Building MAM Momentum - TVB Europe
New Momentum Workflow Manager is launched at NAB 2012. Neil Maycock, Chief Architect, Snell, outlines its background and positioning.
Press Coverage Archive
USA Studios Finds Snell Conversion Tops - TV Technology
NEW YORK: USA Studios has been serving national and international TV and radio outlets for more than 21 years and has one of the largest facilities for state-of-the-art video content distribution in this city. We've added a full range of services, such as domestic and international short and long format distribution, editing and postproduction, file encoding, and DVD and new media production. However, international standards conversion remains one of our core services. We're proud that USA Studios was the first in North America to introduce 12-bit standards conversion with 8:8:8 processing and motion correction. Motion-compensated conversion system from Snell, including our latest acquisition, the Snell Alchemist Ph.C – HD, are the mainstays of standards conversion business. The Alchemist enables us to tackle even very complicated jobs.
Important Characteristics of a True Channel in a Box Solution - TVB Europe
These are challenging times for media and broadcasting companies. More and more of today's consumers are expecting to view content when and where it's convenient and on the device of their choosing - meaning that services such as video-on-demand, multi-platform delivery, and internet-connected TV are no longer options for a competitive media enterprise.
Quality Broadcast and Channel-in-a-Box: they can go together! - IBE
For decades broadcast playout has been protected by well established and robust technologies that have maintained system uptimes at impressive levels. Even with dramatically increased channel count and significantly greater on-screen complexities, the technologies used to deliver the service have been robust in their provision of high channel availability. These technologies, whilst reliable, have inevitably been bespoke and costly. Karl Mehring, senior product manager, media resource management at Snell, offers some alternatives.
Building a Game Plan - TVB Europe
Panorama is fulfilling a commitment to cover the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi in three years time, as well as the XXVII World Summer University Games in Kazan in 2013. Philip Stevens talks to the production company involved and some of the key equipment suppliers.
Czech TV Van Gets Visual Treatment - TVB Europe
Designed primarily to capture sporting and cultural events, the new facility – the second completely HD-equipped vehicle in Czech TV’s fleet – is based on a 26-ton Man chassis with a single expanding side. The design, integration and delivery of the 12 metre-long, four metre-high vehicle was overseen by Visual Unity. The company’s brief stipulated that the new vehicle should be compatible with Czech TV’s existing systems and interfaces, while also providing the high standards and effective design required to tackle demanding video and audio productions
Real-time Frame Rate Conversion in a Tapeless Workflow - TV Bay
When content moved within facilities and around the world on tape or via live feeds, frame rate and format conversions were easily achieved using real-time hardware converters such as Snell’s Alchemist Ph.C-HD. As broadcasters and content owners moved to more convenient tapeless workflows, which enabled them to lower their costs, save time and improve logistics, the frame rate conversion step remained a baseband island within the file-based processing flow. Initial products designed to facilitate tapeless conversion were undermined by slow processing speed, poor conversion quality and a lack of supporting tools, such as timecode conversions, needed to achieve perfect deliverables. Addressing these issues, Snell’s FileFlow™ option enables users to get the benefit of Alchemist Ph.C-HD real-time standards conversion quality, even in a tapeless workflow. FileFlow™ allows users to convert media files from one frame rate to another in real time without any quality, speed or metadata issues.
Snell Morpheus Provides Increased Efficiency at KBTC-TV - TV Technology
KBTC-TV is a public broadcaster that serves viewers in western Washington state. As part of our station's 2006 conversion to digital operations, we took the opportunity to implement a new automation system to support playout of four SD channels and one HD channel.
Encompass Digital Media - Broadcasting Engineering
As a leading provider of mission-critical, media solutions for broadcasters, cable networks, corporations and government agencies, Encompass Digital Media credits its success to an innate ability to stay well ahead of the technology curve, and the ability to adapt quickly and effectively when opportunities arise.
Centralcasting - Broadcast Engineering
Many broadcasters continue to search for ways to keep playout efficient while turning to some form of centralcasting. As part of that, they are using tools such as the Snell Morpheus system.