PSI Broadcasting Expands Playout Facilities

PSI Broadcasting has expanded its playout facilities by upgrading to latest-generation AirBox Neo servers from PlayBox Technology.

PSI Broadcasting is Thailand's largest satellite TV platform provider and transmits its own channel, Saradee, as well as providing playout services to third-party clients.

Rattana Taipoing, PSI Broadcasting Manager, said: "High quality, high reliability and high efficiency are our key business drivers. AirBox fulfils all three demands, enabling us to offer our customers round-the-clock services scaled to their exact requirements. This project includes the upgrade of two AirBox channels to AirBox Neo. These are configured in main and backup roles for the Saradee channel which provides a mix of public information, documentaries and entertainment. We have a total of 15 AirBox servers, all of which perform well and give our customers an essentially seamless service. AirBox Neo brings a lot of extra facilities including the ability to handle UHD, HD and SD content within a single server. Most technical support is obviously now online but we appreciate the proximity of the PlayBox Technology Thailand office right here in Bangkok."

"The upgrade we have provided to PSI Broadcasting includes ListBox Neo schedule editing, TitleBox Neo channel branding and SafeBox Neo pre-transmission content replication," added Pavlin Rahnev, PlayBox Technology COO and Asia Pacific Region Manager. "The combination is extremely versatile and forms the core of many playout systems currently in use by broadcasters and transmission service-providers around the world. The broadcast business is a fast-evolving one; our aim is to future-proof all our customers with the ability to handle new signal standards as these arise, not least the growing interest in UHD and the accelerating demand for online programme viewing."

Image (L–R): Nut Deesamer, PlayBox Technology branch director, Thailand, and PSI Broadcasting manager Rattana Taipong.

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(JP/MH)