www.evs.tv Channel One Russia : Advanced News Production Customer Profile Channel One Russia is the leading Russian TV broadcaster in reach and popularity, both in Russia and abroad, with 19% of the average daily share in Russia and over 200 million viewers worldwide. The broadcasting company originates from the First Program of the Central State Television, which was succeeded by Ostankino State TV and Radio in 1991, and subsequently replaced by Public Russian Television (better known as ORT) in 1995. On 2 September 2002, ORT was rebranded to Channel One Russia. The first channel in Russia currently covers 99% of the country’s territory, across 11 different time zones, and since the launch of its international network in 2003, Channel One Russia Worldwide, its programs are watched on all continents of the globe. Headquartered in the Ostankino Technical Centre in Moscow with more than 2000 employees, 26 regional offices and a growing number of foreign offices across the globe, Channel One Russia has gained its present status from a variety of dedicated programs, including its news. The broadcaster’s experience in news production dates back to the Soviet era with the first-ever Russian news program called ‘Vremya’, which remains to this date one of Russia’s most popular evening news program. In 2005, in response to the emergence of competing channels, Russia's first channel created a plan to renovate its News department, invest in the latest technology and put into operation a full tapeless news production workflow. Study March 2011 Case
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Channel One Russia : Advanced News Production
Customer Profile
Channel One Russia is the leading Russian TV broadcaster in
reach and popularity, both in Russia and abroad, with 19% of
the average daily share in Russia and over 200 million viewers
worldwide. The broadcasting company originates from the First
Program of the Central State Television, which was succeeded
by Ostankino State TV and Radio in 1991, and subsequently
replaced by Public Russian Television (better known as ORT) in
1995. On 2 September 2002, ORT was rebranded to Channel
One Russia. The first channel in Russia currently covers 99% of
the country’s territory, across 11 different time zones, and since
the launch of its international network in 2003, Channel One
Russia Worldwide, its programs are watched on all continents
of the globe.
Headquartered in the Ostankino Technical Centre in Moscow
with more than 2000 employees, 26 regional offices and a
growing number of foreign offices across the globe, Channel
One Russia has gained its present status from a variety of
dedicated programs, including its news. The broadcaster’s
experience in news production dates back to the Soviet era
with the first-ever Russian news program called ‘Vremya’,
which remains to this date one of Russia’s most popular
evening news program.
In 2005, in response to the emergence of competing channels,
Russia's first channel created a plan to renovate its News
department, invest in the latest technology and put into
operation a full tapeless news production workflow.
StudyMarch 2011
Case
Challenges
From the start the News department of Channel One Russia
aimed to put in place a modern news production that would not
only meet the demands of its local and international networks’
existing news programs, but also drastically improve workflow
efficiency and speed so that the quality of the programs would
also be enhanced.
The ambitious project of Channel One Russia required tapeless
technology that could guarantee workflow efficiency and speed,
but also a high level of stability and integration with third-party
systems, such as ENG camcorders, craft editors, as well as
archive and newsroom control systems (NRCS). Additionally
the technology had to be scalable, as the News department
of Channel One Russia wanted its news production to be
flexible in time.
Finally the new tapeless solution would necessitate the training
of over 530 employees and had to be fully operational before
the announcement of the Russian Presidential Election results
on 2 March 2008, which meant approximately 6 months.
As a result, support from the manufacturer was imperative for
this project to succeed in time.
EVS Solution
The systems integration was managed by OKNO TV and
implemented at the new facilities of Channel One Russia at
the Ostankino Technical Centre, the largest TV production and
communication centre in Moscow. The result is a fully integrated
end-to-end news production workflow that is supported by
EVS tapeless technology.
Ingest
Automated ingest of up to 26 satellite feeds is carried out
with Xedio I/O encoders from EVS, which allow simultaneous
coding of news content into 2 formats (generation of low and
high resolution) – MPEG2 Long Gop and MPEG1. Xedio I/O
encoders are also used to convert content recorded on video
tapes to digital archives. IPDirector, EVS’ content management
software, and a 6-channel XT[2] server in a 2 in and 4 out mode
is employed as a backup system with automated rendering.
Central Storage, Media Browsing & Timeline Editing
The core of the set up is the central storage SAN system,
which stores up to 53 TB of high resolution media content
(2157 hours of content in DVCPRO at 54 Mbit/s or 7852 hours
in MPEG2 at 15Mbit/s) and 38TB in low resolution (42,222
hours in MPEG1 at 2Mbit/s). The Xedio Browse and Cutter
applications, installed on over a 100 workstations, integrate
with the Dalet newsroom control system (NRCS), and give
journalists the possibility to quickly search for material and
make rough-cut edits in low resolution. There are also 30
Xedio CleanEdit stations that offer timeline news editing with
no rendering to improve rough-cut edits by adding graphics,
voice-overs as well as video and audio transitions. Finished
edits from Xedio CleanEdit can be used for playout or pushed
to Avid craft editors for more advanced editing.
Channel One Russia : Advanced News Production
Case
Study
Channel One requested a news production workflow
based on a reliable tapeless technology that would
cover the entire news development process, from cap-
turing the news on camera to putting it on air. It was
very important for them to be able to increase the speed
and efficiency of gathering, preparing and broadcasting
news as it breaks out and in a 24/7 mode.
Michael Kalanchekaev
Head of Broadcast IT at OKNO TV
Xedio CleanEdit NLE Stations
Full Redundant EVS SAN Storage (53 TB)2157 hours in Hi-Res
42,222 hours in Lo-Res
Central Storage & Archive Management
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Divarchive (8 units)Front Porch Digital
DIVA
Digital Tape Library
Main Setup (2 studios)
Playout
Consolidated backup system Automated rendering,
on-the-fly editing and delay functions
Ready to Broadcast
Playout
Gigabit Ethernet
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Ingest
Press Agencies
VTR
Xedio I/O Encoders High-Res
Xedio I/O EncodersLo-Res
2x32 ingest channels
FTP Servers
Avid craft editing (3 Units)
MediaXchange(4 units)
Backup DB
DB Management
Main DB
Xedio CleanEdit
DB
NRCS
DALET - MAM system
News Approval PlayOut Management
Timeline News Editing
Voice-overs
Xedio CleanEdit(34 units - 12 with VO)
Xedio Approval(3 units)
Browsing & Rough-Cut Editing
Xedio CutterXedio Browse
Ingest Control
Xedio Ingest (12 units)
DALET ActiveX
Xedio Organizer(6 units)
Xedio I/O Players (12 units)
12 playout channelsfor 3 studios
MBT Automation System
Backup DBXedio I/O Encoders (2x6 units)
SAN StorageSynchronized with Main Storage
Can be disconnected in case of emergency
Autonomous Xedio Suite
Xedio CleanEdit with VO – 6 unitsXedio Browse – 4 unitsXedio Approval – 1 unitXedio Ingest Organizer - 3 units
Consolidated backup systemAutomated rendering,
on-the-fly editing and delay functions
Playout
MBT Automation System
Contingency Newsroom
The application modules of the Xedio system from EVS
are based on open standards, which simplifies potential
adjustments and upgrades. Just recently we upgraded
the system, so that 150 journalists can now simultane-
ously access video content throughout the network.
Michael Kalanchekaev
Head of Broadcast IT at OKNO TV
Playout
Playout operations are managed with Xedio I/O players, which
do not require file rendering prior to playout and are capable
of playing Edit Decision Lists (EDL) in real-time. For quick
validation of content, the Xedio Approval application allows
the Editor in Chief to preview without rendering material that
is being prepared by any of the journalists. Material can also
be played out directly from the SAN storage via Fibre channel
using Xedio CleanEdit.
The XT[2]-IPDirector platform that is used as a consolidated
backup system for ingest and playout also provides on the fly
editing and delay functions for breaking news and live press
conferences. As a result, Channel One has at its disposal a
complimentary system for broadcasting its news quickly and
