Omneon Video Networks today announced that the duopoly of KVLY TV 11 (NBC affiliate) and KXJB TV 4 (CBS affiliate) serving the Fargo and Valley City areas of North Dakota has deployed an Omneon Spectrum™ media server system for playout from a joint master control room. The Omneon server system, installed and launched with the merging of KXJB operations into the KVLY facility, provides centralized playout of both channels and handles all content ingest.

“Our goal was to implement a reliable core server system into an overall operations infrastructure that would be relatively immune to a single point of failure, and the Omneon server system enabled us to configure just that type of system,” said Doug Jenson, assistant chief engineer at KVLY and KXJB, both of which are Wicks Television stations. “ The ability to add channels and increase storage capacity also was appealing in that we can add another channel simply by adding another Omneon MediaPort module to the server system.”

An exceptionally cost-effective and flexible media server designed for the professional television industry, the Omneon Spectrum media server provides a reliable and scalable infrastructure for broadcast playout and storage applications. The 10-channel Omneon Spectrum server system at KVLY/KXJB’s Fargo facility operates in conjunction with Crispin automation for playout of both channels, as well as ingest of approximately 35 programs and promo feeds each day.

Omneon’s server system is built on an open architecture that allows it to support a broad variety of third-party applications for control and transmission, media management, archiving, and collaborative production. The modular Omneon Spectrum server system also offers exceptional flexibility in scaling system components and capacity cost-effectively, so KVLY and KXJB will be able to expand the system in small or large increments as desired.

More information about Omneon and its server systems is available online at www.omneon.com.

About Omneon
Omneon is a leading provider of flexible media server and active storage systems that optimize workflow productivity and on-air reliability for the production, distribution, and management of digital media. Omneon is a pioneer in the use of advanced IT technologies and open systems for broadcast applications, producing a modular and expandable video server architecture in the Omneon Spectrum. The company's MediaGrid active storage system delivers centralized content storage that is scalable in capacity, bandwidth, and media-processing power. The company has an extensive global presence with customers in 45 countries on six continents. Omneon is on the Web at www.Omneon.com.

About KVLY TV 11 and KXJB TV 4
KVLY TV 11 and KXJB TV 4 are, respectively, NBC and CBS affiliate stations serving eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. Both channels have offices in Fargo, N.D., and in Grand Forks, N.D. The two channels are part of the Wicks Television family of broadcast stations. Wicks operates KXJB under agreement with KXJB’s license holder, Catamount Holdings, LLC. More information is available online at www.kvlytv11.com and www.kx4.com.

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