PSI Broadcasting picks Playbox’s MPM to cover all its playout bases

Thai broadcaster and playout service provider PSI Broadcasting has extended its facilities with the purchase of PlayBox Neo’s MultiPlayout Manager for integration, including the latest updates to its channel-in-a-box (CIAB) HD servers.

The Channel-in-a Box (CIAB) server upgrades incorporate the PlayBox Neo suite, which includes AirBox Neo-20 playout software, TitleBox Neo-20 graphics and Capture Suite ingest management.

The CIAB systems include full access to all of the latest software updates across the entire product range, giving PSI Broadcasting the advantage of reacting fast to file format or interface protocol changes that might arise. 

AirBox Neo-20 allows media files to be combined into a single transmission playlist. TitleBox Neo-20 provides total control of titling, graphics generation and text management in advance of transmission and live on-air. 

PlayBox Neo’s Capture Suite enables television station management staff to control multiple ingest channels across multiple servers via a single graphic interface. PlayBox Neo’s MultiPlayout Manager (MPM) allows multiple AirBox Neo-20 channels to be operated via IP remotely from any network-connected location, anywhere in the world.

Rattana Taipong, Head of Broadcast Engineering, PSI Broadcasting, explained, “We were looking to find the most efficient way of controlling remote access online, and the system we chose in the end to fulfil this complex task is MultiPlayout Manager from PlayBox Neo.

“MPM covers all our bases as it allows us to conduct multiple playouts in one server and at the same time, allowing multiple clients to access and control their playout too. 

“The MPM has been helpful in every way for channel management, and not just for playout, but to also manage playlists and monitoring. We consider PlayBox Neo’s Channel-in-a-Box and MultiPlayout Manager platforms as world-class playout and channel branding systems.

“We continue to rely on PlayBox Neo technology as it has proven to be consistent and steadfast over the years.”