1. Hollywood Post Alliance
2007 Conference
PBS Update

2. Agenda Interconnection Upgrade Media Operations Center
Network Operations Center
Conversion to File Based Workflow

3. DigiCipher II to DVB 176 Sites converted MCPC and SCPC Operations
50% Improvement in MCPC Operations
Non-proprietary (Multiple Vendors)
IRDs
SD and HD
Sencore
Digital Vision
Legacy DCII (4800s)

4. Media Operations Center
File Based (eliminates videotape)
Ingest (50 Mbps “Contribution” File)
Technical Evaluation
Add Final Elements (DVI, SAP, etc.)
Re-versioning
“Contribution Archive”
Flattening ( 8Mbps “Distribution” File)
“File Transfer” to NOC

5. Network Operations Center
Program Distribution
Maintains “Distribution Archive”
Live Feeds
Satellite Uplink Operations
Exception-Based Monitoring

6. Program Ingest PBS MOC NOC Producer Tape or File Ingest at PBS
“Flattening”
Distribution
Add Features
Edit

7. Metadata Ingest

8. Operational Workflow

9. Questions?