NETIA Radio-Assist Provides Flexible, Highly Automated Workflow at Radio Tunisienne Chaine Internationale

CLARET, France - November 16th, 2009 - NETIA today announced that Radio Tunisienne Chaine Internationale ( RTCI) has installed its Radio-Assist digital audio software to streamline the broadcast workflow, from acquisition through playout, for its international radio programming. The end-to-end NETIA solution allows staff at RTCI to record, edit, or prepare playlists from within a single application.

" Radio-Assist is a comprehensive broadcast system that provides all the functionality we need in a smart, highly automated workflow that speeds time-to-air," said Marouane GALLAH, Technical Director of Radio Tunisienne Chaine Internationale. " The software suite ensures efficient handling and management of content, simplifying our access to media, and providing staff the flexibility in creating radio programming and distribution to multiple platforms."

Radio Tunisienne Chaine Internationale is using a Radio-Assist system built on two servers and equipped with NETIA's DBShare to ensure the security and integrity of stored media. DBShare ensures the stability of database contents, synchronizing all databases automatically, and thus providing automatic, transparent redundancy and automatic database restoration, in the event of any incident.

The broadcaster outfitted two on-air studios with NETIA's Air-DDO broadcast module and added a third station to support automatic playout of night-time programming. The Air-DDO graphical user interface displays the broadcast channel along with help and preparation tools for cueing, on-air monitoring, playlist modification, recording, and production. Directly linked to the scheduling workstations, Air-DDO keeps track of the latest changes made to the playlist in real time and automatically displays the refreshed playlist data.

The Radio-Assist installation includes two production workstations dedicated to acquisition and editing and a second workstation for planning and preparation of playlists with NETIA's Grid Editor and Feder-All . Three additional workstations support music scheduling, advertising scheduling, and recording of phone inserts. The last workstation allows journalists to call in and trigger recording using a security code. Sound is automatically stored to the database.

Radio Tunisienne Chaine Internationale has also installed Radio-Assist workstations for logging, streaming, and Internet broadcasting using NETIA's Air-Push and dispatcher . Air-Push automatically supplies data related to the item on air. For each item broadcast, Air-Push sends its metadata (text, DAB, HTML page, etc.) to a Web or DAB server, or straight onto the network. NETIA's Dispatcher is a highly powerful automation system for converting sound files and exporting them directly from the Radio-Assist database according to any number of profiles, each one relating to a conversion format, a target, etc...

NETIA Radio-Assist 8.0 and MusicMaster Interface Seamlessly to Bring Unmatched Intelligence, Power, and Convenience to Media Management and Music Playout

CLARET, France - November 24, 2009 - NETIA today announced that its Radio-Assist 8.0 suite of digital audio automation software now interfaces seamlessly with the acclaimed MusicMaster music scheduling system, providing users with a complete and cost-effective turnkey solution for handling music across a radio station. The combined solution allows users to access MusicMaster's library-organization features and sophisticated rules-based playlist generation seamlessly alongside the powerful Radio-Assist 8.0 multimedia workflow management toolset. The MusicMaster playlists are then automatically integrated in Radio Assist 8.0 for playout.

" Both Radio-Assist and MusicMaster are industry-leading solutions that bring powerful functionality to radio broadcasters," said Joseph Knapp, president of A-Ware Software, maker of MusicMaster. " Together, the two solutions feature a level of interaction never before possible. Our intelligent scheduling system gives operators the tools to make better choices about what to play on air and gives the program director more control over playout. Now that this capability is available along with Radio-Assist 8.0, our joint customers can much more efficiently provide their listeners with an engaging broadcast product that can enhance both ratings and revenues."

MusicMaster is the fastest growing system available, generating schedules for radio stations all over the world, as well as for music television networks, satellite broadcasters, and cable television channels, Internet streams, syndicated programs, restaurants, and nightclubs. Thanks to the open architecture of the two systems, MusicMaster can maintain a real-time awareness of content within the NETIA Radio-Assist 8.0 server and apply rules-based intelligence in making playlist selections that enhance the broadcaster's music mix and flow, reduce listener fatigue, and help increase ratings. After playout of a playlist, a report is automatically generated and sent back to Music master for reconciliation.

OnAir Digital, the official distributor for MusicMaster worldwide, has already facilitated installation of the joint solution for a leading radio broadcaster based in France. Because Radio-Assist 8.0 and MusicMaster interface so cleanly and easily, the established global user base for each software product can quickly integrate and adopt the other to realize a single comprehensive solution.

" The unique awareness of the MusicMaster scheduling system makes it easy for Radio-Assist 8.0 users to improve the overall quality of programming and to reach a broader audience more effectively," said Mustapha REZZOUG, Product Director at NETIA. " The interfacing of our companies' products offers exciting potential for greater productivity, simpler operation, and a more compelling broadcast solution. We look forward to further success working with A-Ware as broadcasters continue to take advantage of our powerful product pairing."

The Radio-Assist 8.0 range of digital audio automation software is equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows. This widely deployed software suite extends beyond traditional broadcasting by streamlining the preparation and publication of media, as well as the management of associated metadata and linked media. Radio-Assist 8.0 provides instant access to all types of media, archived or online. Regardless of the storage medium, items can be previewed and restored for repurposing and distribution, both for broadcasting and for multi-platform distribution.

More information about NETIA and its products is available at www.netia.com.

About A-Ware Software Inc.

A-Ware Software was founded in 1983, and its MusicMaster for Windows® software was officially launched worldwide in 2004 following six years of development and refinement. More information about MusicMaster is available at www.mmwin.com.

Government Video 2009 Show Preview

Government Video 2009 Show Preview

01.12.2009 - 03.12.2009 - Washington Convention Center - BOOTH # 230

NETIA at Government Video 2009

Manreo

This year at Government Video, NETIA will demonstrate Manreo 2, the latest version of its Manreo media asset management (MAM) system which includes powerful new automation and archiving tools to streamline workflow and simply and efficiently repurpose and broadcast content assets to multiple platforms.

Designed with an open, scalable architecture, Manreo 2 has all the tools needed to simplify the cataloging, indexing, accessing and distribution of media. Manreo 2 is designed to maximize productivity gains in asset management and the use of rich media, which in turn can be repurposed and published to platforms such as Web portals and mobile devices. The solution supports all industry-standard formats, ingesting content, generating browse proxies, enriching media through speech-to-text functionality, and providing easy access to media.

Manreo 2 Incorporates NETIA Workflow Engine and Hypercast Warehouse

Manreo 2 now incorporates the new NETIA Workflow Engine , designed to allow media companies to easily visualize, create and execute their own workflow. NETIA Workflow Engine facilitates and harmonizes exchanges between all existing applications found in a broadcast environment. Accessed via a user-friendly graphic interface, NETIA Workflow Engine orders tasks to optimize efficiency and load balancing, automates content distribution processes, and includes a security warning and notification system.

Manreo 2 now also incorporates NETIA's Hypercast Warehouse set of archiving tools, a flexible platform entirely dedicated to media asset management. This powerful archiving manager at the heart of the system interfaces with acquisition, production, automation and storage applications. Owing to its adaptive flexibility, Hypercast Warehouse integrates with any environment and can be used to manage audio, video or images in all file formats (MXF, XDCAM, mpeg 4, mpeg 2, wmv, etc.). Video is ingested at a high resolution and converted automatically to a low-resolution proxy used for indexing.

Hypercast Warehouse further turns dialog into searchable text, making video content even more readily available for comprehensive search, access, and retrieval. Because Hypercast Warehouse can restore designated high-resolution files to editing or playout systems, it simplifies both production and repurposing of stored media. More information about NETIA and its products is available at www.netia.com.

L'ÉQUIPE 24/24 BUILDS HIGHLY EFFICIENT ARCHIVING AND REPURPOSING WORKFLOW ON NETIA'S MANREO MAM SYSTEM

Leading French Media Company Uses Manreo to Simplify Archiving, Access, and Repurposing of Media for Multiplatform Distribution.

CLARET, France - Aug. 31, 2009 - NETIA today announced that leading French sports news media company L'Équipe 24/24 is using the Manreo Hypercast Warehouse media asset management platform and new NETIA Workflow Engine automation system to provide its archivists and journalists fast and easy access to media archives, simplifying the repurposing of content for distribution across television, Web, and mobile outlets. European company STP, which specializes in file-based systems, carried out the study, design, architecture and support required for the project.

"The goal of this project was to establish an accurate, streamlined system for sharing content among the TV, radio, Web, and new media outlets that coexist within L'Équipe 24/24" said Xavier Spender, President and CEO of L'Équipe 24/24. " As we bring video into our archives, Manreo automates the ingest of and provides for easy access to high-resolution media, not only reducing the potential for error, but also making it easy for our staff to add valuable metadata. The flexibility and high interoperability of the NETIA MAM platform have allowed us to establish an archiving and repurposing workflow tailored to the demands of multimedia operations."

L'Équipe 24/24 manages new media for L'Équipe TV sports news channel; the company's Web site L'Équipe.fr and the RTL-L'Équipe digital radio station. As a whole, the company has a collection of over 10,000 videotapes, as well as still images and newspaper and magazine articles that documents a variety of sporting events dating back to 1920.

L'Équipe 24/24 implemented Manreo Hypercast Warehouse to enable archivists to enrich this material with metadata and to provide journalists with an intuitive and consistent interface for image, text, and video searches.

Serving as an archiving tool at the heart of the Manreo MAM system, Hypercast Warehouse interfaces with acquisition, production, automation, and storage applications to manage audio, video, and images in all file formats (MXF, XDCAM, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, wmv, etc.). Manreo also includes the NETIA Workflow Engine, which makes it easy for users to configure and automate different workflows simply by defining one or several sequential actions. By automating all of the powerful archiving features found within HyperCast Warehouse, the Workflow Engine streamlines workflow, saves time, and prevents human error.

The solution deployed at L'Équipe 24/24 integrates NETIA's Manreo MAM system with the powerful Sinequa search engine to provide a smart system for identifying, locating, and retrieving media and information. NETIA's Workflow Engine automates the workflow that supports the exchange of media between a Quantel editing platform and the Hypercast Warehouse archiving system. As a result, L'Équipe 24/24 journalists and freelance staff can perform clip editing and archiving through a simple Web-based interface requiring negligible training time. Direct access to media from the desktop adds further convenience and efficiency to this workflow.

"Through a Web-based interface, NETIA's Manreo provides L'Équipe 24/24 with tools critical to the cataloging and indexing of media, and its open, scalable architecture enables integration with other best-of-breed solutions to meet the specific functional and operational needs of the user," said Christophe Carniel, President and CEO of NETIA " With unique capabilities in capturing and enriching media, Manreo supports sophisticated archiving and repurposing workflows with a minimum of complexity," added Marc Schulman, CEO of STP.

More information about NETIA and its products is available at www.netia.com.

About L'Équipe 24/24

L'Équipe 24/24 is a wholly owned subsidiary of L'Équipe in charge of developing and managing new media. L'Équipe 24/24 is the leading multimedia platform in France with a combined audience of more than 11 million people per month. L'Équipe 24/24 publishes L'Équipe TV sports news channel; the Web sites L'Équipe.fr, Francefootball.fr, L'Équipemag.fr, Velomagazine.fr, and L'Équipeauto.fr; the mobile and iPhone Web sites and applications L'Équipe.fr and France Football.fr; and the RTL-L'Équipe digital radio station. L'Équipe itself is a subsidiary of the AMAURY Group.

NETIA and GlobeCast to Partner with Panasonic P2 to Facilitate Content Management

Panasonic Professional Broadcast and IT Systems (PBITS) and GlobeCast, a leading content management and delivery company, have formalized a technology partnership to integrate Panasonic's P2 broadcast workflow and production technology with GlobeCast's Media Sharing Platforms (MSP). The agreement will result in strong compatibility between the technology, software and media asset management platforms that facilitate the seamless exchange of content among broadcast professionals.

This global partnership will drive the development of specialised players and new interfaces between Panasonic's P2-enabled hardware and GlobeCast's software and MSP, allowing major broadcast clients to benefit from a unified technology environment. In the newsgathering field, for example, the product synergy resulting from the companies' agreement will allow P2 camcorder users in the field to ingest footage directly to a GlobeCast distribution platform at the TV studio. Continued development of this technology partnership will enable the GlobeCast MSP to go a step further, reading and extracting the metadata wrapped in a P2 file in order to populate an intelligent database and automatically reference the associated video content. The result will be a streamlined workflow from acquisition through worldwide distribution and archiving.

GlobeCast's Media Sharing Platforms combines the best of the company's unique expertise in core networks, content acquisition, and content delivery with the advanced media asset management software ( Manreo ) and integrated archive manager (Hypercast Warehouse ) offered by its subsidiary NETIA. Designed to simplify the cataloguing, indexing, archiving, accessing, and distribution of media, Manreo helps to maximize productivity gains in asset management and the use of rich media, whether broadcast or repurposed and published to platforms such as Web portals and mobile devices.

Working with Panasonic P2 cameras and the GlobeCast MSP with Manreo software, the camera operator will be able to mark key files and scenes with icons to help production staff back at the station identify crucial scenes, thus saving time in post-production. The camera's ability to send in/out points, playlists, and low-res proxy versions in advance of full-resolution video clips enables managing directors to make the most of available bandwidth, to create rushes or edit decision lists quickly, or to publish video to a catalog with minimal delay.

Welcoming the deal, Jaume Rey, Director of Panasonic PBITS, said, " Eighty percent of broadcasters in Europe who have expressed an interest in migrating to a tapeless solution have selected Panasonic's P2 technology over other alternatives. In pursuing this partnership with a global content management company such as GlobeCast, we will continue to reinforce the value of P2 as a true IT-based solution which eliminates the need for tape and enhances the speed and efficiency of the production process."

Christian Pinon, GlobeCast Chairman and CEO, said: " The integration of Panasonic's innovative P2 technology with the GlobeCast MSP, including NETIA's robust Manreo digital media asset management software, supports a workflow-oriented, end-to-end delivery concept tailored to the specific requirements of broadcasters and production houses. By enabling a high degree of flexibility in managing media across this workflow, our technology partnership simplifies operations, enhances access to and handling of media, and significantly speeds time to air or market."

About GlobeCast

GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, is the leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery.

The company operates a secure global satellite and fibre network to manage and transport 10 million hours of video and other rich media each year, providing ingest, aggregation, transmission and repurposing of content for delivery to direct-to-home satellite platforms; cable, IPTV, mobile and broadband headends; as well as corporate and digital signage networks. GlobeCast's fleet of SNG trucks is deployed globally to support coverage of the biggest news and sporting events each year in SD and HDTV formats.

Borders are non-existent when it comes to GlobeCast's services, thanks to the company's 12 teleports and technical operations centres as well as its 18 offices in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia.

About Panasonic

The Panasonic Corporation is a world leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a broad range of consumer, commercial and industrial applications. The company, based in Osaka, Japan, reported net consolidated earnings of 7 770 billion Japanese yen (roughly 78.4 billion American dollars) for the financial year ending 31 March 2009. The company is listed on the Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE: PC) stock exchanges. More information on Panasonic, the company and brand, can be found at the website http://panasonic.net

About PBITS

Panasonic's Professional & Broadcast IT Systems Business Unit is part of Panasonic Audio Visual and Computer Systems Europe (PAVCSE), a division of Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH. The company is a leader in the development of video formats and core products for broadcast and professional AV, including camera-recorders, video recorders, monitors and mixers. Panasonic's P2HD systems provide the reliability of solid-state production with immediate connectivity to existing IT infrastructures, allowing for completely IT workflows. www.panasonic-broadcast.com

RFO Extends NETIA Installation to Enhance Management, Archiving, and Distribution of Audio and Video

Integration of Manreo Media Asset Management Software Provides Foundation for Efficient Storage, Repurposing, and Multiplatform Delivery of Media.

CLARET, France - July 21, 2009 - NETIA today announced that Réseau France Outre-mer (French Overseas Network, or RFO), a subsidiary of the Group France Television, is installing the company's Manreo media asset management (MAM) solution to simplify file and archive management of content at the broadcaster's Paris headquarters and nine regional production centers. Manreo is being integrated with RFO's acquisition, production, automation, and storage applications to store and enrich audio, video, and still images and subsequently facilitate the publishing of content through various delivery platforms.

" We have a strong and longstanding relationship with NETIA, having successfully deployed the company's Radio-Assist across our operations," said Christian Augereau, technical director at RFO. " As we look to leverage our media assets more effectively and more fully across our broadcast channels and newer distribution outlets, Manreo provides an intelligent solution that engages well with our existing systems. Only NETIA was able to propose a two-tier plan that we could implement - first to enrich and archive digital content and then publish it from the same application and interface."

One of the most advanced television and radio networks in the world, RFO distributes 17 television channels from its head office in Paris to French-speaking territories located tens of thousands of kilometers from one another. The broadcaster's regional production facilities are connected by satellite and ADSL around the clock, thus supporting the exchange of programs and news (both radio and TV) in real time.

RFO already has equipped its radio stations with NETIA's Radio-Assist digital audio software. Now, with the integration of Manreo, RFO will gain increased productivity in the management and use of rich audio and video, which can then be easily repurposed and published to multiple platforms including mobiles devices, IPTV, and Web portals.

Manreo is being installed across RFO in two phases, the first addressing file management and archiving and the second phase will address publishing of media. During the first stage, the software will ingest high-resolution content, generate low-resolution proxies for indexing, leverage its integrated speech-to-text capability to turn dialog into searchable text, and enable browsing of content and access to high-resolution files for editing with the Avid and Apple edit systems at seven different RFO sites.

In the second phase of installation, Manreo will be extended to publish media through its Hypercast Warehouse tool, which can be used to manage audio, video, or images in all file formats (MXF, XDCAM, mpeg 4, mpeg 2, wmv, etc.). Built-in monitoring tools will provide operators with current updates as to the status of asset restoration, transcoding of specific media to the appropriate format, and publishing of content to the target platform.

VIDITEC to Exhibit NETIA Solutions at CAPER 2009

NETIA at CAPER 2009:

28-30 October ; Buenos Aires - Argentina

Manreo:

CAPER this year, NETIA will demonstrate Manreo 2, the latest version of its Manreo media asset management (MAM) system which includes powerful new automation and archiving tools to streamline workflow and simply and efficiently repurpose and broadcast content assets to multiple platforms.

Designed with an open, scalable architecture, Manreo 2 has all the tools needed to simplify the cataloging, indexing, accessing and distribution of media. Manreo 2 is designed to maximize productivity gains in asset management and the use of rich media, which in turn can be repurposed and published to platforms such as Web portals and mobile devices. The solution supports all industry-standard formats, ingesting content, generating browse proxies, enriching media through speech-to-text functionality, and providing easy access to media.

Manreo 2 Incorporates NETIA Workflow Engine

Manreo 2 now incorporates the new NETIA Workflow Engine , designed to allow media companies to easily visualize, create and execute their own workflow. NETIA Workflow Engine facilitates and harmonizes exchanges between all existing applications found in a broadcast environment. Accessed via a user-friendly graphic interface, NETIA Workflow Engine orders tasks to optimize efficiency and load balancing, automates content distribution processes, and includes a security warning and notification system.

Radio-Assist 8.0

At CAPER, NETIA will also highlight its Radio-Assist 8.0 range of digital audio automation software, first introduced this year at NAB in Las Vegas. Radio-Assist 8.0 gives instant access to all types of media, archived or online. Regardless of the storage medium, items can be previewed and restored for repurposing and distribution, both for broadcasting and for multi-platform distribution.

By interfacing with NETIA's Media Asset Management system, Radio-Assist 8.0 also responds efficiently to the needs of media groups having to manage and share video, audio, images, and text throughout their entities.

More information about NETIA and its products is available at www.netia.com.

About Viditec

Viditec has been serving the needs of the broadcast, corporate, educational, and communications markets since its founding in 1980. From its 3,400-square-meter Buenos Aires headquarters, which incorporates offices, technical facilities, training rooms, and an expansive product showroom, Viditec provides its customers with experienced sales, support, and engineering services.

NETIA Expands Latin America Presence With New Argentina Distributor Viditec S.A.

Viditec S.A. as the company's distributor in Argentina. Viditec will represent the full range of NETIA solutions for managing media from ingest through to broadcast and distribution. In addition to providing sales, integration services, and support for NETIA customers, Viditec will showcase NETIA solutions at key industry events, including the upcoming CAPER trade show in Buenos Aires from Oct. 28 to 30, 2009.

" We offer solutions built on industry-leading hardware and software systems, and the addition of NETIA's media management products to the Viditec portfolio allows our staff to provide customers with even more powerful workflow solutions tailored to their needs," said Eduardo De Nucci, Sales Director at VIDITEC. " Products that increase efficiency and productivity are always in demand. NETIA's Radio-Assist and Manreo software suites offer users these and other valuable benefits, and we are pleased to be representing these solutions here in Argentina."

Viditec has been serving the needs of the broadcast, corporate, educational, and communications markets since its founding in 1980. From its 3,400-square-meter Buenos Aires headquarters, which incorporates offices, technical facilities, training rooms, and an expansive product showroom, Viditec provides its customers with experienced sales, support, and engineering services.

" Viditec is a distinguished solutions provider within Argentina's broadcast and media industry," said Christophe Carniel, CEO at NETIA. " With strong customer relationships and an excellent reputation for service and support, Viditec is an ideal partner for NETIA as we expand our presence within the Latin American market."

NETIA introduced Manreo 2, Media Asset Management System at IBC2009

Next-Gen Version Incorporates New NETIA Workflow Engine to Support Efficiency, Reliability. Upgrades Hypercast Warehouse Advanced Archiving Features.

CLARET, France - Sept. 21, 2009 - NETIA, a leading provider of software solutions for managing television and radio content, today announced the release of the next version of its Manreo media asset management (MAM) software. The new Manreo 2 adds powerful features to streamline workflow and allow users to simply and efficiently repurpose and broadcast content assets to multiple platforms.

" NETIA's Manreo 2 does everything it takes to help a content owner reap value from assets by supporting the ability to repurpose them either for broadcast or to suit new distribution platforms such as mobile devices," said Yoann Poizeau, product manager at NETIA. " Manreo 2 pushes the system to a new level of efficiency by making it even easier to customize workflow to meet the individual needs of our clients and improve overall efficiency."

Designed with an open, scalable architecture, Manreo 2 has all the tools needed to simplify the cataloging, indexing, archiving, accessing, and distribution of media. Manreo 2 is designed to maximize productivity gains in asset management and the use of rich media, which in turn can be repurposed and published to platforms such as Web portals and mobile devices. The solution supports all industry-standard formats for ingesting content, generating browse proxies, enriching media through speech-to-text functionality, providing easy access to media, and much more.

With this new version, Manreo 2 now incorporates the new NETIA Workflow Engine, designed to allow media companies to easily monitor, create, and execute their own workflows. NETIA Workflow Engine facilitates and harmonizes exchanges between all existing applications found in a broadcast environment. Accessed via a user-friendly graphic interface, NETIA Workflow Engine orders tasks to optimize efficiency and load balancing, automates content distribution processes, and includes a security warning and notification system. NETIA Workflow Engine can also perform automated transcoding and publishing of media and metadata to the Internet, VOD, mobile services, and IPTV.

Manreo 2 also upgrades NETIA's existing Hypercast Warehouse software, a flexible platform entirely dedicated to MAM. This powerful archiving manager at the heart of the system interfaces with ingest, post production, automation, and storage applications. Owing to its adaptive flexibility, Hypercast Warehouse integrates with any environment and can be used to manage audio, video, or images in all file formats (MXF, XDCAM, mpeg 4, mpeg 2, wmv, etc.).

Hypercast Warehouse further turns dialog into searchable text, making video content even more readily available for comprehensive search, access, and retrieval. Because Hypercast Warehouse can restore, partially or completely, designated high-resolution or low-resolution files to editing or playout systems, it simplifies both production and repurposing of stored media.

SMPTE Australia 2009 Show Preview

Visit us at Syncrotech BOOTH # C29 - 21 /24 July - Sydney.

NETIA will be exhibiting at SMPTE Australia 2009 with the Syncrotech Group, NETIA's master distributor for the South Pacific region.

NETIA Products at SMPTE Australia 2009:

a) NEW Radio-Assist 8.0

NETIA Highlights Radio-Assist 8.0 Digital Audio Software:

At SMPTE Australia, NETIA will highlight its new Radio-Assist 8.0 range of digital audio automation software, first introduced this year at NAB in Las Vegas. Radio-Assist 8.0 gives instant access to all types of media, archived or online. Regardless of the storage medium, items can be previewed and restored for repurposing and distribution, both for broadcasting and for multi-platform distribution.

By interfacing with NETIA's Media Asset Management system, Radio-Assist 8.0 also responds efficiently to the needs of media groups having to manage and share video, audio, images, and text throughout their entities.

Equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows, the newest version of NETIA's acclaimed software suite now extends beyond traditional broadcasting by:

• Allowing users to prepare publication at an early stage of the workflow. Publication is prepared at the same level as the on-air thanks to new planning tools.

• Integration with NETIA's Media Asset Management system for all media - video, images, texts, and audio.

• Offering an automatic publishing engine for all media as well as managing associated metadata and linked media.

Radio-Assist 8.0 makes three different types of publishing available to users. With the software's new " Publication " tab, journalists can publish only audio content and its metadata; publish audio and associated media, such as video, text, or images; or prepare a group of items for automatic conversion and publishing to an array of destinations, such as a podcast, posting on the Internet, or delivery to mobile devices.

NETIA's Radio-Assist family of digital audio software programs covers each part of the production and broadcast workflow, allowing users to record, edit, or prepare a playlist. In addition to new browse and publishing tools for full multimedia functionality, the software features tools for acquisition, sound-file editing, commercial and music production, newsroom systems, scheduling, multicasting, administration, and more.

b) Manreo

NETIA will also demonstrate its Manreo software family at the show, designed to maximize productivity gains in media asset management and use of rich media, which can then be repurposed and published to multiple platforms including mobile devices. At the heart of Manreo is an archiving tool that interfaces with a wide range of production, automation/playout, and storage and ingest systems for efficient handling of video, audio, images, and text with support for all industry-standard formats (MXF, XDCam, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, .wmv).

Manreo ingests content in high resolution and converts it automatically to a low-resolution proxy used to index the video and its content. Speech-to-text functionality further enriches the media by turning dialog into searchable text. Manreo's Warehouse Web module provides easy access to media, allowing operators to share and preview content through a convenient Web-based interface.

By restoring required high-resolution files to editing systems, such as Avid®, or to playout systems, Manreo simplifies production and repurposing of stored media. Manreo also supports automated transcoding and publishing of media and metadata to the Internet, VOD, mobile services, and IPTV. An integrated monitoring tool updates the operator as to the status of the restoration, transcoding to the appropriate format, and publishing of media to the target platform.

Warehouse Web 2:

NETIA will also highlight its Warehouse Web Version 2.0 audio and video broadcast and display platform that can provide new services and revenue opportunities for Manreo users. This full-featured software solution provides companies with a system for centralizing, sharing, and viewing audio, image, and video archives, and broadcasting them across multiple distribution channels (Web portals, mobile devices, ADSL, etc.). Because Warehouse Web 2.0 has been developed using the REST (Representational State Transfer) architecture and includes Xml Web Services, it now offers up to four easy-to-use interfaces, making it more ergonomic and powerful.

Warehouse Web's Catalog Interface offers Manreo users a global view of all files and metadata, along with more powerful searches. The Terminology Interface manages the thesaurus and allows users to add, delete, and modify words and interaction between words. The Media Interface manages the storage of both audio and video files. Using this interface, users can view various files and file format support. Finally, Warehouse Web's Monitoring Interface lets the user track file conversion and publishing workflows to various platforms including mobile phones.

Workflow Engine:

NETIA Workflow Engine has a user friendly interface. It allows defining one or several chained actions to set up different workflows. These actions will be automatically executed even if they are related to heterogeneous systems (HSM systems for archiving, editing solutions for post production, speech to text solutions, content publishing to websites, mobile platforms, and VOD.).

Company Overview:

NETIA is a leading provider of software solutions for managing and broadcasting television and radio content and is a major player in the digital broadcast arena. The company's three product ranges, Radio-Assist TM (audio), Manreo TM (video) and OpenNet TM (audio and video), allow content holders to manage all of their processes from ingest to multiplatform broadcasting over terrestrial channels, the Internet, mobile devices, and other channels.

NETIA's products are found in more than 40 countries worldwide, with 10,000-plus users in more than 200 installations including: The Associated Press, Minnesota Public Radio, WNEM (Meredith Group), WQXR and WOUB in the United States; ABC and SBS in Australia; BBC Monitoring and British Sky Broadcasting in the United Kingdom; Italy's RAI and Radio Vaticana; HRT in Croatia; RTM Malaysia; VOV in Vietnam; Mediacorp in Singapore; RTBF in Belgium, MOI South Africa; Kiss FM in Korea; RFI, Radio France, TF1, Canal+, France Televisions in France. The company has its headquarters in Claret, France, with offices in the United States, Paris, Rome, and Sydney, in addition to a global network of professional distribution partners.

About Syncrotech Group:

Since being established in 1982, the Syncrotech Group has set the standard for professional service and commitment in the Australasian audio/video industry. With practical experience in all facets of the recording, broadcast, concert, and post-production film and television industries, Syncrotech is able to offer the knowledge and ability to design, install and service high technology facilities for the new millennium.

NETIA at BroadcastAsia 2009

a) NEW Radio-Assist 8.0

NETIA Unveils Radio-Assist

NETIA will highlight its new Radio-Assist

BroadcastAsia 2009. Equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows, the newest version of NETIA's acclaimed software suite now extends beyond traditional broadcasting by:

• Allowing users to prepare publication at an early stage of the workflow. Publication is prepared at the same level as the on-air thanks to new planning tools.

• Integration with NETIA's Media Asset Management system for all media - video, images, texts, and audio.

• Offering an automatic publishing engine for all media, as well as managing associated metadata and linked media.

Radio-Assist

By interfacing with NETIA's Media Asset Management system, Radio-Assist

Radio-Assist

Publication" tab, journalists can publish only audio content and its metadata; publish audio and associated media, such as video, text, or images; or prepare a group of items for automatic conversion and publishing to an array of destinations, such as a podcast, posting on the Internet, or delivery to mobile devices.

NETIA's Radio-Assist

b) Manreo

NETIA will also demonstrate its Manreo

Manreo

Warehouse Web module provides easy access to media, allowing operators to share and preview content through a convenient Web-based interface.

By restoring required high-resolution files to editing systems, such as Avid®, or to playout systems, Manreo

Warehouse Web 2.0:

NETIA will highlight its Warehouse Web Version 2.0 audio and video broadcast and display platform that can provide new services and revenue opportunities for Manreo

Warehouse Web 2.0 has been developed using the REST (Representational State Transfer) architecture and includes Xml Web Services, it now offers up to four easy-to-use interfaces, making it more ergonomic and powerful.

Warehouse Web's Catalog Interface offers Manreo

Workflow Engine:

NETIA Workflow Engine has a user friendly interface. It allows defining one or several chained actions to set up different workflows. These actions will be automatically executed even if they are related to heterogeneous systems (HSM systems for archiving, editing solutions for post-production, speech-to-text solutions, content publishing to Web sites, mobile platforms, VOD, and many more).

c) OpenNET

U-Share:

NETIA's U-Share network management system, as part of the company's OpenNet TM Range, has been integrated into Radio-Assist TM

U-Share automates the exchange of content over the latest transmission platforms - IP transport or DVB video transport - for easy management of content distribution to the right place, at the right time. Other content exchanges can be organized according to priority with flexible options for setting and modifying transmission schedules. U-Share optimizes the exchange of video and audio content through autonomous and automatic management of its transport network. For each transfer request in a given time slot, U-Share offers the best solution for the current network congestion, thus considerably reducing transfer costs.

NodalMaster:

Also as part of the OpenNet TM Range, NETIA will be highlighting its NodalMaster full-featured software solution for controlling all the routing and processing equipment in a nodal suite, from audio and video program schedules to audio and video tuning equipment, monitoring devices, etc. NodalMaster provides users with a single interface for controlling all this equipment while enabling them to make links or switching from any source to any target.

IP Server Modules:

In the spotlight at the BroadcastAsia 2009 show are NETIA's new IP Recorder and IP Player modules for OpenNet TM. These two new software modules allow OpenNET users to simplify the acquisition and distribution of IP-based content.

The IP Recorder and IP Player modules reduce the complexity of taking SDI video from the camera to editing by eliminating the need for a video server. A simple file server and a facility's existing architecture can instead be leveraged for acquisition and delivery of digital video. The IP Recorder streamlines acquisition of SDI content, accepting the encoded IP stream and delivering media to the file server, where it is available for editing, archiving, and autoindexation. The elimination of the video recorder, video grid, and video encoder reduces overall costs and supports a fast, completely digital workflow with more timely delivery of rushes and replays of live content with delay. A simple computer system can be used for review and quality control.

NETIA Simplifies Multiplatform Media Publishing With Launch of Radio-Assist 8.0

CLARET, France - March 24, 2009 - NETIA today announced that it will introduce Radio-Assist 8.0 at the 2009 NAB Show. This latest version of the company's popular Radio-Assist suite of digital audio software programs has been enhanced with a range of innovative new tools designed to facilitate smooth end-to-end workflows in the delivery of media via both traditional broadcast channels and multiplatform distribution.

" By automating the process of publishing media and associated metadata, Radio-Assist 8.0 gives content owners and distributors a streamlined means of building multiplatform delivery into their existing workflows," said Christophe Carniel, CEO at NETIA. " The interfacing of Radio-Assis 8.0 with our Manreo media asset management system further simplifies operations for media groups by facilitating the enrichment of metadata and sharing of video, audio, images, and text throughout their operations."

Radio-Assist 8.0 features new planning tools that allow users to prepare publication of media early in the workflow, much as they would create an on-air playlist for over-the-air broadcasts. An automatic publishing engine streamlines publishing of media to the appropriate target while managing metadata and linked media.

Three different types of publishing are available to users. Within Radio-Assist 8.0 a new "Publication" tab allows journalists to publish audio-only content and its metadata; publish audio and associated media, such as video, text, or images; or prepare a group of items for automatic conversion and publishing to an array of destinations, including podcasts, Internet postings, or delivery to mobile devices.

Through integration with NETIA's Manreo media asset management system, Radio-Assist 8.0 also provides users with instant access to all types of media, whether archived or online. As a result, media ranging from audio and video to images and text is available for immediate review and can subsequently be restored for repurposing and delivery to broadcast and/or broadband/mobile channels.

NETIA's Radio-Assist 8.0 suite of digital audio software programs covers each part of the production and broadcast workflow, allowing users to record, edit, or prepare a playlist. In addition to new browse and publishing tools for full multimedia functionality, the software features tools for acquisition, sound-file editing, commercial and music production, newsroom systems, scheduling, multicasting, administration, and more.

NETIA Grows Middle East Business With Installation for Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture and Information

CLARET, France - Feb. 9, 2009 - NETIA today announced that its business in the Middle East broadcast market has grown significantly over the past year through key installations of the company's television and radio content management solutions. Among these high-profile projects is an installation for the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture and Information ( MOCI), awarded to the Stesa-Thomson consortium.

NETIA played a key role in this project, not only providing MOCI with the tools necessary to restore, digitize, and preserve audiovisual media of cultural and historical importance, but also ensuring the interoperability of media management systems across this complex installation. To support this installation in Riyadh, NETIA, through the Stesa-Thomson consortium, interfaced its system with a full backup storage system provided by EMC2 in Jeddah. The archives will include 200,000 analog tapes from Riyadh Radio, 290,000 analog tapes from Jeddah Radio, and nearly 7,000 analog tapes from Dammam. To accommodate this volume of material, MOCI will use 24 ingest systems.

Preservation of national archives is a primary concern of MOCI, and the equipment supplied by NETIA provides the high level of quality MOCI desired for preserving and digitizing audio assets. The equipment and process proposed by the Stesa-Thomson consortium, including NETIA, have received the quality certification of INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel), a world leader in the archiving, digitization, and safeguard of audiovisual assets.

NETIA Grows Middle East Business With Arabic-Language Radio-Assist Installation for Radio Riyadh

CLARET, France - Feb. 25, 2009 - NETIA today announced that the company's business in the Middle East broadcast market has grown significantly over the past year, with key installations of the company's television and radio content management solutions. Among these high-profile projects is an installation for Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's national radio station.

NETIA, together with its local partner Jamal Jaroudi Group, completed the second phase of this project in a full installation incorporating 15 on-air and recording studios, along with extra studios that serve as backup in the case of an emergency; a total of 65 editing workstations; and six archiving workstations. The interface for the complete Radio-Assist system at Radio Riyadh is in full Arabic.

This instance of a Radio-Assist installation features NETIA's Media Management , which handles the circulation of data (metadata and sound data) to ensure that files are always available at the right place, at the right time, for different activities, such as production, broadcast, and archiving. Radio Riyadh's archives rely on NETIA's Archive software, which directs media storage on SAN hard disks.

NETIA guarantees the reliability of Radio Riyadh's archives with its DB-Share software, which ensures systematic synchronous redundancy of all the metadata the system produces and protects the consistency of database content. Because databases are automatically synchronized, either may serve as a backup in the event of a fault. The system is unusual in that its stored audio assets contain embedded metadata, rather than maintaining that information in a separate file. For staff at the station, this approach allows easy retrieval of data SAN-based archives.

Read the previous new about Radio Riyadh.