NEWS AND INFORMATION
Greg Boyd (CEO – win-OMT), Tom Atkins (Director of Engineering, Saga Communications), David Borges (Support – win-OMT) and Kevin Barteaux (Broadcast Sales – win-OMT)
The win-OMT team at NAB 2024
- NAB 2024 is history. win-OMT was there and can report that this year’s show was the best in the last 3 years! Attendance was higher, and interest was at an all time high!
- Sports logs – Rain Delay feature
- Rotations in Enterprise vs. V4
HOW DO YOU DO THAT
Sports logs and the Rain Delay feature
In Enterprise, the sports log now is enhanced with a ‘Rain Delay’ feature that will automatically switch back and forth between your scheduled sporting event and alternative programming in the event of a rain delay or other outage. This is can added to an existing sport log by adding the following ‘Memo’ item to your log:
A corresponding Rain Delay feed is created in the On Air – 
When using the Rain Delay feature we will need to create an Alternate log to run sequential and desired elements for local playout on your OnAir. You can add any digital (local) item you wish without syncs of any type.
While running your sports log, when a local commercial break comes in, this will end the sporting event feed and start your commercial break. The process of feed, commercial break, feed, etc will continue until the last scheduled feed received an EOG closure. If a Rain Delay occurs before this, a Rain Delay cue will be sent and this closure would be configured under the ALTLG feed (from pic above).
When the Rain Delay Rejoin closure is received the feed that was running your sporting event resumes where it left off keeping the rest of the event log in time. Where the Rain Delay breakaway closure is sent for a multiple times, it will continue on from the last item played to prevent repeat spots from playing. Be aware that you need to create a RAINDELAY .IN file that contains enough content to cover any expected Rain Delay lengths.
Additional information can be provided through the Sport Log Programming document and OMT support. Email OMT Support at [email protected] or call 800-726-2635.
Rotations in Enterprise iMediaTouch vs. V4 iMediaTouch
| V4 Rotations | Enterprise Rotations |
Use up to 38 audio cuts per rotation | ü | ü |
Schedule using one Cart ID | ü | ü |
Each Rotation uses a unique Cart ID |
| ü |
Can change order of rotation Playback |
| ü |
Can ‘weight’ the rotation |
| ü |
Can Select ‘Next Play’ in Rotation | ü | ü |
can select multiple items and assign to Rotation |
| ü |
Can assign audio from different categories |
| ü |
Can use Daypart rules |
| ü |
Can Import audio Directly into Rotation | ü | ü |
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