SeaChange Rolls Out New Open MediaClient Systems to Bring Unprecedented Advantages to Broadcast Television Workflow.MAYNARD, Mass. -- New Architecture Enables Edit-in-Place, Play-in-Place Workflow SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC SEAC Student Environmental Action Coalition SEAC Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee SEAC Southeast Archeological Center (National Park Service) SEAC South East Asia Command (Allies WWII) ) today introduced the SeaChange MediaClient(TM) family of broadcast I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output subsystems, which embrace the Common Internet File System (protocol) Common Internet File System - (CIFS) An Internet file system protocol, based on Microsoft's SMB. Microsoft has given CIFS to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an Internet Draft. CIFS is intended to complement existing protocols such as HTTP, FTP, and NFS. (CIFS (Common Internet File System) The file sharing protocol used in Windows. It evolved out of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol in DOS, which is why the terms CIFS/SMB and SMB/CIFS are sometimes seen. The word "Internet" in the CIFS name has little relevance. ) to enable television operators to store, package and distribute video more flexibly and cost-effectively than ever before. The first products in the MediaClient family are MPEG-2/DV-based video codecs designed to support recording, playout and workflow throughout the television enterprise regardless of video image format, file type or compression scheme. "Support for multiple compression Multiple Compression The effect that arises when a stock trades at a certain multiple and, while earnings may be strong, the stock price doesn't move up (or even goes down). standards and file types is a necessity for today's television enterprise," said John Pittas, vice president, broadcast systems, SeaChange. "Coupled with the use of a centralized, high-performance content server and remote client workstations, CIFS will allow multiple editors and post-production suites to collaborate with each other through parallel access to all the stored media, thereby enabling parallel workflow in the various phases of today's television production and distribution chain. The ability to record, edit-in-place and play-in-place is now a reality with our newest storage and I/O product introductions." BML BML Broadcast Markup Language BML Bodega Marine Laboratory (UC Davis) BML Bean Markup Language BML Business Management Layer BML Better Markup Language (server-side HTML preprocessor) BML Blue Man Library 24000e Delivers CIFS Advantages The new CIFS-based client/server architecture leverages SeaChange's Broadcast MediaLibrary (BML), which provides fault-resilient storage, independent of the image format, compression standard and file type. With today's announcement, the BML 24000e is now available as a high-performance CIFS server and is complemented by SeaChange's new software-based MediaClient Codecs - which, for the first time, couple real-time, broadcast-quality I/O and high-quality MPEG-2 and DV coding with CIFS storage access over inexpensive Gigabit IP networks. In addition, other CIFS-based client devices, such as non-linear editing systems, can now take advantage of the low cost, high bandwidth and scalability of the Broadcast MediaLibrary. Through the use of Gigabit IP connectivity and open, standards-based CIFS file access, the BML 24000e can provide high-performance storage access to hundreds of attached Windows, Apple, Linux or UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). clients. Unlike competing Fibre Channel-based Storage Area Networks (SANs), no specialized or proprietary hardware or software is required. Its predecessor, The BML 24000, was introduced last year and is used by a wide array of media companies such as content originators, network operators, and broadcasters. The MediaClient Codecs SeaChange's MediaClient (mcl) Codecs support MXF (Material EXchange Format) A file format from the Pro-MPEG Forum for the interchange of video production information. MXF files include audio/video content and related meta-data (production notes, camera settings, time code positions, etc. , QuickTime and AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. (DV) file formats, together with SeaChange's legacy MPEG-2 Program Stream and Transport file formats for compatibility with existing systems. The MediaClient Codecs eliminate the need for compression transcoding by supporting back-to-back playout of MPEG-2, IMX IMX In My eXperience IMX Interactive Music Exchange (TV show) IMX Integrated Multimedia Exchange IMX Industrywide Mortgage Exchange IMX Intermodal Marketing Extension IMX Inverse Multiplexor , DV-25 and DV-50, as well as future support for H.264, Windows Media 9 and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. 2000 compression standards. Both High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) television standards are supported. MediaClient Codec I/O channels are individually controlled by automation systems and provide frame-accurate record and playback capabilities, as well as "VTR-like" jog and shuttle functionality. The mcl-4012 supports one SD encoder and two independent SD decoders (1-in, 2-out), which can operate simultaneously at bit-rates up to 50 Mb/sec. These offer eight (four AES) compressed or 16 (eight AES) uncompressed audio channels per video input or output. The mcl-4201 is an HD/SD Simulcast Decoder, which provides both SD and HD outputs by either up-converting or down-converting the SD or HD source materials. Additional multichannel encoder and decoder configurations are in development. Units can be scaled incrementally using inexpensive Gigabit switches capable of supporting several hundred playout channels. The mcl-4012 will be demonstrated next week at IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention 2004 and is available for shipment in the fourth quarter of this year. Ubiquitous Storage with the Broadcast MediaLibrary The SeaChange Broadcast MediaLibrary provides compression and file-format independent storage and can accommodate any media type from uncompressed High Definition to MPEG-1 or Windows Media 9. It can incrementally scale to petabytes, with over 36TB (terabytes) of RAID-5 storage per rack. SeaChange's distributed serial switch architecture allows the Broadcast MediaLibrary to scale linearly in both storage and bandwidth, in contrast to Storage Area Networks, which face bandwidth limitations because of their centralized switch topologies. The BML 24000e provides 1.2 Gigabit per node of cumulative bandwidth and costs less than one-fifth of SAN (Storage Area Network) architectures for comparable media storage. The MediaLibrary employs SeaChange's Emmy award-winning MediaCluster technology (see http://www.schange.com/Products/mediacluster.asp), which extends the concept of RAID from disks within a server node to interconnected nodes. Known as RAID2(R) ("RAID-squared"), it provides fault-resilient storage by striping Interleaving or multiplexing data to increase speed. See disk striping. striping - data striping file data with parity across all the server nodes in a MediaCluster, as well as across all the disks in each node. Visit SeaChange at IBC 2004 in Amsterdam, stand 8.280, Sept. 10-14. Top Choice of Television Operators Worldwide From China Central Television, to MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. to PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , broadcasters have relied on on-air delivery on SeaChange systems since 1998. More than 270 television stations, networks, and satellite operators depend on SeaChange broadcast systems. Additionally, SeaChange drives the on-demand television business with highly automated and fault-resilient digital video systems. Today, SeaChange VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand Systems provide over 1,200,000 on-demand streams in over 100 deployments for the largest television and broadband operators worldwide. SeaChange provides digital video systems that are changing television. Its powerful server and software systems enable television operators to provide new on-demand services and to gain greater efficiencies in advertising and content delivery. With its Emmy-winning MediaCluster technology, thousands of SeaChange systems are helping broadband, broadcast and satellite television companies to streamline operations, expand services and increase revenues. SeaChange is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts and has product development, support and sales offices throughout the world. Visit www.schange.com. MediaCluster and MediaClient are trademarks of SeaChange International, Inc. |
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