Customer: KCET, Los Angeles, CA, USA
What/How: Flagship PBS affiliate, KCET, has deployed SeaChange’s Broadcast MediaLibrary/MediaClient play-to-air platform to build a digital workflow and archive infrastructure that addresses its existing needs while maintaining a clear path for expansion. The system gives KCET a playout storage capacity of 45TB (approximately 6,000 hours of SDI programming) and includes 10 SD inputs, 20 SD outputs, two HD encoders and four simulcast SD/HD encoders.
What they said: “At the end of the day, our initial vision of the new system is now reality, making KCET’s workflow faster and easier. Plus, we have a clear path moving forward that will allow us to continue to deliver compelling, high-quality content and maintain our longstanding commitment to serving our community.”
—Gordon Bell, Vice President of Operations and Engineering, KCET
Customer: Soldiers Media Center, U.S. Armed Forces, United States, Germany, Italy
What/How: SeaChange Broadcast MediaCluster (BMC) video server technology is at the heart of Soldiers Media Center’s worldwide broadcast network, which delivers programming to U.S. armed forces personnel station around the world. SeaChange managed the entire three-site installation and worked in conjunction with AFN engineering to integrate, install and commission the hardware and operational software systems while concurrently training Soldiers Media Center technical and operational staff based in California, Germany and Italy.
What they said: “For the first time in military broadcasting history, Army programming can be sent instantaneously from one point to a central hub enabling the Army and the Department of Defense to inform our internal audiences faster than ever before. Strategically, the Soldiers Media Center can pass information from forward broadcasting organizations overseas in a timely manner, enabling the Army Public Affairs leadership to communicate more effectively and efficiently to Army senior commanders on stories and issues impacting their Soldiers and families stationed around the world. It is a fantastic communications capability for the Army.”
—GCol. Richard H. Breen, Jr., Commander, Soldiers Media Center
Customer: South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Vermillion, SD, USA
What/How: SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) broadcast systems are delivering both high- and standard-definition programming at South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB), while establishing a foundation for the statewide network’s future tapeless workflow. The scalable nature of and history of reliability that it has enjoyed with SeaChange’s systems has allowed SDPB to remain a longtime customer as it has continued to expand its platform.
What they said: “Our experience of flawless performance with its systems drove SeaChange to the top of our list when we began our transition to HD. We’ve never experienced a hardware failure that has knocked us off the air since we’ve been using SeaChange. We turn it on and it runs, which is what equipment should do.”
—Mike Johnson, Senior Studio Engineer, SDPB