SPIDERFILES - AFFORDABLE CONTRIBUTION AND EXPANSION FOR AVID NEWSROOMS
ÍNDEX
1. THE CHALLENGE
2. APPLICATION TO AVID NEWSROOM SYSTEMS
(I.NEWS-ISIS-INTERPLAY)
3. ADVANTAGES FOR THE CLIENTS
4. VSN’s SPIDER FRAMEWORK
1. THE CHALLENGE
TV channels using tapeless newsroom solutions know pretty well how difficult (and expensive) it is to expand the storage capacity and the number of clients for these
systems. Additionally it’s also very expensive to deploy fibre lines to link the different branches providing enough bandwidth to implement a WAN and enable the remote personnel to collaborate in the production of any TV program.
If the newsroom vendor uses a kind of proprietary technology and file formats, the situation is still worse, customers are ‘married’ to the vendor for the good (supposed ‘reliability’) and for the bad (issues to integrate third parties’ tools, upgrades and maintenance costs…).
For national and international broadcasters the economical feasibility of deploying a complete newsroom solution for each and every branch is simply zero. Most channels decided to deploy the full solution in their headquaters, while keeping a small infrastructure (normally some ENG equipment and a few NLEs) in each of the regional offices. The produced content is then sent to the HQ as a tape or a file, usually via FTP, including video/audio and a separate text file. This usually implies a new problem, as video formats are not always ‘normalized’ and the associated metadata is not always consistent.
2. APPLICATION TO AVID NEWSROOM SYSTEMS
(I.NEWS-ISIS-INTERPLAY)
VSN is offering today the possibility to install a distributed News&Program production environment, allowing different NLEs to contribute video/audio/text to the HQ’s solution, as if they were physically connected to the same LAN.
In case of operating an Avid newsroom, the deployment of a cost-effective Spider platform, featuring VSNIPTRANSFER (IP content exchange) along with the VSNWORKFLOW MANAGER BPM module, is able to implement a series of powerful workflows to
a) normalize and speed up the video contribution processes
b) publish and updates the news forecasts for the branches
c) seamlessly integrate the small infrastructure of the branch offices with the HQ’s system
For more details:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/k3ctbgsuuqth2l9/5453affordable-contribution-a_1.pdf
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