Chile. TNT Sports has invested in PlayBox Neo's Channel-in-a-Box to upgrade and enhance its current expansion of HD sports channels, in partnership with technology reseller Duo Chile, who also conducted the training.
TNT Sports is one of the leading broadcasters of HD sports channels in Latin America and part of the prominent brand associated with Warner Bros. Discovery's premium sports content. Through multiple screens and platforms, TNT Sports broadcasts matches from AFA (Professional Football League and Cup, Champions Trophy), FPF (Paulistão, Paulistão Femenino, Paulistão A2 and U-20) and ANFP (First and Second Division, Copa Chile), as well as the most relevant football championships in Europe (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, among others).
TNT Sports has always leveraged technology to improve efficiency. They chose PlayBox Neo's media production and broadcast solutions to replace their old third-party broadcast system for the insertion of commercials during football matches. TNT Sports needed a solution that would automate the personalized broadcast of content while optimizing its operations and costs.
"We are thrilled to partner with PlayBox Neo to bring innovative technology to the Latin American market for our popular sports channel. We have always been impressed with PlayBox Neo's streaming product and cloud solutions with its proven impeccable track record. Their capabilities are wide-ranging and cover everything from live broadcast to fully automated streaming, which was what we were looking for in a provider," said Cesar Zuñiga, Director of Chile Live Production Technology at Warner Bros. Discovery.
The PlayBox Neo's Channel-in-a-Box (CIAB) is a world-class broadcast system and channel branding. It supports single-channel or multi-channel HD or UHD operations and provides all the facilities needed to keep a channel on the air, performed on a single independent server. It incorporates all the tools a broadcaster needs for ingest, scheduling, text manipulation, interactive graphics, broadcasting, and content distribution. Remote access tools are also included to improve content preparation, quality control, and monitoring.
"Channel-in-a-Box" is the generic name given to the all-in-one broadcast device for broadcast television and includes the ability to store content immediately as needed, add graphics, and deliver it to a broadcast chain.
The systems integrated into TNT Sports will serve them well for years to come, equipped with ListBox Neo-20 programming, interactive graphics and TitleBox Neo-20 CG graphics, Capture Suite content ingest plus Media Gateway distribution and live delivery. The PlayBox Neo's CIAB installations are very space-efficient and technically easy to handle if replacement or relocation is needed.
