Media Releases

TV Technology User Report: Florical Boosts Channel Zero Workflow

December 5, 2011 - by Scott Barry

TORONTO—Channel Zero is the parent company to two off-air-delivered television channels and we also transmit a number of other privately-owned channels, bringing to 10 the number of channels originating from facilities here. With this sort of responsibility, workflow optimization and automation have been the keys to our operation's success.

University of Florida Depends on Florical Reliability Essential for PBS Programming

March 25, 2011

With hand-me-down equipment and a great deal of ambition, WUFT signed on the air for the first time on November 10, 1958. As a new division of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, WUFT's goal was to provide educational broadcasting to the University of Florida and other schools within the broadcast area.

Golf Channel Scores a Hole-In-One With Florical

November 29, 2010 - by Ken Botelh, TV Technology

ORLANDO, FLA. — Flash back with me to the early 1990s for a moment. While Nick Faldo was setting the links on fire, the seed of an idea was being planted for a 24-hour golf network. Finally, on Jan. 17, 1995, that seed sprouted as the Golf Channel, and was a very early adopter of digital television production technology.

The Second Coming of Centralcasting

November 4, 2010 - by Frank Beacham, TVNewsCheck

ABC, Fox and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. are among the broadcasters investing in a new generation of lower-cost centralcasting technology based on the convergence of Internet, computing and broadcasting technologies. They offer remote-controlled systems operations and enterprise management via low bandwidth connections — in other words, the promise of group broadcasting with fewer people at lower cost.

Trilithic’s EASyCAST Enhances Florical’s Acuitas with Automated EAS

November 2, 2010

Indianapolis, Indiana – Trilithic, the experts in digital Emergency Alert Systems and Florical, the leader in broadcast automation systems, announced today a partnership to enhance Florical’s Acuitas solution with automated EAS.

Solving the TV Station Hardware Dilemma

October 27, 2010 - by David Austerberry, BroadcastEngineering

Positioned midway between NAB Shows, the HD World show in New York gives some indication of which way the broadcast economy is headed. A few days after exhibiting at the show, Shawn Maynard, vice president and general manager of Florical, shared some thoughts about master control. He sees two themes running through the current thinking about broadcast automation systems: the station-in-a-box and central casting.

Florical’s Acuitas Delivers Superior Performance Proven In the Field on HP’s G7 Server

September 9, 2010

Gainesville, Florida – Florical announced today that Acuitas, its low cost station-in-a-box solution for adding secondary/ start-up/ mobile channel or upgrading servers to HD will now be shipped on the HP’s G7 platform.Michael Kent, Director of Technology at Florical explains, “Acuitas harnesses the energy efficiencies found in the new G7 server. This more robust server will reduce energy bills and maintenance time with the best play out system using commodity hardware.”