Jerusalem’s Channel 2 updates newsgathering with Telestream


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Michelle Clancy

| 14 December 2015




Jerusalem-based broadcaster Channel 2 News has deployed a range of newsgathering platforms from Telestream.



Managed by leading Israeli systems integrator, Draco, the implementation includes a major transcode farm, file-based content ingest platform and intelligent workflow automation system for the news broadcaster. Channel 2 was looking to move away from tape-based production systems to a digital tapeless technology environment.

Initially, Draco specified Telestream Vantage as the central transcode farm for all of Channel 2’s newsgathering needs. Later, the project evolved as Vantage was defined as the main production workflow platform for the news broadcaster’s Arab Desk. That application involves a combination of Telestream Pipeline, Telestream Vantage Transcode, Check-in to Avid Interplay and Avid storage systems.

Draco overall has developed a production environment that comprises asset management, an advanced news production system, 20 suites of post-production resources, server-based playout, two foreign desks with 22 acquisition channels and a transcode farm supporting news turnaround workflows, which are split over two discrete sites.

“The nature of modern newsgathering requires an ability to ingest all content in every format, and so we were drawn to Telestream Vantage by the wide variety of video formats that it supports,” said Eli Neeman, business development manager, Draco. “Another key factor is the well-established and advanced integration between Telestream and other vendors. In this case, the seamless integration between Telestream and Avid was critical.”

Avid’s newsroom technology is central to Channel 2’s new digital production system, while Telestream Vantage provides the primary ingest channel into this file-based environment. Vantage can take a spectrum of content from baseband video to a plethora of file formats, transcoding the content into the production format required by Avid.

“Telestream’s ability to create smart and advanced workflows, making content ingest and transcoding a fast and intuitive process, identifies Vantage as a valuable production resource to us,” said Rami Daniel, CTO at Channel 2 News. “We gave Draco a challenging wish list, but by working with a group of leading technology vendors, they have developed a news production solution that exceeds our hopes and dreams.”