“Kurd1 is one of the few completely tapeless HDV channels,” states Jacky Degorre, the station's technical director. Kurd1 operates entirely in HD digital video, with the pivot format being HDV2 1080i at 25 MB/s. This all-digital workflow – from rushes to R2B (ready to broadcast) - requires the transfer, storage, back-up, and archiving of of an enormous amount of video data prior to broadcast.

The Active Media Library system from Active Circle was chosen because “it offers storage on disk or tape, it's an open system that provides access to the archives in file mode, and for its very practical web interface.”

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