By Elina Shatkin, January 28, 2004
Omneon Video Networks announced that Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) has deployed the Omneon SPECTRUM Media Server System, along with Florical broadcast automation, to ingest content recorded during local legislature sessions and from PBS promotional feeds, and to access those files directly with Final Cut Pro editing systems.
The Omneon server system's ability to interface with new and existing broadcast systems over TPT's local area network and compatibility with standard NLE file formats has enabled the facility to shift its production activities to a tapeless environment. As a result, every producer can view ingested and finished product stored on the Omneon SPECTRUM server from any PC in the building.
The Omneon-based system at TPT has reduced the complexity and redundancy of the facility's broadcast operations while maximizing its use of existing hardware and software systems.
Prior to implementing the Omneon SPECTRUM, TPT relied on a labor-intensive, tape-based review and editing system
. Now, with the flexibility of Omneon's server solution, the station ingests video both from the legislature and from PBS into the Omneon server, where content is easy to find and readily available to editors at any one of TPT's 16 networked Final Cut Pro edit stations. After editing is complete, content is immediately available in the server for use during studio productions.
The Omneon SPECTRUM Media Server System is an exceptionally cost-effective and flexible video server infrastructure designed for the professional television industry. With its open architecture, Omneon's Media Server System supports an impressive array of third-party applications for control and transmission, media management, archiving, and collaborative production, allowing media to be shared among many users and applications. As a modular system designed with a scalable, distributed architecture, the Omneon SPECTRUM gives users maximum flexibility in scaling systems components and capacity in small or large increments as desired.
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