Broadcast News

Bookmark and Share
25/06/2025

Pixel Power Works With France Télévisions On A Number Of Projects

News Image
Pixel Power (A Rohde & Schwarz Company) has recently been working with France Télévisions, the French national public TV broadcaster, on a number of projects focused on operational efficiencies.

The latest stage of this ongoing relationship has seen the adoption of Pixel Power’s PRISMON multiviewer and media monitoring platform. This has helped France-tv to migrate the playout of five premium channels from the same number of dedicated control rooms to a single master suite, while still providing the control and quality monitoring demanded by a major broadcaster.

France-tv approached French system integration partner Euplink with a brief to find a cost-effective way of streamlining playout of its five national networks and 22 unique output streams comprising a full range of news, arts, culture, documentary, entertainment and children’s content. A key desired outcome of the project was the consolidation of all five channels into a single master control suite, using the latest technology to help ensure a timely response, comprehensive control and monitoring without compromising the integrity of the output. After discussing these requirements, and the additional wish to adopt TSoIP and ST 2110 while maintaining SDI workflows, Euplink had no hesitation in recommending PRISMON.

PRISMON's powerful configuration tools have been central to the success of the deployment, enabling multiple mosaics to be created and re-configured instantly. PRISMON also supports audio and ancillary data, allowing the operator to select channels to hear, as well as carry out test and measurement on all channels. These tools have enabled France-tv to develop the concept of the 'penalty screen'. While displays and metering of all outputs can be arranged to suit the operator, the central display becomes the penalty screen that highlights any issues requiring immediate attention. Relevant test displays also appear on this central screen, and an audio alert sounds to warn the operator that intervention is required.

"The PRISMON platform has made a significant difference to our operational efficiency," comments Lou Agache, a Project Manager for 'Final Production' at France Télévisions. "We've been able to consolidate and simplify our monitoring, and the responsive error detection and intuitive displays help our operators supervise all of our outputs confidently."

The PRISMON quality tests and alerts are fed into France-tv’s EVS Cerebrum broadcast management system for subsequent audit tracking. PRISMON can be easily integrated with third-party systems via a RESTful API, or through a standard SNMP connection.

pixelpower.com
VMI.TV Ltd

Top Related Stories
Click here for the latest broadcast news stories.

10/04/2019
Rohde & Schwarz Adds A/V OTT Monitoring Solution To PRISMON Family
Rohde & Schwarz has launched a new cloud-based A/V OTT monitoring solution, R&S PRISMON.cloud. Expanding on the company's existing R&S PRISMON product
03/04/2017
Rohde & Schwarz Unveil R&S PRISMON
Rohde & Schwarz has announced the launch of R&S PRISMON – its new monitoring and multiviewing solution for audio/video services – for the first time a
30/04/2019
Rohde & Schwarz Unveils R&S PRISMON.cloud
Rohde & Schwarz introduced its first Monitoring-as-a-service solution R&S PRISMON.cloud based on Microsoft Azure at NAB 2019. Building on the success
11/04/2018
Rohde & Schwarz To Showcase R&S PRISMON Features At NAB
Rohde & Schwarz is to showcase a variety of new features for its award-winning audio/video monitoring and multiviewer solution R&S PRISMON at the 2018
16/05/2011
ViewSat Establishes Proactive Monitoring For 'Out-of-Footprint' Channels With Volicon Observer RPM
Volicon has announced that ViewSat is using the Observer Remote Program Monitor (RPM) to monitor "out of footprint" channels the company delivers to m
08/07/2021
Red Bee Media Selects PRISMON Multiviewer System
Red Bee Media has selected the PRISMON multiviewer system from Rohde & Schwarz. It will replace life-expired SDI systems in its playout facilities in
12/09/2019
Rohde & Schwarz Rolls Out PRISMON.cloud In Europe
Rohde & Schwarz has launched its cloud-based OTT monitoring solution PRISMON.cloud in Europe at this year's IBC Show in Amsterdam. A host of new featu
09/01/2019
Swiss Broadcaster Deploys R&S PRISMON
Technology and production centre Switzerland ag (tpc) has chosen the purely software based R&S PRISMON monitoring solution from Rohde & Schwarz. SRF/t
27/10/2017
Successful Dolby Certification Of R&S PRISMON
R&S PRISMON, the software-based monitoring and multiviewer solution from Rohde & Schwarz, has passed all Dolby Laboratories certification tests. R&S P
09/10/2017
R&S PRISMON Supports SMPTE ST 2110 Suite
Rohde & Schwarz has announced that its monitoring and multiviewer solution now supports the recently-approved standards within SMPTE ST 2110 suite. Th
25/09/2017
R&S PRISMON Tested For Unified Origin Compatibility
Rohde & Schwarz has announced that its R&S PRISMON monitoring and multiviewer solution has successfully been tested for compatibility for Unified Orig
13/09/2017
Rohde & Schwarz Tested Successfully With Keepixo
Rohde & Schwarz has announced that its monitoring and multiviewer solution R&S PRISMON has been successfully tested for compatibility with the packagi
10/01/2019
Swiss Broadcaster Deploys Rohde & Schwarz
technology and production center switzerland ag (tpc) has opted for the purely software based R&S PRISMON monitoring solution from Rohde & Schwarz. In
06/09/2022
Rohde & Schwarz To Demonstrate Software Defined Media Solutions
At IBC 2022, Rohde & Schwarz is to demonstrate how broadcasters can benefit from its software defined media solutions that are flexibly deployable, fu
03/03/2025
Pixel Power Demonstrates Leadership In 'Deploy Anywhere' Software Solutions
Pixel Power, a Rohde & Schwarz company, is to reintroduce its 30-year plus expertise in graphics, automation and workflows with its media processing a