Omneon Video Networks and Building4Media B.V. are partnering to provide solutions based on Omneon's Networked Content Server and Building4Media's FORK content delivery software. The FORK software product will be used as the basis for the Streaming Production Centre to be launched by Action TV B.V. in Hilversum in The Netherlands. "We like the Omneon solution because it is an open standards-based platform which offers tremendous scalability." said Building4Media's CEO Eltjo Meijer. "We typically work outside the traditional broadcast space, and like to work with a company such as Omneon to deliver non-traditional solutions for our customers." Together with Omneon, Building4Media will address both traditional and new broadcast channels with their software managing the flow of content to and from the Omneon Networked Content Server. Omneon and Building4Media's partnership provides significant opportunities in the converged markets of television and the Internet.Building4Media specializes in FORK content delivery software products and tailor-made solutions. FORK offers customers optimal integration:
- between all broadcast channels (TV, Radio, internet, SMS, etc.) with editing
- in support of new broadcast services (on demand, interactive, synchronized, etc.) and extensive archiving (over the whole content life cycle)
Building4Media's unique software technologies guarantee extreme reliability and great flexibility through added features to the software. Customers get the functionality they need for their traditional and new broadcast channels, and the growth path they need for the future."With the high level of scalability and data-type independence offered by the Networked Content Server, customers can use Building4Media software integrated with affordable collaborative editing tools to create and deliver entertainment grade content for streaming via the Internet or broadcast transmission," said Alan Hoggarth, vice president of operations for Omneon in Europe, Middle East and Africa.At Action TV, the full service Streaming Production Center in The Netherlands, Building4Media's software allows operators to control their entire system from any workstation. The software manages machine control, router switching, input and output, and parameter settings for the encoding stations. The result is an efficient and scheduled flow of content through the entire system and a cost-effective production environment with tremendous future scalability.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Building4Media BV provides content delivery software products and solutions for the traditional broadcast channels (TV, teletext, radio, RDS, etc.) and for the new broadcast channels (internet, SMS, etc.). The FORK content delivery software product is unique for it's functionality, the integration between broadcast channels, the integration with editing, the support for new ways of broadcasting (interactive, on demand, synchronized, etc.), archiving and it's reliability and flexibility. The products and solutions are based on unique software technologies guaranteeing extreme reliability and flexibility. Building4Media traditionally always built software for all broadcast channels, instead of just one, and Building4Media invests continuously in her software technologies to prevent the common pitfall of being trapped in outdated software. Building4Media's web site is www.Building4Media.com.
Omneon Video Networks provides infrastructure for new media. 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. Channel or user scalability is achieved by using both IEEE 1394 and Ethernet networking technologies. This open systems architecture, known as a VIDEO AREA NETWORK, enables facilities to ingest, route, store, share and distribute digital media-comprised of audio, video, and 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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