Centralised Radio and TV Broadcast Technical Database.

Descriptions

Ofcom require a centralised broadcast technical database that delivers a single centralised solution for all broadcast technical planning data management needs. The objective of which is to deliver capabilities such as:— Supporting data entry, validation and storage of necessary data values for all radio and TV products including:a) transmitter and receiver technical data and site administrative data;b) networks;c) channel plans;d) allotments;e) test points and border thresholds;f) international and national coordination related data;g) Memorandums of understanding (MOU) and bilateral agreements;h) technical analysis reports and graphics generated by the technical platform and hold them against the assessed wanted service(s);i) reference data;j) correspondence.— the ability to support multiple layered views of the same transmitter and receiver objects (such as planned view, in-use view, licensed view and coordinated view (national and international)— Workflow orchestration.— Audit, access and version control— Data handling — importing, exporting and data transformation of multiple propriety data formats— Interfacing to other Ofcom ICT systems:a) ATDI technical modelling platform;b) LST licensing administration system;c) third party mapping toolsd) Ofcom's Website content management system— Remote access and mobility— Data querying and reporting— Sandpit Data areaAt high level the following also should be considered:— The totality of data in size is less than 50 GB (which includes associated files such as pdf's and word documents).— Expected growth of data per year is expected to be less than 10 %.— Although the context of data is highly technical, the structure should be considered as fairly simple.— Reconciliation between existing data sources will be made prior to source extract and only two main system sources will be used for origin migration files.