Citizen Extra is an online News channel under the Citizen Digital OTT Platform under the royal media services group which was relaunched in 2015, Citizen Digital has witnessed massive growth to become one of the biggest digital brands in the region. With a combined audience of over 13 million monthly visitors, Citizen Digital continues to deliver the best content to our audience across all platforms.

Ranked among the top 5 most popular websites in Kenya, Citizentv.co.ke website and app, provides Kenyans with the latest breaking news as and when it happens. In the spirit of keeping their viewers satisfied and maintaining the leading position in the market share, Royal Media Services required a reliable, stable, and scalable playout system which many vendors and system integrators have failed to provide over the years!

Jamiro Broadcast received the request to Supply, Install and train the users on our preferred solution: CINEGY Air PRO. Cinegy Air PRO is the logical next step in the evolution of broadcast automation and video servers. Gone are the monolithic black boxes, replaced by TCP/IP network-attached real-time service appliances. Cinegy Air PRO provides a broadcast automation front-end and a real-time video server for SD, HD, and/or Ultra HD (4K) playout, in an integrated software suite.

Jamiro Broadcast assembled the hardware by carefully selecting the components required to match the software specifications and meet the user requirements for an IT enterprise architecture. “Being the only “CINEGY Gold Partners” for Africa region, the solution provides us with cutting edge Newsroom and MCR solutions which we are able to integrate to our customers in Africa.” Says Benson Nyaga –Technical Director. We are able to provide all the established and start-up media channels with CINEGY which goes beyond playout and automation by incorporating the features below:

1. Multi-channel: CinegyAir PRO supports multi-channel playout, including simultaneous playout of several playout channels which can be controlled by a single Cinegy Air PRO control application. Multiple instances of Cinegy Air PRO playout can run on one powerful machine transforming it into a playout server broadcasting multiple independent channels.
2. Live: Cinegy Air PRO can be easily turned into a cart wall/trick mode playout for news, sports, reality show, and other live operations. A/B roll, chain, slow-motion, loop, and bounce playback are all supported and can be controlled with the Cinegy Studio PRO software control panel, via RS-422 compatible devices using 9-pin protocol or even GPI triggers. Cinegy Studio PRO can be integrated into a 3rd party MOS-based newsroom solution such as ENPS, Avid iNews, Octopus, or Annova Systems, so it will automatically download the rundowns via the Cinegy MOS Gateway tool.
3. Cloud Compatible: Cinegy Air PRO can run in a VMWARE ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer virtual environment (VM) and is available on Amazon Web Services Marketplace and Microsoft Azureas well. Running Cinegy Air PRO playout in a VM has many advantages including better hardware utilization, instant deployment of additional channels, much easier migration, and inexpensive high-availability clustering. As SDI cards cannot be virtualized but may still be needed and where they cannot be replaced by RTP or UDP streams via IP, the SDI I/O is done via Cinegy Encode, which performs RTP to SDI conversion and vice versa.
4. Traffic and MAM Integration: Cinegy Air PRO can work completely stand-alone or in concert with media asset management, archiving, and traffic solutions. Cinegy’s MAM solution, Cinegy Archive can be fully integrated with Cinegy Air PRO, as well as a number of leading 3rd party traffic solutions.Media, metadata, placeholders, and graphics elements will seamlessly migrate into the Cinegy Air PRO playout schedule from Cinegy Archive or a 3rd party traffic systemOur success story with the brand was launched in 2019 by innovating our own “MCRPack” This is Master Control Room Solution which is built on virtualization concept.With the modern cloud utility model, virtualization turns broadcasting into a software-driven business. In any standard MCR, you’ll expect to find Hardware Routers, Hardware Switchers, Hardware Multiviewers, etc. All these complex, expensive and sophisticated

When it comes to audio mixing consoles for broadcasting and production using digital and analog technologies with varying feature levels, we definitely trust AEQ because they think about all the particular characteristics you need for your broadcast operation from reliability while ensuring a non-stop operation, excellent audio quality, control, and studio monitoring monitor mute, signaling etc
Their FORUM IP digital consoles come in two different formats: countersunk or desktop and it is designed for ON AIR use.

The FORUM IP LITE version comes with the M_CORE compact engine in 2 RU´s. Up to 3 quadruples channel modules and one control and monitoring unit.

The FORUM IP SPLIT version comes with the FR CORE modular engine in 3 RU´s. Up to 5 quadruples channel modules and one control and monitoring unit.

The modular design approach enables this console to adapt perfectly in different operating scenarios: self-control, booth control, television production control, audio production, mixed configuration, easy integration in large systems.

Main Features

• Configurable monitoring for all system signals.
• 4 Direct-routing buttons on each channel.
• Silent operation by convection cooling
• 2 precision stereo VU meters and pre-fader monitor output.
• Supports 2 digital hybrids.
• Integrated studio and control room speaker and headphone outputs.
• Supports AES/EBU and S-PDIF digital formats.
• Multi-channel IP Networking using Audinate Dante Technology (optional).
• MADI bi-directional fiber-optic connection for 64 digital audio channels (optional).
• 8 GPI and 8 GPO (opto-isolated) and 4 GPO relay outputs
• Audio processing: 3 band equalizer, high pass, and low pass filters, compressor/limiter, and noise gate.
• Optional FORUM SCREEN software for visualization and control by touch screen on screens of any size.
• Optional FORUM VIRTUAL software for integral remote control of the console.

FORUM IP can be equipped with AoIP input/output cards, compatible with the new AES67 standard through Audinate’s DANTE™ technology. Using this optional connectivity, it can receive and provide signals from/to other consoles, routers, and other input/output terminal equipment from more than 300 different manufacturers. Multichannel connectivity can also be provided through MADI.

FORUM IP is a digital audio mixing console specifically designed to meet the most rigorous demands of radio and television ON-AIR broadcasting. Its flexible design allows it to readily be adapted to any ON-AIR application. FORUM IP incorporates all of the features necessary for use in environments requiring: automatic monitor speaker cut-off, cough muting, fader start, control signaling, interface signaling for automation of external equipment, external communications management, intercom, etc.

Simplicity and control power are combined into the FORUM IP to satisfy ease of operation – from the most basic to the most advanced requirements. The control surface can be configured with a minimum of 4 faders, and easily expanded to 8 or even 12 channels with the LITE version. If you opt for the SPLIT version, the mixer can expand to up to 24 freely assignable fader channels.

“Forum split is better because is more user-friendly in usage and able to meet the needs of even the biggest radio broadcasters for half of the price compared with other manufacturers. So why do you need to pay more for the same features, and why to learn a complex software setup if you can get a very user-friendly one,” says Sergey Alekseev, Sales manager AEQ.

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Royal Media Services has proudly unveiled its latest addition, Ramogi TV, a Luo station marking the company’s third TV venture alongside Citizen and Inooro. In the relentless pursuit of viewer satisfaction and market leadership, Royal Media Services sought a playout system that was reliable, stable, and scalable—an elusive requirement that many vendors and system integrators struggled to fulfill.

In response to this critical need, Jamiro Broadcast was entrusted with the task of supplying, installing, and training the Ramogi TV team. The chosen solution was CINEGY Air PRO, representing the logical evolution in broadcast automation and video servers. Recognizing the importance of staying ahead in an ever-evolving media landscape, this collaboration ensures that Ramogi TV is equipped with a cutting-edge playout system, solidifying Royal Media Services’ commitment to delivering high-quality content and maintaining its prominent position in the market.

Gone are the monolithic black boxes, replaced by TCP/IP network-attached real-time service appliances. Cinegy Air PRO provides a broadcast automation front-end and a real-time video server for SD, HD, and/or Ultra HD (4K) playout, in an integrated software suite.

We are able to provide all the established and start-up media channels with CINEGY which goes beyond playout and automation by incorporating the features below:

1. Multi-channel: Cinegy Air PRO supports multi-channel playout, including simultaneous playout of several playout channels which can be controlled by a single Cinegy Air PRO control application. Multiple instances of Cinegy Air PRO playout can run on one powerful machine transforming it into a playout server broadcasting multiple independent channels.
2. Live: Cinegy Air PRO can be easily turned into a cart wall/trick mode playout for news, sports, reality show, and other live operations. A/B roll, chain, slow-motion, loop and bounce playback are all supported and can be controlled with the CinegyStudio PRO software control panel, via RS-422 compatible devices using 9-pin protocol or even GPI triggers. Cinegy Studio PRO can be integrated into a 3rd party MOS-based newsroom solution such as ENPS, Avid iNews, Octopus, or Annova Systems, so it will automatically download the rundowns via the Cinegy MOS Gateway tool.
3. Cloud Compatible: Cinegy Air PRO can run in a VMWARE ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer virtual environment (VM) and is available on Amazon Web Services Marketplace and Microsoft Azure as well. Running Cinegy Air PRO playout in a VM has many advantages including better hardware utilization, instant deployment of additional channels, much easier migration, and inexpensive high-availability clustering. As SDI cards cannot be virtualized but may still be needed and where they cannot be replaced by RTP or UDP streams via IP, the SDI I/O is done via Cinegy Encode, which performs RTP to SDI conversion and vice versa.
4. Traffic and MAM Integration: Cinegy Air PRO can work completely stand-alone or in concert with media asset management, archiving, and traffic solutions. Cinegy’s MAM solution, Cinegy Archive can be fully integrated with Cinegy Air PRO, as well as a number of leading 3rd party traffic solutions. Media, metadata, placeholders, and graphics elements will seamlessly migrate into the Cinegy Air PRO playout schedule from Cinegy Archive or a 3rd party traffic system

Our own innovation “MCRPack” is Master Control Room Solution which is built on the virtualization concept is one of our success stories with the brand that was launched in 2019. With the modern cloud utility model, virtualization turns broadcasting into a software-driven business. In any standard MCR, you’ll expect to find Hardware Routers, Hardware Switchers, Hardware Multiviewers, etc. All these complex, expensive and sophisticated gear can be reduced into a single box of powerful custom-built servers with ZERO SDI interface cards for Inputs and outputs.

Our Workflow fits both in new and existing channels. We start with migration from SDI to IP-based infrastructure in a gradual, step-by-step manner until we are able to achieve a 100% IP streams registry for MPEG-TS. At the registry server, we are able to manage both SPTS and MPTS and can deliver the streams to Multiviewers, Switchers, Routers, and Decoders at the Head-Ends.

Jamiro Broadcast assembled the hardware by carefully selecting the components required to match the software specifications and meet the user requirements for an IT enterprise architecture. “Being the only “CINEGY Gold Partners” for Africa region, the solution provides us with cutting edge Newsroom and MCR solutions which we are able to integrate to our customers in Africa.” Says Benson Nyaga –Technical Director.