ZANIS (Zambia News and Information Services)

ZANIS (Zambia News and Information Services)  – Ingest, MAM, Playout, Editing & Storage System, Zambia

THE BRIEF

In 2024, C2S delivered a complete broadcast television facility for ZANIS, the Zambian State TV channel based in Lusaka.

C2S supplied and integrated all equipment across the full broadcast chain, from acquisition through to transmission, installing a modern and failure resilient system designed for reliable 24/7 operation.

The solution included an EVS MOG ingest system, an EditShare MAM platform, and an AxelTech playout system. Editing and audio post-production suites were supported by high-speed, high availability EditShare central storage, with both online edit storage and nearline edit storage fully integrated into the MAM environment. The facility was underpinned by AJA glue infrastructure and a Cisco IT network switching system.

C2S installed, commissioned, and fully tested all video, audio, control, and network systems, delivering a turnkey, future-proof broadcast solution for ZANIS.

SPECIFICATION

KEY EQUIPMENT

– MEDIA ASSET MANAGEMENT (MAM), EDITSHARE FLOW Production Node. HPE based DL360 1U Server for Database, Automation, AirFLOW or for offloading FLOW tasks such file ingest, proxy creation and transcoding.

– INGEST & TRANSCODE, EVS MOG MDGRDN 4 Channel Ingest / Transcode Server

– PLAYOUT AXEL TECH XTV All in one broadcast 4K, 2K, HD, SD playout Complete workflow management tools: scheduling, trimming, graphic composer
– STORAGE SYSTEM, ONLINE EDIT STORAGE (128 TB), EDITSHARE, HPE DL380 based 2U 128TB scalable storage node designed to support resilient large-scale workgroups. Comprised of 16 x 8TB HDD RAID storage. Including Dedicated System and Metadata Drives (SSD)

– NEARLINE EDIT STORAGE (144TB), EDITSHARE, HPE Apollo4200 based 2U 240TB node designed for parking media and archive. Comprised of 24 x 10TB HDD RAID storage. Includes dual port 10GBASE-T NIC, EFS License.

– NETWORK SWITCH, CISCO, Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage

– ENGINEERING TOOLS, ATEN, 8 port CAT5 1U Dual Rail 17″ LCD KVM Switch, KVM Switch over IP with 1 local/remote user access (1 bus), Daisy Chain, Panel Array Mode

– CAR, AJA OpenGear-compatible 2RU Rackframe Glue, Blackmagic SmartScope Duo 4K 2, ATEN, Decimator