ITN selects IdeasUnlimited.tv for recording compliance

The world’s largest independent news organisation, ITN, is to use ContentProbe from IdeasUnlimited.tv for compliance recording.
ITN is to implement the revolutionary automated digital recording and storage solution to retain its transmitted programmes for 90 days, in accordance with Ofcom regulations.
ContentProbe automatically records broadcast programmes in real time and stores them digitally to dramatically reduce the time spend manually labelling and archiving VHS tapes. Storing up to 180 days’ content in a single RU device, it also eliminates the space wasted on housing typically 540 tapes.
The solution uses internal RAID 5 storage and hot-swappable drives for extra reliability and authorised users can easily browse transmitted content from their desktops.
“ITN produces news programmes for ITV1, the ITV news channel and Channel 4 and so generates vast quantities of content to record to comply with Ofcom regulations,” said ITN’s head of broadcast engineering Paul Flook. “ContentProbe gives us the most cost-effective and space-efficient storage, improves quality and saves significant time when compared to using VHS.”
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