Snell Announces Enhancements To ICE Channel-in-a Box And Morpheus Industrialisation Systems

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Mar 28, 2012 4:34 PM

Snell will publicize enhancements to its ICE channel-in-a-box and Morpheus industrialisation systems at the 2012 NAB Show.

ICE is a best-of-breed IT playout network that combines what once were multi-part racks of hardware in to only a tiny number of shelve units. Driven by Morpheus, ICE can scale from a singular duct to more than 100 of the many intricate broadcast channels whilst progressing the same user interface. Snell's concentration on incorporating more of the duct in to the box has brought ICE 3.0 powerful, integrated 3D graphics, CG functionality with timeline control, and the aptitude to stock fields from the playout schedule, together with outmost information sources.

File compatibility and honesty may be a leading dare when handling calm from multi-part suppliers and multi-part workflows, given complaint files can emanate a serious danger to on-air output. To war this, Snell has incorporated a new calm validation underline in ICE 3.0 that analyzes source element as shortly as it is existing to head off void formats or marred calm from reaching the on-air output. The last add-on to ICE 3.0 is elective SAN storage that brings high-performance common storage to the platform.

Refinements to Morpheus industrialisation add new second-screen capabilities, such as extended e-commerce functionality with thorough user contract and buy models, and other collection that commission broadcasters to monetize their properties around second-screen applications. Version 3.0 boasts full practical appurtenance encouragement that facilitates descend space and power mandate whilst enhancing network resilience. Snell has moreover extended the Morpheus user interface to facilitate the operation of multi-part channels and intricate operations.