News Broadcasting
CNBC-TV18 employs Beehive’s digital logging system- TxLog
MUMBAI: The business news channel CNBC-TV 18 has now employed Beehive Systems’ tape-less digital video logging system – TxLog. The system will now replace the analog VTR-based logging system so far in use by the channel to store a sizeable capacity of financial video/data.
The digital logging system will be used by CNBC-TV18 for storing video files showing visiting analysts forecasting market/financial trends. These files would then be made available for immediate access and retrieval by the journalists at TV18’s portal moneycontrol.com, says a Beehive release.
According to the release, TxLog is a cost-effective solution for disk-based recording of video, text, and images that can be viewed on any standard PC using a web browser application like Internet Explorer. All recordings are segmented and indexed with metadata like time, place, channel and name attached automatically and are made available for remote browsing immediately.
The system allows multiple users to access the same video simultaneously as compared to analog tape-based storage where only one user can use a tape at one time, adds the release.
TxLog requires no quality check or maintenance as compared to VTR tapes that need constant maintenance, as data is prone to generational loss due to copying.
Besides these features, Beehive provided CNBC-TV 18 with a noteworthy customized feature, which will enable a moneycontrol.com journalist to view the video/file as well as type the report at the same time on the screen. This ‘view’ and ‘report’ feature is helpful for a journalist, as he would not have to go back and forth between the video and the report.
CNBC-TV18’s technology head, Piyush Gupta said, “We replaced our analog tape-based system with Beehive’s digital tape-based system as we were increasingly experiencing the operational and functional limitations of the analog system. The solution Beehive offered was meeting every requirement of a tape-less logging system – from storage to effortless access and retrieval to easy management to scalability. The superior compression used by TxLog offers a wide range of encoding bit rates, and hence provides greater flexibility to achieve the best possible combination of video quality and storage. To top it all, it’s cost effective, which makes it an extremely win-win solution for CNBC-TV 18.”
TxLog can be used in multiple scenarios depending upon the need of the broadcaster. Besides using it as a website content update solution as being used by CNBC-TV 18, it can also be used to log advertisements as an objective evidence of the ads displayed on air. Other usage is – monitoring the content/programmes of competitors by saving the whole programme and making it available on the PC, informs the release.
According to Beehive Systems’ vice president business development, Ajay Pal Singh, “It’s a matter of pride for us to be associated with CNBC TV18 for the third time now. We believe our digital storage system, TxLog will help CNBC-TV 18 equip its journalists with information at their fingertips and at the same time make the whole process of storing, preserving, moving and sharing content cost-effective and easy.”
With rapid application of computer technology in the broadcast industry, there is suddenly an increased focus on content or “asset management”. This is where Beehive’s TxLog comes in as a solution that meets the customers’ expectation of “information at the finger tips”.
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
