- Digital Rapids is offering attendees of the 2011 NAB Show a preview of a new extension to the MediaMesh business-to-business content delivery system. The new MediaMesh TX content contribution appliance provides flexible, easy-to-use content packaging and sending capabilities mirroring the robust features of the proven MediaMesh RX receiving appliance. Scaling from point-to-point delivery to sophisticated global distribution networks, the MediaMesh content delivery system combines robust, scalable transfer technology with full-featured, easy-to-use sending and receiving solutions, providing efficient transfer of digital media files between content providers, contributors, aggregators and distribution partners. Optimizing the transfer of HD, SD and Digital Cinema media over terrestrial IP networks and satellite, MediaMesh delivers content ranging from ad spots to syndicated series and long-form features with significant cost savings and a combination of speed, simplicity, security and flexibility. MediaMesh TX contribution appliances blend powerful, centralized inventory management with best-in-class media transformation and packaging capabilities, enabling flexible submission, repurposing and delivery of file-based media. Features include content and metadata management; file conforming and transcoding; resource creation (such as proxies and thumbnails); quality control verification; playout; print-to-tape; and delivery to individual recipients or groups at the network 'edge'.
- Turning ambitions into reality, SES WORLD SKIES will deliver Weigel’s new digital ME TV channel to broadcast stations and viewers across the U.S., thanks to a new capacity agreement. As part of the 12MHz C-band deal on SES WORLD SKIES’ AMC-3 satellite, Weigel is using 8MHz to distribute timeless TV classics from the 60s, 70s and 80s to a growing number of affiliates that cover more than 45 percent of U.S. TV households. ME TV (Memorable Entertainment Television) favorites include Gilligan’s Island, Cannon, Bonanza, M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Moore, Cheers, Gunsmoke, I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone and dozens more titles. The launch of ME TV follows Weigel’s successful 24-hour movie channel partnership with MGM named THIS TV, currently carried by more than 140 broadcast stations nationwide. The digital subchannel THIS TV is also delivered over AMC-3 using a 4MHz slice of C-band capacity.
Satnews Daily
April 12th, 2011
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