The HyperCaster™ B1000 is an innovative, cost-effective digital broadcast server that provides IP video origination for up to 20 SD or 4 HD channels. Designed for 24/7 reliability and user-friendliness, the system can be broadcasting high-quality digital video TV channels within minutes of its arrival. Operators can easily ingest, search, manage, and schedule content using a simple, drag-and-drop interface and intuitive program timeline. These timesaving features make the B1000 HyperCaster a powerful solution to the long-standing challenges of running local access, local origination, and long-form advertising channels. By promoting a streamlined, file-based workflow, the B1000 HyperCaster dramatically reduces capital and operating costs and increases productivity. Since the workflow is 100% digital from content ingest to output, and compatible with today’s native IP Gigabit Ethernet networks, the HyperCaster eliminates costly per-channel, real-time video encoders and the power, cooling, and rack space they require. This improved workflow also relieves skilled head-end technicians of the tedious, timeconsuming duties associated with managing real-time encoders and legacy analog playout servers. Morale goes up while programming errors go down. Another key to HyperCaster’s compelling value proposition is its open, IT-friendly Linux platform and support for industry standard codecs including MPEG-2, ATSC, and Cablelabs®, and optionally H.264 HD/SD video formats. Its interface with CCMScompatible traffic and billing systems, such as OpenTV’s EclipsePlus, enables such automatic tasks as search and transfer of files from networked storage, missing media notifications, and as-run log verification. And native MPEG-2 transport allows HyperCaster to integrate with digital ad insertion systems and EBIF interactive applications. When the end-to-end workflow is streamlined and automated by the B1000 HyperCaster’s rich feature set, local access, local origination, and long-form advertising channels can become significant profit center for cable, telco, and government access television providers.