PBS' integrated file-based workflow

摘要

The entire broadcast industry is rapidly developing and moving to a server- and file-based environment with more emphasis placed on the technical integrity of the content. Just as important, an emphasis on the accuracy and completeness of the accompanying metadata is also emerging. The PBS Media Operations Center recently completed the engineering, testing and deployment of a digital, server-based content ingest and editing facility. Designed to decrease and eventually eliminate the use of standard videotape, this facility aims to minimize the re-entry of content-related data, substantially curtailing the potential for data-entry borne inaccuracies while simultaneously allowing for future metadata-driven content changes and automated program reassembly via frame-accurate content segmentation.