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Scala
InfoChannel 3
The Power to Communicate
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Scala® InfoChannel® 3 is a complete production and playback system for local broadcast and closed circuit TV channels.
It's a flexible and easy to learn tool to create, schedule and broadcast quality programming right from a desktop PC. Faster than newsletters and more eye-catching than email, Scala software can improve communication throughout your organisation and the entire community.
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The InfoChannel 3 (IC3) product suite incorporates technologically advanced features that facilitate the rapid creation, deployment and monitoring of digital information across broadband transmission networks to dynamic displays, which are ideal for use in diverse environments such as the commercial, retail, industrial or hospitality industries, as well as govenment and education sectors. The IC3 solution builds on Scala's 15-year history of powerful, engaging, yet easy-to-use software
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AUTHORING : InfoChannel Designer 3 comes with a variety of backgrounds for cable and corporate television applications, plus a selection of textured backgrounds, photographs, animation, sound and videos. Thanks to Scala's ability to map pixel-per-pixel to cutting edge plasma screens, designers can design well. Simply introduce your artists to the concept of timing and screen transitions.
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SCHEDULING : InfoChannel Designer 3 gives you complete control over entire messages or parts of messages that are displayed. Choose by time, day of the week or date to start and end (daily in and out time) or set messages to appear at specific times and repeat at specific intervals.
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NETWORKING : InfoChannel Network Manager 3 allows for both central and regional control of content. It can be deployed on a wide variety of networks (LAN, dialup, FTP) and can be scaled to handle unlimited Designers and Players. Use with Broadcast Server to transmit via Satellite.
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MAINTENANCE : InfoChannel Newtwork Manager 3 is a smple point-and-click interface that lets you decide what content is played, where it is played and how it gets there. You can even perform system maintenance remotely. The Health Monitoring system in InfoChannel Network Manager 3 gives you an easy way to keep track of the status of all the Players on your InfoChannel Network
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TEXT FEED, QUEUE SYSTEM & LOGGING : InfoChannel Player 3 can received continuously updated text files during run-time. News, weather, schedules, sales numbers and other data can be dynamically displayed. Players can record log files, report event times and label user-specific screens. Logs can then be remotely collected from a central location to measure kiosk usage or advertisement run times. Some ideas include : News, Weather and Sports, Stocks, Sales Numbers.
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MEDIA CONTENT : Assemble Media Content with InfoChannel Designer 3. Supported formats include WAV, MIDI, CD Audio, MP3, AVI, MPEG 1 & 2, QT (Quicktime), Animated GIF, BMP GIF, JPEG, WMF, PNG, TGA, TIFF and more.
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BROADCAST SERVER : The optional InfoChannel Broadcast Server 3 sends content instantly worldwide in a single transmission, via Satellite and IP Multicast Networks. It provides confirmed delivery of content and error checking, and can send data via redundant transmissions or back channel. InfoChannel Broadcast Server 3 works in conjunction with InfoChannel Network Manager 3.
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PLAYBACK : Stable and reliable playback on plasma displays, TV screens, video walls and kiosks with InfoChannel Player 3, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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EXAMPLE MEDIA - VIDEO OR MPEG FILE : Support for standard video files formats such as MPEG for attention-grabbing full-motion displays. Optional add-ons for TV and HD-TV Tuners, VCR's, Switchers and other hardware devices for live video feeds.
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EXAMPLE MEDIA - TIME & DATE : displays can incorporate accurate, real-time data, such as Time and Date. Events can be scheduled for display based on time, day, month and year. Information can be updated on-air without interruption.
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EXAMPLE MEDIA - RUNNING TEXT : Data-driven text crawls with controllable direction and speed. Real-time data insertion for news, weather, schedules etc. Versatile layering of text, video and graphic elements. Smooth, full-screen, TV-like playback with hundreds of real-time effects and transitions.
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INFOCHANNEL 3 WORKFLOW - INTERACTIVE DIAGRAM : Move your mouse cursor over the above diagram above for explanation of each stage of the InfoChannel 3 workflow (text descriptions will appear here)
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1. Content Creation
InfoChannel Designer 3
(or Optional Reporter 3).
- Combine text , graphics, video & sound.
- Integrate dynamic data.
- Schedule and publish to InfoChannel Network.
2. Broadcast
InfoChannel Network Manager 3
(or optional Broacast Server 3)
Distribute content to players through LAN, internet, modem or satellite
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3. Playback
InfoChannel Player 3
View content on plasma displays, TV's, video walls or kiosks.
Fee back data for ad revenue and system status
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IC3 Designer
