Miami-Dade TV Enhances Broadcast System with Equipment from PlayBox Neo

Miami-Dade TV Enhances Broadcast System with Equipment from PlayBox Neo

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Miami-Dade TV (MDTV), the public access television station for Miami-Dade County, has updated its playout infrastructure as part of a broader modernization project. The new system, provided by PlayBox Neo, offers a feature-rich playout solution designed to streamline and simplify the management of live and pre-recorded programming.

Key Features and Benefits

1. Streamlined Playout: The PlayBox Neo system simplifies the playout process, supporting both live and pre-recorded content. This helps MDTV to efficiently manage diverse programming without complex technical overhead.
2. Feature-Rich Functionality: PlayBox Neo was selected for its comprehensive feature set, which includes advanced playlist management, automation, and integration capabilities to support around-the-clock broadcasting and content delivery.
3. Modernization and Reliability: As part of a broader infrastructure upgrade, the deployment of PlayBox Neo improves the robustness of the broadcast chain, reducing downtime and ensuring smoother operations. This is critical for consistent public and municipal service broadcasting.
4. Ease of Use and Flexibility: The system is designed to help broadcasters like MDTV simplify live production workflows, potentially reducing the manual interventions required and decreasing operational errors through automation and managed workflows.
5. Support for Future Growth: By adopting PlayBox Neo’s technology, MDTV aligns itself for future technological advances and scalability in broadcast operations, ensuring the system can evolve as demands increase.

The PlayBox Neo setup for MDTV includes the following components:

• TitleBox Neo: An interactive CG for creating dynamic graphics and animations.
• ListBox Neo: A scheduling tool for creating and editing playlists, as well as managing the broadcast schedule.
• Live Ingest: A tool for efficient scheduling of recordings.
• Multi-Backup Manager (MBM): A multichannel redundancy system for ensuring reliability and minimizing downtime.
• AirBox Neo servers: For playout of MDTV's programming across its broadcast channels and streaming platforms.

In addition, the new workflow uses AirBox Neo servers for playout and controls the inputs and outputs from a Rohde & Schwarz router. The PlayBox Neo system supports both hybrid SDI/IP workflows and IP streaming, making it suitable for MDTV's diverse broadcast needs.

Shawn Hinchey, chief of digital media services at Miami-Dade County, stated that the solution needed to integrate seamlessly with MDTV's existing infrastructure and provide a robust and intuitive interface for the team. The PlayBox Neo system replaced MDTV's existing automation and server setup in master control, and its scheduling tools have enhanced MDTV's workflow, according to Hinchey.

MDTV's programming includes scheduled government meetings, public service content, educational programs, and live events. The modernization project includes the use of PlayBox Neo for MDTV's 24/7 mix of live and prerecorded programming. The system allows for easy building of 24-hour daily playlists in ListBox Neo and seamless transition into AirBox Neo for playout.

The modernization of MDTV's playout operations with PlayBox Neo represents a significant step in the station's ongoing efforts to provide high-quality, reliable, and efficient public access television services to the residents of Miami-Dade County.

References: [1] broadcastbeat.com (2025) – Miami-Dade TV Revamps Playout with PlayBox Neo [2] feedmagazine.tv (2025) – Miami-Dade TV upgrades playout with PlayBox Neo system

1. The PlayBox Neo system, deployed by Miami-Dade TV, offers a streamlined approach to manage live and pre-recorded programming, making it easier to handle diverse content.
2. The comprehensive feature set of PlayBox Neo, including advanced playlist management and automation, supports around-the-clock broadcasting and content delivery.
3. The modernization and upgrade of Miami-Dade TV's infrastructure, which includes PlayBox Neo, increases the robustness of the broadcast chain, reducing downtime and ensuring smoother operations.
4. With PlayBox Neo, live production workflows are made simpler, potentially reducing manual interventions and operational errors through automation and managed workflows.
5. MDTV's adoption of PlayBox Neo aligns the station for future technological advances and scalability in broadcast operations.
6. TitleBox Neo, part of the PlayBox Neo setup for MDTV, creates dynamic graphics and animations, while ListBox Neo is used for creating and editing playlists and managing the broadcast schedule.
7. Live Ingest and Multi-Backup Manager (MBM) are tools within the PlayBox Neo system that ensure efficient scheduling of recordings and redundancy for reliability and minimizing downtime.
8. AirBox Neo servers, another component of the setup, play out MDTV's programming across its broadcast channels and streaming platforms, and they control inputs and outputs from a Rohde & Schwarz router.
9. The PlayBox Neo system, integrated with MDTV's existing infrastructure, provides a robust and intuitive interface for the team, seamlessly replacing the station's existing automation and server setup in master control, and enhancing the station's workflow for broadcasting general-news, live events, government meetings, public service content, and educational programs in 4K and HD, delivering high-quality, reliable, and efficient digital content to the lifestyle of Miami-Dade County residents through transmission and streaming.

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