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Customer Profile

GOL Television is a 24/7 football channel that is produced in

full HD based on a tapeless workflow. The channel provides

viewers with live and recorded broadcasts, match highlights,

news bulletins, as well as all of the goals from the major

European and South American football leagues.

GOL Television is run by MEDIAPRO, a leading player in the

European audiovisual market that offers different services in

the audiovisual content production sector and in sports and

cinema rights management.

Launched in September 2008, the implementation of GOL

Television was associated with the development of MEDIAPRO’s

new Nodal Center in Barcelona’s 22@ district. This new

center is dedicated to the production of sports and is

equipped with the most advanced technologies available in

the broadcast industry.

Liga BBVA

English Premier League

Serie A

Bundesliga

Ligue 1

Liga Sagres

Eredivisie

Jupiler Pro League

Scottish Premier League

Torneo Apertura

Copa Pilsener

Copa Mustang

MEDIAPRO’s Broadcast Rights

GOL Television is the first chan-

nel to broadcast in high defini-

tion in Spain. We produce all the

material ourselves - programs,

matches, reports; all in HD.

José Joaquín Brotons

Program & Content Manager at

GOL Television

Challenges

GOL Television is produced at the Nodal Center and broadcasted from another MEDIAPRO facility 15 km away. The systems integration at GOL Television was engineered by Unitecnic, MEDIAPRO’s technical service company.

“The GOL Television project required a set up in which the entire production workflow, from ingest to playout, is in full HD and based on tapeless technology,” said Israel Esteban, Technical Manager at Unitecnic. “This implied that we invest in reliable technology that is able to ingest up to 30 football matches and broadcast 12 of these matches simultaneously. Moreover, this technology had to be fast and fully integrated with third-party systems for graphics, archiving, asset management, and post-production.”

Jordi Pañella, General Manager at Unitecnic added: “EVS inspires confidence with its vast experience in HD and live sports production. Furthermore the set up at GOL Television had to be operational in less than two months, which increased our wish to work with a limited number of manufacturers. And since EVS offered a global solution, the decision to

use its tapeless technology quickly became obvious.”

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EVS Solution

EVS provided a fully managed HD workflow employing the entire range of its instant tapeless technology, from XT[2] servers and online media storage, to varying software applications for logging and editing, as well as content management and networking solutions. “The concept of the production workflow at GOL Television is similar to what we deployed for the host broadcast of the Beijing Games, with the exception that in this case the production is running all year long,” said Felix Trapiello, Operations Manager at EVS Iberica.

Ingest & Production

The football matches are ingested and recorded natively as Avid DNxHD® codec files on XT[2] production servers. The feeds are controlled by IPDirector software, the EVS production content management tool that is used for ingest scheduling, online and near-line browsing, content validation, and transfer to central and local storage, as well as post-production.

During live broadcasts operators use remote LSM for instant replays and the creation of clips and highlights. Concurrently loggers use IPDirector workstations to assign descriptive metadata to all of the significant actions of a match. These actions are then stored in the Media Asset Management (MAM) database system, where they can be retrieved by operators and journalists who wish to create highlights at a later stage.

Marc Andreu, Chief Documentalist at GOL Television said: “Each weekend we receive between 30 and 40 football matches. The advantage of working with IPDirector software is that we can start to work immediately. As soon as we receive the feeds loggers identify the most important actions of a match and assign descriptive data to the media. On average 150 logs are created per match. Once the media has been logged it is instantly available on the production network, so that journalists and editors can begin their search for content. Up to now we have stored more than 1200 matches in the database. And every action is simple to find and easily accessible.”

GOLTV HD

Tapeless

Production

WorkflowTechnical Requirements

• Full tapeless HD production

• Significant quantity of incoming feeds

• Fast and efficient workflows

• Open architecture

• Reliable technology that offers scalability

• Operational in record time

Scheduled Ingest

2x [IP]Director with Ingest Scheduler

4x [IP]Director for browsing

Loggers Journalists

XNET[2]Gigabit E ther net

Logging

7x [IP¨]Director for logging

Operators

Browsing Production

Journalists

12x [CE]CleanEdit HD NLE

Post Production

3x Avid Suite MC Nitris DX with TM server

Post-Production Operators

Validation and QC

[IP]Director to control 1 HD SDI outputXfile to publish SAN stored content

Assistant Producer

Replay & Highlights

8x [IP]Director for playlist production

4x Multicam LSM

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7x XT[2] servers 6ch24Hours @ DNxHD 100 Mb/s with 8 audio

Ingest and Live Storage Central Online Storage

2 playout XT[2] 4 channelsExternal storage 15x300GB

70 hours @ DNxHD 100 Mb/s

Ingest (Hi-Res)

SAN (Hi-Res & Lo-Res)

24h Playout

Access

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CE & IP DatabaseMirrored

StorageTEDIAL

Digital Tape LibraryTEDIAL

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[XT]Archive and MAM

12x XT Access

[XT]Access

[XT]Access[XT]AccessXStore[2] SAN servers

Full redundant No SPOF2 active + 1 passive 30 TB500 hours @ DNxHD1003600 hours @ 1.5 Mbps

3x SAN servers

3rd party Storage for playoutProvided by Unitecnic

Automation SystemMulticom

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Central Storage

All of the matches, clips, and highlights are stored in the

central media server, a near-line storage platform based

on XTStore[2] SAN architecture for a period of 15 days.

The content can then be instantly accessed through the entire

network for production, editing, and playout. The media files

that are retained for archiving are compiled and transferred

to the Tedial Tarsys MAM systems. XF[2] removable storage

devices are also used for the backup of clips and highlights on

local Hard Disk Drives.

On-The-Fly News Editing

Journalists at GOL Television use CleanEdit to improve rough

cut edits, to prepare news bulletins and reports, as well as

voice-over recordings. CleanEdit is an easy to use non-linear

editing tool that offers seamless integration with VIZRT graphics

(with plug in) and efficient audio capabilities.

Xavi Riera, Journalist at GOL Television said: “With CleanEdit

the search for media content is definitely simplified.

If I am looking to do a piece on Bayern Munich, I just type in the

name of the team and I instantly have access to all of the clips

and highlights related to Bayern Munich. It is much easier and

faster than using tapes.”

Post-Production & Playout

Editors at the post-production work with Avid Media Composer

suites, that are fully integrated with XT[2] servers and the

central media server. Files can be exchanged between the

servers and third-party systems via the Ethernet network.

Editors can therefore retrieve the media from the servers,

and once the edits are complete send them back to the central

media server for playout. At the same time the CleanEdit

database is automatically updated.

Playout occurs 15km away at another MEDIAPRO facility,

which is linked by fiber channel. At this facility HD XT[2] servers

are controlled by a VSN Multicom automation system.

EVS Instant Tapeless Technology

• 7 HD XT[2] production servers (7*6 channels with

5*300GB)

- 42 channels that are fully configurable

- Native support of DNxHD® codec

• 2 HD XT[2] playout servers totaling 8 channels in HD

- All playout channels can be controlled by the

VSN Multicom automation system

- Total capacity of 70 hours in DNxHD®

• IPDirector production content management

software

- Ingest scheduling (2 workstations)

- Logging operations (7 workstations)

- Clip management and highlights

(8 workstations)

- Online and near-line browsing (4 workstations)

- Media management, content validation,

transfers (1 workstation)

• 4 remote MulticamLSM

• 12 CleanEdit non-linear editors operated by

journalists all working in hires

• Fully integrated EVS central media server based on

XStore[2] SAN architecture

- Total capacity of 30TB

- 550 hours of content in DNxHD® 100Mbps

- Near-line storage platform

• 2 XF[2] removable storage devices (two disks per

device with a capacity of 750GB each)

EVS Services

From the start EVS has been providing support services

to Unitecnic and MEDIAPRO in the installation of the new

Nodal Center. A series of operational and technical training

sessions were organized before the launch of GOL Television,

and the EVS team frequently visits the Spanish broadcaster to

understand and determine any future requirements.

“We are very satisfied with the work that has been

accomplished by EVS”, said José Joaquin Brotons, Program

& Content Manager at GOL Television. “EVS has definitely

contributed to the success of GOL Television. There is

no doubt in my mind that EVS was the right partner for us.

Its technology and the support of its staff have helped us to

put in place a reliable and efficient workflow, despite the

common difficulties that are encountered when pursuing such

ambitious plans. Without EVS’ presence we would have never

been able to make the necessary adjustments that enabled

us to implement such a complex infrastructure. In the end

we are very proud to work in a HD tapeless environment.”

Support from the manufacturer is one of the most important

issues in a project of this nature. In this case, EVS has provided

outstanding support in manufacturing, engineering, and on the

spot link-ups.

Jordi Pañella

General Manager at Unitecnic

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“MEDIAPRO’s decision to work with EVS for the

GOLTV project is essentially due to years of successful

collaboration and the limited time we had. Nonetheless,

EVS’ service and the evolution of its technology in

terms of third-party integration, as well as the ability it

provides to access and immediately control any content

for instant production or transferring to post-production

were probably just as critical. Furthermore the scale

of the project and the possibility to carry out further

developments in the future were also significant factors.”

Gérard Romy

Managing Director of MEDIAPRO

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I think that GOL Television and EVS have established a

very good relationship, and this has made things much

easier. At present we are very satisfied.

José Joaquin Brotons

Program & Content Manager at GOLTV

Key Success Factors

• Fast and efficient HD tapeless workflow

• Native support of DNxHD® codec

• Central media platform for archiving, browsing,

and media exchange

• Intuitive IPDirector solutions with logging features

that save time

• CleanEdit on-the-fly editing tool to produce news

bulletins in real time

• Seamless integration with archiving, asset

management, automation and post-production

systems

• A global solution from ingest to playout integrating

all phases of production

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XT[2]

The production server that delivers a full range of applications

for live and studio productions, as well as post-production.

The XT[2] platform offers multiple SD and HD codec

configurations with native support. Its open architecture allows

maximum integration with all third party technologies.

IPDirector

IPDirector is an integrated suite of video production management

software with versatile control through the XT[2] server.

Running on a Windows based workstation, IPDirector allows

the user to easily ingest, log, manage, search, track, edit,

create clips and highlights, browse, and ultimately playout any

video or audio content instantly.

CleanEdit

CleanEdit brings together speed and simplicity. Its intuitive

timeline editing offers either drag and drop or keyboard driven

functions. Transitions and video effects such as slow motion,

pixel mask, highlight, zooming, color correction, 4:3/16:9

conversion can be processed in real time without any rendering,

ideal for news and sport production.

XF[2]

Removable storage media capable of preserving SD and HD

content plus associated metadata on two 500GB hard disks.

An ideal solution for any live or studio production requiring

removable media, archive, and backup.

XStore[2]

A dedicated media server platform for sharing and editing audio

and video content in HD and SD. Ideal as either central near-

line storage or online storage, it makes workflows more efficient

and can be used to host optional EVS software.