OTHER SERVICES

We can provide fully serviced offices on the Advanced Broadcast services campus for channels that need to have staff on-site adjacent to the playout Operations Centre.


STUDIO FACILITIES

We have a compact but well equiped studio and editing suite with two digital cameras suitable for live to air programming ideally suited to daily or weekly shows based on talking head content. We have also produced corporate video and business television programming.

Editing

  • Avid Media Composer 11.0.7 Offline Editing
  • Interfaced Software for fast effective editing
  • 4:3 or 16:9 Widescreen, 625 line PAL or 525 line NTSC capable.
  • Air-conditioned spacious suite with natural light
  • Broadband internet access
  • DVD Authoring
  • Encoding to file formats MPEG1, MPEG2, MP3, WAV, Quicktime, AVI, Windows Media and others, AIFF, AC3
  • Transfers to and from DigiBeta, BetaSP, miniDV, DVCAM, DVD-/+,R/RW and CD.
  • After Effects editing and 3d Graphics generation
  • Adobe Audition audio editing
  • VTR formats include DVCam, Beta SP, Digital Betacam, Mini DV for edit and dubbing purposes.
  • DVD and VHS Recording
  • Voice Over facilities (not sound proof)
  • Full SDI Interface
  • Aspect Ratio Conversion (ARC) (16:9, 14:9, 4:3)
  • FTP Studio link

Studio

  • Blue Screen, Green Screen Chroma Key facilities
  • On screen graphics facilities
  • Live Phone: Panasonic Telephone Hybrid system enabling 2 live phone calls
  • Lighting rig: Photon Fluorescent Suitable for multi-camera and chroma key
  • 2 Camera Setup including SONY DSR 25P SDI Interfaced studio cameras situated on VINTON tripods with tracking capabilities
  • Recording formats include DVCam, Beta Cam SP, Digital betacam, VHS, SVHS, and DVD
  • Sound: 4 Microphone mixing. 3 Wireless WRT-805 Sony Microphones, 1 wired Sony ECM-77B microphone. 16 Channel Mackie-16704VLZ-PRO mixers, Routed channels include CD, VT's, Microphones and Telephone conversation.
  • Guest room available to all clients with coffee facilities and a meeting desk.


EPG SCHEDULING SYSTEM

We can manage applications for EPG listing contracts on the Sky platforms. additionally we have developed customised software packages for channels to supply full programming schedules in advance of their live broadcast in compliance with the Sky EPG manual and prescribed guide lines. We provide training to our clients to manage their own EPG listing and provide technical support as required.


OFCOM COMPLIANCE LOGGING

We can run and maintain all your OFCOM complaince logging requirement as per OFCOM's prescribed policy.

PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

We have developed a modular based intelligent playlist system in customised software packages to allow channels to compile frame accurate playlist schedules. Our fully loaded systems can manage Ad- sales activity and monitor all Intellectual property matters like music royalties and content right issues.


CHANNEL TURNAROUND SERVICES

We can pick channels off air via our in-house satellite installation and hold them for rebroadcasting to fit clients differing international schedules.Additionally we can strip out and replace content or advertising to suit clients' needs in different territories.