SPT CE Operations Overview

Denes Talosi20/03/2013

SPT CE Operations

Content Processing

Coordination

Non-Linear

MC-CE Op Gap analyzes

Long form Ingest/QC

Content processing

The Operation team Post Production

◦ Ingest◦ QC◦ Daytime edits◦ Audio Conform◦ Non-Linear production◦ Formating◦ Compliance view◦ Segmentation◦ Internal services (OAP, Digital, Marketing, Sales)

The Operation team Coordination

◦ Shipping, Delivery◦ Administration◦ Task scheduling◦ Contact playout, vendors, distributors◦ Existing version acquiring◦ Internal services (OAP, Digital, Marketing, Sales)

Volume 2700 acquired programing hours

◦ 80% HD – 50 Tbyte◦ 20% SD – 12 Tbyte

2000 premier commercials /month around 1800 promo cuts /month

Audio Versioning Dub aquireing territories

◦ Czech 45% (600 hours/year)◦ Hungary 50% (700 hours/year)

Other◦ Poland (Voice over)◦ Bulgaria (pending)

Subtitle Versioning Subtitle only

◦ Romania◦ Macedonia◦ Serbia◦ Croatio◦ Slovenia◦ Bulgaria

Sub insertion◦ Hungary◦ Czech

Ingest Workflow

Video File sent to Traffic Department

In Bound Storage

3rd Party

3rd Party

UID

HPStorageWorks

1 4 7 10

12963

Transcoding Engine&

Transcode storage

UID

HPStorageWorks

1 4 7 10

12963

QC

Done Storage

UID

HPStorageWorks

1 4 7 10

12963

QC

Editor 3

Editor 2

Editor 1

Video Editing

Content hits directly an editor for

• Technical QC

• Format conversion

• Content check (order etc)

• Removal of textless elements

• Reduction of blacks

4 x Edit station3 x QC station

Catch Up production

XRE render server to allow 24/7 ingest station availability

Output formats

Shipping, Ingest, QC, Versioning, Delivery

Coordination

◦ Access database◦ User based access◦ Workflow selection (18 existing workflow templates)◦ License and TX date workflow management◦ Episode based title generation◦ Deadline allocation for every episode◦ Personal Task scheduling and prioritisation(ingest, QC

traffic)◦ Interactive status updates◦ Multi level follow up for localization vendors◦ Traffic coordination(follow up) ◦ Reporting (alert, vendor, red materials etc)

Planned implementation of an SQL solution

Operations report

ENTERING NEW SERIES

ADD LANGUAGE VERSIONS AND VENDOR

WORKFLOW TEMPLATE

VISION INTEGRATION “PULL” THROUGH LISTING

Non Linear Production

VOD/OTT/Catch Up

Non - Linear

30,000 hours output yearly(60Tbyte, 250GB)

Catch Up Classis Set Top Box VOD (AVOD, SVOD,

TVOD) OTT BIVL Mobile

Fully covers catch up needs

With the delivery of 18,000 content per year. BC/MPX

◦ Catch UP◦ Mobile◦ BIVL

Metadata grabbing from Vision listing

VaMoS

7 platforms in operationPotential 46 platforms to launch

30-100 ph/ package with the avg. 300GB

Challenges Library management Scheduling Metadata Content Production Delivery

VOD

Existing resources covers up to 10 platforms

By September 20 platforms expected

Short term Solution needed

VOD

Production side◦ HR (VOD operator)◦ Production (storage 20T, Carbon Coder 57k USD)

Scheduling◦ Access based solution (25k USD)◦ Or/and HR (Planner)

VOD – Short term

Catch Up production

VOD Support

Timing Number of platformsRefreshment Volume per month HR Requirements Technical Scheduling Metadata

  SD HD Total*  

Phase 1 As of Today  10 platforms to launch by the 1st of April

250 50 450 

Covered (ingest editor, traffic coordinator)

Covered (ProCoder-8, XRE)

Covered (Excel based)

Covered (Excel based)

   

Phase 2 1st Jun 2013   20 platforms in operation480 120 960

 VOD Operator (annual) $24,000

Dedicated Storage, CarbonCoder $57,000

Access based $25,000

Covered with access

   

Phase 3 end of FY14   46 platforms in target1104 276 2208

 Scheduler (annual) $24,000

Media Centre (Eagle) Vision 4.x Vision 4.x

*The production of one HD esset equals four SD output**the above calculation estimates that all platforms are capable for archiving***30 ep per package****20% of HD production***** Both scheduling and production depends of the complexity of the platform. There is no linear calculation (platform exclusivity, pre rolls, subtitling etc )

PROCESS OF A PLATFORM LAUNCH

MC-CE Op Gap analyzes

CE Limitations, Benefits, Priorities

Major bottle neck is on the VOD side

Long form storage (archive and restore) VOD scheduling and delivery

Remote ingest working storage(Source content pulling for a mid term storage)

1 Gig Bp-Lon connection

CE Op limitations

Source storage as a buffer to pullCineshare – Aspera etc

Remote ingest Implementation of Operations report

functions into the MAMs Asset Delivery (vendors, playout, non-

linear) Harding FPA test for TX ready contents

System integrations

MC benefits for CE

Long Form Archive Asset management Receipt of Source contents to a buffer

storageIntegration (Vision)

VOD scheduling Schedule driven multi platform transcoding Automated Content Delivery (VOD, Playout,

Studios etc)

Functional priorities