As part of a general overhaul of the technology infrastructure at its broadcast centre in Unterföhring near Munich, Sky Deutschland has installed logging technology from Mediaproxy.
LogServer has replaced a previous recording set-up for the broadcaster’s sports channels.
As its previous system reached its end of life, Sky Deutschland selected LogServer because it offers the improved functionality and new features that were needed, as well as fitting in with Sky’s IP-based architecture strategy, said Mediaproxy.
Sky Deutschland worked with the company to ensure that it would be possible to use its existing mezzanine distribution streams for the inputs into LogServer. This involved developing a plug-in that enables Sky to utilise its As-Run logs for registering the recordings made in LogServer in order to make it easier for Sky’s team to find, log and extract recordings.
“The ability to configure our company-wide Single Sign-on also helped us in getting users registered and on to the system securely,” said Gerd Riedel, head of origination and on-air graphics development at Sky Deutschland.
“Overall, we’ve found LogServer to be extremely user-friendly with an easy-to-use interface and the ability to search for and view ancillary data such as closed captions and SCTE messages. As well as this, the licence model allows us to have an unlimited number of users with ‘Active Directory’ for sign-in. On a technical level the system has good encoding quality at low bit rates.”
