Danish Broadcasting Corporation Extends Asset Management Capabilities With Third SGI InfiniteStorage System

Danish Broadcasting Corporation Extends Asset Management Capabilities With Third SGI InfiniteStorage System

SGI Integrates New Program Production System With All-Digital SGI Server-Based News and Sports Workflow

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seeking to expand one of the world's most advanced and efficient digital news and sports broadcasting workflows, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) again turned to the compute power, scalable storage and integration expertise of Silicon Graphics (NYSE:SGI), as it has done ever since DR's digital conversion pilot program began in 1999. For this latest phase, Silicon Graphics Broadcast Europe, as prime contractor, is currently halfway through the process of enabling DR's asset management and archive system (co-developed by SGI, Ardendo and DR) to handle workflow for television program production. This includes installation of DR's third SGI(R) InfiniteStorage TP9500 system, purchased in June to extend asset management capabilities throughout the facility.

Architected by SGI and DR, the DR Byen facility in Copenhagen is now a completely integrated all-digital Sports and News Production System, based on SGI Media Server(TM) for broadcast systems, SGI(R) InfiniteStorage systems, SGI(R) Origin(R) family servers and SGI(R) Data Migration Facility (DMF) software for the SGI and Ardendo-based archive system.

In addition to DR's purchase of the SGI InfiniteStorage TP9500 system, SGI prime contractor deliverables include special software development by Silicon Graphics Broadcast Europe to support the entire workflow and doubling the central SGI server system from 12 CPU and 24 CPU systems to 24 and 48 CPU systems respectively, as well as doubling network and Fibre Channel connections, etc. SGI will also extend disk capacity of the ingest buffer with an additional 500 hours, extend disk and tape capacity to handle 13,000 hours browse on-line and 13,000 hours of DVCpro50 raw material near-line, in dual copy.

SGI is delivering and integrating 15 Ardendo ARDCAP dual-channel SDI/SDTI ingest systems, SGI video servers for studio productions, and developing ingest applications that support Panasonic P2 cameras. SGI will also integrate DR's extension of their transcoder cluster with an additional 24 dual Ardendo Ardenc systems to handle the extra load of program production.

Under a separate agreement, SGI, working with Avid, is also aiding integration of Avid shared storage systems and, initially, 100-plus Avid editing systems. All program production material from the Avid systems will be ingested through the SGI and Ardendo-based archive system that works both as backup and nearline storage for the Avid shared storage. This arrangement enables DR to link all material to their program planning system in order to better archive and manage raw material. The SGI and Ardendo archive system will also supply a browse resolution of all raw material, enabling logging and remote access.

"In making their move from analog to digital infrastructures, broadcasters throughout Europe and the U.S. have recognized IT as more efficient and cost-effective, allowing for the ingestion, sharing and storage of content within and between facilities at speeds faster than real time. SGI has become the 'go-to' IT solutions architect and integrated systems provider because we understand broadcast workflow, and because SGI architecture is based on an open file system and industry standard video formats and file types, meaning that a huge variety of products from internationally known and trusted broadcast equipment and software application providers can be easily integrated," said Stephan Schindler, general manager, Silicon Graphics Broadcast Europe. "With our venerable history in broadcast graphics and video, we have the systems integration experience and expertise and the high performance, scalable broadcast servers, and almost infinitely expandable storage to meet the most demanding and most complex broadcast needs -- as we have done in the past and will continue to architect and deliver in the future."

SGI's digital infrastructure solutions deliver interoperability and integration from ingest and edit to play out and archive in computing, storage, and networking as well as video production. These solutions simplify, accelerate and optimize broadcast workflow allowing staff at broadcast companies to have faster access to archived material and the ability to share video and audio material across multiple operations.

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