Playout Facility
MAXSport
Starting from 2022, following contract with Croatian Telecom (HT), CROATEL broadcasts 2 new MAXSport TV channels – MAXSport 1 and MAXSport 2, exclusively on HT MAXtv platform. MAXSport HD TV channels include exclusive broadcasting of SuperSport HNL (1st Croatian Football League) matches.
Additionally, CROATEL playout facility includes virtual studio setup and production, as well as real studio expansion with 3D Augmented reality for MAXSport TV channel sport shows and events.
Arena Sport
CROATEL company signed a contract starting January 1st 2011 with HDWIN that included exclusive technical broadcast service of 6 HD Arena Sport programs on both T-HT (Croatian Telecom) IPTV and DTH platforms. All 6 HD Arena Sport channels were broadcasted until the end of 2021 from CROATEL’s technical facility (TV studio) in Zagreb, Croatia.
CROATEL playout system was purchased from Grass Valley iTX integrated playout platform and Grass Valley – K2 3G Server and Ingest System.
System contains
Grass Valley iTX integrated playout platform for television broadcast whit all core playout functions (source selection/mixing, file playout, up/down conversion, ARC, audio processing & up/down mixing, graphics, subtitling/captioning, Nielsen watermarking and automation)
Real-time rendering using Vertigo XG graphics processor
Grass Valley Aurora STRATUS platform for video production and content management system including ingest channels
Dell EMC Isilon high-volume storage 200TB for backup and archiving
Grass Valley SAN 70TB ingest storage
Grass Valley K2 Summit 3G playout servers, 4 channels per server
Grass Valley K2 Solo with Dyno Controller
6 Junger Audio mixers
6 commentary booths equipped with Prospect commentary boxes
Yamaha DM1000 audio mixer
Sony MVS 3000 video switcher with 2 M/E busses and 4 keyers per M/E
6 non-linear editing rooms equipped with Edius 9, GVG Storm 3G video card installed on HP Z800 Workstation with optical connection to storage
Graphic Workstation HP Z800 with Adobe CS5 Production Premium package, Power Mac G5 with Finalcut Studio package and 27-inch iMac with Thunderbolt UltraStudio 4K
9 satellite receivers/decoders Ericsson RX8200
3 satellite receivers/decoders Tandberg RX1290
2 satellite receivers/decoders Novelsat NS2000
12 satellite antennas of 2,4m diameter, plus one 1,8m motorized antenna
2 uplink antennas 2,4 m diameter, TVTA 750W, Ericsson Voyager II
8 journalist workstations
2 x UPS (40kVA and 20kVA)
2 x diesel power generator (80kVA and 35kVA)
550 square meters of playout facility
150 square meters of virtual studio with green key, Kino Flo LED light panels with DMX controllers and three studio Grass Valley LDX86N cameras
Tracking system Stype RedSpy and Stype Fluid Heads
VizRT Virtual Studio with 3x live virtual sets and AR (augmented reality) graphics including Viz Engine, Viz Pilot and Viz Artist
Viz Libero sports analysis solution with telestration tools for automatic player tracking, 3D flights, Libero AR, virtual presenter and virtual stadium
3x Blackmagic Ulimatte 12 real time processor for keying live action video with Ultimatte Smart Remote 4
