Playout:

Grass Valley Provides Solutions to Suit all Your Media Distribution Needs

With more worldwide channels on air than any other provider, Grass Valley's integrated playout systems give you the flexibility to launch new channels quickly, migrate to an IP infrastructure on your terms and timetable, lower operational costs, and simplify your ability to turn challenges into ratings and revenue.

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Applications
Implementations
System Architecture
Products
Business Success
Sample System Application Briefs
In-Depth Videos
News & Resources
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Applications

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Manual Intervention — Reactive Sports Channels
Handling reactive high revenue services

Manual Intervention — Re-join Paused Program or Join In Progress (JIP)
Seamlessly re-join an interrupted program, without missing a frame (extends schedule based on length of interruption), or join in progress to keep schedule the same

Manual Intervention — Master Control
Integration with Masterpiece and UX

Multiregion Content
Maximize revenue with regionalized commercial content

Hub-Spoke / Multisite
Efficient multisite operations

Multilanguage Broadcasts
Support multiple languages audio, graphics, subtitles

OTT
Increase efficiency with integrated workflows for OTT and linear broadcast

Implementations

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On-Premise
Integrated playout — reduced infrastructure costs and complexities without any functional compromises

Virtualized
Fully featured playout on standard IT infrastructure

Cloud
Enabling media organizations to outsource infrastructure costs

System Architecture

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Configurable User Interface
Tailor your UI to specific operational requirement

Resilient Playout
Ensuring reliable 24/7/365 operation

Media Management
Automated media management over any topology

Integrated Playout
Reduced infrastructure costs and complexities without any functional compromises

IP Infrastructure
Full suite of IP solutions for compressed and uncompressed applications, in addition to traditional SDI and hybrid applications

Products

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iTX
Scalable, integrated, multilanguage

Morpheus
Reactive, configurable, third-party control

ICE
Routable signal path, high-end graphics

Business Success

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Ensuring Your Success
With Grass Valley playout systems, the full project lifecycle is managed by a single team from design through deployment and support.

Expertise
With more channels on air than any other provider, Grass Valley has decades of experience in the playout market, working with the widest range of broadcasters from around the world.

Global Reach & Support
With more than 28 locations in over 20 countries, Grass Valley has 60+ support playout specialists so that your project deployment will be smooth and your broadcast output will have maximum uptime, with the same 99.999% enjoyed by other Grass Valley playout solution users.

Evergreen Program
Grass Valley's new Evergreen program provides customers with new iTX, Morpheus or ICE purchases or paid upgrades predictable total cost of ownership, with the flexibility to migrate channels to new technologies and platforms.

Sample System Application Briefs

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Live and OTT Channel Provider

Location: U.S., Multiple Sites
Number of Channels: 100+
System Design: N+N with Cross-site Redundancy
Grass Valley Playout Solution: Morpheus & ICE
Company Overview: A subscription-based live and OTT service provider

Media Services/Playout Provider

Location: U.K.
Number of Channels: 140+
System Design: Mixed redundancy: 1+1 and 1+1+1
Grass Valley Playout Solution: iTX, iControl, Kaleido, Densité & NVISION
Company Overview: A major global media services provider, providing playout hosting across multiple locations, as well as OB, OTT and distribution facilities to major sporting events and content owner/originator brand