13/02/07: :mediaproxy deploys 148 channels in India

Tata Sky selects mediaproxy Enigma LogServer™ broadcast solution for compliance logging and monitoring.

Highlights:

• :mediaproxy’s professional broadcast solution Enigma v6 has been deployed at TataSky New Delhi, India, in association with our system integration partner Ideal Systems, to offer 24 x 7 confidence logging and monitoring of all broadcast material.
• To date, 148 channels have been deployed.
• Tata Sky, India's leading DTH provider, to offer superior quality of pay television services to subscribers across India, as well as first class service to advertisers.
• Tata Sky joins other world-leading international broadcasters in adopting proven compliance logging and monitoring solutions to support their business.

Background

Tata Sky Ltd were seeking a high performance, highly reliable 24 x 7 compliance logging and monitoring broadcast solution to enable them to accurately capture and monitor broadcasts for all DTH services. Quality and system integrity were of the upmost importance as Tata Sky are investing in building a first class digital infrastructure in the country to offer a superior television viewing experience to Indian households and superior services to worldwide advertisers.

The Solution

:mediproxy's Enigma v6 broadcast solution was selected by TataSky as a sophisticated and practical system which not only enables broadcasters to accurately monitor and log service broadcasts but also allows a large number of users to simultaneously access multiple channels of live and archived content on local networks and the Internet. Tatasky also viewed the system platform as highly flexible and fault tolerant with enormous potential for future development.

TataSky installation

In addition, the mediaproxy solution included many features that surpassed competitor offering such as:

• Highly optimised form factor through 1RU platform providing 4 channels with redundant power supplies and RAID5 HDD array.
• Fault tolerance - self-healing server architecture, and redundant archive recording elements - critical in the high regulatory, high compliancy environment the professional broadcasters operate.
• Ability to build 'hot-swap software' configurations on server- as above
• Virtual server architecture may be implemented across multiple hardware units.
• Almost infinite combinations of server configuration – allowing flexible system design options.
• Simultaneous multiple encoding bit-rates & resolutions optionally supported for each logged program.
• E-mail and SNMP alarm support – at system and operational levels
• Multiple time-zones per chassis – allowing a variety of captured programs from different time regions simultaneously.
• Open control protocol 'mpTalk™' which allows mediaproxy, customer or third party developers to freely create new server nodes and control or client applications. Provides the ability to monitor and control most elements of runtime system variables.

About Tata Sky

Tata Sky Ltd., a joint venture of TATA and STAR, is committed to build a state-of-the-art Digital infrastructure for Pay Television in India. Tata Sky plans to introduce a nationwide Direct-to-Home (DTH) service that would allow it to reach every Indian home, however remote it may be. The service plans to offer its subscribers the best of cable channels, new innovative programming and interactive services

About :mediaproxy

:mediaproxy is an Australian company, providing complete solutions for the monitoring and logging of rich-media. Audio, video and real-time data sources may be reviewed and managed 'long after the event' for legal and commercial compliance requirements Located in Australia with an office in North America, :mediaproxy is an affiliate of the XENON Technology Group (XTG), a leader in high-performance hardware platforms and customised software solutions for digital content creators.
For further information contact: mediaproxy Pty Ltd on: +61 03 9549 1100 phone, +61 03 9549 1199 fax, info@mediaproxy.com www.mediaproxy.com

About :Ideal Systems

Ideal Systems is a leading broadcast system integrator having its operations in Hong Kong, India, China, Thailand and Taiwan. Ideal was chosen as its System Integrator by Tata Sky for supply, installation and integrating the its DTH facility in New Delhi. In India Ideal has implemented various broadcast facilities including Zee, Sahara, Channel 7 (IBN 7), India TV, Times NOW, Lok Sabha TV besides supplying playout solutions to CNBC TV18 bouquet of channels.

For More information Contact: Ideal Systems on +91-11-26134221/22 phone, +91-11-26134223 fax, sales_india@idealsys.com