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More channels join MediaHub playout

MediaHub now has 161 channels through its centralised playout facility in Ingleburn, NSW.

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mediahubMore television channels have joined the MediaHub playout  in Ingleburn: Australia Network, NITV, World Movies and Studio as well  racing network TVN.

After starting 2 years ago as a  joint venture for the ABC and the WIN Network, the total has grown to 161 channels across free to air, subscription, public and private provider.

CEO Alan Sweeney said, “This facility is delivering bottom line benefits for broadcasters by reducing inefficiencies and increasing capacity and scalability through the centralised automated delivery, as well as providing for the expansion of content delivery to IPTV, smart phones and other hand held devices.

“For over two years we have been implementing leading edge technology and have subsequently developed an incredibly stable platform that boasts an error rate far less than anything experienced by our clients when these channels were managed in-house.”

“This ultimately means a better end product for the consumer, more delivery options and improved efficiencies for broadcasters.”

“This combination of state of the art technology and unmatched expertise in cutting edge television innovation has meant that in some markets MediaHub is delivering content for multiple carriers including the WIN Network and the ABC.

Through a centralized digital media handling facility in Ingleburn (NSW), MediaHub enables multiple television operators to deliver full or part content such as programs, advertisements, Community Service Announcements, international feeds, outside broadcasts and special presentations tailored to each client’s particular market or region from the one facility.

TVN’s Business Manager, Stephen Dole said “TVN is a premium thoroughbred channel with live racing on a daily basis. We need to deliver a consistently high quality product to our viewers through a proven stable technology platform. Many of our viewers also are consuming racing using mobile devices, and so it was imperative that we work with a company that could provide versatility in playout and a scalable channel count as our business moves into the future”.

SBS’s Chief Operating Officer Richard Finlayson said “In today’s market, to remain competitive, broadcasters must focus back on the business of developing content, brand and revenue. 

“Mediahub delivers us a reliable, efficient and headache-free solution to playout of three of our channels and helped SBS refocus resources and management mindshare on creating great programs,” Mr Finlayson said.

The Director of ABC resources, David Cruttenden said “The transition of Australia Network playout services to MediaHub was seamless and trouble free, providing programming flexibility and added resilience to our Asia pacific services. The MediaHub operation provides best of breed technology and first class client service”

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  2. @Jason: I remember as a kid in the 1970s going to CTC7, the local Canberra station to watch their Tonight Show being produced. In the lobby was a new colour TV with reception problems (it was using an outside antenna). I asked why it wasn’t connected to Master Control. The receptionist told me that it was like that so she could alert the engineers if the station went off-air.

    It seems Media Hub doesn’t even have that simple safeguard in place all these years later.

  3. Maybe Alan Sweeney should join me in Asia to watch Australia TV crash and bump in and out of junctions. It is entertainment in itself, we all gather each day for the 7.30 crash, last night mid sport segment, such entertainment.

  4. @unclepete – No, MH has nothing to do with 7 or 9 or 10. MH has nothing to do with program time scheduling, just playout.
    It is a shame that what used to be called “presentation” has come down to this.
    There’s no “presentation”, just automated slam, crash, bam. No attention to audio levels. No one noticing that WIN has been black for 30-secs.
    @SpankedHam – Totally agree. The WIN picture quality, in their hometown Wollongong, is terrible compared to ABC. Heard it likened to VHS v Blu-Ray.

  10. WIN and ABC come from MH and, presumably, therefore use the same standard of video encoders running close to or the same firmware and with a similar configuration yet WIN’s video quality isn’t even in the same arena as ABC’s. WIN’s picture quality is so bad that I doubt even a ‘Why is it so?’ from Professor Julius Sumner Miller would be able to explain it.

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