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MillimeterVideoBank Solutions Address Encoding, Processing, and Streaming Needs for Medical Education Broadcasts to Underserved Countries
May 22, 2006 5:35 PM
VideoBank announced that Medical Missions for Children, a non-profit organization serving the needs of seriously ill children in underserved communities across the globe through its satellite- and Internet2-based Medical Broadcast Channel (MBC), is using VideoBank's Dual Encoder workstation, Edit/Logger workstation, and VBPump to prepare its programming materials for broadcast. The Dual Encoder produces MPEG-2 files for standard broadcast delivery as well as MPEG-1 files for logging applications, while the Edit/Logger processes and prepares the clips for broadcast. The VBPump streams and multicasts the material for satellite and Internet2 distribution.
MBC's programming content, which includes presentations on a variety of medical topics provided by eminent hospitals and research institutions across the country, is delivered to MBC on a variety of media, including DVD, Flash, and VHS tapes. In order to convert this material into suitable delivery formats, MBC digitizes and archives this content using VideoBank's Dual Encoder, which converts the materials into 4.5Mb MPEG-2 files for standard-satellite and Internet2 delivery and 1.5Mb MPEG-1 for logging applications.
The VideoBank Edit/Logger workstation allows MBC to add metadata to the clips, as well as perform standard trimming and editing functions in preparation for broadcast and to support its future video-on-demand service. At the same time, editors produce titles and credits for each ingested asset.
After scheduling the broadcast day, MBC producers pass these schedules on to the VideoBank software to create broadcast-ready clips, which are automatically processed and edited together to create blocks of broadcast content. The content is then streamed and multicast using the VBPump utility. The streamed content is picked up by a satellite transceiver that then pushes the broadcast via satellite to medical students and professionals in Central and South America, and via Internet2 around the world.
"We needed a way to ingest and encode the various video formats into MPEG-2 files for satellite and Internet2 delivery, as well as a way to schedule our broadcasts and play them to air, and VideoBank's solutions met our needs perfectly and within our budget," says George Otto, MBC vice president. "People in the countries we serve are looking for practical information on healthcare delivery, and with VideoBank's systems, we are able to deliver this information as quickly and efficiently as possible."
"Medical Missions for Children provides important and timely information to medical practitioners helping needy children throughout the world," says Louis Siracusano Jr., president and CEO of VideoBank. "The advanced modular technologies provided by VideoBank allow organizations such as Medical Missions for Children to deliver flawless, professional results in a cost-effective manner."
Learn more about VideoBank solutions at www.videobankdigital.com.
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