BroadcastAsia 2011 Volicon Exhibiting With Mediamatic in Stand 4J4-07
Suntec Singapore June 21-24
Company Background
Volicon provides the broadcast and cable industries with the most efficient, reliable, and cost-effective automated multichannel video content logging and monitoring system for compliance, media analysis, content repurposing, and quality of service. Its Observer® real-time digital video monitoring and logging solutions are based on Volicon’s patent-pending Video Monitoring Architecture (VMA). VMA is comprised of a multichannel video streaming engine, interactive search, content analytics, and service monitoring and alarming capabilities. Volicon products and services meet the demanding requirements of broadcasters, cable and IPTV service providers, and enterprise and government organizations looking to improve broadcast product quality, enhance video management, and lower costs.
Volicon Observer® Product Line
As the industry standard for video monitoring and logging, with 400 customers in more than 40 countries recording 5,000 channels worldwide, the Volicon Observer® captures, stores, and indexes broadcast content from multiple channels, offering users simultaneous Web access to recorded video content from their desktop computers. The Observer product line includes Observer Professional, which is a Microsoft® Silverlight®-based system designed specifically for budget-conscious television stations and organizations that require streamlined workflows for media monitoring; Observer Enterprise, a fully redundant, enterprise-grade, 24/7 automated record-and-search appliance targeted to broadcasting networks for media monitoring and compliance workflows; and Observer Remote Program Monitor (RPM), which provides quality-of-experience monitoring for IPTV, MSOs, independent cable operators, and satellite operators.
New Volicon Products at BroadcastAsia 2011:
At BroadcastAsia 2011, Volicon will unveil three major additions to its Observer® product line. ASI/transport stream logging, loudness monitoring, and AC-3/Dolby® Digital decoding features build upon the existing Observer framework to deliver timely, fully integrated solutions to broadcast and cable network operators. Enhanced with these features, the Observer provides reliable and even more robust tools for measuring, monitoring, logging, and alerts, all available through a unified Web interface that eliminates reliance on expensive third-party hardware, rack space, and support. This added functionality also represents Volicon’s natural progression toward the next generation of Observer logging and monitoring products, designed to enable streamlined, cost-effective operation in an expanding range of use cases and business opportunities. The Observer has become much more than a standard logger and monitoring solution.
Observer® TS
The new Observer® TS (transport stream) monitoring and logging system gives broadcasters, networks, and cable operators the ability to handle MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 transport streams and retains the content and extensive metadata carried within them. 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 the Observer TS system 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 the United States with the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act and in Europe by groups including the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 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. 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.
Image Link: http://www.wallstcom.com/Volicon/LoudnessMonitoring.zip
Image Caption: Observer® Loudness Monitoring
Observer® AC-3 (Dolby® Digital) Decoding Option
The Volicon Observer® AC-3 (Dolby® Digital) decoding option makes it easy for operators to capture and log HD/SD-SDI content without the need for an expensive external AC-3/Dolby Digital decode. Now, rather than send audio through a separate processing workflow using costly third-party systems, broadcasters can send HD-SDI with AC-3 embedded stereo or 5.1 audio directly to the Observer system, saving on budget dollars and valuable rack space, eliminating extra cabling, and increasing workflow efficiency.
Image Link: http://www.wallstcom.com/Volicon/AC3.zip
Image Caption: Observer® AC-3 (Dolby® Digital) Decoding Option
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Volicon’s quote:
“Known for showcasing the latest broadcast innovations, BroadcastAsia is a perfect venue in which to highlight the newest features and options for our Observer® digital video content monitoring and logging product family. These enhancements to the Observer line bring a broader perspective to its test and measurement function, not only addressing the changing demands of broadcasting, but also improving broadcasters’ agility in identifying and resolving video faults and errors before they become customer complaints.”
— Anant Khanolkar, senior director, international sales at Volicon
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