CASE STUDY
State-of-the-Art Astana Media Center in Kazakhstan Deploys Dalet MAM Solution for Program Production, the National Media Archive and Broadcast Outlets
Dalet Enterprise Edition manages prep and
broadcasters will operate from the new, 24- story state-
production for long-form content and archive;
of-the-art facility which features several multi-camera
additional Dalet systems drive news production
studios, auditoriums and event venues, office space as
and broadcasting for 20 television channels, 10 radio channels, scores of production studios.
well as several indoor and outdoor multimedia presentation screens. “Astana will be one of the most advanced production facilities in the region offering content producers the most relevant and sophisticated studios and tools for creating high quality content for national and syndicated distribution”, says Stephane Schlayen, Chief Operating Officer, Dalet SA. “We’re very pleased that Kazakhstan’s government and our integrator Akfa Teknoloji have incorporated Dalet technologies as part of the country’s ground-breaking expansion in media production.”
Levallois-Perret, France March 8, 2012
While Dalet Enterprise Edition provides the MAM
Dalet Digital Media Systems (www.dalet.com), a leading
backbone across systems, AMC will also rely on Dalet’s
developer of Media Asset Management (MAM)
specialized toolsets to streamline many tasks
solutions, software and services for broadcasters
associated with each unique workflow in the facility. For
announced today the initial deployment of Dalet’s
example, in program prep, the toolsets facilitate ingest,
advanced Media Asset Management platform and
content enrichment, language subtitling, version
specialized video and audio solutions at the recently
management, quality control, compliance, approval
opened Astana Media Center (AMC) in Kazakhstan.
processes and promo production. In addition, AMC will
Four Dalet Enterprise Edition systems will provide the
use Dalet’s dedicated toolsets for end-to-end news
operational MAM backbone for the center’s many
production as well as multichannel television and radio
workflows including: production / program preparation
operations. The AMC Dalet systems are scaled to
for long form and episodic TV series for broadcast; the
handle at least 450 simultaneous users across the
country’s National Media Archive; news production; and
production, news, radio and archiving units.
radio broadcasting. “With its modern infrastructure and tools, the Astana When it formally opens in May 2012, all of the country’s
Media Center will be a magnet for content producers
national TV and radio stations, the National Media
and entertainment companies,” says Vladislav
Archive as well as other prominent, international
Bogusevich, Technical Director for AMC. “It was very