The most widely deployed automation system in the world comes from Harris — the reason is simple: whether for single-channel broadcasters or multi-channel content delivery platforms, our next-generation automation solutions can help you streamline operations and maximize the productivity of your personnel and equipment.
Harris Digital Asset Management and Workflow System provides media organizations with a centralized solution for managing digital media files and their underlying metadata. These powerful and user-friendly technologies enable your organization’s unique workflows to ingest, edit, catalog, store, retrieve, move, and distribute digital assets. Fully integrated with Harris automation and end-to-end broadcast television systems, our digital asset management solution will establish a comprehensive system that helps you increase revenue opportunities through superior media asset management and delivery—while also reducing costs through automated cross-application processing.
ADC™
Automated broadcasting solutions suitable for television station environments
The rapidly evolving media creation environment has brought new development opportunities that were once unimaginable in a fully simulated world. A significant factor driving this change is the introduction of digital technology, which has simplified the operation and management of broadcasting and television, leading to an exponential increase in transaction volumes related to content delivery. Clients expect to leverage the advantages of this new technology to control workflow costs and operations. The ADC™ Automated Broadcast Solution will guide you towards the shores of success. This next-generation automated broadcasting system utilizes new technology to streamline operations and maximize the productivity of personnel and equipment. Additionally, it allows real-time access to a wealth of media content throughout the system, enhancing the efficiency of acquisition, management, and broadcasting.
ADC™ Automatic Ingest™
Transmission of media and its associated metadata
As an option for the ADC™ Automatic Broadcast System, ADC Automatic Ingest helps users capture and transfer media and its associated metadata from the content delivery system to storage and archival devices. Starting with the information flow mixed recording list, Automatic Ingest can optimize your existing ingest workflow, eliminating most manual tasks. The operator's task is simply to finalize the media and metadata at the end of the process. Automatic Ingest automates the front-end media capture and transfer processes for the entire broadcast enterprise—or a single system. This means that most manual operations are not required during the daily media ingest process, thereby accelerating the ingest process, effectively delivering media to all workgroups, and reducing broadcast errors. A key aspect of this workflow is that the scheduled metadata from the capture server is automatically included in the broadcast database.
ADC™ Broadcast Monitoring System
Monitoring and Management Software
The ADC™ Broadcast Supervisor user interface is offered as an option within the ADC automated broadcasting system. Broadcast Supervisor is used to monitor and manage the software and hardware components of the ADC automated broadcasting system — providing enhanced monitoring, logging, tracking, management, and error messaging. Broadcast Supervisor is installed as a standalone client application, allowing a single operator to monitor multiple ADC automated broadcasting implementation projects through one user interface, thereby optimizing the utilization of operational resources. Additionally, Broadcast Supervisor offers a more comprehensive graphical user interface (GUI), list screens, error messages, and status reports, significantly enhancing the operator's ability to monitor the operational status of all automated broadcasting systems.
ADC™ Device Controller
Universal Hardware Platform
The ADC™ Device Controller is a universal hardware platform that supports all ADC automated broadcasting solutions. As the core hardware component of the automated broadcasting system, the device controller can manage all fundamental ADC functions through high-performance servers, including real-time operating systems, application software, and device drivers. The device controller is available in efficient 2RU and 4RU configurations, designed for demanding broadcast television automated broadcasting systems. This system is developed from the ground up, featuring high reliability, maintainability, and technical specifications to meet future development needs.
The device controller chassis houses communication serial interface cards, network cards, device control cards, and timecode reference cards, supporting a variety of configuration options. This platform fully complies with environmental standards, including WEEE and RoHS international regulations. It utilizes serial interfaces and IP network interfaces for high-speed communication with video servers and other broadcast television equipment. Furthermore, many components in the 2RU and 4RU chassis are shared, reducing the need for spare parts and the workload of inventory management. If you have already deployed the ADC automated broadcasting system, upgrading your existing system to the device controller will enhance your broadcasting system's capabilities, allowing you to fully leverage software development outcomes to support new broadcast television models and technologies.
ADC™ Live-Update™
BXF-Driven Scheduling Synchronization Feature
The BXF-integrated ADC™ Live-Update™ can directly associate your information flow scheduling with playlists using SMPTE 2021 BXF data exchange. Live-Update is a straightforward workflow solution with significant advantages,
eliminating the need for manual communication and manual playlist changes. It accelerates workflows to effectively manage scheduling in a seamless, interactive operational environment.
• Securely integrate ADC automated broadcasting with Harris® OSi-Traffic™, Broadcast Master™, Vision™, and third-party BXF-compatible information flow systems.
• Automatic reception and processing of subsequent log changes reduces errors, and an instant two-way feedback mechanism eliminates potential mistakes from manual exchanges.
• Synchronization of the automated playlist with the information flow log.
• Allowing operators to approve recent playlist changes increases revenue and ensures precise recording of the system's operational status at every moment, maximizing revenue.
• Reducing operator workload and improving broadcast accuracy by optimizing information flow and automated broadcasting workflows.
• Sending operational status updates and error alerts to the information flow system.
• Creating same-day revenue reports.
ADC™ PSIP Manager™ (Program and System Information Protocol Manager)
Automatic tracking and forwarding of PSIP information. The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) serves as the glue for digital television signals. As a client option of the ADC™ automated broadcasting system, the ADC™ PSIP
Manager™ enables automatic tracking and forwarding of PSIP information—eliminating the need for manual tracking operations or interventions.
D-Series DSX™
Automated broadcasting solutions for enterprise environments
The D-Series DSX™ automation system provides reliable, frame-accurate control for complex media distribution environments. This enterprise-level automation solution is designed to meet the demands of high-capacity and dynamic broadcast television environments. The scalability of the D-Series automation is exceptional, offering top-tier device control for linear broadcast channels and enabling the transfer of file-based media to multiple delivery platforms.
The D-Series DSX automated broadcasting system utilizes a single architecture that is easy to scale, managing over 1,000 channels. Its powerful and configurable user interface significantly enhances efficiency, simplifies facility reconfiguration, and supports the control of a large number of channels. System integrity and operational security are achieved throughout the facility through broadcaster-defined security policies — including user access permissions. System configurations can be managed from any authorized operator workstation.
As the foundational version of the Harris Media software product suite, the D-Series DSX not only operates independently but also serves as a member of a tightly integrated operational environment. In this environment, it can execute automated broadcasting functions independently or be used in conjunction with media asset management, information flow, and scheduling systems. This integration allows D-Series DSX users to enhance revenue opportunities by gaining comprehensive control over individual assets throughout the entire broadcast television value chain. Additionally, it reduces expenses through automated cross-application processing while ensuring a working environment that offers infinite scalability and the highest reliability for users.
The flexibility of the D-Series DSX is also outstanding. In campus systems, the dual-redundancy configuration of the D-Series DSX provides extremely high system availability. Dynamic device allocation and management processes mean that the system can support a variety of acquisition and broadcasting devices. Open metadata exchange is supported through BXF, MXF, AAF, and V-ISAN. The D-Series DSX is an automated broadcasting system that reflects current and future demands. The architecture's no single point of failure redundancy ensures continuous stability, while the modular design's adaptability enables the D-Series DSX to take on the responsibility of transitioning to future multi-channel content management and distribution environments.
D-Series DSX™ Device Controller
Universal Hardware Platform
The D-Series DSX™ Device Controller is a universal hardware platform that supports all D-Series DSX automated broadcasting solutions. As the core hardware component of the automation system, the device controller manages all fundamental functions of the D-Series through a high-performance server capable of executing real-time operating systems, application software, and device drivers. The device controller is available in efficient 2RU and 4RU configurations, designed specifically for demanding broadcast automation systems. This system is built with a focus on high reliability, high maintainability, and technical specifications to meet the needs of the industry.
Developed and designed to meet the demands of future growth.
The device controller chassis houses communication serial interface cards, network cards, device control cards, and timecode reference cards, supporting a variety of configuration options. This platform fully complies with various environmental standards, including WEEE and RoHS international regulations. It utilizes serial interfaces and IP network interfaces to achieve high-speed communication with video servers and other broadcasting equipment. Additionally, many components in the 2RU and 4RU chassis are shared, which reduces the use of spare parts and the workload of inventory management. If you have already deployed the D-Series DSX automation system, upgrading your system to this device controller will enable your broadcasting system to meet future demands and fully leverage software development achievements to support new broadcasting models and technologies.
D-Series DSX™ Real-Time IP Control
Real-time IP Control for Multi-Channel Automated Broadcasting
As the control of devices based on Ethernet and TCP/IP becomes increasingly common in both real-time and non-real-time broadcasting environments, Harris Corporation harnesses the powerful capabilities of IP communication to lead the trend in mission-critical broadcasting applications. Harris's frame-accurate real-time multi-channel automation solutions integrate IP network protocols, providing a reliable and scalable content management and delivery infrastructure for modern digital television facilities. Through the D-Series DSX automation system, broadcasters can choose real-time IP control applications to achieve the following objectives:
• Control the next generation of products
• Integrate diverse functionalities of different devices through IP interfaces.
• The remote control feature supports a more decentralized system.
Integrating with network standards can bring many other benefits, including:
• Enhance the flexibility of system deployment by utilizing TCP/IP standards.
• Accelerate the deployment of new devices into the system.
• Simplify the wiring, termination, and distribution design of the infrastructure.
Invenio® Capture
Advanced Digital Acquisition
Capture content and generate revenue! The meaning of capture goes beyond merely obtaining content. It also involves creating value from that content. Tape digitization, capturing real-time data streams, and automatically collecting advertisements and program content to reduce touchpoints, along with traditional tape-to-digital conversion systems, managing manual collection workflows, and transferring content to other systems. Collecting content from multiple sources and making it available on other systems to generate new business. Invenio® Capture allows you to conveniently collect media and its associated metadata from tape systems and transfer this information to storage and archiving devices. With the optional automatic collection feature, you can expand the system to optimize existing collection workflows, eliminating most manual tasks—from receiving information stream mixed recording lists to content capture and metadata distribution. Invenio Capture also provides instant fault logging, which can optimize manual collection and allow you to make quick corrections to incoming recording information before naming it. The automatic archiving naming in this mode enables you to quickly record multiple open-end records.
Invenio® Motion
Smart Media Transfer
Make the content come alive.
Managing media assets is very much like playing a different guessing game every day — except that media information is always in motion and changing. Media processing and workflows are becoming increasingly complex, leading to mounting cost pressures and making it difficult to achieve the goal of accomplishing more tasks with fewer resources. Your ultimate goal is to effectively manage media assets so that your content consistently generates high returns. You need to capture the right content on the right devices for the appropriate objectives, making it crucial to have all the necessary tools to identify, transfer, and reuse your media assets. Harris® Invenio® Motion is the ultimate platform for digital media management. This system establishes a unified workflow that allows you to capture content once, retain media assets in the digital domain for a lifetime, and access, manage, and move materials across any number of storage devices (including multi-tiered storage systems). Integrating transcoders into the Invenio Motion workflow allows for the conversion of media from one file format to another. Automatic metadata capture improves accuracy and reduces duplicate entries — a higher volume of rich metadata capture ensures that the correct content segments are processed. In addition to these automated operations, workflows can also be manually triggered, and tasks and priorities can be modified based on immediate needs.
Invenio® Insight
Digital Asset Management
Digitizing content allows clients to maximize the value of their content assets in operational design. Integrating digital technology can free you from the constraints of traditional processing, enabling you to reuse and recreate content, leading to new operational revenue and audiences. Invenio® Insight can assist you in developing new products and services, shortening time to market, and controlling media conversion.