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.