Posted by Mark Seager on 08/23/07 16:00

We have 3 T-1 lines, mostly for office and backup, but we have twin fiber lines
along with our 5 Vivyx inbound/oubound feeds.

We get maybe 20 to 40 spots in a day, 80% digital, straight to server.
Of course we still take 1" (preferred over Beta SP). Whatever format they
require we accept, but almost all agencies use a media service to store and
forward their spots. If we lose or munge one, it's still on their server until
at least its drop-dead date so we can still fetch it again.

If there is any merging or customization to be done, the studio editor pulls the
file, cuts it, renames it, and drops it on the air server.

Life is so much better since we no longer take sat feeds. What a PITA!


On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:08:57 -0000, tonsofpcs <tonsofpcs@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Aug 22, 2:57 pm, Mark Seager <mark...@aol.com> wrote:
>> On 21 Aug 2007 12:11:02 -0500, "Toby" <kymarto...@ybb.ne.jpp> wrote:
>>
>> >Your mileage might vary, but when we get dubs from agencies or other
>> >networks it is almost always on tape.
>>
>> Your statio is in the stone age. Do cavemen work their?
>>
>> We fetch most spots by ftp, http, E-mail, or other digital methods
>> Why ingest when it's going to the spot server?
>
>I don't know about where you are, but when I sent spots to stations,
>even the major market, their preferred format was BetaSP (this was
>less than a year ago), one had a preferred format of 1" open reel
>until a few years ago, and another prefers D2. Also, peter suggested
>that this is from a "local station", I would expect this to mean a
>smaller station with a smaller budget, not one that can afford all of
>the hardware and software setup, ongoing cost, and troubleshooting
>that such a system would need.

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