Channel 6 running on PROVYS TVoffice

Channel 6, a new general audience broadcaster in Ireland, appeared on air at the end of March 2006. The station’s operations use PROVYS TVoffice to manage the complete workflow from rights management, through planning and scheduling, to tape management and reporting. Channel 6 chose PROVYS for its flexibility and for easy integration with Arqiva playout, who have already used PROVYS TVoffice for many years.

According to Mark Kellett, Managing Director of Channel 6, “This was a difficult and an exciting period at the same time. We were building a new channel out of nothing. All of us had different experience from our previous jobs and as we worked together we identified new areas that needed our attention. Luckily, PROVYS were very helpful in analysing our new needs with us and providing solutions.”

“This was one of the fastest roll-outs we ever participated in”, says PROVYS’ project manager Dan Stourac. “Channel 6 invited us for a demo in mid-January and made their decision a week later. We quickly fitted this between our other running projects and at the beginning of February PROVYS server was installed in Channel 6 offices. Training was done in short sessions during February, while the team was still being assembled. This was no simple “these-are-my-tapes-and-play-them-somehow” channel – Channel 6 included live transmissions, late changes, and secondary graphical events from day one and had come up with a lot of new ideas. Thanks to the effort of the whole team in Dublin, the on-air appearance at the end of March was smooth and successful.”

In the past nine years, PROVYS have installed their product all across Europe. With installations in Estonia and Greece in the east and Ireland in the west, Europe seems to have become small to this young and ambitious team. Where will it go next? Should PROVYS’ first presence at NAB this year suggest an answer?

 

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About 6
Channel 6 is Ireland’s first dedicated entertainment channel. Aimed at the under 35s the station is exclusive to NTL and Chorus Analogue and Digital. Channel 6 will provide an exciting mix of movies, drama series, music, comedy and will promote locally grown Irish talent through home produced programming. Channel 6 will aggressively advertise throughout launch year with a very substantial multi-platformed campaign designed to raise awareness of the station and direct viewers to particular shows and themed nights. This campaign will be advertised at weights previously unheard of in Ireland for a TV station.

 

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About PROVYS
PROVYS TVoffice is an integrated software solution for broadcasting organisations. It is designed and developed by broadcasting and software development professionals to meet all requirements of various broadcasters. The solution supports key operations in programming, scheduling, asset management, production management, self-promotion management, and transmission evaluation. PROVYS channel management system has been helping broadcasters in Europe since 1997.