Dramatically boost productivity and streamline business processes with MonitorIQ BMS.
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Fully HD-ready, able to record, retrieve, repurpose, clip and share full resolution HD/SD or FLV content.
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IIntelligent, built-in tuners with ATSC/QAM, NTSC/PAL, HD-SDI, or DVB-ASI inputs supporting multiple HD/SD recordings simultaneously.
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Output formats include: Flash, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, XDCAM, Final Cut Pro® and H.264 so content can be repurposed for use on Web sites, portable media players, and mobile Internet devices.
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Open APIs for development and customization.
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No license limits on numbers of clients supported, so all staff have access to scheduling functions and recordings at any time, from any location.
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Building-block architecture for outstanding scalability at an affordable price with a low ongoing cost of ownership.
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Ad tracking module to allow competitive analysis of advertisers and frequency of placement.
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Integrated Audio Monitoring Logging, and archiving of loudness data for all channels (ITU Loudness Data and CALM ACT).
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Monitor, Archive, and Analyze MonitorIQ BMS automates time-consuming processes related to monitoring, archiving, and analyzing tasks broadcasters perform to run their daily operations. By eliminating manual steps, you receive more value from your monitoring investment.
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Importing AsRun, traffic, and custom logs to easily verify Ad Runs.
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Ingesting ratings and advertising rate information to eliminate the need for external competitive monitoring services, reducing operating expense.
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Enabling access through a Web-based interface so staff can schedule or view recordings using any device, at any location — from the office, at home, or on the road.
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Extracting news clips for use on Web sites, podcasts, or cell phones.
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With DVB-ASI solution monitor the output of any encoder as well as uplinks and downlinks to quickly determine not just when failures occur, but also where that failure originates. Monitors several program streams on a transport stream and records the entire transport stream for later analysis.
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Monitor, log, and archive audio levels for all channels in support of ITU Loudness data and CALM ACT.
With the ability to integrate with existing systems, MonitorIQ BMS delivers a total broadcast monitoring solution in a compact and affordable device. MonitorIQ BMS can help boost bottom-line productivity by: •
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Detecting, logging and generating alerts for audio video, and closed caption transmission problems through an interface to the station traffic system. Enables sales staff to easily check whether local ads were affected. Recording and archiving HD/SD broadcasts, encoded Flash content, and closed caption text.
MonitorIQ includes adapters for popular broadcast business systems, and custom adapters can be developed to connect to any broadcast operations system.
Logging, Search, and Retrieval Station staff can set up MonitorIQ BMS recording schedules by time block, by channel, or by episode. Logging, search, and retrieval of content is easy with Web-based menus:
Downloadable content can be extracted and converted to a wide variety of formats for publishing anywhere, and recorded content can be pushed to other servers across your network.
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Nonstop 24/7 recording can be scheduled for compliance logging purposes.
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Intelligent tuners switch channels automatically, based on the recording schedule.
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Multiple formats are available: NTSC and PAL, digital and analog, standard definition and HD.
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Closed captions are captured in text format during recording, and recorded programming is encoded on-the-fly and available to view within seconds.
Content of interest is easy to locate and retrieve with MonitorIQ BMS. Search recordings for the occurrence of keywords on specified channels or across all monitored channels, and during specific date ranges. Other search functionality includes: •
A filter function to specify content search of program titles, program descriptions, or the entire closed-caption text.
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Advanced full-text keyword search, Boolean logic, and filtering by date and channel are supported.
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The ability to interface to networked file systems, so all archived files can be searched with MonitorIQ BMS.
Digital Nirvana “right-sizes” your broadcast monitoring platform. Designed with a building-block architecture, MonitorIQ BMS allows you to add affordable appliances as needed to accommodate future growth in monitoring needs. Fewer standby units are needed to provide redundancy since recording switches automatically to take advantage of idle tuners. MonitorIQ BMS delivers high-availability features such as: . •
Automatic switching to standby units for hot failover or upon reaching pre-set maintenance call limits for system parameters such as processor load, free disk space, free memory, swap space, and system services.
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Continuous monitoring of system services to allow intelligent alerts to be sent in real time when trouble conditions you specify are detected.
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Detecting, logging and generating alerts for audio, video, and closed caption transmission problems, enabling staff to easily check and take corrective actions
Additional automated content management capabilities such as auto-expiration and archiving ensure your content is protected and handled correctly.
MonitorIQ BMS Web-based user Mon menus simplify and automate tasks menu
Configuration Options
Enterprise
Enterprise+
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2
4
8
DVB, ATSC/QAM ,NTSC, PAL, analog & digital broadcast support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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HD-SDI
Yes
Yes
Yes
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DVB-ASI
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Open APIs for development and customization
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Record, Retrieve, Repurpose, Clip and Share Full Res, broadcast bitrate, HD/SD or FLV Content Integrated Audio Monitoring and Logging for all channels (ITU Loudness Data and CALM ACT) Cut & Clip Recorded Content or Live Broadcast in real time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search: Closed Caption, Traffic Log, As Run Log
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based management tools
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Automatic and manual recording
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web-based preview and clipping
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Encode recorded video into multiple formats
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Flash streaming in real time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Add unlimited appliances to network
No
No
Yes
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
Optional
Optional
Audio, Video, Closed Caption Monitoring and Loss Alert (Email and SNMP) Integration with Third-Party SNMP Managers
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redundant power
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HDD redundancy
RAID 5
RAID 5
RAID 5
RAID 5
High Availability N+1 Redundancy
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
90
90
Customizable
Customizable
Enterprise
Enterprise+
3 RU 5.2” 17.7” 25.5” 60 lbs. 520 watts Linux
3 RU 5.2” 17.7” 25.5” 60 lbs. 520 watts Linux
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Standard 1 RU 1.7” 17.2” 27” 20 lbs. 260 watts Linux
3 RU 5.2” 17.7” 25.5” 60 lbs. 520 watts Linux