Solid State Logic Adds Pass-Through Edit Control With Gravity LiveEdit

At NAB (Stand: N4031), media technology innovator Solid State Logic (SSL) is demonstrating how pass-through channels can benefit from the new Gravity LiveEdit for SSL's Gravity media asset management/production systems.
LiveEdit takes full advantage of Gravity's powerful media to air capabilities, enhancing production options for the broadcaster.
Gravity LiveEdit enables a broadcaster to manipulate pass-through channels on the fly, removing, or adding, informative and pre-prepared content within seconds of the transmission point. Gravity Live Edit enables, where permitted, the replacement of advertising material with local content, or removal of culturally unacceptable material.
Typical edit screens provide a 'record time' and a 'playout time', which requires the editor to monitor and maintain a 'zero time' where the amount of material taken out must be replaced. The dynamic playout capabilities of Gravity LiveEdit mean that editors don't need to keep such a close eye on zero time because material can be added or removed in as little as a few seconds from broadcast if required.
The user can establish a fixed delay for the transmission either set by automation or by maintaining a completely dynamic timeline where the editor manually controls the transmission delay to stay ahead of the transmission point.
With Gravity LiveEdit, users can maintain sufficient edit time, while remaining as close to live as possible. The application is ideal for sports programming where advertising regulations can be maintained to their best effect.
Gravity LiveEdit is one of a number of applications exclusively available for SSL's Gravity platform, a complete content acquisition, management and distribution solution.
Gravity provides all the encoding and transcoding tools required for fast package production, coupled with the capability of generating multiple, simultaneous output formats in different resolutions to cover any broadcasting situation.
Further information is available at: www.solid-state-logic.com.
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