Octopus promotes the latest advances in the production of linear news and on demand

With a clean, logical and easy -to -use user interface, Octopus allows direct control of MOS compatible production devices, such as storage files, graphic solutions, servers and prompters.

Octopus Newsroom has exhibited in IBC 2018 The latest news of your solution for the Production of linear news and on demand.

Adam Kennedy, Marketing Director of Octopus Newsroom, highlights that “television production techniques are quickly evolving to adapt to the growing popularity of watching television content on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets connected to the Internet. On a large screen at home.

“Our latest -generation computer system Octopus Newsroom provides broadcasters with all the tools they need to support visualization on both linear and file -based demand. A software -based solution, Octopus is designed for use in all types and operation levels, including traditional news programming and on demand, live events reports, sports and eSport. desktop computers or laptops, ”he adds.

“For journalists who capture news at the scene, Octopus also elevates the smartphone of each reporter to a portable production device that can be used to film videos and television interviews or one by one. Once captured, each report can be sent wirelessly to the base for its immediate correction and broadcast. The whole system is fast, economical and versatile. Octopus can be configured to handle any Operating size, from a completely automated news channel with a single operator to a multichannel transmission network 24 hours a day that offers a mixture of automated and live content with red exclusion buttons, ”says Kennedy.

Highlight, finally, that Octopus Newsroom, with more than 50 MOS partners, advocates an open ecosystem that uses the mos protocol which allows operators to choose freely between high quality graphics, playout, mam, prompters, traffic and advertising solutions. Octopus Newsroom has successfully installed systems in more than 300 channels worldwide. Based on Unicode, Octopus Newsroom products are compatible with all the main character sets, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese.