Nexmedia Upgrades With PlayBox Technology Neo

PlayBox Technology has completed the installation of a playout system upgrade at the Nexmedia broadcast production centre located in Jakarta.

The project included the renewal of existing PlayBox Technology main and backup channel-in-a-box servers, which have now been replaced with a new system based on AirBox Neo, as well as additional Neo systems to accommodate new on-air channels.

"AirBox Neo fits very well into our workflow which is fully tapeless from content acquisition and production to post and playout," explained Rusdi Suhendy, Nexmedia's NOC Coordinator. "The earlier AirBox installation has worked extremely well for many years and we were keen to install latest-generation servers before the older hardware reached the end of its safe life. The new system includes 3+1 redundancy and provides automated control of our router. It is being used for title preparation, scheduling and playout of our main channel plus the newly introduced Nex Entertain, Nex Drama and the Horee! children's channel."

Dandy Kurniawan, PlayBox Technology APAC Project Manager, said: "We have supplied Dell servers running AirBox Neo playout and TitleBox Neo graphics preparation together with SafeBox pre-playout programme storage management. These are integrated into the apparatus room at Nexmedia's studios in the SCTV tower at Jakarta's Senayan City. We have also performed operational and technical training for the Nexmedia team and are available to assist with onsite or online technical maintenance if or when that is requested."

"Nexmedia is one of the APAC region's great success stories," added Pavlin Rahnev, CEO, PlayBox Technology. "Their new highly focused channels set an excellent example of how the AirBox Neo product series allows broadcasters to cater for specific audience groups efficiently and affordably. This installation demonstrates very clearly the ease with which AirBox Neo systems can be scaled to broadcast workflows of any size and any required level of creative freedom. Reliable round-the-clock automated operation with the option of adding live inserts at any time has proved a winning combination for many of our customers."

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(JP/LM)