TV Gazeta (Brazil) modernizes its broadcast operations with Dolphin and Pebble Beach Marina

Marina and Dolphin ensure a smooth migration from TV Gazeta's legacy automation system.

The broadcaster is based in São Paulo (Brazil), TV News, is modernizing its transmission operations with Dolphin, the compact and affordable integrated channel device from Pebble Beach, y Marina, a powerful centralized solution intake, management of content and automation multichannel.

With the implementation of this Marina and Dolphin-based solution, you can now seamlessly migrate years of accumulated data from your legacy system database into a modern automation system that can adapt and grow as your requirements change.

TV Gazeta has four main channels offering news, sports, entertainment and shopping programs, with a particular focus on female audiences. The new software-defined solution provides more flexibility for live programming and future channel expansions.

Videodata, a local Pebble Beach Systems distributor, was instrumental in making this project happen. Videodata implemented a smart and flexible migration strategy from the legacy system to Marina and Dolphin, which is designed to cause little or no disruption to TV Gazeta's operations. Thanks to the familiar user interface, operators will be able to continue working as usual without interruption throughout the migration process.

David Verzolla, IT Manager at TV Gazeta, highlights that "as the first broadcaster to bring color television broadcasting to Brazil, TV Gazeta has a long-standing reputation as a technology pioneer. When we decided to invest in modernizing the equipment and infrastructure of our broadcast operations, we made sure to choose a technology that would help us overcome our next phase of growth. We conducted a thorough technological assessment. We chose to work with Videodata for their proven experience in the playout market and selected Pebble Beach Systems for their approach software-defined. The project also ensures an easy transition to virtualized environments in the future and IP.”