Headquartered in Osaka, Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings Corporation (ABC) serves one of Japan’s most populous regions. ABC’s wide offering of news, sports, and informational programs means that the organization requires strict around-the-clock TV control room operations. In order to optimize resource sharing and better manage broadcast equipment during emergencies, ABC turned to Matrox® Extio™ 3 IP KVM extenders. With Extio 3, ABC is able to connect staff and equipment flexibly and efficiently.
Chukyo TV
Chukyo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd., also known as Chukyo TV, is a metropolitan area television broadcast station located in Nagoya, Japan. Every Sunday at 4:55 PM, they streamed “Sunday is Ladies’ Golf Day.” The company needed to transmit reliable, low latency video and audio at a cost-effective price. To meet these needs, Chukyo TV leveraged Matrox Monarch EDGE encoders and decoders. We spoke with Jun Iwasaki, Chukyo TV’s leader of the program production technology, about the decision to go with the Monarch EDGE encoder and decoder pair for their weekly “Sunday is Ladies’ Golf Day” broadcast.