Partners

www.abit.co.uk

Abit has been producing quality automation products for the broadcasting industry for over ten years. Founded in 1992, Abit has consistently provided improvements and innovations in automation and media management. Station automation is a critical part of your operation. It is vital to choose a supplier that appreciates the very special nature of television while being founded on a solid computing and communications background.

www.amberfin.com

AmberFin's iCR software tools digitize, master and repurpose new and archived media content to enable viewing on any device. We understand complex file-based workflows and our unrivalled image quality strengths enable the delivery of superior looking HD and SD content at lower file sizes. Innovation and expertise is crucial and that is why we are trusted by the worlds leading content owners across genres including movies, sports, programs, news and live events. This includes Sony, NBA, Turner Broadcasting, BT, Channel 4, RTM and Warner Brothers.

For further information visit: www.amberfin.com

www.ardendo.com

Ardendo is a software company with focus on integrated solutions for the broadcast industry. Ardendo delivers products and services for media asset management, ingest automation, digital archives, desktop media processing and system integration. The key strength of the Ardendo approach is the modular architecture which is built to serve customer requirements for scalability, availability and customized solutions. From headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ardendo supports a growing global customer base. Ardendo has several high-profile reference installations of systems for IT-based processing of digital media. The current customer base covers customers in news, general program production, playout services and post production. Ardendo founded in 1997 and became a part of Vizrt in April 2006. With the roots in academia and high-performance computing, Ardendo maintains an ?extreme competence? corporate culture.

Aspera is the creator of next-generation transport technologies that move the world’s digital assets at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. Based on its patent-pending fasp™ protocol, only Aspera software fully utilizes existing infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable file transfer experience. Aspera’s core technology delivers unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and uncompromising reliability. Hollywood studios, major broadcasters, sports leagues, government agencies and Fortune 500 corporations use Aspera software for the business-critical transport of their digital assets—some of them moving in excess of one terabyte per day over their WAN infrastructure. Since the recent acquisition of Omneon’s Castify business unit by Aspera, the two companies are working closely together to deliver highly manageable, high-performance solutions for content distribution.

www.autocue.com

The industry leader in broadcast prompting equipment, Autocue is rapidly becoming one of the leading suppliers of newsroom and transmission automation systems, applying the very latest technologies to a field which few companies know as well. Their QSeries consists of a number of modules which can be used standalone or together as a fully integrated solution. QNet is a networked scripting and prompting system; QNews offers a full range of newsroom administration, management and production tools; QTx is a comprehensive automation package, which can provide on-air transmission automation, and QMedia software, which allows customers to integrate ingest, browse, edit and manage media assets.

www.aveco.com

Aveco’s ASTRA Suite of Tools controls Spectrum Media Servers and MediaDecks to provide broadcasters with cost-effective and scalable ingest and playout solutions for master control and news/live events. ASTRA CMS supports MediaGrid and Carbon Coder to provide facility wide content management solutions for media transfers, archive, browse and transcoding. Aveco uses the Omneon’s native APIs to obtain the maximum functionality from these devices. Both companies enjoy tremendous success together globally including at one of their largest sites at Televisa (Mexico), WDR, Germany and TV Today in India.

www.building4media.com

Building4Media's FORK/TV is among the most innovative playout automation systems for TV stations. They focus on creating added value for broadcasters and by investing in state-of-the-art software technologies. FORK/TV offers broadcasters the reliability, functionality, flexibility and efficiency they need. With FORK/TV, broadcasters can grow from a complete playout system on just one computer, to a multi-station playout system with full redundancy. FORK/TV also offers the best integration between editing and playout with its own desktop editing software. The software uses existing playout systems and office computers (saving infrastructure cost), and optimizes integration of high-end edit sets (for video files). When choosing a partner for a playout system, both Omneon and Building4Media are part of the new generation of companies working for broadcasters and using state-of-the-art technologies and open standards. The full power of this innovative team is realized through innovative use of technology and the best price/performance ratio offered.

www.cistech.co.kr

Established in 1993, CIS Technology Co., Ltd. has been a leader in Korean Broadcasting solutions, especially in automation and broadcasting support systems. CIS Technology has also completed numerous broadcasting projects over the last 12 years. Based on this experience, CIS Technology has developed the most efficient integrated digital media solutions for broadcasting and media work processes and has gained an excellent reputation for its functionality and reliability in the world market. In addition, CIS Technology has been a leader in state of the art integrated media technology such as integrated media solution of base band and broad band and Digital Archiving to meet new requirements of converging broadcasting, communications and IT industries.

www.comprompter.com

Comprompter News & Automation? has been a long time leader in integrated digital newsroom automation and sets the industry standard for simplicity, efficiency, and economy in live news operations. For 23 years, Comprompter has been recognized for its innovative approach to integrating newscast preparation and on-air presentation by incorporating your choice of production devices into an efficient and effective workflow.

www.crispincorp.com

Crispin Corporation is a leading provider of reliable, cost-effective broadcast automation solutions for the commercial, news playback and program recording markets. Working in conjunction with the Omneon Spectrum Media Server System and most popular news and traffic systems, Crispin offers simple or full automation solutions plus video server mirroring, asset management and a variety of automatic reporting functions.

www.dalet.com

Dalet Digital Media Systems and Omneon, Inc. have teamed up to deliver an end-to-end solution for News and MAM workflows. Dalet solutions enable broadcasters and content professionals to create, manage and distribute media for traditional and new media channels including interactive web and mobile networks. Dalet Enterprise Edition combines a Media Asset Management (MAM) platform and workflow engine to manage News, Sports, Programs, Entertainment and Archives. Purpose-built media production tools are natively integrated, optimizing access to media, collaboration and streamlining production workflows. At the core is an open and flexible MAM platform that tracks metadata from ingest to archive, ensuring media assets are indexed and searchable across the workflow. Delivered with Dalet Professional and Integration services, Dalet provides complete solutions that improve production speed, quality, and value of media assets.

Dalet systems are used around the world by thousands of content producers including major television and radio public broadcasters (ABS-CBN, BBC, CBC, DR, NBC, NPR, RTBF, RFI, Russia Today, RSR & TSR, RT Malaysia, VOA, WDR), commercial networks and operators (Antena 3, Canal+, FOX, eTV, Orange, Prime Television, ThePress Association, Time Warner, Warner Bros., XM-Sirius) and government organizations (Queensland JAG, Canadian House of Commons, The European Commission).

www.dayang.com

Dayang is a world-leading developer of broadcast-quality digital equipment combining high reliability, affordability and ease of operation. The Dayang range includes SD/HD nonlinear editors, SD/HD character generators, asset-management systems, the MagicSet virtual set, MagicWall multidisplay, MagicBox modular interface products, PC-compatible graphic-processor cards.

www.deyanautomation.com

Deyan Automation Systems provides cost-effective solutions in master control automation, media management and archiving. The product range goes from simple video server, VTR and DVD controls, through shotboxes and automated server ingest to single and multi channel automation. Automation software is user friendly and easy to learn and includes manual control of each device. Since devices are controlled through com ports or TCP/IP converters it does not require dedicated hardware. In combination with Omneon it makes a perfect solution for any on-air situation.

www.etere.eu

Etere develops and distributes software solutions for broadcasting and media businesses. ETERE is modular software designed for TV broadcasting, does not require dedicated hardware and works on a standard PC. Etere controls Omneon video servers through their APIs and VDCP. Etere solutions run with Omneon Spectrum/MediaDeck/MediaGrid and provides users with a very powerful, scalable and reliable system. Global deployments include Ria Novosti - National Library of Russia, VTV in Vietnam, MIXTV in Brazil, tvOne in Indonesia, Telenova in Italy, Westek in the UK and ABC CBN in the Philippines.

www.florical.com

Florical develops and installs MediaFiler, ShowTimer, MediaTimer and AirBoss that automate, frame accurately, scheduled and non-scheduled ingest, timing and playout through integration of Spectrum and MediaDeck servers via VDCP. Florical also develops and installs MediaMaster, AssetDispatcher, AssetCollector and Inventory Browser that provide asset management, archiving, transcoding, transfer and proxy-generation functions through integration of Omneon Spectrum and MediaGrid through the Omneon API. Deployments with Spectrum servers include Univision, EWTN, Medcom in Panama and WPLG.

www.founder.com

Founder Digital Video is a rapidly growing business division within Founder Group, providing standalone digital products, systems and solutions for broadcasters as well as other video-related operations. The Wuyou Automation System from Founder is a highly flexible, reliable and easy to use product suited to a wide range of operational environments, from single channel to multi-channel, from simple commercials automation to full station automation, from digital signal broadcast to DVB Broadcast. As a leading automation supplier in China, Founder's Wuyou Automation System has been provided to over two thirds of the province level TV stations in China. In May 2005, Founder completed the modification (in less than 3 months) of the Wuyou Automation Software for the first Omneon Spectrum system at Ningbo TV. Founder is one of the first automation software vendors to support the Omneon Spectrum media servers in China today.

www.sienna-tv.com

SIENNA offers state of the art MOS-integrated news and sports workflows. It leverages QuickTime as its native file format for ingest, asset management, Final Cut Pro edit integration, automation and archiving. SIENNA is fully integrated with Omneon MediaGrid for direct ingest and edit-in-place operations and also includes unique Macintosh-based networked automation of Spectrum and MediaDeck. Together the product suite combined with Omneon active storage systems creates the perfect synergy for an end-to-end digital media workflow.

www.gip.com

GIP SmartMercial (located in Germany) offers data management solutions for the broadcast industry and business TV applications. In conjunction with the long-term experience of its sister company GIP Oryx managing data networks, helps to build highly innovative 'Video over IP' solutions providing special bandwidth and user management. Together with Omneon, GIP builds individual solutions which are integrated into existing workflows and applications. Targeted customer applications include recording, archiving, and playing video assets.

www.broadcast.harris.com

The collaboration between Omneon and HARRIS Automation - formerly Louth Automation - began in 1999, and continues with the development of improved interfaces for the transmission marketplace. Omneon has adopted the widely used video disc control protocol (VDCP), strengthening the interface capabilities of both companies and underlining Omneon's commitment to preserving (and enhancing) their customers' legacy systems. Harris Automation now supports Omneon?s widely adopted Player API for Ethernet control on both their ADC 100 and next generation automation system (HRS). Omneon's file system simplifies the operation of Harris' media management function, and provides a powerful platform for interfacing with Harris automation systems. Omneon also has a proven solution with the Harris GMT product used in conjunction with archive managers (namely OTG) during the past two NAB conventions. Encoda Systems was acquired by Harris in late 2004. Encoda offers a full range of master control, ingest automation, asset management, remote automation and network monitoring systems that meet the engineering needs of TV and radio broadcasters, cable networks, cable operations and satellite operations. The DAL product family can be scaled from single station/channel operations up to 1,000 channel, centralized operations. Its systems allow broadcasters to support a wide range of operational models, whether everything is controlled from one location or multiple locations.

www.hitechsys.co.uk

Hi Tech Systems Ltd develops and manufactures a range of remote controllers for VTR and disk servers. These offer hands-on operation at the production desk to exploit the full potential of the recording media and enhance live action broadcasts. For the most part, the on-air replay of the Omneon video server is controlled by automation systems. But when it comes to inserts into live productions, such as sports, children?s programs and news, or where instant responses are needed in quiz shows, much more flexible control is needed. The actiV Filer-Video server controller offers live control of video with full random access to 1000 clips. This can be from either a play-list or defined on-the-fly. There are VTR-like controls ? with jog/shuttle . The addition of Cart Box play out system offers the controls needed for easy on-air operation of the Omneon video server.

www.ibis.tv

IBIS develops and installs Media Asset Management systems to deliver solutions for integrated media management for fast turnaround production workflows; MOS News playout and content preservation. All IBIS applications are integrated with the range of Omneon storage and production devices using the Omneon API. iFind has installations of varying complexity and number of users with MediaGrid, MediaDeck and Spectrum around the world including ESPN Star Sports, SSVC, KRCR, MegaChannel, BBC Persian, BBC Arabic, WBOC, Turkmenistan TV and The Irish Parliament.

www.igroup-media.com

iGroup is an innovative company offering solutions for broadcasting and media sectors. iGroup iXferus MAM is a software complex designed to automate broadcasting, archiving and management of media data. iXferus MAM has a high-capacity archive with an advanced intellectual search system and a network editing feature, a powerful innovative planning system, and a lot of other different functions supporting the activities of modern television channels. iXferus MAM can manage several independent television channels simultaneously. This module-based system can easily and very quickly be integrated into any production structure with varied equipment.

www.mediabroacast-t.com

Media & Broadcast Technologies (MBT) is specialized in Broadcast solutions integration and software developments. MBT designs solutions with modular softwares, for all broadcasting needs: from premium channel to local or thematic television. MBT software suites are designed thought to fit in comprehensive and innovative broadcast workflows. They offer a transverse management of supports and media: automation, ingest and transfer (Phoenix); graphic asset management (Liberty); media asset management (Sphere); traffic system (Paradise).

www.mediaitpro.com

Since 1999 Media IT Profy has been developing modular software for the integration and building of IT solutions. The company has extensive experience in deploying a wide range of production solutions at more than 400 TV stations. Media IT Profy's modular software structure allows it to adapt solutions to individual customer requirements. The open architecture ensures seamless integration with incumbent applications and systems, allowing customers to streamline and extend the existing IT infrastructure. Media IT Profy closely cooperates with Omneon in development of the VPA broadcast automation system running on Omneon Spectrum and MediaDeck media servers.

www.microfirst.com

Since 1989, MicroFirst Inc. has produced custom software and hardware solutions for major companies in the Broadcast, Multi-Media Display, and Gaming Industries. At NAB 2003, MicroFirst introduced their cost-effective Digital Automation System for broadcast and multi-media.

http://www.mog-solutions.com/

MOG Technologies develops and installs centralized ingest solutions that bridges Omneon Spectrum MXF OP1A and Avid. The F1000 makes contents recorded by Omneon available for Avid editors just after the recording process starts, while the O1000 allows to export the files directly from Avid into Omneon Servers. All mxfSPEEDRAIL product family is fully compliant with Omneon storage and Spectrum video servers allowing to save time for ingest and publishing processes. Customers include Extra TV (Telepictures), Euromedia, RTVE and Turner (Argentina).

www.ninsight.com

Ninsight is a new company in television automation for on-air broadcast presentation, media management and program asset acquisition. Our highly reliable solutions serve as the cornerstone of many high profile operations including major broadcast and cable networks, individual network affiliates, and small TV channels System solutions can be configured for a simple single channel or can be scaled to the needs of very large, multi-channel, fully redundant operations. As an expert in central casting automation, Ninsight offers the advanced Multicasting system that shares broadcast control and media source between a hub and many regional stations. So regardless of the size of your operation, you can get automated with Spark Automation.

www.novusdevelopment.com

The NOVUS System is a group of integrated subsystems that includes NOVUS Satellite Record Manager, NOVUS Digital Librarian, NOVUS Library Manager, NOVUS MediaPrep, NOVUS Schedule Manager, NOVUS Realtime Control, NOVUS Time Delay, and NOVUS Digital Transport Stream Manager. The NOVUS System is especially suited for public stations, offering tight integration with the ProTrack and Scout traffic systems, and features to easily handle pledge breaks, voice over credits, and extended logo insertion. The NOVUS System interfaces to the OMNEON server platform for automatic satellite records, material timing and QC, on-air playback, and server management including the interface to nearline storage devices and server mirroring.

www.nverzion.com

NVERZION provides the full range of digital media tools to allow broadcast stations to efficiently acquire, prepare, manage, transmit and report crucial data and programs. In partnership with Omneon, the Ncontrol? automation application interfaces to a station's existing hardware for a facility-wide solution. The Ncontrol product is scalable and upgradeable to NVERZION's archiving and asset management products.

www.omnibus.tv

OmniBus Systems provides broadcasting, cable and satellite companies with comprehensive automation and media asset management solutions that address every area of television-related operations. Its newsroom, content and workflow automation solutions include acquisition and recording of rich media material, low-resolution editing, media asset management, and playout and transmission. OmniBus is a global company with headquarters in the UK and offices in the United States, Germany and Singapore.

www.pebble.tv

Pebble Beach Systems’ range of scalable automation and content management solutions is designed to manage acquisition,file-based workflows, archiving and multichannel playout for TV broadcasters, cable and satellite operators. In addition to the versatile and proven Neptune, Neptune Lite and Deckchair, the range features the enterprise-level Marina, designed to cater for all channel types and language variants. Pebble Beach Systems’ products integrate tightly with Omneon servers using the highly-robust VDCP protocol and Media API. Joint deployments include Fox News USA, MBC Dubai and Phoenix Television Hong Kong.

www.pharos-comms.com

Pharos delivers solutions for better workflow management to broadcasters and service providers in television, radio, IPTV and telecommunications. For 10 years Pharos has continually developed the unique mediator, playtime and pilot desktop broadcast management solutions. Pharos solutions offer a next-generation platform to better manage media workflow for rapid expansion in playout, presentation and publishing. Using Pharos software architecture and integration services, broadcasters and transmission service providers can now integrate previously disparate broadcast and IT technology systems and processes under one unified enterprise. Pharos systems can accommodate many third party technology choices for library management, ingest, storage technology, media formats, transcoding, creative services and playout. Pharos is an open company embracing open standards, we are proud of our people and of our unique development philosophy. Potential clients are welcome to inspect our development methods and fully evaluate the Pharos software platform and its unique distributed systems architecture.

www.pro-bel.com

Working with the Omneon Spectrum media server, Pro-Bel offers proven play-to-air automation applications designed for single through to multi-channel operations. Pro?Bel's scalable solution address every area of transmission, from content ingest, storage and playout, to interfacing with back-office business systems.

www.s4m.de

S4M - Solutions for Media develops and installs the systems VPMS (Video Production Management System) and ClipJOCKEY which supports Media Asset Management as well as Studio Production for TV broadcasters. ClipJOCKEY enables you to use the best features of your video server hardware and make it a real multi-channel production tool. Both systems are integrated with Harmonic’s Omneon product line through integration of their product APIs. Significant customers for one or both of the solutions include NDR, MDR, Deutsche Welle, Major League Baseball, QVC US and the University of Texas.

www.sgt.eu

SGT is technology leader in workflow automation and offers the most comprehensive product line in the Broadcast and Media industries. SGT's VEDA" software suite manages video content and automates the media-related workflows of media companies and broadcasters. VEDA" comes with superior features, such as its unrivalled semantic search engine and the new VEDA" Automation. VEDA" is a seamless and modular end-to-end suite, based on a Service-Oriented Architecture. Customers just pick and place SGT's software components according to their own workflow. These components can be integrated easily into each client's environment.

http://www.si-media.tv/

Si-Media is a private company with just over 20 years experience with designing and deploying TV Broadcast systems in Italy where they hold 90 % market share in the medium to large broadcaster sector. The products of SI Media are also used by many customer worldwide.

Today, SI Media is one of the leading providers with decades of experience in the development and deployment of Traffic, Playout Automation, CG, Media Asset Management and NewsRoom solutions for TV Broadcasters.

The SI Traffic, Automation, MAM and Newsroom systems are available for deployment either as stand-alone solutions, or integrated in a harmonic and homogeneous workflow. SI Media solutions easily interface popular archiving systems, video servers, CGs, Subtitle inserters as well as other traffic and automation systems.

www.sundancedigital.com

Sundance Digital is a leading provider of broadcast automation solutions. Our Titan? and FastBreak? systems manage the on-air operations of commercial and public television stations, cable services, and corporate media facilities throughout the Americas and internationally. Sundance NewsLink? integrates a rapidly growing number of major market digital newsrooms. Sundance automation was integral to the first U.S. installation of Omneon at WWSB in Sarasota, Florida. Since then, our companies have successfully partnered with group owners, such as Granite, Morgan Murphy and Raycom Media, as well as on numerous PBS station projects, including KLCS, KLRN, KOCE, KTCA and WNED. Since its founding in 1994, Sundance Digital has enjoyed significant growth and a reputation for innovative, high quality software. The company?s highly regarded technical and engineering teams have earned Sundance industry-wide recognition for customer satisfaction and support.

www.sunup.com

SunUp Digital Systems and Omneon Video Networks have teamed up to deliver a reliable and scaleable end-to-end solution for content management and scheduled and demand-based distribution for delivery in single and multi-channel environments for the Broadcast, Cable and Satellite markets. SunUp Digital System?s principal product is the SunUp Traffic and Control System (TCS), a cost-effective and flexible solution that, as an operating system and automating resource, provides single-channel and multi-channel broadcasters with total and integrated control of plant resource scheduling, contract/content and compression management. Robust and scalable, TCS software is a standards-based solution fully compatible with all leading content delivery systems. Together, SunUp Digital Systems and Omneon offer broadcasters a modular, scalable architecture that adapts to any existing environment. Facilities can grow from a single channel to a large multi-channel system with ease.

www.tmd.tv

TMD are one of the leading suppliers of real-world Media Asset and Workflow management solutions to organizations and departments whose business is based on media content. This includes broadcasters, media owners, distributors and archive operations. The Mediaflex TM application suite provides a solution that enables the transition from physical linear based media content to the evolving world of digital file based content, managing both aspects in a coherent and consistent manner. Mediaflex TM is supplied as a suite of modules allowing organisations to implement the solution in a phased approach. Mediaflex allows those people working with media to track, catalog and browse the content irrespective of the format. Digital Video formats currently supported include SD and HD, MPEG2, MPEG 1, Quicktime and WM9.

www.uid.com

UID manufactures tools for broadcast video automation. The Live Broadcast Assistant (LBA) works with the Omneon Server, supporting numerous functions for live or automated playout, recording and clip management. All functions are grouped into easily accessible pages.

www.vcisolutions.com

VCI delivers value-driven smart media revenue solutions to the broadcast and cable industry. VCI?s revolutionary and unrivaled new business platform, Xe, helps customers optimize and streamline the content lifecycle workflow. VCI Automation developed this architecture to address workflow complexities and provide improved resource management. With over 22 years experience and more than 450 customers world-wide, VCI has become a trusted and reliable business systems partner. VCI products and services help customers improve the management of all key functions to maximize revenue, streamline operations and facilitate future revenue stream expansion.

www.videotech.co.jp

Established in 1981, Video Tech Laboratories develops and supports its flagship VATIC-95000S.I. series automation system. The system has a long list of features which include a completely redundant playout system, control with standard protocol, exclusive visual and operation calendar, solid playout data copy, specified searches, streamlined data renewal / transfer, and two playout modes to manage live events, to name a few. Over 160 broadcast stations nationwide, plus foremost CS broadcasters are clients, many with special needs fulfilled by customization.

Vivesta delivers comprehensive workflow-based media management, traffic and scheduling and automation solutions for TV, VOD, IPTV and mobile TV services. The flagship product, MediaFlow, is a reliable and scalable solution providing customers with complete media management, content library management, rights management, scheduling and control from ingest to broadcast, and on-demand services via one integrated workflow. Within MediaFlow, multiple organizations can collaborate to manage their content and upload it ready for use in cross-media publishing on different platforms. MediaFlow also offers full broadcast device control and automation, and our integration with Omneon maximizes efficiency for a dynamic, sophisticated and very cost-effective workflow.

www.vizrt.com

The Vizrt Media Asset Management (MAM) solution Viz Ardome, acts as a central repository for all media and metadata and has integrated with Omneon Spectrum Servers for ingest and/or play out together with an Omneon Media Grid for shared/clustered hires storage. The Ardome Xlator interface to the Omneon Spectrum servers is typically used for controlling ingests, playout and metadata-related operations through the Omneon APIs or serial (VDCP). Today, Vizrt has a significant number of deployments, worldwide, linked to Omneon products.

www.wideorbit.com

WideOrbit is committed to providing an end-to-end solution to television broadcasters and has recently added WO Automation to our suite of products. WO Automation is WideOrbit's integrated on-air automation solution including sub-systems that automate the processes of interfacing with traffic, recording from satellite, media preparation, video server and archive management, on-air schedule management and realtime processing. Live log update and realtime reconciliation are just two of the many features available when traffic and automation are supplied by a single vendor. WideOrbit Automation interfaces to the Omneon server platform for automatic satellite records, material timing and QC, on-air playback, and server management including the interface to nearline storage devices and server mirroring.