Pixel Power

www.pixelpower.com

Pixel Power Control Centre is a MOS interface for the entire range of Clarity standard and high definition character generators. It consists of two components: the Pixel Power Control Centre server and the Newsroom ActiveX Control.

Pixel Power Control Centre acts as the MOS gateway to ENPS, providing automated asset management for graphical content across one or more Clarity playout systems.

Newsroom ActiveX Control works within the ENPS client. It connects directly to the asset management database of the Pixel Power Control Centre and enables the ActiveX to provide an interactive, WYSIWYG interface that displays all of the available templates and graphics. This interface makes it easy for journalists to create the broadcast news graphics.

The system as a whole is fully customizable, enabling each installation to be configured to meet the customer’s specific workflow requirements.

Supported ENPS Workflow

Running Order Control

This device allows ENPS to dynamically build and control a playlist within the media server. Changes to the Running Order in ENPS result in immediate changes to the sequence of media objects queued for playout by the media server.

Item Status

This vendor sends real-time status information during playback and other functions which is displayed through ENPS writers and producers in real-time. This includes the use of a minimum set of standard status messages which enable color coding and the automated movement of the ENPS timing bar.

Buddy Fail-Over

This product supports automatic redundant operation with both Primary and Buddy ENPS servers.

Channel Assignment

This product enables ENPS users to directly assign media play-out channels from the ENPS Running Order.

Story Send

This product uses the full body of text within ENPS documents, including all media pointers and custom metadata. This product also dynamically tracks the sequence of Stories and Assignments within active ENPS Running Orders and Assignment grids.

Media Awareness

This device sends ENPS a description of the media it stores. The description contains structured metadata and a pointer to the media object. This information is used by ENPS to return media in search results. Pointers are used to link media to ENPS documents, including Stories, Running Orders and Assignments using simple drag and drop workflow.

MOS Redirection

This product works with ENPS to transfer media between machines and locations using instruction and metadata from ENPS. When stories containing media are moved from one ENPS location in ENPS to another this vendor offers the option to automatically transfer the media contained in the stories without further user interaction. This can be used to automatically transfer media between servers and NLE's within a single newsroom, or between multiple newsrooms and production servers in different cities.

Pixel Power ActiveX Plug-in

Pixel Power provides an ActiveX plug-in for ENPS which allows users to create graphics, view objects/media, edit objects, and allows users to drag and drop media from within the ENPS user interface.

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