VSN lectures in a broadcast workshop for the Arab State Broadcasting Union

The event, highly valued by Arab televisions, took place last December. Fernando Carrasco, from VSN, gave a series of conferences covering different areas of IT for broadcast.

The ASBU (Arab State Broadcasting Union) Training Center, in Damascus, hosted some training sessions on the Use of modern IT on Radio and Television. The event, that was held last December 5th-9th, included a workshop on A Complete IT-based Broadcast Solution.  Fernando Carrasco, VSN’s Operations Engineer and Dubai Branch Manager, delivered a series of lectures that covered the key areas of an end-to-end broadcast workflow, namely MAM & archive, automation, playout, ingest, video signals and file formats, newsroom, NLEs, storage and graphics.

The International workshop’s participation included 22 televisions and radio stations from different countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Sudan, Jordan, etc. With a growing interest and demand for open, non-proprietary and multiplatform systems in the industry, VSN is keen to share the acquired knowledge as the technology continues to advance.

VSN’s modular architecture features integrated solutions for all areas involved in a TV station. Modularity, scalability and reliability are key concepts of all VSN solutions. VSN´s workflow adapts to the needs of many different users including broadcasters, content providers, news agencies, government, official organizations and educational institutions.

The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) is one of the oldest pan-Arab institutions, belonging to the League of Arab States system. It is a professional organization that promotes cooperation among broadcasters in the Arab States for better production and content development. ASBU provides services to member broadcasters, mainly public broadcaster, and to others, such as engineering and consulting services, radio and television exchange of news, programming and sports, as well as radio and TV training.