NECN Chooses Volicon for Monitoring

Regional cable network replaces old tape-based workflow

By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/27/2010 7:05:00 PM

Comcast's NECN, a regional cable network serving viewers in six New England States, has selected Volicon Observer Enterprise to provide automatic 24/7 video monitoring and recording for its two high definition channels.

"The Observer Enterprise is a huge improvement over our previous videotape-based workflow for recording our air product, which was inefficient and costly," noted Greg M. Roehr, chief engineer, NECN in a statement. "Compared to the time it once took to create off-air dubs for different personnel who then had to search through the tapes to find the materials they needed, we've estimated that we are saving up to three person days a month."

Roehr also noted that the more efficient workflow is now allowing staff to develop new ways to use their videos, "projects that would have been too time-consuming with the old system."

Installing the new system was "an integral part of a larger upgrade project that we have recently completed to migrate to a wide-screen format," Roehr added.