Pro-Bel selected by Turner Europe for London playout facility

Pro-Bel has announced that Turner Entertainment Networks International Ltd (TENIL) has selected core technology from the company for the successful construction of its brand new playout facility.
Based in the heart of London, the purpose-designed new facility will see TENIL bring its playout and transmission activities in-house, bringing the UK-based operation into line with other Turner facilities. The new operation covers services transmitted to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The services involved are Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Toonami and TCM (Turner Classic Movies), spread out over a number of configurations and feeds.
TENIL has selected Morpheus automation from Pro-Bel with the media management solution including an interface to TransMedia Dynamics (TMD), developed with TMD as part of the Morpheus Partner Programme. TENIL has also chosen Sirius routers, TX520 master control and Aurora router control.
Morpheus represents an evolution of the Pro-Bel automation philosophy, providing a scalable, cost effective automation solution using ‘best of breed’ technologies and a design that supports fault resilience at every level. The Morpheus architecture supports non-linear playout of not only conventional material, but a wide range of multi-media and data-based content. At the core of Morpheus is the MediaBall concept, allowing even the most complex sequences of events to be packaged in a way that provides simple presentation to an operator and easy manipulation within a schedule.
Graham Pitman, Pro-Bel Group CEO, concludes, “We have worked long and hard to develop Morpheus in a technologically responsible manner. It is more than gratifying for all involved to see it doing so well in the market. Turner is a very important customer and we look forward to many more years of collaborative working.”
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