Collaborative shared storage and advanced logging systems deliver winning combination for Cincinnati Reds’ HD workflow at the Great American Ball Park.
Boston, MA – November 12, 2009 — EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, and Dixon Sports Computing, the sports video management experts since 1992, have deployed a new HD production workflow at the Cincinnati Reds’ Great American Ball Park. The new integration combines EditShare’s shared storage solutions - Storage Series - with Dixon’s Sports Management software (the Dixon SAM). The fully integrated solution provides an HD-ready shared storage environment that centralizes media ingests and automates metadata logging. With detailed metadata capture and centralized content catalogue, editors can perform enterprise searches of all game media (past and present) and share project files, regardless of size or format.
“During the game we can be on an edit station selecting hits and strikeouts more
Frustrated by having projects continuously freeze up in the middle of editing sessions and having to rummage through multiple external drives to locate footage, Red Productions, a full service, script to screen video production and independent film development and production company, recently commissioned respected independent video engineer Bob Zelin to install a cost-effective Ethernet-based shared storage solution featuring Small Tree technology.
Specializing in national TV commercials, feature films, viral videos for web, industrial videos, and non-profit fundraising pieces, Red Productions has experienced steady growth since its inception. With well-known organizations such as Coca Cola, the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Christian University among its client roster, Red Productions could no longer rely on the external drives chained via eSATA they were using within their three-room facility to complete projects if they were interested in keeping clients happy and continuing their more
London-based operation puts Vectorbox at the core of their multi-channel playout operation.
Barcelona, Spain – October 13, 2009 – Vector 3™, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced that Islam Channel has installed 2 Vectorbox 8000 HD systems and Vector configured NAS system to manage automated, multi-channel playout and production storage of three Islam Channel signature channels; Islam Channel, Islam Channel Urdu, and Noor TV. With headquarters in Central London, Islam Channel provides alternative news, current affairs and entertainment programming from an Islamic perspective. A popular and well respected channel, Islam Channel has a global viewership with simultaneous transmission to studios in South, West, and East Africa. “Our broadcast facilities will support up to 20 channels,” comments Mr Kiarash Bodouhi, Head of IT, Islam Channel. “Knowing this, we went through a rigorous qualification process to ensure the playout automation technology we installed today would support the imminent growth more
JPL, a Harrisburg-based integrated communications company working across a variety of media, recently made the switch from a growing pile of G RAID drives to a single, cost-effective Ethernet-based shared storage solution featuring Small Tree technology to streamline workflow.
“We were working off ‘sneaker net’ drives from suite to suite, and had no ability to share the same media in our six edit suites,” said Paul Grosso, vice president of media productions for JPL. “This was a challenge, as we often work on multiple projects for our corporate clients – to support an event launch or the introduction of a new service – and we needed to have access to the same media across multiple suites in order to meet tight deadlines.”
To streamline its workflow, JPL installed Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR shared storage technology with its unique OS X networking capabilities supporting multiple more
Major broadcaster invests further in Quantel shared production workflow
State broadcaster Czech Television, already home to six Quantel eQ finishing systems in its award-winning graphics department, has purchased two Quantel Genetic Engineering systems to provide a shared workflow infrastructure to further boost productivity and enhance project sharing. Czech TV has also purchased three additional eQ finishing systems bringing the total complement of eQs at Czech TV to an impressive nine workstations.
One of the Genetic Engineering systems is for the Graphics and Post Department, the second for Promotions. The Graphics and Post system includes 18 hours of uncompressed HDRGB shared workspace to three eQ finishing systems providing editing, compositing and finishing tools. The Promotions system provides 12 hours of shared storage to two eQ systems. All connected workstations have simultaneous access to all stored material at all times. Czech TV has also purchased Sam, which provides open read/write more
In the suburbs of Nashville lies Tier 1 Media, a small production company handling production and post-production for several popular Outdoor Channel competitive shooting sports programs, including “Shooting USA” and “Impossible Shots.” Featuring three newly renovated Final Cut Pro editing suites, Tier 1 Media recently installed a cost-effective, Ethernet-based solution from Small Tree that has improved productivity and efficiency substantially.
To streamline its workflow, Tier 1 Media installed Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR shared storage technology with its unique OS X networking capabilities supporting multiple Ethernet ports, tightly integrated with Apple’s built in file sharing system. The GraniteSTOR solution incorporates Small Tree’s PEG6, a 6-port Ethernet card with the Edge-corE ES4524D, a 24-port Gigabit Ethernet switch certified to work with Small Tree’s technology.
Before the installation, Tier 1 Media’s three suites each had its own RAID, more
A recent shared storage installation at Tempe 11, a government access station operated by the City of Tempe, illustrated once again that it’s either Ethernet or it’s EtherNOT, as an Ethernet-based solution from Small Tree has enabled the full-service production team to substantially increase its workflow without crippling its bottom line.
“We recently added a third editing suite and we needed a solution that would allow us to share resources between the suites,” stated Greg Wolfe, media services producer for Tempe 11. “Originally, we were looking at a 6TB Fibre Channel system, but the pricing we received was between $25,000 and $40,000. With Small Tree’s shared storage and networking technology, we were able to double our storage capacity to 12TB for about half the price of a typical Fibre Channel system.”
“Working for a municipality, keeping expenditures low is always a priority,” Wolfe continued. “This more
World’s leading TV shopping channel looks to the future with Quantel
QVC UK, part of the world-leading television shopping network, has just gone live with a Quantel Enterprise sQ server-based production system, providing a totally integrated production and playout environment. The new system forms the backbone of QVC UK’s entire promotions production operation, fully integrated with a custom developed scheduling, automation and asset management solution (named ‘QSAAM’ by QVC) from Japanese company NSD.
The sQ server at the heart of the system is configured with 220 hours of IMX50 storage, and supports nine of Quantel’s sQ View, sQ Cut and sQ Edit desktop applications as well as three eQ finishing systems. Two further sQ servers provide fully redundant playout. QVC has also added three Quantel Power Portals to the system to give interactive connectivity with its archive.
New possibilities and efficiencies for broadcast content creators and distributors
IBC, Amsterdam, 11 September 2009: At IBC Quantel demonstrated three new extensions to the sQ server system architecture: Virtualisation, an Open Identity Model and Web Services. Building upon the already class-leading video and file-based workflows of the sQ architecture, the extensions deliver new workflow opportunities, greatly increase customer choice and dramatically simplify the integration and management challenge of file-based operations.
The new capabilities are open and inclusive enabling Quantel, its customers and 3rd parties to build new co-operative workflows using modern IT technologies and standards.
These new architecture components are not pie-in-the-sky futures, they are real developments that today enable Final Cut Pro to offer true broadcast workflow when partnered with sQ systems (see separate release) as well as remote working (see below). This is only the beginning; in the future these building blocks will underpin more
After researching multiple products, Onset Systems Engineering Ltd. chose Video Technics for this major east African broadcaster.
Atlanta, GA (September 13, 2009) – Launching three simultaneous installations, Independent Television Ltd (ITV) contracted with Onset Systems Engineering Ltd. to provide an innovative, cost effective workflow that provides cohesiveness between all facilities. After researching multiple products available to the broadcast industry, Onset chose Video Technics based on the feature rich yet cost effective solution.
Independent Television, Ltd of Tanzania is outfitting ITV, Capital, and EATV Channel 5 with cutting edge technology from Video Technics to ingest, edit, and manage media as a totally integrated, streamlined workflow. Taking advantage of the open architecture design and non-proprietary file format structure, ITV chose the Apella™ LCS, a powerful SD video server with analog and SDI I/O that supports a mixed more
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