Volia has introduced a line of five exclusive movie channels, Volia Cine+, featuring content from world-renowned studios and leading distributors such as Disney, Universal, Central Partnership, ArthouseFilm and others. The technical partner of the project was VisionHOUSE, an integrator company. Another record was set in terms of implementation time: test broadcasting was launched 2 weeks after the contract was signed.
Another record was set in terms of implementation time: test broadcasting was launched 2 weeks after the contract was signed.
The request to participate in the tender was received in February 2014. The customer needed a multi-channel broadcast system in HD and SD to launch five new movie channels.
VisionHOUSE specialists offered a comprehensive solution based on automated playout from Oasys (BroadStream). The redundancy of the broadcast servers is implemented according to the N+1 scheme. The solution is based on 2 servers, each of which plays two independent channels: one HD, the second SD channel and another backup server capable of playing two HD + SD channels.
In addition to playback, the solution provides branding (graphic design of the broadcast – logo creation, overlaying of dies on the video), as well as dynamic generation of announcements from the playlist.
One of the project’s features is integration with the inMedia traffic system with various modules, including those for planning, scheduling, playback and segmentation of material, etc. The system provides up-to-date time characteristics of video materials (input tag, duration) from the automation system, automatically receives a sign of video availability on the automation system’s video server, generates a playlist in the automation system format, and provides a range of many other features. The solution also includes systems from Ross Video and Elecard.
All departments of VisionHOUSE – integration, design, installation and service – were efficient, and within 2 weeks after signing the contract, test broadcasting was launched.
On August 1, 5 new TV channels went on air in accordance with the project requirements.
- integrated playout
- graphic design of the broadcast
- dynamic generation of announcements from the playlist
- Integration with the traffic system for planning and scheduling, playback and segmentation of content
- test broadcasting launched 2 weeks after signing the contract
“Volya Cine+ is more than just a movie. Viewers with different tastes and preferences can be sure that they will find world-class entertainment on any of our new channels. The launch of exclusive channels “Volya Cine+” confirms our leadership not only in terms of coverage of the country, but also in terms of innovation,” said George Jembery, CEO of Volya.
