Radio-Assist User Sawt al Madena Radio Wins Digital Studio Industry Leadership Award
Jordanian Station Honored for State-of-the-Art Technology at New Amman Facility.
CLARET, France - April 4, 2007 - NETIA today announced that Jordanian FM station Sawt al Madena Radio has received the 2007 Digital Studio Industry Leadership Award for best radio installation. The award honors the state-of-the-art technology implemented at Sawt al Madena Radio, which took its broadcasts live in February 2006, using NETIA's Radio-AssistTM range of digital audio software programs.
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The "Best Radio Installation of the Year" Award was handed to Ms. Huda Qutishat, assistant to the chairman, at the Digital Studio Industry Leadership Awards Gala and Dinner in Dubai. The award acknowledges installations that are state-of-the-art within the Middle East region. |
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The Radio-AssistTM range of digital audio software programs covers the entire operation of a radio station, allowing production staff to record, edit, or prepare playlists while working within a single application. Sawt al Madena Radio, located in Amman, has equipped one of its studios with Radio-AssistTM Air-DDO software, with four workstations dedicated to scheduling and ingest, and two others for news capture from live satellite feeds. This NETIA system is customized with an Arabic-language interface and provides a broad range of playout functions.
The installation at Sawt al Madena Radio relies on one centralized SAN storage system, an HP StorageWorks 100 modular smart array, and two database servers, which provide 2,000 hours of storage. This configuration gives Sawt al Madena a highly scalable storage solution for broadcast content. Offline storage, doubling as an archive, is supplied by a CD jukebox with a capacity of up to 10 TB. Initial administration of the Radio-AssistTM system and training were performed by engineers from NETIA, and maintenance is supported by HEAT, NETIA's local representative in Amman.
"We're proud to work with broadcasters, such as Sawt al Madena, that value and leverage technological innovation to simplify the acquisition, production, and delivery of audio content," said Pascal CIMA, NETIA sales manager for Europe and Middle East. "Sawt al Madena has established a remarkable facility for its operations, and we extend our sincere congratulations to the station for its success in winning a Digital Studio Industry Leadership Award."
The Digital Studio Industry Leadership Awards 2007 were held during CABSAT, the Middle East's largest cable and satellite exhibition. The awards, which acknowledge the efforts of individuals and companies that have contributed to the growth of the broadcast and production industry in the region, were announced on Wednesday, March 7, at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai.
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About Sawt al Madena Radio
Jordanian FM radio station Sawt al Madena Radio is owned by Al Baddad Media and Communications (BMC). The station, located in Amman, began its broadcasts in February 2006, offering programs including political and economic news.