Qatar Radio has taken all five of its main channels live on the Netia Radio-Assist 8.1. The move to the new digital audio platform replaces an existing radio automation system, addressing the entire production workflow and providesa robust disaster recovery solution.
The technical team at Qatar Radio selected Radio-Assist after performing site visits and extensive testing and evaluation of the software. ‘If I were to define the three key characteristics of Radio-Assist, I would say that it is an efficient, reliable, and stable solution,’ says Qatar Radio System Engineer, Mohammad Al Mohtaseb.
With this move, the broadcaster has been able to bring all radio production and broadcast functions onto a single platform. The Radio-Assist 8.1 software supports coordination, scheduling, and live broadcasting, as well as an archive of more than 300,000 hours of programming.
Systems integrator Media Group International coordinated Qatar Radio’s full migration to Radio-Assist 8.1, overseeing the copying and conversion of all media, along with associated metadata, into the Netia software system without interrupting operations or losing any of the broadcaster’s 275,000 elements and assets.
Radio-Assist 8.1 is installed on 34 workstations across two sites – Qatar Radio’s main broadcast facilities and a disaster recovery site. It is also used by 80 staff members on a daily basis.
The software supports one principal channel broadcast in Arabic, another dedicated to Quran (religious/Muslim programmes), one French language channel (Oryx FM, with partner RFI), one English channel, and a channel broadcast in Urdu. The transition of these channels onto Radio-Assist was achieved progressively over the course of a year. Early in the project, Netia provided training for both administrators and end-users.
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