Aston 7 System Components

These days, no broadcast technology can exist in isolation. The vital organs of a modern TV facility are woven together to form the web that becomes the 'integrated' broadcast platform.

The Aston 7 is designed to offer extensive scaleability and interconnectivity. In terms of scale, there is no limit to the number of A7 edit workstations that can be employed for the preparation and editing of graphics projects. Similarly, any number of A7 TX units may be installed to provide one or multiple live and preview graphics channels as needed. Any single edit and control operator may take control of any TX output unit.

Aston 7 also offers a comprehensive suite of graphics content management tools for the safe storage of shared resources. Graphics pages, objects, video clips and other resources may be stored in the purpose designed Aston 7 Media Asset Store or accessed from a broadcaster's own asset management systems.

Graphics content and animation triggers may be routed through to live A7 pages using the A7 command and content gateway - the next generation of the popular Aston Datapool.

The Aston 7 delivers full support for popular 3^rd party newsroom systems. Journalists can create Aston 7 graphics content through the use of A7 edit plugin software. Page output sequencing may be achieved using the industry standard MOS interface.