Broadcast
Managed monitoring for broadcast
Whether on- or off-line, editors and post production staff need to view multiple sources simultaneously, preferably within a limited viewing field. Directors also find Barco's managed broadcast monitoring solution especially appealing for its flexibility and the way it adjusts to their preferred working environment.
At live events, sports journalists appreciate being able to see several views of the action on one display. Combining all camera views on a single screen ensures more accurate, exciting, and up-to-date coverage of events. This is why iStudio is also regarded as the ideal solution for Outside Broadcast (OB) vans. Space, weight and power consumption are primary considerations. iStudio provides considerable savings in all of these areas.
Managed monitoring for distribution
Uninterrupted monitoring of signal presence, and alarm generation in the event of e.g. loss of signal, have become increasingly important with the ever-growing number of channels brought to us by digital TV.
To simplify problem analysis and quicker incident correction, Barco's iStudio introduces a revolutionary new concept: Managed monitoring for distribution. It consists of a high-quality display with rear-screen projection, a graphic controller, and Web-based operating software. One projection module can display up to 60 video or audio windows simultaneously.
In addition to monitoring, the iStudio's management capability allows the installation of customized automation tasks to interact with existing video routing systems, and thus perform automatic restoration of services in the event of device or transmission failure.
Typical applications for video source monitoring & management, are digital uplink centers and video retransmission stations.
Networked Broadcast Monitoring System
Barco's Networked Broadcast Monitoring System (NBMS) enables operators to monitor their broadcast processes and visualize video content in real-time from anywhere in the facility. This innovative solution allows high-quality, low-latency distribution of video sources and metadata over an IP network towards multiple screens, even in separate control rooms, hereby offering ultimate flexibility for broadcast and distribution monitoring. As such, Barco's Networked Broadcast Monitoring System goes beyond the functionality of a traditional multiviewer, towards facility-wide monitoring.
