IBC 2011: Volicon Products Preview

2011 IBC Show Preview
Volicon
Stand 7.J16

Volicon provides the broadcast and cable industries with automated multichannel video content logging and monitoring systems. New products this year include:

Observer TS—Making its European debut, this new logging system gives broadcasters, networks and cable operators the ability to handle MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 transport streams natively and efficiently over the WAN with a low-res proxy, retaining the content and associated metadata within the stream. Complementing the existing Observer Enterprise analog, SD-SDI, and HD-SDI systems, this new interface simplifies signal flow, allows for greater signal density and flexibility, and enables full-quality content logging, thereby opening the door to new use cases — such as rebroadcasting high-resolution data, interactive content, and dialnorm reporting — for logged content. Using Observer TS for compliance logging and air checks, operators can easily extract MPEG metadata and troubleshoot the MPEG transport stream live or from the Observer log.

Observer Loudness Monitoring—With commercial loudness being legislated in Europe by groups including the European Broadcasting Union (EBU’s PLOUD specification R 128) and Italy’s AGCOM, it’s more important than ever that TV stations and networks are able to monitor the loudness of their broadcasts in real time to comply with regulations and improve the overall user listening experience for viewers.

Using intuitive overlay controls within its Web-based interface, Observer provides continuous measurements identifying program loudness and true-peak signal levels for instant verification for review or export. Observer’s fully compliant, integrated loudness monitoring simplifies the overall monitoring workflow and adds value by eliminating the hassle and cost of working with external systems.

Observer Mobile—Observer Mobile is a Web-based interface that supports H.264 on Apple iOS devices using the Safari Web browser with native support for iPad and iPhone devices. Observer Mobile provides greater flexibility, unsurpassed portability and the added convenience of accessing live Observer streaming along with back navigation of previously recorded content from both local and remote locations. The ability to play, pause, search and create logged content on demand using smart devices will provide broadcasters instant access to the final broadcast product to ensure quality, compliance and communication within the media enterprise.