84.2.6.1 Video Assist - What is and What is it for?

In broadcast automation, the 'Video Assist' mode is related to the manual intervention of a human operator (unlike the automate mode on which broadcasting operations are automatically performed). The 'Video Assist' mode is usually run when a broadcast automation emergency occurs and it's not possible to continue with the automatic transmission, in this case the on-air personnel present at the broadcast studio or control room will use the Etere Video Assist tool to send on-air up to four different schedules ready-to-be-transmitted.

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The Etere Video Assist tool allows emergency servers to import (not synchronize) daily playlists of the last two years including the assets scheduled on them, playlist are imported in different 'scheduling levels' so it will be possible to import different schedules at the same time.
Etere Video Assist provides stations with the following benefits:
✓An easy-to-use Executive Editor interface for editing the playlists, allowing navigation and preview with VTR-like functions such as jog&shuttle,
✓Implementation of multi-format Etere MTX servers as independent playout systems.
✓Possibility of using a different Etere MTX servers on which all the video files needed to go on-air are stored,
✓Video files are automatically transferred in the Etere MTX server via workflow,
✓Use of an independent database that will be updated by the main database,
✓The MTX server player is the only used device, no other external devices are involved,
✓Enhanced fault-tolerance, so If the update fails the last versions of the main playlist are preserved,
✓Exclusive use of digital media files to eradicate the use of video tapes as the last broadcasting resource in case of emergency,
✓Guaranteed cost-efficiency and reliability due to the use of the latest Matrox video technologies.