Millbank Studios in London, a stone’s throw from the British Parliament, have taken delivery of a Geevs Broadcast Video Server from Gee Broadcast to service the digital channel BBC Parliament, transmitting 24 hours a day from Millbank’s Studio in Westminster. BBC Parliament is a UK domestic television channel, broadcast on Cable, Satellite
and Freeview.
The Geevs, which can play out four independent channels while recording a fifth, is used to transmit promos, stings and highlights during live Parliamentary broadcasts, and programmes such as The Record, the review of the day in Parliament, and Politique, an in depth look at the politics of Europe.
Millbank Studios’ application utilises Geevs Autorun Automation software to compile playlists which can be activated at a preset time or by an
external trigger.
“We had seen the Geevs in operation before,” says Nick Hattingh, Chief Engineer at Millbank, “and were impressed by its simplicity of operation.”
The project was on a tight timescale and had to be completed before Parliament reconvened after the Easter recess. “The box was delivered on Thursday and we were on air Saturday,” says Hattingh, “almost a week early.”