The Master Control Room (MCR) is the heart of all broadcast operations, providing services for broadcasting, direct-to-home (DTH), video contribution and cable distribution. ABS has MCRs in the Philippines and Indonesia.
Managed services to TV broadcasters
- Signal receiving
- Satellite, lease line, internet
- Turnaround
- Satellite, lease line
- Playout, encoding, encryption
- Colocation
- MCPC/SCPC
Operations
- Signal monitoring in the broadcasting path
- Source, playout, encoding, modulation, up-/downlink
- Video/audio/data, MPEG stream, carrier spectrum
- Manage automation and playout
- 24/7, 365 operation operations
- Agile to last minute/ad-hoc changes
- Live event operations
- Source signal reception via various media (satellites, fiber, public internet)
- Up-/down/cross-format conversion
