
Interra Systems, a leading provider of end-to-end quality assurance solutions for the digital media industry, today announced that Comcast Technology Solutions has integrated recent updates to BATON Version 9. Comcast Technology Solutions utilizes BATON to ensure high-quality content delivery, and BATON Version 9 offers a new engine and web framework, along with expanded support for checks, formats, and features. These enhancements contribute to increased efficiency and improved user experience for Comcast Technology Solutions media QC operations.
Comcast Technology Solutions is a longtime BATON user, and the company has seen enhancements in the user interface, the upgrade process, and overall performance with the latest version of the solution.
The updates to BATON Version 9 have provided significant benefits to our team, said Christopher Jones, senior engineer at Comcast Technology Solutions. The improved user interface has streamlined navigation and operation, enabling faster identification of quality issues. The streamlined upgrade process minimized downtime and facilitated a seamless transition to the latest version.
BATON Version 9 automates QC processes, supporting high standards for quality and compliance. Key features of the latest version include framework updates, enhanced video quality checks for 4K files, support for RDD59 specifications, direct analysis of image sequence formats, and optimized MXF file verification. Advanced diagnostic tools for system health monitoring and an improved API are also included.
We are pleased that Comcast Technology Solutions has realized positive results with BATON Version 9, said Ashish Basu, EVP of global sales and business development at Interra Systems, We are committed to continuously developing our solutions based on customer needs, and these updates reflect our focus on delivering advanced and efficient QC tools.
BATON Version 9's architecture also includes a complete stack upgrade, with migration to Python 3.x and a new Postgres DB and Django web framework, resulting in a more responsive interface, increased scalability, and optimized resource management. In addition, it features enhanced performance for UHD content QC and analysis, optimized IMF analysis, support for SONY 360 RA analysis, improved cloud support, advanced video and audio quality checks, comprehensive Dolby Atmos support, and expanded format support.
Interra Systems will demonstrate the latest evolution of its BATON product suite at the 2025 NAB Show at Booth W1921, April 6-9, in Las Vegas. More information about Interra Systems' solutions can be found at www.interrasystems.com.
Interra Systems to Present at 2025 NAB Show BEIT Conference:
At this year's NAB Show, Interra Systems' principal engineer, Jeff Ross, will give a presentation at the BEIT Conference that will explore How AI Is Transforming Caption Quality Assurance. The 50-minute session will take place on April 6 at 9:50 a.m. PDT in room W220-W221. More information can be found here: nab25.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?scheduleid=143
Saurabh Jain, director of strategic partnerships at Interra Systems, will also give a presentation at the conference. The session, titled Verifying Video Signals Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning Techniques, will take place on April 7 from 11:40 a.m. to noon PDT in Room W220-W221. Full details are available here: nab25.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?scheduleid=146
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