The Pacific Quay Project provides an overview of BBC Scotland's technology strategy and services. Key points include:
1) Implementing common file-based digital production systems, integrated desktop tools, and a core digital library to support television, radio, and online production across Scotland.
2) Upgrading facilities and infrastructure to support HDTV, 5.1 surround sound, and resilient broadcast capabilities.
3) Developing end-to-end file-based workflows for content ingest, editing, publishing, and sharing media across platforms and geographic locations.
4) Standardizing on "off the shelf" technologies and integrated systems to simplify operations and support multi-platform content production.
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2008 EBU Training BBC Scotland Technical And Production Platform
2. Overview
Technology design & integration with business activities
Services in Scotland
Technology Strategy & Vision
Impact and change from QMD operation
Broadcasting Aspirations and realisation
Support for File Based Production
Provisioning of new services
3. Services in Scotland
S i i S tl d Lerwick
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Kirkwall
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Wick
All Scotland Transmissions Stornoway
Radio Scotland
Radio nan Gaidheal
BBC 1 Scotland
BBC 2 Scotland
Benbecula Portree
Inverness
BBC ALBA
Aberdeen
bbc.co.uk
BBC Network Production Dundee
Oban
Stirling
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Larger Production Centres
L P d ti C t Dumbarton
Edinburgh (Tun)
Edinburgh Tun & Parliament Edinburgh (Holyrood)
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Duns
Dumbarton Ayr
Selkirk
Glasgow
Dumfries
Inverness Stranraer
4. Technology Strategy & Vi i
T h l St t Vision
Common file-based digital production systems
file-
Integrated desktop production
Background services to support Interactive & Graphics
needs
Core digital library
Pan Scotland approach
One core IT Network with improved WAN connectivity
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Off the shelf technologies
7. Broadcasting R
B d ti Requirements
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Adjacencies
SMPTE/EBU temperature & humidity control
Cooling - people to people
People to kit
Resilient power & mains protection
Control of water (cores)
High density bay space
Integrated b ildi management systems
I t t d building t t
Flexible broadcast infrastructure
8. Operational Aspirations
O ti l A i ti
Common system Centralised Ingest
Sh i media around Scotland and with the
Sharing di d S tl d d ith th
rest of the UK
Long term project support
Multi-p
Multi-platform
Improved workflows and tools
Re-
Re-use of media
Resilience
10. File Based Production
Publish
Production Digital
Library
50i &
DNxHD
Audio & Music
Journalism Archive
50i &
Journalism
DNxHD &
DV240
Vision
Vision
11. Television
T l i i
Integrated production & post production
Single television content production system based around Avid
Interplay (inc News)
Central ingest model
New Digital Library, file delivery, repurpose, publication, future
creative archive
New se ces layer transcoding, rendering, file t a s e , p o y
e services aye t a scod g, e de g, e transfer, proxy
generation, production viewing
Networked graphics solution
Developed an end to end file based production system
op d a d o d ba d p odu o y
Mapped and standardised our metadata
Advanced desktop tools
HDTV capability & infrastructure
Dolby 5.1 surround dubbing and HD mastering capability
17. Radio
R di
End to end digital solution
Integration between Desktop tools and
Studio facilities
Provide access to the Digital library
Sharing of material collaborative radio
community across Scotland
Single studio technology
Automated play-out services
play-
21. Play-
Play t
Pl -out
Resilient transmission facilities
3 Scottish networks being supported
2 Live transmission suites BBC 1
Scotland, BBC 2 Scotland
BBC Alba automated system
23. Benefits
B fit
Shared access to media across the board
Five new content streams for Radio from Digital Library
Transferable skills across production
T f bl kill d i
Migrateable production workflow
Simplified support and training costs
Integration of Craft and Production new direction for the future
Transformed flexibility and capacity for on-line & on-demand
on- on-
HD for the same cost as SD
Richer experience in editing, now been seen in the output (Sky
Medics & E坦rpa)
More integrated News operation (Radio & TV)
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