NETIA Boosts Automation of Key Radio-Assist 8 Production Tasks, Optimizes Media Management

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Addition of NETIA Workflow Engine Facilitates Exchanges Between Radio-Assist 8 and Other Applications.

CLARET, France - April 7, 2010 - NETIA today announced that it has paired its NETIA Workflow Engine with its Radio-Assist^TM 8 suite of digital audio automation software to bring users even greater efficiencies and functionality across key broadcast workflow processes. Designed to facilitate exchanges between all applications in a broadcast environment, NETIA Workflow Engine gives users one graphical interface through which to automate processes involving Radio-Assist 8 and any third-party application.
NETIA Workflow Engine makes it easy for media companies to visualize, create, and execute their own workflows. When deployed in conjunction with Radio-Assist 8, it enables users to tap into greater functionality through improved automation of key processes," said Mustapha Rezzoug, NETIA's director of products. "Administrators can now simply rely on NETIA Workflow Engine to provide easy workflow automation setup, execution, and status monitoring. The powerful combination of NETIA Workflow Engine and Radio-Assist 8 allows media companies to do more with audio, video, text, and images - and to do so with greater efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility."

Equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows, the acclaimed Radio-Assist 8 software suite extends beyond traditional broadcasting by streamlining the preparation and publication of media. Radio-Assist 8 also optimizes the management of associated metadata and linked media and gives instant access to all types of media, archived or online. It then allows items to be previewed and restored for repurposing and distribution. The pairing of Radio-Assist 8 with NETIA Workflow Engine empowers media groups to manage and share video, audio, images, and text throughout their entities, optimizing the overall life cycle of their content.

The NETIA Workflow Engine is an open system that choreographs, visually represents, and then executes processes or workflows to provide a faster and more direct interface between Radio-Assist 8 and other applications. In managing these interfaces, the NETIA Workflow Engine increases performance of tasks such as transcoding, audio extraction, speech-to-text transcription, archiving, and publishing in a transparent, highly automated process. In publishing, for example, the NETIA Workflow Engine can automatically deliver content from Radio-Assist to the right distribution platforms (Internet, VOD, mobile services, and IPTV) in the right formats, all at the press of a button. Likewise, the system can automate the movement of audio and video between Radio-Assist 8 and HSM (hierarchical storage management) systems; automate the sharing of push/pull content between different sites or platforms; or automate the ingest of incoming content from other sources and partners.

Together, Radio-Assist 8 and NETIA Workflow Engine linked with the company's popular Manreo^TM Asset Management System offer users a wider range of capabilities in managing and distributing a variety of content. In addition to simplifying media management across workflow tasks, the higher level of automation enabled by the NETIA Workflow Engine reduces the potential for error and improves facilities' ability to manage and process larger volumes of content at any given time. As part of its media management features it also monitors content, and informs administrators of content errors as necessary with security alarms and notifications.

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