Neo Newsroom
One story. Every screen. A whole newsroom on a single Mac mini. Wires and WhatsApp forwards come in. Scripts, rundowns and the prompter go to air. The website and social follow. One record holds it all.
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From the first word
to the last frame.
Neo runs the story. Meridian puts it on air. Both native to macOS on Apple silicon. Born inside a working broadcaster, ready for yours.
Neo Newsroom and Meridian Playout on a Mac mini
Rock-solid, 24/7.
For a fraction of everything.
A complete Neo newsroom, or a complete Meridian Playout channel, runs on a Mac mini. Here is how that compares with a typical broadcast server built on an Intel Core i9 and an NVIDIA RTX 5070.
- 88%cheaper
- 87%less power
- 98.4%less space
- 95%quieter
| Mac mini (M4)1 | Typical broadcast server | |
|---|---|---|
| Price5 | ₹80,000 | about ₹6,50,000 |
| Power | 4 W idle, 65 W maximum | Core i9-14900K up to 253 W plus RTX 5070 250 W, on an 800 W power supply2 |
| Noise | 5 dBA | about 50 dBA under load3 |
| Size | 12.7 × 12.7 × 5.0 cm (0.8 litres) | 4U rack chassis, 43 × 18 × 64 cm (49 litres)4 |
- Apple’s published specifications for Mac mini (2024) with M4: power measured at the wall, typical sound pressure at the operator position, and size.
- Manufacturers’ ratings for the Intel Core i9-14900K (253 W maximum turbo) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (250 W total graphics power). A complete system draws more.
- Supermicro’s rating for a 4U server under high load. Perceived loudness roughly halves with every 10 dB, so a 45 dB gap sounds about 20 times, or 95%, quieter.
- A typical 4U rack chassis.
- Typical purchase prices in India.
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Meridian Playout
Every frame, exactly on time. Native macOS playout that runs a whole channel on a Mac mini: 88% cheaper, 87% less power and 95% quieter than a playout server. Every frame stays on the GPU and lands exactly on time.
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Better together
Plays well with others.
Open standards at every edge. Use one, use both, or plug them into what you already own. Together, the newsroom’s rundown and the channel’s playlist move as one.
Speaks your language
English, Hindi and Tamil, shaped correctly in every script, on every prompter, in print and on air. Not translated. Native.
Runs on a Mac
Both run on Apple silicon, from a Mac mini up. Your own hardware, not rented from a cloud, and nothing on the air path depends on the internet.
Born in a broadcaster
Designed next to Skycast’s own newsrooms and channels, by people who know what a missed cue feels like.