What is Channel in a Box?
TV Channel-in-a-Box (also known as Master Control Room/MCR in a
box or integrated playout) is a concept in the broadcast industry, which
enables the broadcasters and the content owners to achieve playout automation that provides video ingest,
creates content through inserting logos, animations and commercials, and
afterwards streaks it before television audiences.
Channel in the Box refers to all the technology
needed to launch a channel in one server (box). These processes include: input
interfaces to ingest video, real-time video processing to implement digital
video effects, storage interfaces to obtain the related content, output
interfaces to play out the final video produced and handle all billing and
business operations.
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What does the error message "Out of WIBU-BOX Expiration Time" mean?
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When starting AirBox for the second time (a second AirBox channel) a message appears: "Reached maximum running instances"?
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