The broadcast monitoring system project for the IMC (Independent Media Commission) in Pristina, Kosovo, financed and implemented in 2014 by the MNRA (Mediterranean Regulatory Authorities Network), was realized using a XENTAURIX Media & Broadcast Logger system (hereinafter referred to as the XENTAURIX System). The IMC is responsible for the control of frequencies and operators as well as for the monitoring of program content and election campaigns on radio and television.
At seven local sites (Gjilan, Peja, Mitrovica, Prizren, Ferizaj, Viti and Dragash), XENTAURIX systems receive, process and record 106 terrestrial TV and radio channels around the clock (24/7) in endless-loop mode for 45 days.
All local XENTAURIX sites are networked with the XENTAURIX Masterunit system at the IMC headquarters in Pristina, where staff analyze the recorded broadcast content from the XENTAURIX subunits at multiple PC-based monitoring workstations and create video and audio clips. These clips are initially stored at the IMC headquarters for six months and subsequently archived on a long-term storage server for up to five years.
The XENTAURIX System consists of a redundant XENTAURIX Masterunit system with seven distributed XENTAURIX subunits, equipped with integrated receivers for DVB-C, UHF and FM signals. The IMC headquarters additionally hosts the central media storage server and the long-term storage server.
The aging XENTAURIX systems are now being modernized with new hardware and software updates. The corresponding tender was awarded to Jolix of Pristina, which placed the modernization contract with artec technologies AG.
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