As the industry migrates from analog to digital technologies, and content grows from standard definition to high definition programming on a worldwide basis, a broadcaster's need for increased efficiency and technical innovation has brought significant changes to the workflow. Video servers based on dedicated proprietary technology no longer meet the needs of organizations that want to take advantage of the latest technology and move to distributed news or sports production, active archive and IPTV distribution.

SGI along with our third party application and hardware partners offer solutions for broadcast that provide the following benefits:

• Robust, open systems that streamline workflow
• Scalability of server, storage and I/O performance
• MXF, Uncompressed and Compressed File support and Format agility
• Ability to create once and deploy to many targeted media outlets
• Integration with leading 3rd party partners for ingest, browse, rough-cut and news edit, graphics, automation, media management, play to air and archive systems

SGI Professional Services offers broadcast system integration services that include customer requirements qualification, site planning assistance, hardware installation, network configuration, connection of peripheral devices, software configuration, and integration with third-party systems. Take advantage of SGI Professional Services to help deliver a solution tailored to your strategic requirements.

For additional information:

• SGI Broadcast System Solution
• SGI Infinite Storage Solutions for Media (PDF 674K)