KRWG-TV Goes Tapeless With Omneon Spectrum

KRWG-TV has installed an Omneon Spectrum media server system for tapeless storage and playout of the PBS member station's programming. Omneon Spectrum media server provides broadcast playout and storage applications for KRWG, and its open architecture supports third-party applications for control and transmission

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Aug 4, 2005

KRWG-TV has installed an Omneon Spectrum media server system for tapeless storage and playout of the PBS member station's programming.

Omneon Spectrum media server provides broadcast playout and storage applications for KRWG, and its open architecture supports third-party applications for control and transmission, media management, archiving, and collaborative production.

KRWG--which serves the Las Cruces, NM market--can record PBS programs off of satellite and play content out via playlists. The station broadcasts an analog channel with a simulcast running on its digital channel. The server system is configured with eight in-and-out ports and features 10 terabytes of storage capacity.

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