Benefits of Pharos Mediator workflow for your organisation
Processing multi-format content cost effectively for multi-channel broadcasting whilst simultaneously adding new platforms such as VOD and mobile, requires an all new approach to media logistics and a significant increase in efficiency. Pharos helps each user in each department work more efficiently by joining up key processes.
Mediator workflow can improve productivity:
- Workflow is integrated with third party acquisitions, traffic and scheduling systems
- Broadcast and new media content preparation at the desktop
- Search and browse at every desktop
- Sequential processes can be completed step by step in TX or distribution order
- Repetitive high volume tasks can be better automated
- Complex multi format operations simplified
- Content movements can be tracked in real time
- An audit trail for each user action can be put into place
- Material and metadata can be managed centrally
- Management reporting of content status and readiness across the system
End to end capabilities
Mediator's integrated content management and workflow drives the following operations, increasing efficiency across departments and minimising errors:
- Library management
- Ingest and File Delivery
- Visual QC and file based QC
- Archival and media life cycle management
- Compliance review and editing
- Promotions creation and editing
- Approvals
- Creating and managing multiple versions of material for HD, SD, VOD and mobile
- Multi-language management
- Subtitle management
- Presentation, playout and publishing
Unified content management, workflow and playout
Mediator workflow can efficiently drive content to any third party automation system and report the status of all material not yet ready for transmission.The Pharos Playtime mutichannel playout option is fully integrated with Mediator to provide even tighter integration. In addition to missing material or not available for transmission, Playtime when used with Mediator workflow can report any workflow state such as failed QC or awaiting TX Approval.
Multiple workflows to improve productivity
Material can be managed from acquisition right through to deletion. All material registered by the system, whether at ingest, on a transmission server or in near-line archive has a status and can be easily and quickly traced. Material can exist in multiple states allowing operations such as compliance and promotions to work in parallel. Material is presented in priority order to each user with the relevant metadata and can be viewed using browse viewing at the desktop or full-resolution using a broadcast monitor.
Drives workflow in the most efficient sequence
Simplified Mediator end to end workflow