DTG’s Intelligent Transfer technology integrates with Pathfire

The Digital Transaction Group (DTG) will be demonstrating its new Intelligent Transfer Technology integration with Pathfire at NAB 2006.
DTG’s Intelligent Transfer Technology automates transfers for digital file-based content. Already installed and working in television broadcast stations, the Pathfire integration is a completely automated process, – no human intervention needed.
With the Xe Automation System broadcast stations can do more with less, no longer having to devote time and resources manually dubbing syndicated programmes, and manually entering timing and segment data for the programmes – the entire process from ingest to playout is automated. At one station, the staff was spending 16 hours a day doing it manually. After installing the Xe Intelligent Transfer Technology interface to Pathfire, those 16 hours were reclaimed, increasing staff productivity, saving time, money and resources.
The Xe Intelligent Transfer Technology manages the transfers of syndicated program content from Pathfire to a play-to-air video server and gets the metadata to generate the program segments and timing. The Xe Automation System creates the programme segments and ad blocks in its SQL database server. Because Xe can handle multiple content IDs, the Xe ID’s match the station’s house numbers assigned by traffic. When Xe loads the channel’s schedule, all the programming is ready for on-air.
Visit DTG at Booth C11031, on the way to the HD Theatres.
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