DataMiner deployed for playout monitoring at German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion.
Izegem, Belgium, 23 August 2010 – Skyline Communications, the global leader in end-to-end, multi-vendor network management solutions for the satellite, HFC broadband, broadcast and IPTV industries, today announced that ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion, a complete subsidiary company of the European leading media company ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has integrated the awarded & widely deployed Skyline Communications DataMiner multi-vendor NMS for the monitoring of its new playout facilities at ProSiebenSat.1 Group HQ in Munich, Germany.
The solution was selected in Q3 2009 after a careful evaluation of the NMS solutions available in the industry, and subsequently implemented in cooperation with system integrator BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH (Mainz, Germany) and DataMiner Strategic Partner SHM Broadcast GmbH, located in Munich. The DataMiner platform provides ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion end-to-end monitoring of its vast playout infrastructures, and encompasses products from Harris, Tandberg, Tektronix, Barco, DEV, Teraque, Jünger, IBM, HP, Cisco, ProBel, dB Broadcast, Snell, QLogic, and more. In Q1 2010 the initial project was delivered and is today already being further expanded.
Key to the decision of ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion to select DataMiner is its unique ability to unconditionally interact with every single active component in the production environment, across any vendor and technology boundary. With its pronounced open architecture DataMiner offers the ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion administrators the ability to easily adapt the operational system and to address changing requirements efficiently. The solution offers ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion a plethora of features and capabilities, including for example secured multi-user web access, intuitive alarm & performance management, real-time remote interaction, early-warning notifications, statistical reporting, service analysis, real-time dashboards and much more.
Glenn D’Haene, Business Development Manager Europe: “We are extremely happy to welcome ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion to the big family of high-profile operators that rely on DataMiner for their end-to-end network management needs. The decision of ProSiebenSat.1Produktion to deploy DataMiner underlines once more the superior nature of our technology, and the desire of these leading operators to migrate from a fragmented EMS / vendor-specific monitoring and control approach towards a fully consolidated management platform. The latter has proven to bring along significant operational advantages and associated savings.”
Michael Preisser, Managing Director, SHM Broadcast GmbH: “We from SHM, German business partner of Skyline Communications, are happy that we have convinced ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion as the first major German customer, of DataMiner. Several system extensions were installed so far and further are planned, what is showing us the customer satisfaction and the high acceptance for the DataMiner system. In DataMiner we see a high potential, not only in the field of broadcasters as ProSiebenSat.1 but also with regard to customers in the field of cable operations, IPTV providers, satellite broadcasters and telco operators. This platform helps to present more complex processes and system landscapes to the individual user and administrators in a higher transparency and simplified way. The total system overview never gets lost and in addition a constant end-to-end monitoring and SLA management is ensured by DataMiner.”
Anita Schimmel, Head of Program Management ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion: “DataMiner has already become an essential system that supports us to maintain our high standard of quality in our complex and networked infrastructure. Using DataMiner for the monitoring of our broadcast infrastructure helps us reducing time and effort in problem detection and resolution!”
Jürgen Loos, Sales Director, BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH: “In our position as system integration partner and general contractor for ProSiebenSat.1 it was our mission and responsibility to develop the solution design together with ProSiebenSat.1. After an extensive product evaluation, DataMiner was selected as the preferred solution for the end-to-end monitoring of the system components in the playout center. Now that the implementation has been finalized and based on the first operational experience, we can also confirm that the solution lives up to the high expectations and we can now look back on a very successful project.”
Skyline Communications (www.skyline.be) is the global leading supplier of multi-vendor network management solutions for the HFC broadband, satellite, IPTV and broadcast industry. Our flagship DataMiner network management platform, which received various prestigious awards, enables end-to-end integration of the most complex technical ecosystems and has been deployed by leading operators such as Arab States Broadcasting Union, Belgacom, Broadcast Australia, Broadcasting Center Europe, Castor Broadcasting, Czech Television, EiTB, European Space Agency, Eutelsat, Gateway Communications, Guardia Civil, GlobeCast, Gobierno Vasco, M6, MTV, Orascom Telecom, Overon, Roshan, RTL-TVI, Stratos Global, Telecom Castilla-La Mancha, Telenet , Telenor, TelstraClear, TVE, UPC, Virgin Media, VOO, Ziggo, etc. DataMiner is today already integrated with over 1750 devices and systems from more than 300 key industry suppliers, and offers a plethora of functionality including unlimited web access, alarming, e-mail and SMS notification, long-term trending, professional reporting, advanced automation, intelligent correlation and root cause analysis, service management, real-time SLA monitoring, user-definable key performance indicator dashboards, spectrum monitoring, mobile access, powerful CPE management, and much more.
ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion (www.prosiebensat1produktion.de) is a complete subsidiary company of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. With the development of a European leading digital platform, ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion is pursuing one of the Group's key strategic goals. Based on the range of services from on-location, studio and post-production, through to integrated asset management as well as playout for more than 10 TV stations, ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion makes a central contribution to the Group's success.
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