Major communication project for the government of South Africa

New powerful tools in this range, such as the Script dispatch processor, were deciding factors in favour of NETIA, a company well known for the perfected design of its products.

The project involves setting up a big information production centre where programmes and documentaries will be broadcast all over the country via a network of local radios. In the end, 103 radios will have direct V-Sat satellite access to all the resources of the huge General Access Server based in Johannesburg. Two government studios (Capetown and Pretoria) two production centres based on the Parliament, fully equipped with Radio-Assist systems, and the local radios will feed information into the server which can then be accessed from anywhere in the country.

The main server will thus be the core of an input network, which implies the need for a powerful archiving function and fast retrieval of data by a 470GB JukeBox CD-DVD. The server automatically feeds information to a government website which can be consulted on request. Each local radio will have its production and broadcast workstation. Items are transferred by dragging and dropping them from the main server to the local database ready for broadcast. Local radios will find the NETIA QuickPlayer broadcast program is exactly what they need: it is ergonomic, straightforward and reliable.