Arqiva Migrates Event Scheduling And Resource Management

Arqiva has migrated its occasional-use event scheduling and resource-management workflow to the DataMiner xOps platform, integrating the functions with its wider broadcast operations.

The move forms part of Arqiva’s ongoing strategy to bring its broadcast operations together on a shared operational platform, reducing reliance on separate tools and enabling scheduling and resource management to operate alongside other applications, services and capabilities within DataMiner.

The migration was completed in less than three months, moving Arqiva from a standalone scheduling and resource-management tool to a fully integrated solution.

Thomas Gunkel, Marketing Manager Broadcast at Skyline Communications, the company behind DataMiner xOps, attributed the speed of the project to three factors: the availability of existing scheduling and resource-management solutions through the company’s digital marketplace, the cloud-based delivery model and Arqiva’s established in-house expertise.

"Three things made that possible. First, Arqiva wasn't starting from scratch: the core scheduling and resource management capabilities were already available as standard solutions on our digital marketplace. Second, the cloud-based delivery model meant there was no new infrastructure stack to build and operate. And finally, Arqiva already had more than a decade of DataMiner expertise in-house, allowing its own teams to take a leading role in the migration."

Arqiva has been expanding its use of DataMiner over the past decade, adopting the platform to support additional operational requirements rather than introducing separate standalone systems for each new function.

This approach allows new operational domains to build on shared infrastructure, data, integrations, workflows and in-house expertise.

DataMiner already orchestrates connectivity between Arqiva’s sites and manages the company’s national and local digital audio broadcasting (DAB) platform. The platform is also set to support Arqiva’s latest playout media services.

The latest migration represents a further step towards consolidating Arqiva's broadcast operations within a common environment, with scheduling and resource management now integrated into the same platform as its wider operational capabilities.