Pebble was pleased to be recognised at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting+ Awards 2026, winning in the Multi-Channel Playout System, Taiwan category for its work with Videoland.
The award recognises a 10-channel playout deployment delivered for Videoland in Taiwan, in collaboration with systems integrator Ideal Systems (Taiwan) Media Technology. It is a project that reflects a lot of what broadcasters are working through right now, balancing the need to modernise infrastructure and introduce IP-based operations against the risk of disrupting live services.
Videoland needed a playout system capable of supporting 10 broadcast channels with a high level of reliability. The final deployment combines ST 2110 IP infrastructure at the primary site with an SDI-based disaster recovery platform at a secondary site, using a triple-redundant 10+10+10 configuration designed to provide resilience across the playout chain and support continuity for cable and satellite broadcasting.
That balance between IP and SDI is an important part of the project. For many broadcasters, modernisation is not about replacing everything at once. It is about finding a route that allows new capabilities to be introduced while protecting existing operations. The primary site benefits from ST 2110 IP infrastructure, while the geographically separated disaster recovery platform retains the proven reliability of SDI, giving Videoland a practical path forward rather than forcing a single-technology approach.
At the primary site, Pebble Automation and Pebble Integrated Channel support 10+10 channels, delivering tightly synchronised playout operations across the system. Cross-system playlist synchronisation and Pebble’s Dynamic Database Bridge maintain metadata alignment and real-time playlist synchronisation between the two sites, keeping them closely connected operationally even though they are built on different underlying technologies.
The deployment also brings together a broad set of channel functions within a single integrated workflow, including media validation, playout, audio shuffling, audio mixing, loudness control, and NDI monitoring outputs. Reducing fragmentation across the workflow gives operators a clearer and more manageable environment for day-to-day channel delivery.
Graphics were another key part of the project. Videoland’s requirements included more complex on-air branding, supported through integration with RT Graphics plugins alongside Pebble’s standard HTML5 graphics. Running advanced 3D graphics alongside HTML5 2D graphics on a single server also helped reduce the need for additional hardware. Pebble’s Automatic Promotion feature was deployed to populate dynamic graphic fields directly from live playlist data, cutting down on manual entry and supporting greater accuracy.
Remote operation was included through Pebble Remote with NDI monitoring, giving the team secure web-based control and monitoring capabilities. This supports more flexible ways of working and allows teams to manage and monitor channels outside the traditional transmission environment when needed.
The project also included custom development to generate visible operator alerts for missed or de-scheduled events. It is a practical enhancement, but an important one. In playout, small gaps in information can become significant very quickly, and clearer alerts help operators identify potential issues earlier and reduce the risk of errors reaching air.
For Pebble, the award is a welcome recognition of the work that went into delivering a resilient, hybrid playout environment for Videoland, and of the close collaboration between Videoland, Pebble, and Ideal Systems (Taiwan) Media Technology throughout the project.
The deployment brings together several important strands of modern playout, including IP infrastructure, SDI disaster recovery, geographic separation, workflow automation, advanced graphics, remote operation, and customer-specific development. The strength of the project is in how those elements work together to support the everyday demands of a multi-channel broadcaster, and that is what makes this recognition meaningful to the team.
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