Cognacq-Jay Image Selects Front Porch Digital

Front Porch Digital, Inc. announced that digital content
management and delivery provider Cognacq-Jay
Image (CJI) is using a DIVArchive CSM system to store and archive content
for the playout of MultiThématiques, a group of 15 SD and five HD channels
broadcast by French television group Canal+.

Installed in CJI’s new playout center near Paris, the DIVArchive system manages
30,000 hours of media among CJI’s archive library, near-line server, and
playout servers. CJI uses two tape libraries on two different sites – in the
long term, one could be the backup for the other.

"Our deal with CANAL+ allowed us to
create a new playout center with archiving capabilities for 20 channels, which
means we needed huge storage volume for this project," said Mickael
Drouet, deputy CTO at CJI. "DIVArchive
gives us a scalable, high-performance archive system for 20 channels and more,
so we can restore media very quickly for each channel. We chose DIVArchive for
its scalability, reliability, and ability to manage multiple restores in a very
short time."

DIVArchive architecture consists of one DIVArchive manager and six
DIVArchive Actors that integrate with CJI’s existing automation and control
systems. DIVArchive is controlled by SGT playout automation, and is supervised
through the DIVArchive manager GUI and SNMP integration with CJI’s Miranda
iControl system.

The SGT system manages the file-based ingest of media from Canal+ and also
coordinates with DIVArchive to archive the media in the library. When a
playlist is loaded for playout, the SGT automation directs DIVArchive to
restore the media from the library to the playout server. The system is
designed to archive 50 hours of video per day in two instances, while restoring
10 hours of video per channel with less than 12 hours’ delay.

"CJI must manage a vast amount of
data and access it regularly, and DIVArchive helps them do it in a
cost-effective and efficient way," said Rino Petricola, SVP and MF of Front Porch Digital International. 

DIVArchive, a CSM system, is a centralized content
repository for digital media assets regardless of format, size, or type, with
direct and proven interfaces into all broadcast devices, nonlinear editing
platforms, media asset management solutions, and broadcast control
systems. DIVArchive is an industry standard for CSM in broadcast, production,
education, government, and historical archiving. DIVArchive’s suitability for
applications and large-scale operations is enhanced through a scalable
architecture and the option to operate over multiple sites.