long experience in developing software-based newsroom production systems for an international clientele. “This is the latest in an ongoing […]
State broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia has joined the global customer base of television networks using PlayBox Neo channel branding and playout. Two complete CIAB systems have been integrated into RTM’s headquarters at the Angkasapuri International Broadcast Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The project was supervised by Selangor-based broadcast system integrator Amrick Solutions Sdn. Bhd. in close […]
The 2022 NAB Show New York (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center) sees the U.S. launch of Media Gateway, the latest addition to the PlayBox Neo broadcast management system which today powers more than 19,000 TV and branding channels in more than 120 countries. PlayBox Neo will be at booth 1134 on level 3. “Our industry-proven product range […]
NAB Returns To The Big Apple
The NAB New York Show will be back at the Javits Center after a long pandemic hiatus. Following a strong showing at IBC earlier this month, expectations around it are rising.
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PlayBox Neo announced in a statement details about a new addition to its broadcast range: “Media Gateway allows the reception, transmission and conversion of a wide range of broadcast signals to simplify the everyday tasks of content delivery and distribution. Signals can be sourced from and converted to SDI, NDI, SRT, UDP or RTP,” the […]
PlayBox Neo and EMAM Inc. announce the completion of a fully integrated playout and media asset management system for Thai TV5 at the network’s studio headquarters in Bangkok. The project encompassed the replacement of a legacy third-party equipment with a solution designed to combine high operational efficiency, reliability and scalability. “The system we proposed in […]
PlayBox Neo reports a successful Broadcast Asia 2022 where the company exhibited the latest additions to its range of television playout products and services. Demonstration highlights included the AirBox Neo-20 modular Channel-in-Box branding and playout system, SaaS-based Cloud2TV, Capture Suite and Multi Playout Manager. Pavlin Rahnev, PlayBox Neo CEO, said: “Following on from our successful […]
Making Digital Subchannels New Again
Diginets are proliferating, and new technology is bringing the costs of launching them down while integrating them more easily into existing workflows.
TV stations and groups are increasingly turning to the cloud for playout solutions, and vendors are meeting them there with SaaS options. Above: Imagine’s Aviator control interface. The cloud-based system is designed to support both linear and OTT playout.
With attendance predicted at around 60,000 with nearly 1,000 vendors, the NAB Show in Las Vegas next week will likely be down from its pre-pandemic numbers. However, vendors say that a more focused, less congested show might not be a bad thing.
PlayBox Neo will introduce the latest advances in broadcast TV channel management at the 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas). Exhibiting in Booth N5210 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, the company will demonstrate a complete UHD/HD/SD playout solution designed to handle every building block of the content management process from ingest, pre-production […]
Thai television broadcaster and playout service provider PSI Broadcasting has expanded its investment in PlayBox Neo equipment with the purchase of latest-generation Channel-in-a-Box servers for integration into its Bangkok headquarters. Each CIAB server includes a complete suite of AirBox Neo-20 playout software plus TitleBox Neo-20 graphics and Capture Suite ingest management. “We operate a large playout system for our own 1080i […]
When long-time PlayBox Neo customer the Seattle Channel first purchased two AirBox Neo servers in 2007, the servers were to be used for 24/7, multi-format playout with one as the main unit and the other providing redundancy. Since then, the government access channel operating out of Seattle City Hall has taken full advantage of several of the system’s lesser […]
PlayBox Neo today introduced an expansion to the software connectivity of its ProductionAirBox Neo-20 broadcast playout server, with support now provided for the Octopus Newsroom computer system. “The Octopus NRCS offers a strong feature set which has received a good reception from broadcasters around the world,” said PlayBox Neo CEO Pavlin Rahnev. “We bridge between our respective platforms via […]
PlayBox Neo has completed a large-scale playout system for 24-hour TV news broadcaster N1 at the network’s headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia. CNN’s exclusive regional news partner, N1 broadcasts via cable, direct-to-home satellite and on the Net TV Plus OTT platform. The project was commissioned via PlayBox Neo distribution partner PBT Adria which supervised the design, […]
Longtime PlayBox Neo customer, WJFW, an NBC affiliate in Rhinelander, Wis., just added its third AirBox Neo-20 server to handle content and master playout. The latest addition to its PlayBox Neo complement is assigned to WJFW’s primary channel. Two other AirBox Neo-20 servers manage playout for the station’s digital subchannels — Antenna TV and Cozi TV. WJFW […]
Noncommercial WLVT Bethlehem, Pa. (PBS), part of Lehigh Valley Public Media, has chosen a dual channel PlayBox Neo playout system for the third phase of the infrastructure expansion project which it started in 4Q 2017. This latest phase includes the integration of an AirBox Neo platform with TitleBox Neo software that will be used for […]
PlayBox Neo announces a major addition to its product line with the introduction of Capture Suite, an ingest solution designed to increase the efficiency of television networks, post-production facilities and playout centers. Capture Suite employs a client-server architecture that can be scaled to accommodate a practically unlimited number of channels, the company says. “Efficient ingest management […]
PMCM-TV stations WNWT (home of the New Jersey News Network) and WJLP (serving New York City) chose PlayBox Neo’s multichannel playout system as part of a playout and channel branding capabilities upgrade. WJLP and WNWT share transmitter facilities at 4 Times Square in midtown Manhattan. WNWT is currently online with PlayBox Neo, and WJLP will be after its site […]
