TECHNOLOGY: Pro-Bel Unveils Morpheus ICE

Combines automation with master control

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Apr 3, 2008

Pro-Bel, the Reading, England automation maker, has integrated its specialty into a master control system dubbed Morpheus ICE, for “Integrated Content Engine.” Pro-Bel states that ICE “delivers in a single 3U [sic] box what would otherwise take several products from several manufacturers to achieve.”

Based Morpheus automation and playout technology, ICE provides the functions necessary for single-channel playout. It supports a range of SD and HD file formats, “removing the transcode bottleneck” Pro-Bel states. The platform has 1 TB of internal RAID storage--enough for 100 hours of DV25--and can be connected to network attached storage for a bigger bucket. It includes a full-featured mixer and control capability for an external Pro-Bel router.

ICE also manages audio voiceovers, imports and stores graphics for output layering and integrates with third-party graphics generators.

Pro-Bel rolls out Morpheus ICE promo image

The Morpheus Integrated Content Engine provides standalone automation and master control.

Morpheus ICE, the new automation and master control platform from Pro-Bel, will be introduced to the European market at IBC2008 in September.

Based on the Morpheus automation and play-out technology that includes the Media Ball solution for secondary event management, Morpheus ICE can support a single-channel service as well as multichannel services by linking ICE units together.

Pro-Bel will demo Morpheus, its new automation system at IBC. The Morpheus automation tool supports Pixel Power Clarity graphics technologies and nonlinear playout of multimedia and data-based content. Clarity models come in SD and HD and can simulcast both from a single system. At the core of Morpheus is the MediaBal

Pro-Bel launches Morpheus Foundation promo image

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