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Box or Boxes?

The technology of television has always been evolving fast and effecting some areas more than others. Changes in playout have been huge and the ‘Channel in a Box’ marketing tag is designed to draw attention to new approaches available for tapeless playout. The fact that much of the functionality required to present a TV channel…
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The Amazing Shrinking MCR

It was not so long ago that a broadcaster’s Master Control Room comprised rows and rows of tall racks, packed with costly professional high-tech heat generating equipment that needed equal power to cool. This was in the heyday of dedicated hardware with each box doing its own thing: VTRs, Mixers, Still Stores, CG, Logo Generators,…
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As the economy recovers

 As the economy recovers, broadcasters are deploying PlayBox Technology Channel-in-a-Box and EdgeBox With the economy still continuing its slow recovery and many broadcasters still having limited budgets to deploy channels locally and around the world, a wide variety of broadcasters are very interested in deploying integrated “Channel-in-a-Box” and “EdgeBox” systems like those from PlayBox Technology.…
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