In a move to streamline production operations and reduce costs to their customers, Video Catalogo Movil (VCM) in Spain has chosen Omneon's Networked Content Server for their storage infrastructure. Video Catalogo Movil, based in Madrid, is a leading provider of television productions for sporting events, mobile news broadcasts, concerts, telethons, daytime dramas, series programming and documentaries. VCM is advancing their technology and equipment in order to continue to provide the highest quality programming for their customers. Concurrently, they are reducing costs by replacing less efficient, outdated technology. The six-channel system is being completed by Omneon's Spanish distributor and integrator, XELTEC Video.

"At VCM we are moving toward a tapeless system to offer more cost-effective disk-based storage," said Luis Javier Ojeda, general manager of VCM. "We took our time in the discovery process to ensure that the server we chose would incorporate the most advanced technology and be the best investment over the long term. VCM is a pioneer in the production market, and as such, we wanted an infrastructure that will help us provide the best technology so we can provide further advantages to our customers. It was a very competitive process. The Omneon architecture has more potential for our current and future needs."

The initial Omneon sale is a basic system with 40 hours of storage for 50Mbps MPEG content. VCM plans to use the system to offer their customers' significant savings in production and post-production time, video tape stock, and other equipment and maintenance costs. Using the Networked Content Server, VCM will record programming and events daily at their studios. In addition to in-house camera feeds to the Omneon server, the recordings also include several remote camera feeds. Throughout the day, VCM producers select their shots and edit the content. Using Omneon's ClipTool™ software application, the producers can manage the recording process in a simple control panel, allowing them to create and record files, locate files in storage, and verify the clips on playback. A single operator can manage all the ingest channels simultaneously. After clips have been recorded on the Omneon server, they are then available for distribution.

"We have been working with VCM for a long time, and know they set their standards high," said Carlos Xifra, president and CEO of XELTEC Video. "Their evaluation process was thorough, and as Omneon's distributor, we knew the Networked Content Server offered the cost-effective scalability and flexibility they needed to achieve their fast-paced production cycles. The Omneon server allows VCM producers to re-purpose their content as necessary and share it across various production systems. As one of Spain's premier production companies, VCM now has "tapeless" capability and the flexibility to match the Omneon platform to the required service."

The six-channel Omneon system was designed, supplied and installed by XELTEC Video, Spain's distributor for Omneon.

Customer: Videocatalogo Movil (www.videocatalogo-movil.com)

About XELTEC Video (www.Xeltec.net)
XELTEC VIDEO was founded in 1993, after many years of experience in the professional video field. XELTEC is focused primarily on the needs of our clients, helping them select the most trustworthy and advanced technology to meet those needs. They strongly believe that the future rests in gaining the trust and confidence of the customers who depend on advanced technology to achieve their business goals. Under this basic premise, XELTEC has been growing over the years, adapting their structures to be able to incorporate complex systems, staying on the forefront to select the best equipment in the market, and to present to our manufacturers and customers a matrix capable of meeting their operational needs and sustained growth. XELTEC offers customers a highly specialized technical team with knowledge in a wide range of products and equipment brands selected from among the best in the market and individuals they can trust.

About Omneon Video Networks (www.Omneon.com)
Omneon's Networked Content Server is a highly scalable, data-type independent, shared-storage infrastructure. The solution is a platform that supports third-party software applications for control and transmission, media management, archive, and collaborative production. Omneon systems are used by content producers and distributors for simultaneous program creation and re-purposing for any type of distribution method. Omneon's products consist of server, disk controller, scalable Fiber Channel storage components, and software that together form a content server system. The open systems architecture enables facilities to ingest, route, store, share and distribute digital media-comprised of audio, video, and any type of related data. Omneon Video Networks, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is privately held and funded by prominent venture capital firms. Omneon's web site is www.Omneon.com.

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