NETIA 2010 Success

CLARET, France - March 28, 2011 - NETIA today announced that 2010 represented the company's best year yet, despite the chilling effect of the challenging economic climate. Significant gains in revenue, new hires in executive and engineering roles, and the extension of its content management system (CMS) to a broader client base all position the company for further growth in 2011.

"We're already seeing the benefit of the past year's success," said Christophe Carniel, NETIA CEO and president. "The influx of customer orders shows that we'll soon be deploying product across a broader range of industries and geographic regions, and our growing engineering and sales teams are working to ensure we can deliver the robust solutions required by our expanding customer base."

In 2010 NETIA realized a 47-percent increase in revenue compared with 2009, and this growth was the direct result of the company's success in the media asset management (MAM) market. As a GlobeCast subsidiary, NETIA has been able to leverage synergies in marketing, sales, and deployment, in turn bringing more comprehensive solutions to more customers more efficiently.
Engineering staff at NETIA's Claret headquarters increased substantially over 2010, as many of the company's 22 new hires are developers in R&D. In 2011, the company has continued to hire in key positions, adding five new staff in the first two months of the year.

Collaboration between R&D staff at NETIA and GlobeCast will also fuel corporate growth, enabling rapid product development and faster time to market for new features and functionality.

Critical product developments in 2010 included an interface that connects NETIA's industry-leading Radio-Assist^TM 8 digital audio software suite with its new CMS, thus providing customers with complementary solutions for streamlined management and delivery of audio and video assets.

Further refinement of the CMS, originally commissioned by France Telecom Orange, will enable NETIA to deliver custom solutions to organizations including the Belgian National Archives, TV Centre in Russia, the BBC, and Bollywood network B4U among others. As the media industry's convergence continues, the flexibility of Radio-Assist and NETIA's CMS enable the company to meet broadcasters' and telcos' needs with agile solutions that integrate and interface well with their existing systems.

NETIA used 2010 to extend not only the functionality of its products, but also the reach of its distribution network. The company targeted Latin America and Eastern Europe, and today fully trained distributors are representing NETIA products in those regions, complemented by the GlobeCast network of distributors.

NETIA Teams Up With Memnon to Enhance the Ingest, Indexing, and Enrichment of Digital Media

Integration of Memnon Pre-Indexing and Cataloging Tool With NETIA CMS Automates Key Tasks and Simplifies Management of Digital Archives

CLARET, France - Feb. 3, 2011 - NETIA today announced the integration of Memnon's IPI-Manager and IPI-Editor with the NETIA Content Management System (CMS), designed to meet media companies' end-to-end media management and distribution needs.

These powerful tools allow documentalists and cataloguers, after automated pre-indexation and segmentation, to identify and isolate extracts while analyzing them, to describe each of these extracts precisely, and to import documented files into the heart of the distribution system.

Equipped with Memnon's solution for automating the indexing of digital media files, the NETIA CMS simplifies the task of preserving, managing, and accessing content within rapidly growing digital libraries.

"In managing the content distribution workflow, the NETIA CMS helps content owners to maximize the value of content more easily and efficiently across a broader range of target platforms," said Michel Merten, managing director at Memnon. "The integration of our technology at the front end of this workflow simplifies metadata enrichment and, in turn, adds value throughout subsequent media processing, repurposing, and distribution tasks."

As the NETIA CMS ingests content from a variety of sources, Memnon's IPI tool streamlines cataloging and indexing through functions including audio segmentation; automatic speech-to-text transcription; speaker identification, detection, and tracking; video scene detection; caption and logo detection; and fingerprinting. By automating these functions, the system reduces the time required to add audio, video, and related metadata to digital libraries and allows archivists to focus more attention on content analysis and processing. The metadata collected through segmentation and precise description of media enables fast, powerful searches of stored content.

The NETIA CMS also supports management and preparation of content for delivery, performing metadata extraction, transcoding, quality checking, image processing, and subtitle management. In managing the entire workflow, the CMS leverages the NETIA Workflow Engine to organize media management processes, harmonize exchanges between different applications, handle prioritization across the system, and automate content distribution processes. To streamline content delivery itself, the CMS provides tools for content packaging, metadata tagging, and rights management, with workflow-supervision guiding these processes. Configurable rules govern the delivery of content to specific service providers and numerous platforms ranging from VOD to set-top box, catch-up TV, and Internet news portals.

"Memnon's archiving tools have been adopted by renowned institutions including the British Library, Bournemouth University, the Ensemble intercontemporain, and Cité de la Musique in France, as well as SONUMA (RTBF) in Belgium. Now we're pleased to be extending their utility to the growing base of NETIA CMS users," said Yoann Poizeau, product director at NETIA. "While content is valuable in and of itself, content owners can only leverage their assets fully if they maintain well-indexed, easily searchable digital media libraries. The integration of Memnon technology with our CMS makes this easier than ever."

About Memnon Archiving Services

Memnon's mission is to be the trusted partner of organizations for the digital preservation and accessibility of audiovisual and cultural archives. Offices and studios in Belgium and Sweden make the company one of Europe's key players in the archiving field. Memnon offers archive owners a range of services for digitizing, restoring, preserving, and providing access to classic and current sound and video recordings in any format. Memnon's service is suitable for a wide range of customers, from cultural institutions, libraries, and universities to record labels and private collectors. The company provides a professional, high-quality, and cost-effective service that combines innovative techniques, in-depth experience of audiovisual processing and databases, professional research in archiving standards, and optimized production processes. More information is available at www.memnon.eu.

About NETIA

NETIA, a GlobeCast company, is a leading provider of software solutions that enable efficient management and delivery of content to today's full array of media platforms. Relied on by more than 10,000 users in 200 installations in more than 40 countries, NETIA solutions allow content producers and owners to manage content from ingest to delivery, targeting multiplatform outlets including the Internet, VOD, IPTV services, and mobile devices.

NETIA provides content management solutions to major radio and television brands and multimedia groups around the world, and recent wins have made the company a significant new player in the telco market, as well. Clients include BSkyB, RAI Italy, Radio Riyadh, France Telecom/Orange, RTM Malaysia, Mediacorp Singapore, Radio France, the Associated Press, France Televisions, and L'Équipe 24/24. NETIA has its headquarters in France, with offices in the United States, Paris, Rome, and Sydney, in addition to a global network of professional distribution partners.

Memnon website.

NETIA CABSAT Broadcast conference

Maintaining Efficient Media Management in a Multiplatform Market

The NETIA CABSAT Broadcast conference will run on 9 February, at 3.00 pm.

The rise of a multiplatform market, in which the traditional broadcast and telecommunications sectors are converging, has put new demands on content producers and providers. Vital to their success is the ability to maintain efficient media management even as production and delivery processes target an expanding array of platforms and devices. This presentation will discuss how, rather than implement multiple parallel processes for preparing and delivering content, operators can use a single content management system (CMS) to establish a unified and streamlined model supporting multiplatform publishing.

Using France's Orange as an example, this session will examine how a CSM can be deployed to manage an end-to-end workflow, organizing media management processes, harmonizing exchanges between different applications, handling prioritization across the system, and automating content distribution processes. In supporting these processes, the CMS also can provide tools for content packaging, metadata tagging, and rights management, with workflow-supervision guiding these processes. The session will address the requirements ­ including compatibility, interoperability, scalability, and ease of use ­ a media company should expect of a CMS, and it will conclude with a discussion of how a CMS can be configured to simplify the delivery of content to specific service providers and numerous platforms ranging from VOD to set-top box, catch-up TV, and Internet news portals.

Speaker Bio

 

Yoann Poizeau is Product Director at NETIA.

He has been with the Company for over ten years developing world-class media asset management solutions used by leading brands globally across the digital broadcast arena.

In his role with NETIA, Poizeau manages major projects for broadcasters, telcos and other media companies.

He holds a degree in engineering.

NETIA Extends Deployed Base in Africa With Radio-Assist Installation at Radio Television Burkina

RTB Selects Radio-Assist Software Suite to Streamline Broadcast Workflow and Enable Digitization and Preservation of National Audio Archives

CLARET, France - Jan. 5, 2011 - NETIA today announced that Radio Television Burkina (RTB), the national public broadcaster and principal media outlet in Burkina Faso, has installed the NETIA Radio-Assist^TM 8 suite of digital audio software to support its broadcast workflow from start to finish. Installed just before the 50^th anniversary celebration of the country's independence, the Radio-Assist system not only streamlines operations at RTB, but also enables the broadcaster to digitize, migrate, and preserve Burkina Faso's tape-based national audio archives in a secure, easy-to-access digital archive.

"While we are most confident in the power of NETIA's software functionality we have also been most impressed by the on-site training the company provided to our staff," said Ouezen Louis Oulon, Managing Director at RTB. "Local training in the use and management of a sophisticated broadcast solution is an extremely valuable part of this installation, and NETIA was very proactive in working with staff here in Ouagadougou to commission the system and ensure our personnel could operate the system autonomously."

The Radio-Assist 8 range of digital audio software programs covers the entire operation of a radio station, addressing acquisition, sound file editing, commercial and music production, scheduling, multicasting, data security, and administration.

"RTB's installation of Radio-Assist 8 represents another in a growing base of NETIA deployments across Africa," said Mus Rezzoug, product director at NETIA. "As broadcasters across the continent look to improve daily broadcast operations and to preserve and repurpose treasured historical media, Radio-Assist provides a complete and scalable solution, along with expert training and support."

BES India 2011 Show Preview

NETIA Exhibiting under the French Pavilion - Booth # 81-86, Hall 12A.

24th, 25th, 26th February 2011 - New Delhi - India.

NETIA at BES India 2011:

NETIA together with parent company GlobeCast offer solutions that are at the heart of the convergence between the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors, with efficient, flexible and effective technologies that empower multiplatform delivery, growing volumes of on-demand audio and video content and multiple content formats. At BES India, the company will secure its position as an integrator of broadcast and telecommunications technology and a leading service provider.

NETIA products at BES India 2011:

Radio-Assist^TM 8

NETIA will showcase its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software at BES India 2011. 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, 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.

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.

Radio-Assist is now also integrated with NETIA's Content Management System (CMS), offering an automatic publishing engine for all media as well as managing associated metadata and linked media. By interfacing with NETIA's Media Asset Management system, Radio-Assist 8 responds efficiently to the needs of media groups having to manage and share video, audio, images, and text throughout their entities.

Radio-Assist 8 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.

Radio-Assist 8 makes three different types of publishing available to users. With the software's new "Publication" tab, journalists can 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, such as a podcast, posting on the Internet, or delivery to mobile devices.

Content Management System (CMS)

At BES India 2011, NETIA will also highlight its new Content Management System(CMS) that was first introduced at IBC 2010. CMS allows NETIA customers to globally streamline all of their production processes thanks to simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation. The new software suite also allows users to connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets.

Users can now manage all of the processes within the production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through one unique and easy to use interface. The new web-based interface, built on Silverlight technology, allows for more performance and greater security.

CMS provides for ingest and quality control; metadata extraction and tagging; search, browse and low-res proxy generation; integration with key 3^rd party systems including QA, tape/disk-based archive, non-linear editing, playout and traffic automation; and Multiplatform Delivery to Mobile TV, VoD/Catch Up TV, IPTV, Web Streaming, HD and SD distribution platforms.

GlobeCast and NETIA at CABSAT 2011

Demonstration to show content value chain from Media Asset Management to satellite, fiber and internet delivery.

Paris and Claret, France, 4 January 2011 - GlobeCast and NETIA will be co-exhibiting once more at CABSAT, 1-3 February 2011 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Hall S1 Booth A11, to display their products and services for broadcasters, content creators and other players in the content value chain.

The theme of the booth will be technologies for multiplatform delivery. Together the two companies will introduce technologies that reach the whole broadcast chain from contribution to playout and delivery. Demonstrations of content management systems and web TV will be among the solutions highlighted at the booth.

Products on display at GlobeCast/NETIA Booth A11

Content Management System (CMS)

At CABSAT 2011, GlobeCast and NETIA will highlight the new Content Management System (CMS), that was first introduced at IBC 2010. CMS allows customers to globally streamline all of their production processes thanks to simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation. The new software suite also allows users to connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets. Users can now manage all of the processes within the production environment from editing through post and distribution with one unique, and easy to use interface. The new web-based interface, built on Silverlight technology, allows for more performance and greater security.

Radio-Assist^TM 8

NETIA will also showcase its Radio-Assist 8 range of digital audio automation software at CABSAT 2011. 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, 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. 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.

Web TV

GlobeCast is well known for distributing to satellite and cable platforms around the world, but now broadcast clients can distribute their content to a myriad of devices via the web! Live demonstrations will show just how easy this is.

NETIA and GlobeCast offer solutions that are at the heart of the convergence between the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors, with efficient, flexible and effective technologies that empower multiplatform delivery, growing volumes of on-demand audio and video content and multiple content formats.

More information on NETIA CABSAT Broadcast conference.

NETIA Supports CineCast Innovative Platform for Connecting French Film Heritage With Social Networks

CLARET, France - December 10, 2010 - NETIA today announced that its R&D team is leading the CINECAST project intended to promote France's film heritage, facilitate its discovery and contributions to it by the public, and explore new cultural practices. As the French government focuses on the digitization of educational media, the CINECAST platform will develop a suite of generic and innovative tools aimed at all content suppliers of the digital age: video-sharing sites, subscription program packages, archives, libraries; and VoD, TV, and social media sites.

"Today's video-sharing tools and social media sites provide an exciting new way for audiences to engage with media from France's rich film history," said Vincent Puig, from IRI (French Institute for Research and Innovation). "The powerful array of media and metadata management tools provided by NETIA will be vital to our success in involving the public in a richer, more dynamic experience of watching, discussing, and interacting with media."

CINECAST brings together 17 research laboratories, cultural institutions, and technology and content companies in an unprecedented consortium. The project is designed to move audiences toward film-focused social media and on video-sharing sites, facilitate VOD broadcasting over the Web or IPTV on a pay-as-you-go or subscription basis, enable selective broadcasting in digital cinemas, and support new programs and educational and library services. Within the platform being developed, NETIA's Media Asset Management system will simplify the indexing, browsing, management, archiving, and distribution of media.

"As CINECAST industrializes the process of making digital media readily available via social networks and various Web-based portals, we can offer a range of intuitive media and metadata management tools that streamline this process," said Florent Barbare, R&D Project Manager, at NETIA. "We're very pleased to be playing a central role in this effort to educate and engage media consumers and film fans across France."

With the help of NETIA for end-to-end media management of even the most complex content distribution environments, CINECAST will be positioned to leverage the editorial and document engineering know-how of the main French film libraries and of the leading film social medium "AlloCiné", as well as automatic image analysis technologies and social engineering tools, to establish new media practices and services and to stimulate new individual and collective film experiences.

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

About CINECAST

The CINECAST project is a 36-month R&D project with a budget of 8 million euros. The project is jointly funded by its 17 partners out of their own capital, and by a pool of public backers within the FUI (French Interministerial Funding) program for the "competitiveness clusters", represented by CapDigital and Imaginove. Also involving the French Ministry for the Economy (General Directorate for Competitiveness / Industry / Services), Ile-de-France region, Mairie de Paris, Department of Val de Marne. Technical and institutional partners also include GlobeCast (France Telecom/Orange), Exalead, IRI, Liris/CNRS, List/CEA, Jamespot, BNF, Bibliothèque Centre Pompidou, La Cinémathèque Française, Forum des Images, INA, ALLOCINE, lesite.tv, Vodkaster.com, UniversCiné, Telecom Paris Tech.

More information is available at http://cinecast.fr

IBC Report

AMSTERDAM: 50,462 people have attended IBC, a new record and a rise of 4 percent over 2010.

"Everyone knows that the industry is changing," said Michael Crimp, CEO of IBC. "Audiences are being pulled in different directions, by immersive experiences like 3D and by multi-platform content as consumers use tablets and smartphones even while they are watching television. Media companies need to be agile to remain commercially viable, so they need to make intelligent use of technology."

IBC this year featured more than 1,300 exhibitors in 13 halls, making it the largest ever in terms of display space.

As in past years, the conference was built around four streams: Added Value, Technological Advancements, Content Creation and Innovation and the Business of Broadcasting.

By comparison, the April NAB show in Las Vegas drew 92,708 visitors this year.

NETIA at Mediatech 2011

NETIA Exhibiting With SoundFusion / Booth B3 / 20 - 22 July - South Africa

About NETIA

NETIA is a leading provider of software solutions that enable efficient management and delivery of content to today's full array of media platforms. Relied on by more than 10,000 users in 200 installations in more than 40 countries, NETIA solutions allow content producers and owners to manage content from ingest to delivery, targeting multiplatform outlets including the Internet, VOD, IPTV services, and mobile devices.

NETIA provides content management solutions to major radio and television brands and multimedia groups around the world, and recent wins have made the company a significant new player in the telco market as well. Clients include BSkyB, RAI Italy, Radio Riyadh, France Telecom/Orange, RTM Malaysia, Mediacorp, Radio France, the Associated Press, France Televisions, RTL, and L'Équipe 24/24. NETIA has its headquarters in France, with offices in the United States, Paris, Rome, and Singapore, in addition to a global network of professional distribution partners.

NETIA at Mediatech 2011

Visitors to Mediatech this year will find NETIA in the SoundFusion booth #B3. NETIA, together with its local master distributor for South Africa, Sound Fusion will demonstrate its entire Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software. The company will also illustrate the tight integration between Radio-Assist and NETIA's Content Management System.

Radio-Assist 8

NETIA will showcase its Radio-Assist 8 range of digital audio automation software at Mediatech this year. Integrated with the company's Content Management System (CMS), the new Radio Assist 8 is equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows. This newest version of NETIA's acclaimed software suite now extends beyond traditional broadcasting, allowing users to prepare publication at an early stage in the workflow. Publication is prepared at the same level as on-air content thanks to new planning tools. 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.

At Mediatech, NETIA will also demonstrate the seamless integration between Radio Assist 8 and 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 with the powerful Radio-Assist 8 multimedia workflow management toolset. The MusicMaster playlists are then automatically routed through Radio Assist 8 for playout.

NETIA at SMPTE Australia 2011

Show Preview NETIA Exhibiting With Syncrotech - Booth E24 -

19/22 July

Visitors to SMPTE Australia this year will find NETIA in the Syncrotech booth E24. NETIA will demonstrate its entire Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software. The company will also illustrate the tight integration between Radio-Assist and NETIA's Content Management system.

Radio-Assist 8

 

NETIA will showcase its Radio-Assist 8 range of digital audio automation software at SMPTE Australia this year. Integrated with the company's Content Management System (CMS), the new Radio Assist 8 is equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows. This newest version of NETIA's acclaimed software suite now extends beyond traditional broadcasting, allowing users to prepare publication at an early stage in the workflow. Publication is prepared at the same level as on-air content thanks to new planning tools. 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.

At SMPTE, NETIA will also demonstrate the seamless integration between Radio Assist 8 and 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 with the powerful Radio-Assist 8 multimedia workflow management toolset. The MusicMaster playlists are then automatically routed through Radio Assist 8 for playout.

Argentina's National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts Uses NETIA CMS to Build Digital Archive for Its Broadcast Channel

CLARET, France - June 6th, 2011 - NETIA today announced that Prom TV and system integrator Unitecnic have delivered a NETIA CMS (content management system) to INCAA (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts) TV, the first Argentinean broadcaster to implement all-digital tapeless operations. INCAA promotes and regulates Argentina's film industry by funding film production companies, and its broadcast channel, INCAA TV, is using the NETIA CMS to automate and streamline the ingest, description of content, and archiving of 5,000 hours of Argentine films.

"The NETIA CMS has provided immediate benefits to our operations, allowing us to accelerate ingest and indexing processes while making it easy for staff to add value to the assets we're archiving," said Bruno Gerbasi, communication and marketing manager for the INCAA project. "The scalability of the software solution will provide long-term benefits, as well, as we expand INCAA TV's services beyond traditional broadcast delivery."

The NETIA CMS is a powerful integrated suite of media asset management solutions that together enable users to streamline all of their production processes. Through a single customizable Web-based interface, the NETIA CMS facilitates highly automated, easy-to-manage workflows across the production environment, from ingest and editing through distribution.

At INCAA the NETIA CMS gives archivists a user-friendly interface for rapidly accessing digitized content and enriching it with metadata. In addition to providing significant time savings compared with the organization's previous manual, tape-based model, the new NETIA software-based workflow facilitates smooth incorporation of content into the INCAA HSM archive and supports in-depth searches that improve the broadcaster's use of archived content.

The NETIA CMS interfaces with Rhozet Carbon Coder for transcoding at ingest and also is integrated with INCAA TV's existing Avid systems to enable editing of video content. INCAA TV uses a Vectorbox playout server to take movies and other content to air, and the broadcaster's NETIA software provides a foundation for future distribution of video via other platforms.

Prom TV and Unitecnic, both subsidiaries of Argentina's MediaPro Group, are promoting and distributing the NETIA CMS in Argentina and other Latin American markets. Prom TV already has integrated the NETIA CMS into its own facilities and is running the powerful software solution as a demonstration for all of its clients and prospects.

"Prom TV and Unitecnic were quick to realize the many improvements that the NETIA CMS offers to media organizations, and we're pleased to have these companies representing this solution in Latin American markets," said Stéphane Lefebvre, sales manager, Latin America, at NETIA. "The implementation of the NETIA CMS at Prom is a valuable reference site for potential customers, and the installation at INCAA TV now also demonstrates the enormous efficiency gains made possible by our solution."

NETIA at BroadcastAsia

Visitors to BroadcastAsia this year will find NETIA in the Broadcast Communications International booth 4S3-01. BCI is NETIA's master distributor for Southeast Asia. NETIA will demonstrate its entire Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software. The company will also illustrate the tight integration between Radio-Assist and NETIA's Content Management system.

Radio-Assist 8

 

NETIA will showcase its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software at BroadcastAsia this year. Integrated with the company's Content Management System (CMS), the new Radio Assist 8 is equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows. This newest version of NETIA's acclaimed software suite now extends beyond traditional broadcasting, allowing users to prepare publication at an early stage in the workflow. Publication is prepared at the same level as on-air content thanks to new planning tools. 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.

At BCA, NETIA will also demonstrate the seamless integration between Radio Assist 8 and 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 with the powerful Radio-Assist 8 multimedia workflow management toolset. The MusicMaster playlists are then automatically routed through Radio Assist 8 for playout.

NETIA Enables Russia's "TV Center" to Simplify and Speed Media Access Throughout Its Operations

NETIA's Media Asset Management Solution Connects With All Broadcast Systems to Streamline Broadcaster's Tapeless Workflows

CLARET, France - April 1, 2011 - NETIA today announced that Russia's "TV Center" has selected NETIA software to streamline all of its production processes. Based in Moscow, "TV Center" broadcasts news, sports, and entertainment programming to an audience of more than 96 million viewers throughout 79 regions of Russia, as well as to the "TV Center International" (TVCI) worldwide network.

Supplied by systems integrator Vidau Systems Media, the new installation will allow the broadcaster to simplify the sharing, handling and management of media assets across all "TV Center" operations but also to digitize and archive 28,000 tapes in various formats. Additionally, the NETIA solution will continuously monitor and report on all processes and workflows.

"After considering many systems, we felt NETIA Media Asset Management Solution was the most convenient and user-friendly system capable of interacting with all our existing applications," said Alexey Brusnitskiy, technical director of "TV Center"."We requested a solution that would allow staff to search, find, and easily access and repurpose our digital material, and the NETIA MAM meets these requirements."

"TV Center" is among the first broadcasters in Russia to shift all of its workflows to a tapeless model. Connecting all digital systems - editing, production, archives, and newsroom systems - within the broadcast environment, NETIA will enable "TV Center" to implement intuitive, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation.

The NETIA implementation is set to allow the company to unite separate areas of operation for simpler, faster, and more transparent use of media by all personnel, whether they work in the company's news, post production, production, or on-air complex. In addition to supporting the digitization, preservation, and repurposing of the "TV Center"'s tape-based assets, the NETIA system is designed to enable departments across the company to perform searches across all new and legacy stored content.

"NETIA will provide our client with an easy-to-use solution for extending media access across all of its facilities and departments," said Igor Knyazev from system integrator Vidau Systems Media. "The system not only brings greater speed and efficiency to the company's complex internal operations, but also provides the foundation for 'TV Center's' future roadmap. Equipped with the NETIA solution, 'TV Center' will have the search and rights management tools necessary to make historical archived content readily available to a broader user community."

Bel RTL Streamlines Workflow Through NETIA Integration of Radio-Assist With Annova OpenMedia

Integration of NETIA's Radio-Assist Software With OpenMedia Simplifies and Speeds Creation and Delivery of Timely Content

CLARET, France - March. 28, 2011 - NETIA today announced that it has worked with Bel RTL, a private French-language radio broadcaster serving Belgium, to integrate its existing Radio-Assist^TM suite of digital audio software with the broadcaster's Annova OpenMedia newsroom control system. The integration of these two key systems significantly streamlines Bel RTL operations by allowing staff to work not only with news scripts and stories, but also with audio and editing tools, all within a single environment.

"NETIA's integration of Radio-Assist with OpenMedia has allowed us to join two separate areas of our broadcast operations into one for much greater overall efficiency," said Dominique Romain, Radio Broadcast IT Manager at Bel RTL. "By simplifying and speeding up our workflow, this integration gives our journalists more time to focus on creating content rather than technical tasks and gives our station a competitive edge by enabling more timely delivery of news."

The Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio software programs covers the entire operation of a radio station, addressing acquisition, sound file editing, commercial and music production, scheduling, multicasting, data security, and administration. OpenMedia enables functions such as searching agency wires, scheduling broadcasts, managing video and audio clips, and writing and distributing news stories. Working closely with Bel RTL, NETIA leveraged the two systems' MOS compatibility to enable users working in OpenMedia to access Radio-Assist functionality and stored audio without switching between programs.

With Radio-Assist^TM 8 database access, users working in OpenMedia can retrieve and listen to audio, and then edit it with NETIA's Snippet tool or simply drag and drop the selected audio into the OpenMedia environment for editing. Users can save the results of this work in the Radio-Assist^TM 8 database, save a new rundown, and export that rundown to the Radio-Assist scheduling system for broadcast. Journalists at Bel RTL can do all of this in just one window. Newly established communications between the two systems maintains links between key elements - schedules, scripts, and media - for even greater streamlining of production and playout.

"NETIA is known for providing solutions tailored to the needs of specific customers," said Mus Rezzoug, Product Director at NETIA. "The integration we've undertaken at Bel RTL demonstrates this commitment, as well as the versatility and interoperability of our Radio-Assist software suite."

GlobeCast and NETIA at the 2011 NAB Show: International Content Management, Delivery, and Distribution

PARIS and NEW YORK - Feb. 4, 2011 - GlobeCast and NETIA will be co-exhibiting once more at the 2011 NAB Show, April 11-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth SU911. The themes of the booth will be global distribution, media asset management, and playout of international content.

The booth will feature live demos and animations that speak to the needs of international broadcasters today.

Demos on Display at GlobeCast/NETIA Booth SU911:

Playout Services and the Content Management System (CMS)

 

At the 2011 NAB Show, GlobeCast and NETIA will highlight the ability of broadcasters to ingest content locally, manage their media, and play out content in several regions of the world. The main tool for this is the new and improved Content Management System (CMS). NETIA's CMS allows customers to globally streamline all of their production processes thanks to simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation. The new software suite also allows users to connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets. Users can now manage all of the processes within the production environment from editing through post and distribution with one unique and easy-to-use interface. The new Web-based interface, built on Silverlight^® technology, allows for more performance and greater security.

Radio-Assist 8

 

NETIA will showcase its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software at the 2011 NAB Show. 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, 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. 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.

NETIA and GlobeCast offer solutions that are at the heart of the convergence between the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors, with efficient, flexible, and effective technologies that empower multiplatform delivery, growing volumes of on-demand audio and video content, and multiple content formats.