ON-AIR Systems Announces key New Features For Automated Playout Solutions

ON-AIR Systems, the leading developer of PC-based automated playout systems, has announced the latest version of playKast, it's flagship "channel in a box" solution.
Version 4.15 includes some major new features and numerous enhancements that have been developed following extensive customer feedback. The new version will be demonstrated on the EditShare stand 7J2-12 at Broadcast Asia, which will be held in Singapore from June 16-19.
Mark Errington, Chief Executive Officer of ON-AIR Systems, commented: "As developers of the original channel in a box solution, ON-AIR Systems is committed to maintaining its leadership in the market. We greatly value our customers' feedback and have incorporated many of their requests and suggestions into this latest set of new features and enhancements to further improve their operations and workflows."
The new features of Version 4.15 include:

• Two Picture in Picture windows: playKast now allows three primary streams (Live/File/Static/VTR/Streaming) defined in one event - a background stream and two picture-in-picture windows. For systems with two live inputs the picture-in-pictures can both be live, while systems with one live input can combine a live feed with two files or a file and a streaming event.
• Scheduling substream events: It is now possible to schedule a secondary substream on an event to start at a predefined time from the beginning or from the end of the event. This provides a much more flexible and simplified way of scheduling secondary events.
• Scheduling audio levels: Customers can now schedule audio level changes during an event, allowing them to fade out a main track to a floor and add a full level voiceover. They can also separately schedule and mix four individual tracks in each audio output (up to 16 outputs), providing unprecedented control over audio.
• Broadcast "ON-AIR" notification: By monitoring the router positions, the software provides an on-screen display showing which system is broadcasting live - so customers do not need to have that set up in their monitoring screens.

Version 4.15 is available immediately to all new customers, and an upgrade is available free of charge to all existing customers that have current support contracts. Further information is available at: www.on-air-systems.com.
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