• Eliminates repetitive inefficient baseband video transfers
• License FREE integration
• Automate File Transfer of delivered contents at any time to local video servers for on air playback
• MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 H.264 support with Splice, Rewrap and Transcode
• Built-in Interface with Multiple Delivery Systems for both SD and HD Content
• Built-in Content migration to specified locations for Desktop Media Prep
• Built-in Automation, Traffic, Nearline Disk Storage and Video Servers Interfaces.
• Built-in Web browser for management, configuration, delivery status and schedule.
• Built-in file converter engine by Masstech
• Optional: Integrated Pulsar-MXL file based QC reports

 

Transcoding HD content 4 times faster than real time 3 

CatchBLUE® is a Special Edition of our version 7.5 software for aggregation of file based media services from satellite or IP including comprehensive integration with DG FastChannel® Spot Box HD Xtreme™ and PathFire® Digital Media Gateway™. It is the first solution to fully support the new PitchBlue™ syndicated content delivery service and Javelin advertising content delivery.

Content is aggregated from all sources and then moved automatically to speci¬fied locations throughout the facility including nearline disk storage and video servers. Lab tests have proven CatchBLUE to transcode 3 to 4 times faster than competing solutions on the market, saving broadcasters the need for more hardware when volume transcoding is required. Another advanced feature in CatchBLUE is its ability to make ITU audio levelling adjustments on the same path as the target transcode, while all other solutions require multiple passes. CatchBLUE creates low resolution proxies, re-wraps and transcodes content automatically along the way to its final destination.

  • “Not all transcoders are created equal, so it is essential when transcoding HD content to maintain quality, and Masstech’s box does it at lightning speed with great efficiency. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Masstech because their system works so well and their project engineers have attended to every detail. We are very happy with the high quality transcodes that Masstech provides.”

     

    Del Parks, VP of Engineering & Operations for Sinclair Broadcast Group

  • “The CatchBLUE workflow allows us to highly automate the ingestion of file-based content. CatchBLUE is essentially the ‘aggregator’ of all of the content and eliminates the labor intensive, repetitive, manual processes associated with content being delivered from multiple sources.”

    Joe Addalia, Director of Technology Projects for Hearst Television