Pharos delivers big workflow story at NAB2007: digital asset management from start to finish
Pharos invites you to join them at NAB2007. SU8905.
Pharos Communications invites NAB2007 newsmedia to experience the latest advances in high-efficiency broadcast workflow management. Feel free to call at the Pharos booth (SU8905, South Hall, Upper) during your exploration of the show or email us if you wish to schedule a specifically-timed meeting.
Pharos has encapsulated the entire process of broadcast channel operation from ingest right through to transmission and archive. Easy to understand and easy to use, Pharos Mediator is the future of broadcasting, a powerful asset management system handling the whole picture. Key features of Mediator include:
Rich internet-style GUI.
Multi-library multi-client operation.
- Enterprise-enabled application servers
- Automated tape QC prior to ingest.
- Bulk ingest of content libraries.
- Spot check and QC prior to moving assets to near-line archive.
- Efficient transcode and store management
- Management reporting
We will also be showing Pharos Playtime, a flexible multi channel presentation playout system, fully integrated into Pharos Mediator. Playtime supports:
- Practically unlimited expansion, to thousands of channels.
- Unique active package system enabling flexible scheduling and branding.
- Distributed operation with duplex playback from independent device controllers.
- Administrator-configurable enhanced rules-based playout.
Using the incoming schedule to populate 'coming up' menus automatically, for example, can significantly reduce post production requirements.
New additions to the Pharos Pilot touchscreen-based reactive control will also be shown, enabling a broadcaster to migrate easily from SD to HD operation. The latest Pharos Pilot MCR device control system allows operators to deploy settings instantly for SD, HD or multidefinition broadcasting via a single touchscreen, including aspect-ratio switching, audio/video synchronisation and audio channel manipulation. Presets can then be recalled on a per-card or per-device basis, or deployed system-wide from a single command.
Pharos staff attending NAB: Roger Heath, Nigel Haycock, Steve Robinson, Chris Partington and David Barnes.
Based in Reading, England, Pharos Communications (www.pharos-comms.com) is focused on software architecture for broadcast process management. Since its formation in 1997, the company has developed a wide range of systems for automating the flow of material through broadcast facilities including playout presentation, media asset management, archiving, and facility management.
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Published on 21 Mar 2007