PSI Broadcasting Acquires PlayBox Neo's MultiPlayout Manager

PSI Broadcasting has extended its facilities with the purchase of PlayBox Neo's MultiPlayout Manager for integration, including the latest updates to its Channel-in-a-Box HD servers.

The Channel-in-a Box (CIAB) server upgrades incorporate the comprehensive PlayBox Neo suite that includes AirBox Neo-20 playout software, TitleBox Neo-20 graphics and Capture Suite ingest management.

PSI Broadcasting is a PSI Group company, providing 24-hour television playout and monitoring services via Thaicom Satellites from its headquarters in Bangkok. In addition to TV Direct, channels using the PSI platform includes TV Satellites channel in APAC country. PSI Broadcasting manages these third-party networks as a host using their own HD TV station which is solely dependent on the extensive playout system exclusively anchored to PlayBox Neo servers.

The CIAB systems include full access to all of the latest software updates across the entire product range giving PSI Broadcasting the advantage of reacting fast to file format or interface protocol changes that might arise. AirBox Neo-20 allows media files to be combined into a single transmission playlist. TitleBox Neo-20 provides total control of titling, graphics generation and text management in advance of transmission and live on-air. PlayBox Neo's Capture Suite enables television station management staff to control multiple ingest channels across multiple servers via a single graphic interface. PlayBox Neo’s MultiPlayout Manager (MPM) allows multiple AirBox Neo-20 channels to be operated via IP remotely from any network-connected location, anywhere in the world.

"At PSI Broadcasting, we manage a vast number of customers, many of which are internationally based. In order to support each client proficiently, it involves entrusting in a competent robust playout system on the PSI side, as well as on the client’s side, in order to require remote access from their premises," outlined Rattana Taipong, head of broadcast engineering at PSI Broadcasting.

"We were looking to find the most efficient way of controlling remote access online, and the system we chose in the end to fulfil this complex task is MultiPlayout Manager from PlayBox Neo. MPM covers all our bases as it allows us to conduct multiple playouts in one server and at the same time, allowing multiple clients to access and control their playout too. It has been the best decision for us to integrate MPM to our system. The PlayBox Neo Thailand office provided us with an outstanding installation and implementation service which entailed setting up the PSI domain name, user rights access by the client company to playout, and so forth. The MPM has been helpful in every way for channel management, and not just for playout, but to also manage playlists and monitoring."

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