Pebble Beach Systems

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Pebble Beach Systems has unrivalled experience in the specialist field of playout. A world leader in automation, channel in a box, integrated and virtualised playout technology, with scalable products designed for highly efficient multichannel transmission as well as complex news and sports television, the company has systems ranging from one to over 150 channels installed in more than 70 countries.

A successful 2016 has seen new installations and system expansions at sites around the world, including CNN in Chile, Globosat in Brazil, ARTE in France, TV3 in Ireland, DMC in the Netherlands, IMG in the UK, Groupe V Media in Canada and MBC in Dubai, all of which have contributed to a record period for the company.

The company is based in the UK, with the regional office in Dubai offering local support to its large installed user base across the Middle East.

Pebble Beach Systems was founded in 2000, and now stands out as one of the few truly specialist players in broadcast automation. In this closely contested field they offer a level of focus which many larger manufacturers in this field simply cannot match, and thanks to a strong reputation for exceptional customer service and technical innovation, the company’s systems now control over 400 channels across 17 countries at more than 55 sites in the Middle East, and many more at major broadcasters worldwide.

The company remains focused on providing systems that enable customers to continue to exploit best of breed and legacy technologies, whilst embracing emerging file formats and new workflows.

Solutions for complex and simple channels are offered through the same user interface. By working equally with all technology partners and offering impartial advice to the end user, Pebble Beach Systems enables customers to select most appropriate technology for each system, channel by channel.

A friendly, vibrant company with a strong international flavour, Pebble Beach Systems prides itself on the relationships it builds

Neptune Automation in action at OSN Dubai.

with its partners and customers, and on its agility to react to and embrace changing market conditions and requirements.

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Pebble Beach Systems has become a leading automation supplier across the Middle East, based on a strong track record for delivering on time and on promise. Automation systems are installed at many key sites across the Middle East with engineering support based in the UAE and Jordan. The company is trusted by end users and local and international SI companies to provide systems that fulfil the needs of Middle East broadcasters, including those that are looking to transition from tape to file-based workflows.

With comprehensive ingest, playout and media management capabilities, Pebble Beach systems manage complex tapeless workflows and offer straightforward expansion capability as broadcasters grow and programming requirements change.

Since inception, the company has reacted to the needs of the Middle East market by offering the option to display user interface in Arabic, allowing dynamic graphics control with Arabic text and providing fast turnaround compliance workflows. More recently, it has introduced features that help broadcasters easily manage prayer breaks in their schedules.

PRodUCTs

Since launching the flagship Neptune automation system in 2000, Pebble Beach Systems has continued to develop and expand its product portfolio to provide automation for all levels: not just in terms of size but also complexity. From the self-contained Stingray channel in a box and Orca, a virtualised playout solution, to the enterprise level multiple channel capabilities of the next generation Marina, Pebble Beach Systems’ products are dedicated to the simplification of channel management and to maximising efficiency and reliability throughout the broadcast workflow. Core to the automation range is each product’s ability to control and interface to a huge variety of third party

devices, depending on the requirements of each individual installation. The company is able to be genuinely agnostic with respect to third party devices, supporting the widest possible range of products and offering the optimum solution for broadcasters of all sizes and needs.

MARiNA

Designed to address the evolving operational and business requirements in the broadcast and electronic media industry, Marina brings a wealth of enhanced capabilities to the Pebble Beach Systems portfolio, enabling the user to tackle today’s complex changing workflows whilst retaining the ability to mix basic ‘pass-through’ style channels with difficult ‘labour intensive’ channels within a single system.

Marina has been specifically designed for large-scale multichannel operations and for users who require complete language localisation. It provides full

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Key Pebble Beach Systems Customers in the MENA region include: • Al Jazeera Media Network, Qatar • Al Kass, Qatar • Bahrain TV, Bahrain • beIN SPORTS, Qatar • CBC, Egypt • DU Samacom, UAE • Dubai Media Incorporated, UAE • Etisalat, UAE • Intigral, UAE • JMC, Jordan • Jordan Radio and Television, Jordan • MBC, UAE • Nogoum FM, Egypt • Oman TV, Oman • Orbit Showtime Network, UAE • Saudi TV, Saudi Arabia exploitation of native API device control and offers close integration with its own content management system for file-based workflows and direct nearline and data tape library archive control.

Part of a suite of offerings that enable increased revenue opportunities from efficient, adaptable workflows, Marina is capable of managing the acquisition and playout of file-based media in both linear and non-linear playlist configurations. As a highly configurable system, it allows applications to operate in a distributed or partitioned architecture across multiple servers. The compact Marina Lite solution draws on the strengths of Marina to deliver a robust and resilient solution optimised to control up to four channels.

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Dolphin adds integrated channel technology to the range, offering SD/HD video server, master control switcher, character generator

Tom Gittins, CEO, Pebble Beach Systems.

and channel branding capabilities in a compact frame. Under Pebble Beach Systems automation control, Dolphin delivers highly automated, frame accurate multi-channel playout and ingest capability, and integrates seamlessly as a standalone device into a system which might also incorporate bestof-breed video server, graphics or captioning devices for prime channels. It can also act as a component of a hybrid channel, mixing Dolphin with best-of-breed discrete devices. This means that the broadcaster can choose the optimum technology for the budgetary and technical needs of each channel. Crucially, operators are presented with the same user interface whatever the underlying channel technology across the entire system and a single system-wide database avoids creating operational silos and simplifies channel control.

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Pebble Beach Systems’ self-contained channel in a box solution, Stingray, leverages Pebble Beach Systems’ bestof-breed technology to deliver a full HD ingest and playout solution for systems up to six channels. Based on proven 64bit architecture, Stingray incorporates the unmatched flexibility of Pebble Beach Systems’ Marina enterprise automation and the power and robustness of its Dolphin integrated channel device. In addition to hosting simple clip-based channels, Stingray is designed to handle complex reactive channels featuring late-breaking changes and dynamic schedules.

oRCA

Orca is Pebble Beach Systems’ softwaredefined virtualised IP channel solution. As a software-only virtual implementation of Pebble’s Dolphin integrated channel device, it is ideally suited to meet the needs of centralcast hubs, service providers, multichannel operators, sports broadcasters and corporates. Orca enables the deployment of IP-based channels almost instantly, without the burden of racks of complicated hardware, or weeks or months of setup and provisioning.

Middle East Regional Manager, Samir Isbaih.

CoNTACT

Pebble beach systems headquarters

12, Horizon Business Village, 1 Brooklands Road, Weybridge Surrey KT13 0TJ Tel: +44 1932 333790 Email: sales@pebble.tv Website: www.pebble.tv

Middle East support office

Office 106, Building 4 Dubai Media City PO Box 502829 Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 50 966 9689

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