Imagine Communications Upgrades Digital Production Facility for ai News Network

Imagine Communications Upgrades Digital Production Facility for Thai News Network 03 June 2015

Imagine Communications Upgrades Digital Production Facility for Thai News Network

TNN builds powerful new newsroom facilities

HONG KONG June 2, 2015 Imagine Communications, a global leader in video infrastructure, advertising systems and workflow management solutions serving media networks, broadcast stations, digital media, communication service provider and enterprise markets, today announced it has implemented an end-to-end newsroom solution built around its Nexio NewsForce platform for the Thai News Network (TNN), part of the True Corporation. TNN provides 24-hour rolling news coverage in the Thai language both in Thailand and to international markets. It also broadcasts news and feature programming from CNN.

Working with local distributor B.E.C. Co. Ltd. and systems integrator Advanced Broadcast Corporation, Imagine Communications implemented the major upgrade which also included central storage for ingest, asset management and playout on a Nexio Farad high-performance online storage network with intrinsic mirroring for absolute content security. The project also involved the addition of Velocity editors, integrated alongside the existing Final Cut Pro edit suites. The workflow includes MOS playlist management, which will be integrated with TNN's newsroom computer network. Content infrastructure includes an Imagine Communications Platinum router, with an integrated Predator II-GX HD multiviewer for monitoring and control, and Selenio 6800+ and X50 signal processing including loudness control.

Our original news platform was unreliable under pressure, so to expand our offerings we needed to look at a system that delivered complete robustness and stability, said Vichai Sernvongsat, chief technology officer, TNN. Imagine Communications was able to demonstrate a complete solution from a single vendor, with reference sites doing just what we needed. This convinced us that they would be able to deliver the performance and reliability we sought, and to deliver against our tight timelines. The result goes beyond all our expectations.

We have had a long and successful relationship with True Corporation, TNN's parent company, said Joe Khodeir, senior vice president, Asia Pacific, Imagine Communications. We have delivered mission critical broadcast and online systems to the company, and they appreciate the quality and reliability of our first rate products and our strong commitment to in-region service and support. We are pleased to supply TNN with core technology that boosts their efficiency and ability to deliver more content to their digital TV audiences.

With the support B.E.C. Co. Ltd. and Advanced Broadcast Corporation, Imagine Communications was able to deliver technology allowing TNN to launch their new digital services within two months.

About Imagine Communications

Imagine Communications Corp., is a global leader in video infrastructure, advertising systems and workflow management solutions serving the media networks, broadcast stations, digital media, communication service provider and enterprise markets spanning 185 countries. Today, nearly half of the world's video channels traverse through more than 3 million Imagine Communications products deployed around the world. Imagine Communications provides the most complete end-to-end video solutions and is innovating to deliver the most advanced IP, cloud-enabled, software-defined network and workflow solutions in the world. Visit www.imaginecommunications.com for more information, and follow us on Twitter @imagine_comms.

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