Sharjah Radio further invests in dira product range
Published: MEA
UAE: SciSys Deutschland GmbH (formerly VCS Aktiengesellschaft) has received an order from the Sharjah Media Corporation for an archive-extension to its existing dira! radio system. The order follows a successful implementation of the dira! radio production and playout system in the summer of 2011.
The new extended audio archive will be completely integrated into the dira! workflow and will also facilitate future services such as ‘on demand-audio’ which will be available through web platforms. The system includes 72TB storage in redundant configuration for more than 40,000 hours of audio as well as two archive-production workstations that will seamlessly integrate into the radio production environment.
‘Our experience with our recent dira! installation has been very good, so we are very confident that the important archive-extension will be a success and will be delivered on time this summer and to budget,’ said Dr Khalid Al Midfa, director of Sharjah Radio and TV.
A key criterion for the implementation of the archive extension was that it should provide ‘maximum reliability’ to protect the growing audio heritage of the Emirate Sharjah.
Sharjah Radio was opened on August 31st 1972 by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council member and Ruler of Sharjah, as the first media facility in the emirate.