Playbox Think Outside The Box At IBC

The international 'TV channel in a box' manufacturer, is gearing up for a big year at the IBC show in Amsterdam next month.
Playbox now powers over 9,000 playout and branding channels worldwide with 'box' or highly integrated modular workflows. Developing and refining its core playout products for over 10 years, it offers the best of in broadcast performance. New additions to the product line at IBC2010 extend the scope of the company's fully integrated playout capabilities for efficient and highly automated workflows. These include:

• New TrafficBox - Traffic Management
: Targeted at broadcasters who need TV business management solutions, TrafficBox includes all the features needed for programme planning, advertising sales and long-term playlists scheduling. It also enables the preparation of the physical material that is presented on-air: the video, audio, text, graphics and subtitles.

 The traffic management system within TrafficBox is a client/server database application provided by Step2e. This allows a virtually unlimited number of users to access the management server where all relevant data can be entered, saved and modified.
• New AdBox - Commercial Insertion Server: 
PlayBox Technology's AdBox addresses the growing trend for the local insertion of commercials and a significant demand by multinational broadcasters for local content insertion and localisation. AdBox is a state-of-the-art SD/HD Commercial Insertion and Content Localisation Server contained in 1RU compact cases with PSU and RAID protection included.
• New EdgeBox - Remote Redundant Playout Server
: The PlayBox Technology EdgeBox forms the centrepiece of the company's unattended automated remote playout solutions. EdgeBox enables the full operation and monitoring of distant broadcast playout using public internet as the link for all content delivery, control and monitoring. Customisable to fit user requirements, single and multi-channel operation, as well as full equipment redundancy, are available.
• New TimeShiftBox
: PlayBox Technology is introducing TimeShiftBox for SDI video. Originally developed in response to popular demand from existing PlayBox customers, TimeShiftBox can delay video and audio together by any amount from a few seconds to several days. The package includes logo insertion and an optional full CG package with interactive graphics that are internally keyed over the output video. Operation is straightforward with a main menu window that allows setting the delay. TimeShiftBox also inherits useful monitoring features, such as viewing the preview input and delayed output video, as well as the audio level monitoring as already used in the established AirBox playout server.

The full range of PlayBox Technology's products will be available for demonstration at IBC 2010
Playbox is located at stand number 8.C30 (hall 8)
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