Harmonic has announced sophisticated improvements to playout and graphics
capabilities for the company’s ChannelPort™ integrated channel playout system.
The latest Spectrum™ software also enhances the complete Spectrum media
server platform with augmented ingest, storage, and playout broadcast
workflows.
• Substantial functional gains for the ChannelPort system include:
• Options for supporting up to six live sources, which may include two key-and-fill
pair inputs (one key-and-fill pair usable at a time) and HD and SD simulcast
output.
• Audio down-mixing, which ensures that the audio output – 5.1, stereo, or
mono – matches the HD or SD output needs of the channel.
• Features for integrating rich graphics directly into workflow.
• Dynamic closed-captioned file insertion.
• An enhanced channel mode that enables dual DVE support and independent
branding of simulcast SD and HD channels.
• Spectrum 7.5 software also includes a number of core server enhancements:
• Directory-based user-rights access and a key file-system security measure that
enables more granular control over read, write and delete access.
• WSS blanking feature that allows widescreen signaling to be stripped for
ancillary data as needed and supports the insertion of SCTE-104 triggers during
playout, which eliminates the cost and complexity of using external insertion
devices downstream.
• The MediaStore™ 5000 storage array can now accommodate 1.2 TB 2.5-inch
drives, a 33% gain in storage capacity compared with the previous version.
