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Pebble focuses on the true economics of live playout at IBC2024

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Stand 8.C58, IBC2024, Amsterdam, 13-16 September 2024: Pebble, the leading automation, content management, and integrated channel specialist, will demonstrate how targeting the right technology with the right functionality can meet both the operational and commercial needs of broadcasting customers effectively.

“Pebble has always led the way in using powerful, reliable, secure and intuitive software to automate workflows in broadcast delivery,” explains Sally Wallington, SVP Sales. “Today’s rapidly evolving needs in the playout market are more demanding than ever and that’s why, on our stand at IBC2024, you’ll see interactive demonstrations for sports, entertainment and news – all in a live playout environment.

“But it’s not all about the functionality. It’s important to understand and realise the costs involved, and optimise the commercial aspects of playout,” Wallington continued.

From day one, Pebble has integrated seamlessly with devices in the playout chain from all the key manufacturers. The company also offers its own Integrated Channel device, replicating in software all the functionality of a traditional broadcast playout operation, but at a completely different price point. Another growing requirement to manage costs is the need for remote and multi-site operations, Pebble now offers secure monitoring from any location to any linked installation. This web-based tool gives access to authorised users from any location, through a special hardened portal, to a dashboard and control panel.

“We appreciate customers have varying, economic, as well as technical challenges and these need a different approach. At IBC many companies will be focused purely on technology, for me it’s important that Pebble addresses all of our customers’ business requirements, including offering innovative commercial solutions, such as billing down to the hour,” said Peter Mayhead, CEO, Pebble.

Pebble develops its software to meet open standards and develops integration links with other key vendors where it adds value for the user. Pebble has also announced a collaboration with Virtual AI and its Op2mise application to enhance Pebble’s functionality for FAST channels.

Whether on-premises, across multiple locations, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment, Pebble solutions deliver a reliable and cost effect approach. The software’s flexibility and scalability ensure full support for broadcasters transitioning between technologies, with the added reassurance of top-level security.

Visit Pebble at IBC on stand 8.C58 or go to www.pebble.tv.

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The latest in seamless and secure playout from Pebble at SET Expo 2024

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Epsom, Surrey, UK – 31 July 2024: Pebble, the leading automation, content management and integrated channel specialist, is bringing its market-leading products to SET Expo 2024 (with regional partner Videodata, stand 46a, Centro do Convenções, São Paulo, 20 – 22 August). Pebble will demonstrate its ability to deliver flexible, reliable, and scalable automated playout, ensuring exceptional performance at any scale.

Security and resilience are at the heart of any broadcast infrastructure, and particularly playout which is mission critical. Pebble has always developed software tuned to the demands of delivering seamless, uninterrupted output. Automation 2.0 is a completely new generation of its popular and widely-used playout platform.

The highly customisable and capable Automation is designed to support the most complex channels with dynamic scheduling and live interventions. It scales from a single service to hundreds of channels across multiple locations. Automation 2.0 readily interworks with asset management, traffic and scheduling systems, as well as controlling large numbers of devices in multi-vendor environments.

At SET Expo 2024, Pebble will be demonstrating the platform in conjunction with its integrated channel device, which provides audio, video and graphics functionality in a compact and cost-effective unit. Replicating in software all the functionality of a traditional broadcast playout chain, its software architecture is responsive and allows instantaneous changes between workflows and assignments.

“Playout automation is a mature technology, and now broadcasters are looking for the ability to create content chains and workflows to precisely match their business goals,” said David Kicks, VP Sales for the Americas at Pebble. “They need the delivery systems to integrate seamlessly with every aspect of the content and commercial chains, giving clear and intuitive access to those who need it while being very effective at keeping out those who have no part to play.

“Whether small or large, on premises, multi-site or cloud based, SDI or IP, Pebble has the solution. It provides operational clarity, layers of redundancy for complete resilience, and a security architecture, which stays ahead of all the key cyberthreats to networked software,” Kicks added.

Pebble is exhibiting at SET Expo 2024 on the stand of its Latin American distribution partner Videodata, 46a.

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Meet us at IBC2024

Posted on | by Zuzanna Lenart

This year you’ll find us on stand 8.C58 in the RAI Amsterdam.

If you’re interested in discussing opportunities, our latest products, or simply want to catch up, you can book your appointment with us using the form below. We’ll get back to you to confirm a time and explore what you’d like to discuss.

We will be showcasing our advanced and proven solutions for broadcast workflows and playout. Our newly launched software platform, PRIMA, designed for broad applications in media enterprises, will be displayed alongside our complete range of Enterprise products, including Integrated Channel, Remote, and Automation 2.0 – the latest generation of our widely used playout system. Make sure to visit us to dive deeper into all our playout solutions and explore what they can do for you and your business.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

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Flexibility, security and scale from Pebble at IBC2024

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Epsom, Surrey, UK – 17 July 2024: Pebble, the leading automation, content management and integrated channel specialist, will showcase its advanced and proven solutions for broadcast workflows and playout at IBC2024 (stand 8.C58, RAI Amsterdam, 13 – 16 September). PRIMA, the software platform with broad applications for media enterprises, will be featured alongside Pebble’s full range of Enterprise products including Integrated Channel, Remote and Automation 2.0, the new generation of its popular and widely used playout system.

Pebble’s excellent reputation in the industry comes from its understanding of the role of automation in workflows and delivery. Playout is mission critical, and so Pebble has always developed software which is very highly resilient to keep every channel on air. Security, too, plays a key role in protecting the channel and maintaining uninterrupted output.

PRIMA – the Platform for Realtime Integrated Media Applications – offers a unified suite of services tailored to enterprise needs covering areas such as playout, workflow, and control. All functionality is brought under simple and immediate management, while at the same time, it protects content with security practices meeting the highest industry standards. PRIMA is scalable and flexible, suitable for on-premise or cloud implementation. It includes everything needed for full failover, redundancy, and disaster recovery architectures.

Alongside PRIMA Pebble will also be demonstrating the latest iteration of its playout system, which provides a consistent approach whether in best-of-breed component architectures or using all-in-one channel engines; SDI, ST2110 and NDI; on premise, multi-site, cloud and hybrid. With most broadcasters currently in the stage of migration between technologies, this open flexibility is vital for continuity.

“Our users have always recognised that Pebble systems are mission critical,” said Neil Maycock, CCO at Pebble. “The topic of conversation has now shifted to security, high resilience and protection from cyberthreats. That is why we are building high levels of security into our products to stay ahead of all the key threats to networked software technologies.”

Earlier this year, Pebble announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to bring the agility of PRIMA to the NVIDIA Holoscan for Media initiative. The platform is built on industry standards like SMPTE ST2110, AMWA NMOS, RIST, SRT and NDI, with the goal of providing flexible media environments while minimising resources on a shared compute platform. PRIMA’s Kubernetes architecture makes it an ideal fit for this use case.

“Because IBC brings the world’s media technology industry together, it is the ideal place to share ideas about the future,” Maycock said. “The whole team looks forward to exploring new opportunities and gaining fresh insights to guide our continuing development.”

Visit Pebble at stand 8.C58 at IBC2024 to learn more about their cutting-edge solutions, or find more information on www.pebble.tv

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Pebble boosts sales resources with new leadership

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Epsom, Surrey, UK – 11 June 2024: Pebble, the leading automation, content management, and integrated channel specialist, has welcomed Sally Wallington as SVP Sales, assuming overall responsibility for Pebble sales worldwide.  

Wallington joins Pebble from language and localisation services company VSI, where she was Sales Director. She also had director-level appointments with other major players in the media technology sector, including Grass Valley and Imagine Communications. Her degree is in linguistics, from University College London. 

As SVP Sales, Wallington will lead Pebble’s global sales organisation, working in close collaboration with teams across the world to accelerate market share growth across all of Pebble’s product lines. Her strategic vision and leadership will be crucial in aligning the company’s sales strategies with its core principles of innovation and customer satisfaction. 

“We are very excited to get Sally’s wide, top-level experience on board,” said Peter Mayhead, CEO at Pebble. “Over her career, she has developed a broad range of contacts across the industry, as well as strong leadership skills and – most important – an understanding of the relationships vital for the successful delivery of complex, mission-critical systems.” 

On starting her new role, Sally Wallington said, “I’m really excited to be joining such a well-respected company. Pebble has a strong reputation in the industry, an established product portfolio, and an impressive roadmap. This is a great opportunity to work with a world-class team and re-establish relationships around our great industry.” 

Also recently added to the sales team is Romy Fiedler, who takes responsibility for DACH and the Nordic countries. Fiedler comes to Pebble from ADDER, where she was a regional sales manager for the DACH region, cultivating relationships and securing key clients across various industries such as broadcast, industrial, transport, energy, and events markets. Prior to that, she worked at 1st Solution Consulting GMBH in a variety of sales capacities.  

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