Tieline Announces Strategic Partnership With NETIA

Partnership Includes Integration of Tieline Report-IT Enterprise With NETIA

PERTH, Western Australia - April 4, 2013 - Tieline, the Codec Company, today announced a strategic partnership with market-leading content management solution provider NETIA, which includes the integration of Report-IT Enterprise with NETIA's software solutions for managing and broadcasting radio content. This partnership delivers improved workflows to both Tieline and NETIA customers for ingest of news content and enhanced tools for mobile journalists in the field.

Both organisations worked closely with one of their mutual customers, ABC Australia, to integrate the ingest of recorded Report-IT audio files into NETIA's Radio-Assist' using FTP sharing. Tieline has also integrated iSnippet, NETIA's latest Radio-Assist ^TM editing tool, into Report-IT Enterprise for iPhone®/iPad®.

"Clearly Tieline's partnership with NETIA opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for mobile journalism by making it easier and faster for journalists to get their stories to air via NETIA Radio-Assist systems. Journalists now also have access to improved and streamlined report editing capabilities with the integration of NETIA's iSnippet editing application into Report-IT Enterprise for iPhone and iPad," said Charlie Gawley, vice president of sales, APAC/EMEA for Tieline. "For engineers and all radio news stakeholders, this will deliver improved workflows which reduce time, effort, and costs."

The range of editing tools available within Radio-Assist automation products is now available for iOS devices. Sharing the same look and ergonomic principles as the desktop interface, the new iPhone®- and iPad®-compatible iSnippet,tool allows field reporters and other remote users to enjoy Radio-Assist audio editing capabilities - familiar from the desktop - on their portable devices.
"As the world moves increasingly towards the use of mobile devices, we are delighted to work with Tieline to deliver broadcast solutions on portable devices to bring a new level of flexibility for news operators working remotely," said Paul Henri Oltra, vice president and chief technology officer at NETIA.
The Report-IT Enterprise application for iPhone® and iPad® allows reporters and announcers to send live broadcast-quality IP audio wirelessly from any remote location to a Tieline IP codec in the studio. Report-IT can also broadcast live and record at the same time, so audio can be sent in real time to a Tieline codec in the studio, or uploaded via FTP sharing to a news server with no codec required in the studio.

About Tieline

Tieline supplies high-quality STL, audio distribution and remote broadcast digital audio codecs. The company has won numerous awards for innovation in technology and thousands of customers around the world rely on Tieline codecs every single day for reliable broadcast solutions. The company has offices in North America and Australia, supporting a global distribution network spanning the Americas, Europe, UK, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Australasia. Tieline Technology, Tieline Technology logo are trademarks of Tieline Pty Ltd. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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 to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include SBS and ABC in Australia, RAI Italy, France Telecom/Orange, MediaCorp Singapore, RTL France, Radio Globo in Brazil, RTM Malaysia, Radio France, the Associated Press, and France Televisions. NETIA has its headquarters in France, with offices in Northern America, Paris, Rome, and Singapore, in addition to a global network of professional distribution partners.

Radio Algérienne automates music broadcasting for JIL FM with upgrade to NETIA Radio-Assist 8.1

CLARET, France - May 20th , 2013 - NETIA today announced that Algeria's JIL FM, a channel of national broadcaster Radio Algérienne has upgraded to the Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 digital audio software suite. JIL FM is using the company's new music scheduling module to automate playout of a well-balanced blend of Algerian and international music. By migrating to Radio-Assist 8.1, JIL FM also gains functionality including NETIA's Activity Watcher, which simplifies tracking of changes made to playlists and the overall system.

"Radio Algérienne has worked with NETIA software for the past five years and has been very satisfied with Radio-Assist's intuitive operation, efficiency, reliability, and rich functionality," said Mourad Ouadahi, director at Radio Algérienne. "When version 8.1 presented a new music scheduling tool, we took the opportunity to upgrade the system at JIL FM and completely automate broadcasts while maintaining our strategic mix of popular domestic and international music."

JIL FM (Generation FM) is Algeria's first radio channel dedicated entirely to young listeners. The channel launched at the beginning of 2012 is broadcasting its programs throughout the whole country in Arabic, Berber, and French. Its trendy format and entertaining programs have helped the channel to reach a larger audience every day. Like its parent broadcaster, Radio Algérienne, JIL FM has built its broadcast workflow on NETIA's Radio-Assist software suite.

The NETIA support team worked with JIL FM to prepare the channels' staff and its audio database for the migration to version 8.1. With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users now can automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music. At JIL FM, the software today enables balanced music scheduling that is consistent with the radio station's strategy: 60 percent Algerian music and 40 percent international music with a constant focus on new hits. Administrators at JIL FM also have begun using the Activity Watcher module to monitor all users and actions taken on the system.

More information about the Radio-Assist 8.1 software suite and other NETIA solutions is available at www.netia.com.

NETIA Products at BroadcastAsia2013

Broadcast Asia 2013 / 18-21 June / Singapore, French Pavilion level 4 / www.broadcast-asia.com

NEW RELEASE: Radio-Assist 8.2 Automation Solution

NETIA is unveiling version 8.2 of the company's Radio-Assist^TM digital audio software suite at BroadcastAsia2013. This latest release of NETIA's flagship software boasts two powerful enhancements, all of which will be showcased throughout the show.

iSnippet Audio Editing Tool for iPhone^® and iPad^®

The Snippet range of editing tools available within the Radio-Assist^TM automation products is now available for iOS devices. Sharing the same look and ergonomic principles as the Snippet desktop interface, the new iPhone^®- and iPad^®-compatible iSnippet tool allows field reporters and other remote users to enjoy the Radio-Assist audio editing capabilities - familiar from the desktop - on their portable devices.

Teleprompter

The new teleprompter module for the Radio-Assist suite gives presenters and journalists convenient visual access to news scripts, which scroll continuously across the presenter's screen and are linked with the playout system in the studio. Customizable features such as text size, color selection, automatic speed control that adapts to reading speed, and read length may be configured in user profiles tailored to presenter preferences.

NETIA Content Management System (CMS)

At BroadcastAsia2013, NETIA will showcase the latest version of its media asset management (MAM) platform, which allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and straightforward interface. With the NETIA CMS, users can connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets.

Metamodel Editor

The latest version of the NETIA CMS includes new features within its metadata management module. Enriched with a new metamodel editor, this graphical tool enables the user to manage and customize the metadata model structure.

Monitoring

The new release of NETIA CMS includes a recording feature with which users can schedule specific recordings or continuous channel ingest. Video is stored in the MAM database along with corresponding transcript text files, generated by a speech-to-text engine. A new monitoring feature facilitates the searching and browsing of these recorded channel feeds, either according to a timeline or through a full-text search. Upon locating the appropriate content, the user can extract, repurpose, and export the relevant video segment.

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NETIA Radio-Assist installation at Ethiopia's Amhara Radio eases transition to digital, boosts efficiency

Installation in concert with Fortune Enterprise represents NETIA's third implementation in Ethiopia.

CLARET, France - Sept.1, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced that it has supplied its Radio-Assist^TM suite of digital audio automation software to Amhara Radio, a regional state-owned radio station in northeast Ethiopia.

The project, undertaken in collaboration with local Broadcast and AV Systems integrator Fortune Enterprise PLC, represents NETIA's third in the country, following Radio-Assist^TM installations at Ethiopian Radio Television Agency (ERTA) and Radio Fana. The Radio Assist solution at Amhara Radio will cover the entire production chain, from ingest to delivery, with more than 30 users working on the system. In addition to facilitating the station's transition from analog to digital, the NETIA software solution also will improve the efficiency of Amhara Radio's daily operations.

NETIA is demonstrating Radio-Assist 8.1 at its IBC2012 Hall 1, Booth A.29.

SONUMA opens up new pathways for Belgian national radio and TV archive with NETIA Content Management System

Journalists and Producers Now Tapping Into More Than 120,000 Hours of Media Assets for Richer Program Content

CLARET, France - Aug. 31, 2012 - SONUMA, the subsidiary of Belgium's RTBF (Radio Télévision Belge Francophone) responsible for the digitization and commercialization of audiovisual archives, has given new life to the broadcaster's archives using the NETIA Content Management System (CMS). Since its installation of the NETIA system in 2011, SONUMA has digitized a substantial proportion of RTBF's 120,000-hour radio and television archive, giving the broadcaster's journalists, columnists, and technicians a far deeper and richer resource to use in their work.

SONUMA uses NETIA CMS not only to preserve and manage RTBF's legacy of content on a variety of media, including VCR tape, DAT tape, LP, MD, 16mm film, and even 78rpm vinyl, but also to provide fine-grained access to the library for the hundreds of RTBF journalists who use it to enhance their daily output. To achieve the detailed and precise metadata structure required, SONUMA incorporated a range of metadata sources and formats, using NETIA CMS to overhaul the existing thesaurus and build in the facility for multilevel, multicriteria searches.

"Our archive is a real goldmine, stretching back more than 80 years of radio and nearly 60 years of television, but digitizing all that material to preserve it for posterity is only part of the challenge. A critical part of the project is to provide high-quality access to it for the journalists and staff," said Eric Denis, IT manager at SONUMA. "The more sophisticated and powerful the search criteria you build in, the better use your people can make of your priceless assets."

NETIA CMS provides a high degree of workflow automation in ingest, metadata logging, and output to streamline the process initiated when an item is ordered in a specific format. These automated processes have allowed SONUMA and RTBF to achieve highly efficient delivery of archived media to the company's partner news organizations. The broadcaster's website provides the general public with selections from the archive representing the history of radio and television in French-speaking Belgium, with a workflow that enables journalists to select the chosen material using the NETIA media asset management (MAM) module, provide a short summary and then post the content online.

The NETIA CMS organizes SONUMA's media management processes, harmonizes exchanges between different applications, handles prioritization across the system, and automates 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. The system is fully integrated with RTBF's newsroom systems to provide journalists, directors, and producers with ready access to SONUMA's archived media.

"An archive of material that covers such a long period of broadcasting is a valuable historical resource in itself, and making it accessible to today's journalists and broadcasters gives fascinating new depth to the programs made today," said Amaury Orbaiceta Leoz, sales manager at NETIA. "With the detailed metadata structure SONUMA has been able to create with NETIA CMS, RTBF's journalists can now do more creative and informative work than ever before."

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NETIA strengthens business and product development with key managerial appointments

CLARET, France - Sept. 9, 2012 - NETIA, a leader in content management and radio automation solutions, today announced a significant organizational change with the appointment of two industry professionals to key managerial roles and the recruitment of new sales representatives.

These new appointments reflect NETIA's strategic plan to extend the company's business development efforts and enhance its customer support at a worldwide level.

			Mustapha Rezzoug takes responsibility for International Business Development and strengthening NETIA's global distributor network.
			Daniel Dedisse, who has led NETIA's R&D department for the last 15 years, takes up the position of Product Director.
Two new appointments to NETIA's sales force have also been announced:
			Marc Bawol joins in a key role as Junior Sales Manager for the Middle East and Africa,
			while Daria Globus has been named Area Sales Representative for Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS countries. Daria has more than 15 years' experience with broadcast and IT organizations in this region.

Broadcast India 2012 Preview

Visit NETIA: Stand D 413 / Oct. 10-12 / Mumbai, India.

NETIA Products at Broadcast India 2012:

Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 Upgraded Radio Automation Solution

NETIA will showcase the latest version of its powerful Radio-Assist^TM range of digital audio automation software. The new version offers the same robust array of tools for streamlined end-to-end multimedia production, broadcast, and publication workflows, along with two significant new features: an integrated music-scheduling application and video editing capability. Radio-Assist 8.1 users can access both new features from a single user interface.

With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users can automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music. The video editing tool within the Radio-Assist 8.1 interface addresses the growing demand for radio broadcasters to provide video via their online portals. This simple and easy-to-use editing tool is available through the same GUI as the Snippet audio editing tool, providing a familiar utility that allows staff to produce video clips with very little training.

NETIA Content Management System

During Broadcast India 2012, NETIA will highlight the latest version of its Content Management System (CMS), which allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and easy-to-use interface. With the NETIA CMS, users can connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets.

CMS now boasts a more robust metadata management module and even richer indexing and segmentation functionalities while providing an enhanced GUI that allows a greater number of fields to be personalized. In order to automate the description of audio and video content, NETIA CMS interfaces with third-party speech-to-text transcription systems. A multilingual thesaurus module available in this new CMS release ensures there are endless possibilities for describing content very precisely, in turn making it easier for users to access and retrieve specific content. Finally, the CMS includes an enhanced administration application that further simplifies system management.

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NRB 2013 preview

Company Overview:

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 to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include the Associated Press, ABC, Radio Globo in Brazil, SBS and ABC in Australia, MediaCorp Singapore, RAI and Vaticana Radio in Italy, RTL France, Radio France, RTBF in Belgium and France Televisions. 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 Products at NRB 2013:

Radio-Assist 8.1 Upgraded Radio Automation

At NRB 2013, NETIA will showcase the latest version of its powerful Radio-Assist^TM range of digital audio automation software. Radio-Assist 8.1 will offer the same robust array of tools for streamlined end-to-end multimedia production, broadcast, and publication workflows, along with two significant new features: an integrated music-scheduling application and video editing capability. Users can access both new features from a single user interface.

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 browsing and publishing tools for full multimedia functionality, the software features tools for acquisition, sound-file editing, commercial and music production, newsroom systems, scheduling, multicasting, and administration.

Radio-Assist 8.1 allows users to leverage built-in music-scheduling functionality. With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users are able to automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music.

The video editing tool now available within the Radio-Assist 8.1 interface complements the software's Snippet and Snippet+ audio editing tools. Offering a convenient editing solution, this enhancement addresses the growing demand for radio broadcasters to provide video via their online portals. This simple and easy-to-use editing tool is available through the same GUI as the Snippet tool, providing a familiar utility that allows staff to produce video clips with very little training.

Additionally, NETIA will highlight further functional and technical enhancements that add to the value of Radio-Assist 8.1 in today's radio broadcast operations.

Content Management System

At NRB 2013, NETIA will showcase the latest version of its Content Management System (CMS) that allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and easy-to-use interface. With the NETIA CMS, users can connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets.

The latest version of the CMS includes enriched features within its metadata management module and its indexing and segmentation functionalities, while the new, enhanced GUI allows a greater number of fields to be personalized. In order to automate the description of audio and video content, NETIA CMS interfaces with third-party speech-to-text transcription systems. A multilingual thesaurus module available in the new version ensures that there are endless possibilities for describing content precisely, in turn making it easier for users to access and retrieve specific content. Finally, the CMS includes an enhanced administration application that further simplifies system management.

All trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

NRB 2013 / March 2-5 / Nashville, USA, stand 853 / http://nrbconvention.org

Qatar Radio Shifts All Five Channels Onto NETIA's Radio-Assist 8.1 Automation Software

CLARET, France - Feb. 26th, 2013 - NETIA today announced that national broadcaster Qatar Radio has taken all five of its main channels live on the Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 digital audio software suite. The NETIA software, which Qatar Radio also uses as a robust disaster recovery solution, replaces an existing radio automation product and gives the broadcaster a more extensive and unified solution that addresses the entire production workflow.

" If I were to define the three key characteristics of Radio-Assist, I would say that it is an efficient, reliable, and stable solution," said Mohammad Al Mohtaseb, system engineer at Qatar Radio. His Qatar Radio colleague Mohammad Qaddoumi, system engineer for audio broadcasting, also underscores the system's efficiency and adds that the software's AIR DDO broadcast tool has proved particularly valuable. The technical team at Qatar Radio selected Radio-Assists after performing site visits and extensive testing and evaluation of the software.

Systems integrator Media Group International coordinated Qatar Radio's full migration to Radio-Assist 8.1, overseeing the copying and conversion of all media, along with associated metadata, into the NETIA software system without interrupting operations and without the loss of any of the broadcaster's 275,000 elements and assets. With this shift,

Qatar Radio has been able to bring all radio production and broadcast functions onto a single platform. The Radio-Assist 8.1 software supports coordination, scheduling, and live broadcasting, as well as an archive of more than 300,000 hours of programming.

Today, Radio-Assist 8.1 is installed on 34 workstations across two sites - Qatar Radio's main broadcast facilities and a disaster recovery site - and used by 80 staff members on a daily basis. The software supports one principal channel broadcast in Arabic, another dedicated to Quran (religious/Muslim programs), one channel in French (Oryx FM, with partner RFI), one channel in English, and a channel broadcast in Urdu. The transition of these channels onto Radio-Assist was achieved progressively over the course of a year. Early in the project, NETIA provided training both for administrators and users.

More information about the Radio-Assist 8.1 software suite and other NETIA solutions is available at www.netia.com

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 to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include MOCI, Algerian Radio, Sultanate of Oman National Radio, Qatar radio, Soudan Radio, Ethiopian Radio, SBS and ABC in Australia, RAI Italy, MediaCorp Singapore, RTL France, Radio Globo in Brazil, RTM Malaysia, Radio France, the Associated Press, and France Télévisions. 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.

About Media Group International

Media Group International is a proven media broadcast and communications technologies systems integrator, serving the media, telecommunications, security, education, hospitality and advertising industries in the Gulf region for more than 35 years. Formerly known as Salam Media Cast (SMC), the company joined GSSG Holdings in 2010, with offices in Qatar, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UK.

Media Group International is diversifying its business into new technologies. As well as equipping professional television stations and studios, master control rooms, newsrooms, concert stages and theatres providing light and sound technology, the company also equips whole multivendor and multisensory environments. Media Group International provides solutions from safeguarding national security such as in government operations, creating the best venues for education such as museums and classrooms, enhancing sports environments and revolutionizing health facilities and satellite telecommunications.

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CABSAT 2013 Preview

NETIA Products at CABSAT 2013:

Radio-Assist 8.1 Upgraded Radio Automation

At CABSAT 2013, NETIA will showcase the latest version of its powerful Radio-Assist range of digital audio automation software. Radio-Assist 8.1 will offer the same robust array of tools for streamlined end-to-end multimedia production, broadcast, and publication workflows, along with two significant new features: an integrated music-scheduling application and video editing capability. Users can access both new features from a single user interface.

NETIA TOGETHER WITH GLOBECAST / Stand D3-10 / Dubai - March 12-14

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 browsing and publishing tools for full multimedia functionality, the software features tools for acquisition, sound-file editing, commercial and music production, newsroom systems, scheduling, multicasting, and administration.

Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 allows users to leverage built-in music-scheduling functionality. With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users are able to automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music.

The video editing tool now available within the Radio-Assist 8.1 interface complements the software's Snippet and Snippet+ audio editing tools. Offering a convenient editing solution, this enhancement addresses the growing demand for radio broadcasters to provide video via their online portals. This simple and easy-to-use editing tool is available through the same GUI as the Snippet tool, providing a familiar utility that allows staff to produce video clips with very little training.

Additionally, NETIA will highlight further functional and technical enhancements that add to the value of Radio-Assist 8.1 in today's radio broadcast operations.

Content Management System

At CABSAT 2013, NETIA will showcase the latest version of its Content Management System (CMS) that allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and easy-to-use interface. With the NETIA CMS, users can connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets.

The latest version of the CMS includes enriched features within its metadata management module and its indexing and segmentation functionalities, while the new, enhanced GUI allows a greater number of fields to be personalized. In order to automate the description of audio and video content, NETIA CMS interfaces with third-party speech-to-text transcription systems. A multilingual thesaurus module available in the new version ensures there are endless possibilities for describing content very precisely, in turn making it easier for users to access and retrieve specific content. Finally, the CMS includes an enhanced administration application that further simplifies system management.

Company Overview:

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 to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include MOCI, Algerian Radio, Sultanate of Oman National Radio, Qatar radio, Soudan Radio, Ethiopian Radio, SBS and ABC in Australia, RAI Italy, MediaCorp Singapore, RTL France, Radio Globo in Brazil, RTM Malaysia, Radio France, the Associated Press, and France Télévisions. 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.

2013 NAB Show Preview

NETIA Booth SU4911, Exhibiting With GlobeCast / April 8-11 / Las Vegas

NETIA Products at the 2013 NAB Show:

NEW RELEASE: Radio-Assist 8.2 Automation Solution

NETIA is unveiling version 8.2 of the company's Radio-Assist^TM digital audio software suite at the 2013 NAB Show. This latest release of NETIA's flagship software boasts three powerful enhancements, all of which will be showcased throughout the show.

Cloud Management

The introduction of cloud-based management for Radio-Assist^TM gives users the ability to access the system database from any network-connected workstation. Particularly valuable for multisite radio broadcasters, this capability enables authorized users everywhere to access, retrieve, and work on the same content, without the need for time-consuming media transfers. In addition to enabling faster, more productive operations through shared media access, cloud-based management enables broadcasters to reduce reliance on server infrastructure and, in turn, lower the total cost of ownership.
By storing content in the cloud, Radio-Assist can serve as an online production database or as online content archive. Radio-Assist archiving tools enable seamless management of the archive/restoration process in the cloud. Users can simply trigger the archiving process as a background task and subsequently use simple search requests to retrieve content. In disaster recovery situations, the content stored in the cloud by Radio-Assist can help to ensure continuity of service even when ground-based facilities are compromised.

iSnippet Audio Editing Tool for iPhone® and iPad®

The Snippet range of editing tools available within the Radio-Assist automation products is now available for iOS devices. Sharing the same look and ergonomic principles as the Snippet desktop interface, the new iPhone®- and iPad®-compatible iSnippet tool allows field reporters and other remote users to enjoy the Radio-Assist audio editing capabilities - familiar from the desktop - on their portable devices.

Teleprompter

The new teleprompter module for the Radio-Assist suite gives presenters and journalists convenient visual access to news scripts, which scroll continuously across the presenter's screen, linked with the playout system in the studio. Customizable features such as text size, color selection, automatic speed control that adapts to reading speed, and read length may be configured in user profiles tailored to presenter preferences.

NETIA Content Management System (CMS)

At the 2013 NAB Show, NETIA will showcase the latest version of its media asset management (MAM) platform, which allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and straightforward interface. With the NETIA CMS, users can connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem, simplifying the sharing and managing of media assets.

Metamodel Editor

The latest version of the NETIA CMS includes new features within its metadata management module. Enriched with a new metamodel editor, this graphical tool enables the user to manage and customize the metadata model structure.

Monitoring

The new release of NETIA CMS includes a recording feature with which users can schedule specific recordings or continuous channel ingest. Video is stored in the MAM database along with corresponding transcript text files, generated by a speech-to-text engine. A new monitoring feature facilitates the searching and browsing of these recorded channel feeds, either according to a timeline or through a full-text search. Upon locating the appropriate content, the user can extract, repurpose, and export the relevant video segment.
All trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

Company Overview:

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 to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include the Associated Press, ABC, Radio Globo in Brazil, SBS and ABC in Australia, MediaCorp Singapore, RAI and Vaticana Radio in Italy, RTL France, Radio France, RTBF in Belgium and France Televisions. 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 Deploys Leading Radio Automation and MAM Software on Mobile and Cross-Platform Devices

CLARET, France - March 25th, 2013 - NETIA today announced that it is giving users convenient multiplatform access to the industry-leading Radio-Assist^TM digital audio software suite as well as media management software on portable devices. The extension of NETIA software onto smartphones and tablets brings powerful functionality to users' fingertips anytime and anywhere.

"Our robust radio automation and media asset management solutions already give desktop users a wealth of tools that support efficient production and playout of audiovisual content," said Paul Henri Oltra, Vice President at NETIA. "By porting key functions onto both Windows and iOS mobile platforms, we enable the broad base of NETIA customers to realize even greater benefits from these innovative solutions."

The existing range of editing tools available within Radio-Assist automation products is now available for iOS devices including the iPhone® and iPad®, as well as for Windows® 8 tablets. Sharing the same look and ergonomic principles as the desktop interface, the new iSnippet tool for portable devices makes it convenient for field reporters and other remote users to take advantage of familiar Radio-Assist audio editing capabilities.

A new mobile teleprompter function adds further value by enabling journalists to jump into the studio news broadcast, reading their news pieces directly from their mobile devices, e.g. tablets.
NETIA also has adapted its media management software and made it available on any mobile platform. This solution enables journalists to access, search, browse, retrieve, and play any content from anywhere. The user-friendly Web interface, developed on HTML5, provides intuitive controls for displaying video segments and performing simple edits.

More information about the Radio-Assist^TM 8.2 software suite, Media Management, and other NETIA solutions is available at www.netia.com.

Singapore's MediaCorp Harmonizes Production with NETIA's Radio-Assist 8

Tight Integration with ENPS and Wider Access to Production Tools Boosts Productivity and Program Quality

CLARET, France - 6^th of June, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced that Singapore's largest broadcaster MediaCorp has installed NETIA's Radio-Assist^TM 8 at the heart of its radio production system. MediaCorp runs thirteen free-to-air radio channels, broadcasting in ten languages to Singapore's cosmopolitan audiences.

Installed and integrated in collaboration with BCI, NETIA's principal dealer in south east Asia, MediaCorp's Radio-Assist system automates the radio production chain from ingest to delivery, and equips the broadcaster's newsroom with the tools to record, schedule and edit, with simultaneous access for up to 50 journalists.

Radio Assist 8, tightly integrated via a MOS Protocol to MediaCorp's ENPS News Room system, provides added value by making content intuitively accessible to all the broadcaster's production staff. Radio-Assist modules for browsing, multitrack editing and audio playback can be opened from within the ENPS interface, and any changes made in the ENPS rundown are automatically duplicated in the Radio-Assist broadcasting tool Air-DDO, even if the program is already on air. Offering a further productivity benefit, the Radio-Assist 8 user interface supports all the languages spoken by MediaCorp's multilingual staff.

"The ability to integrate so tightly with the ENPS system, together with the big advantage of the multi-language operating environment means that Radio-Assist 8 delivers a real saving in time and costs for MediaCorp, as well as allowing the broadcaster to provide a higher quality service to its audiences," said Mus Rezzoug at NETIA.

NETIA's Radio-Assist^TM 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, and administration.

About MEDIACORP

MediaCorp is Singapore's leading media company with the most complete range of platforms, spanning television, radio, newspapers, magazines, movies, digital and out-of-home media. It pioneered the development of Singapore's broadcasting industry, with the broadcast of Radio in 1936 and Television in 1963. MediaCorp runs 7 television channels and 14 radio channels, making it the largest media broadcaster and provider in Singapore. More information : http://www.mediacorp.sg

Ethiopia's National Radio provider goes digital with Radio-Assist 8

ERTA migrates to file-based operation and creates disaster recovery facility.

CLARET, France - November 19^th, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced that the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) is using Radio-Assist^TM 8 to overhaul and upgrade its nationwide radio service. ERTA, which broadcasts daily in the eleven languages spoken by ethnic groups among the country's population, is implementing a project to boost its transmission coverage and migrate from tape to file-based operations.

Local integrator USI (United System Integrators) has worked with ERTA to create a new workflow based around Radio-Assist^TM 8, encompassing all stages from production to broadcast, including acquisition, sound file editing, scheduling, multicasting, and administration. The architecture of the system includes a centralized archiving facility into which ERTA's library of 50,000 hours of tape-based content is being digitized. To provide continuity in case of interruption to the main system ERTA is creating a disaster recovery site with duplicated content for additional security.

Thirty workstations equipped with Radio-Assist^TM 8 will offer ERTA's production staff of 150 journalists and editors access to the full range of the system's production tools, and to the content archive and index. To provide an efficient working environment for ERTA's multi-lingual staff, the Radio-Assist^TM 8 system supports eight different languages used by production teams.

"The Radio-Assist 8 system is at the core of our new production system, and gives us the ability to move to a very efficient and flexible way of making radio programs," said Haileab Abrha, Deputy Director General and Head of Media Technology.

"The system fits easily into our existing broadcasting environment and the ability to use multiple languages in the interface makes it very flexible for our staff."

"Radio-Assist 8 is the ideal platform for a broadcaster like ERTA to move from analog to digital operations," said Michael Shebelle, General Manager of United System Integrators. "With the access to the digitized archive that Radio-Assist 8 provides, and its range of production tools, ERTA's staff will be able to greatly increase the quality and efficiency of their work."

About ERTA

Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency /ERTA/ disseminates its news and programs nationwide and overseas via Radio, Television and Online. Ethiopian Radio launched its regular service in 1935 while Ethiopian Television /ETV/ was inaugurated in 1964. However, prior to its inauguration, ETV had transmitted the first and historic assembly of the Organization of African Unity held in 1963, in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Radio and ETV were merged in 1995 forming the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency /ERTA/. ERTA is directly accountable to the House of People's Representatives.

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 to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include SBS and ABC in Australia, RAI Italy, France Telecom/Orange, MediaCorp Singapore, RTL France, Radio Globo in Brazil, RTM Malaysia, Radio France, the Associated Press, France Télévisions, TV Center Russia, 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.

About USI

United System Integrators is a leading provider of ICT integrated solutions in the Financial, Government, Telecom and Service sector in partnership with industry technology leading manufacturers. USI provides Enterprise Computing, Networking, Security, Telecom, Media as well as Core baking solutions following a methodology that adds value to its customers. USI supplied and installed its solutions for a large number of customer base in Ethiopia and has been in business for the last 14 years.

NETIA expands distributor network with addition of Aruna Smart Technology in Spain and Portugal

CLARET, France - Nov. 15, 2012 - NETIA today announced that it has added leading Spanish system integrator Aruna Smart Tech to its worldwide dealer network. The Madrid-based company joins the NETIA network with years of experience serving the professional broadcast industry in Spain and internationally. Aruna Smart Tech will serve as a distributor of NETIA products and solutions across the Spanish and Portuguese markets.

"With its expertise in addressing the latest media preparation and delivery models, Aruna Smart Tech is an ideal fit for our worldwide dealer network," said Stéphane Lefebvre, area sales manager for southern Europe at NETIA. "The company's extensive knowledge of the NETIA product line will be invaluable in enabling customers in Spain and Portugal to implement our solutions to their fullest potential and to realize highly efficient media management throughout their operations."

Aruna Smart Tech is dedicated to system engineering and manufacturing of solutions and developments for IPTV, WebTV, OTT, VoD, Smart TV, and workflow optimization. The company's services include customized software/hardware engineering, 24/7 broadcast storage support, customized project support, technical and commercial consulting, and R&D support for development and innovation.

More information about NETIA and the company's products is available at www.netia.com.

More information about Aruna: http://www.arunasmart.com

NETIA names Francis Freihuber VP of NETIA Management Board

CLARET, France - Dec. 12, 2012 - NETIA today announced the promotion of Francis Freihuber to the role of Vice President of NETIA Management Board. Freihuber has been with NETIA for the past five years, serving as the company's operations director, and his new role builds on his experience developing and refining NETIA client support services and on his extensive knowledge of the broadcast industry.

"Francis has a very strong IT-based engineering background and a wealth of experience working in the broadcast industry, both complemented by an intuitive understanding of our customers and their needs," said Philippe Fort, CEO at NETIA. "Francis has been key to NETIA's continued success, and we're very pleased to be naming him to this new management role."

During his time as operations director at NETIA, Freihuber simplified client support and enhanced customer satisfaction through the creation of a support team with a new hotline and ticketing procedure. He will continue to supervise the training department and oversee a team of 17 operations staff. Prior to joining NETIA, Freihuber worked for France Television and its France 3 regional channel, for which he led IT for projects such as the French elections coverage and headed up the R&D department.

Freihuber is a graduate of French engineering school École Privée des Sciences Informatiques (EPSI). He is based at NETIA's HQ in Claret and reports directly to Philippe Fort.

RTM IPOH station upgrades to NETIA Radio-Assist 8.1 for even greater workflow efficiency

New Features in Radio-Assist 8.1 Simplify and Streamline Operations at Regional Station RTM located in IPOH (Malaysia)

CLARET, France - Dec. 12, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced that Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) has upgraded regional RTM station in IPOH to Radio-Assist 8.1. NETIA's Radio-Assist^TM family of digital audio software programs has been in use at RTM for more than a decade, and the Ipoh-based station worked with Broadcast Communications International (BCI) to transition to the latest software release and begin working with new features including new Activity Watcher module.

"This upgrade to Radio-Assist 8.1 will introduce greater efficiency and productivity while requiring very little training," said Benjamin Schvent, NETIA's APAC Operations Manager. "Radio-Assist's ease of use and performance will support even the most complex operations and streamline RTM's workflow for multiplatform media delivery."

Based in Kuala Lumpur, RTM operates four television channels (TV1, TV2, IMRT, Muzik Aktif), six national radio stations, two international stations (Voice of Malaysia), and 16 regional stations. Today, 13 of those regional centers are digitized, thanks to complete installations of Radio-Assist software, which covers each part of the production and broadcast workflow.

With its Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 upgrade, RTM in IPOH will gain a variety of added features. Radio-Assist 8.1's new audit module, also called Activity Watcher, enables administrators at RTM to trace and check all modifications made on the playlist and across the entire Radio Assist 8.1 system. With this tool, users can keep tabs on details such as the users who have connected and disconnected and what kind of items have been deleted.

"We enjoy a long and successful relationship with RTM, and we're pleased to see the broadcaster taking advantage of the new enhancements in Radio-Assist 8.1," said Colin TAN at BCI (Broadcast Communications International). "With more functionality than ever available from its familiar user interface, Radio-Assist 8.1 makes it easier for radio stations and groups to meet the demands of today's media consumers."

All India Radio to Install NETIA's Radio-Assist 8.1 Software Across National and Local Stations

Deployment for Leading Radio Broadcaster Will Support Provision of Multilingual Services Stretching Across India

CLARET, France - Jan. 11th, 2013 - NETIA today announced that All India Radio (AIR), the national radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati group, is replacing its existing news and radio automation system with the Radio-Assist 8.1 ^TM family of digital audio software programs. The installation of NETIA software at AIR's national broadcast station and across 48 local stations comprises over 1000 workstations, and is being coordinated by Delhi-based systems integrator Progressive Infotech.

NETIA's Radio-Assist^TM covers each part of the production and broadcast workflow, allowing users to record, edit, or prepare a playlist. In addition to browse and publishing tools for full multimedia functionality, the software features tools for acquisition, archiving, audio editing, commercial and music production, newsroom systems, scheduling, broadcasting, and administration. Thanks to its Unicode compatibility, the NETIA software will enable AIR to broadcast in 17 different languages and dialects.

For the installation at AIR, Progressive Infotech, together with NETIA, will provide not only Radio-Assist^TM software installation and licenses, but also server infrastructure, audio boards, encoder, hardware, training, and local support.

AIR, the sister service to national television broadcaster Doordarshan, is one of the largest radio networks in the world in terms of the number of languages of broadcast, as well as the spectrum of socio-economic and cultural diversity it serves. From its headquarters is in New Delhi, AIR offers many services in a number of languages, each serving different regions across India. In fact, the broadcaster's home service today comprises 277 stations located across the country, reaching nearly 92 percent of the country's area and 99 percent of the total population.

"AIR's mission is to inform, educate, and entertain listeners across India, and the installation of Radio-Assist will aid the broadcaster in providing this programming with efficiency," said Mustapha Rezzoug, Head of International Business Development at NETIA. "The scalability and robust feature set of Radio-Assist will give AIR a much greater degree of flexibility in managing and delivering its complex and growing array of broadcast radio channels."

More information about NETIA and the company's products is available at www.netia.com

NETIA and first gulf extend Radio-Assist installation at Radio Riyadh to three regional sites

New NETIA Workstations at Jizan, Hail, and Tabuk Enable Easy Media Exchange With Central Riyadh Station

CLARET, France - June 21st, 2012 - NETIA today announced that it is working with systems integrator First Gulf to extend the Radio-Assist^TM 8 suite of digital audio software at Radio Riyadh to include three regional stations in Jizan, Hail, and Tabuk. Part of a larger multi-year national media infrastructure project overseen by the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI), the extension of Radio-Assist brings more sophisticated production tools to the three stations and simplifies their exchange of media with the kingdom's central Radio Riyadh station.

NETIA technology already plays a key role in the restoration, digitization, and preservation of audiovisual media of cultural and historical importance in Saudi Arabia. "We are proud to be working with NETIA to extend state-of-the-art production and broadcast capabilities to regional stations and to facilitate and streamline the exchange of content between the country's radio broadcasters." said Naim G. Saidi, CEO of First Gulf Company.

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. The installation of Radio-Assist at Jizan, Hail, and Tabuk ensures the interoperability of media management systems across broadcast stations and provides the foundation for shared access to the extensive national archives being created by MOCI.

"Saudi Arabia is undertaking an ambitious upgrade to its national media infrastructure, and we're pleased to be a part of this project," said Thomas Dresch, Project Manager at NETIA. "With this latest NETIA installation, key radio stations across the country have been able improve their local production capabilities while taking much greater advantage of resources and programming at Radio Riyadh."

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

NETIA Products at IBC2012

IBC 2012 / 6-11 September / Hall 1 Booth A29 / RAI Amsterdam.

Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 Upgraded Radio Automation

IBC2012 will see the European launch of the latest version of NETIA's powerful Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software. Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 will offer the same robust array of tools for streamlined end-to-end multimedia production, broadcast, and publication workflows, as well as additions including two significant features: a new integrated music scheduling application and new video editing capability from within a single user interface.

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, and administration.

Radio-Assist 8.1 will allow users to leverage built-in music scheduling functionality. With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users will be able to automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music.

The video editing tool now available within the Radio-Assist 8.1 interface complements the software's Snippet and Snippet+ audio editing tools. Offering a convenient editing solution, this enhancement addresses the growing demand for radio broadcasters to provide video via their online portals. This simple and easy-to-use editing tool is available through the same GUI as the Snippet tool, providing familiar utility that allows staff to produce video clips with very little training.

At IBC2012, NETIA will highlight further functional and technical enhancements that add to the value of Radio-Assist 8.1 in today's radio broadcast operations.

Content Management System

At IBC2012, NETIA will also be showcasing the latest version of its Content Management System (CMS) that allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and easy-to-use interface. The NETIA 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.

The latest version of the Content Management System includes enriched features within its metadata management module, as well as in its indexing and segmentation functionalities, while the new, enhanced GUI allows a greater number of fields to be personalized. In order to automate the description of audio and video content, NETIA CMS now also interfaces with speech to text transcription systems available on the market. A multilingual thesaurus module available in this new CMS release ensures there are endless possibilities for very precisely describing content, in turn making it easier for users to access and retrieve specific content. Finally, the CMS will include an enhanced administration application that further simplifies system management.

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NETIA unveils enhanced version of its Content Management System (CMS) at IBC

Visit NETIA at IBC 2012, exhibiting with GlobeCast, Booth A29, Hall 1

New Release of NETIA Content Management System (CMS) Streamlines Use of Metadata to Boost Indexing and Search Capabilities

CLARET, France - July 4, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced an enhanced version of its Content Management System (CMS). NETIA's CMS allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment through simple, easy-to-manage workflow and task automation. The new release leverages all of the power of NETIA's popular CMS and includes enriched features in its metadata management module, more robust indexing and segmentation tools, and more flexible control over the entire system.

"With a complete suite of tools supporting workflow from end to end, CMS users are positioned to maximize the value of content more easily and efficiently across a broader range of platforms," said Daniel Dedisse, Product Director at NETIA. "The enhancements introduced in CMS extend the user's control over metadata and its use, as well as the overall operation of the system."

NETIA's comprehensive CMS is a powerful, integrated suite of media asset management solutions that together enable users to streamline all of their production processes, from editing through post production and distribution. Through a single customizable Web-based interface, the NETIA CMS facilitates a highly automated workflow across the production environment, simplifying and speeding the process of storing, managing, and distributing content to any service provider or multimedia platform. The NETIA software suite also simplifies the sharing and management of assets, in turn allowing users to connect all of their partners and vendors within a single production ecosystem.

Through refinements made to CMS, users now can personalize the system's GUI to include more fields, as well as modify its metadata template. In order to automate the description of audio and video content, NETIA CMS now interfaces with speech to text transcription systems available on the market. A multilingual thesaurus module available in this new release of CMS allows users to enjoy endless possibilities in describing content very precisely, and this capability ultimately makes it easier for users across the organization to access and retrieve content. Finally, CMS offers an enhanced administration application for system management.

NETIA's booth, 1.A29, at the IBC 2012 show highlights these and further functional and technical enhancements to the company's CMS.

Morocco's Medi 1 benefits from increased automation with Radio-Assist 8

Air-DDO Broadcasting Tool Replaces CartStack for Playlist Management

CLARET, France - July 10, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced that Medi 1 Radio will go live by the end of 2012 with NETIA's Air-DDO, the broadcasting module of Radio-Assist^TM 8 automation system. Medi 1 will use Air-DDO to replace its existing CartStack on-air system for broadcast operations with an optimized workflow and increased automation.

Medi 1, a NETIA user for almost fifteen years, has been using Radio-Assist for production and scheduling since the station moved from analog to digital in 1998. The Tangier-based station was the first Radio-Assist customer outside Europe, and its adoption of Radio-Assist 8 and the Air-DDO broadcast module is the latest milestone in its continuing quest to deliver high-quality multi-lingual radio services to audiences across the region.

"After our long and successful relationship with NETIA, Medi 1's move to Radio-Assist 8 last year is a logical progression, and one that we were confident would bring us yet another step up in the efficiency and quality of our operation," said Ahmed Abakkali, IT Manager at Medi 1 Radio. "Our staff is now completely familiar with the system, so the switch to Air-DDO will be an easy upgrade that will streamline our service even more."

The Radio-Assist^TM 8 Air-DDO broadcast module is the result of several years of research and reflection and focuses as much on the ergonomic level as on the technological. Spread over two monitor screens, Air-DDO's GUI displays simultaneously the four broadcast channels as well as access to numerous help and preparation tools including on-air monitoring, playlist modification, track editing, recording sounds, and more.

"It's a real pleasure to work with the people at Medi 1 Radio, who have been loyal and enthusiastic Radio-Assist customers for so long," said Jean Michel Bombois, Operations Project Manager at NETIA. "Radio is exceptionally important in the region covered by Medi 1, and the station is always keen to deliver an outstanding product. Now, with the adoption of Air-DDO Medi 1 can be assured of substantial gains in efficiency and production quality."

BroadcastAsia2012 Preview

NETIA exhibiting with master dealer Broadcast Communications International, Booth 4S3-02, June 19-22, in Singapore.

NETIA Products at BroadcastAsia2012:

New! Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 Upgraded Radio Automation System

At BroadcastAsia2012, NETIA will showcase enhancements to its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software. Radio-Assist 8.1 will offer the same robust array of tools for streamlined end-to-end multimedia production, broadcast, and publication workflows, as well as additions including two significant features: a new integrated music scheduling application and new video editing capability from within a single user interface.

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, and administration.

Radio-Assist 8.1 will allow users to leverage built-in music scheduling functionality. With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users will be able to automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music.

The video editing tool now available within the Radio-Assist 8.1 interface complements the software's Snippet and Snippet+ audio editing tools. Offering a convenient editing solution, this enhancement addresses the growing demand for radio broadcasters to provide video via their online portals. This simple and intuitive editing tool is available through the same GUI as the Snippet tool, providing a consistency that allows staff to produce video clips with very little additional training.

At BroadcastAsia2012, NETIA will highlight further functional and technical enhancements that add to the value of Radio-Assist 8.1 in today's radio broadcast operations.

New! Content Management System

NETIA will showcase a new version of its Content Management System (CMS) at BroadcastAsia2012. The new version allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and easy-to-use interface. The NETIA 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.

The CMS that will be presented at BroadcastAsia2012 includes enriched features within its metadata management module, as well as in its indexing functionality. The CMS GUI includes a greater number of fields that can be personalized, and the system's metadata template can be customized by users. A multilingual thesaurus module available in this new CMS release ensures there are endless possibilities for very precisely describing content, in turn making it easier for users to access and retrieve specific content. Finally, the CMS will include an enhanced administration application that further simplifies system management.

Company Overview:

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 to multimedia groups around the world. Clients include SBS and ABC in Australia, RAI Italy, France Telecom/Orange, MediaCorp Singapore, RTL France, Rádio Globo in Brazil, RTM Malaysia, Radio France, the Associated Press, France Télévisions, TV Center Russia, 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.

Philippe Fort Appointed CEO of NETIA

CLARET, France - May 31, 2012 - NETIA today announced a major organizational change, with the appointment of Philippe Fort as CEO, and the departure of NETIA founders Christophe Carniel and Pierre Keiflin.

Philippe Fort, the former President of NETIA's Supervisory Board, has over twenty years of experience in the telecommunications sector with organizations including British Telecom, Alcatel, Ericsson and Atos. Philippe Fort joined France Telecom in 2000 and has been Managing Director of GlobeCast since 2011.

Specializing in audiovisual content management solutions for major international radio and television broadcasters such as France Television, RAI, ABC, RTL, RTBF, Radio France, canal +, NETIA was acquired in 2008 by GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom / Orange. Since its foundation in 1993, the company built up to a turnover of € 8.7 million in 2010 and now employs over 70 people, mostly in research and development in and around Montpellier, France.

NAB 2012 preview

Visit us at NAB show 2012 - 16 - 19 April, Booth SU812

Las Vegas Convention Center, USA.

NETIA Products at the 2012 NAB Show:

New! Radio-Assist^TM 8.1 Upgraded Radio Automation

NETIA will showcase enhancements to its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software at the 2012 NAB Show. Radio-Assist 8.1 will offer the same robust array of tools for streamlined end-to-end multimedia production, broadcast, and publication workflows, as well as additions including two significant features: a new integrated music scheduling application and new video editing capability from within a single user interface.

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, and administration.

Radio-Assist 8.1 will allow users to leverage built-in music scheduling functionality. With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users will be able to automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music.

The video editing tool now available within the Radio-Assist 8.1 interface complements the software's Snippet and Snippet+ audio editing tools. Offering a convenient editing solution, this enhancement addresses the growing demand for radio broadcasters to provide video via their online portals. This simple and easy-to-use editing tool is available through the same GUI as the Snippet tool, providing familiar utility that allows staff to produce video clips with very little training.

During the 2012 NAB Show, NETIA will highlight further functional and technical enhancements that add to the value of Radio-Assist 8.1 in today's radio broadcast operations.

New! Content Management System

At the 2012 NAB Show, NETIA will launch a new version of its Content Management System. It allows users to manage all processes within the global production environment - from editing through post and distribution - through simple, easy-to-manage workflows and task automation, accessed through one unique and easy-to-use interface. The NETIA 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.

The CMS that will be presented at the 2012 NAB Show includes enriched features within its metadata management module, as well as in its indexing functionality. The CMS GUI includes a greater number of fields that can be personalized, and the system's metadata template can be customized by users. A multilingual thesaurus module available in this new CMS release ensures there are endless possibilities for very precisely describing content, in turn making it easier for users to access and retrieve specific content. Finally, CMS will include an enhanced administration application that further simplifies system management.

Company Overview:

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 to multimedia groups around the world, and recent wins have made the company a significant new player in the telco market, as well. Clients include RAI Italy, France Telecom/Orange, ABC, MediaCorp Singapore, RTL, Radio Globo, Radio France, The Associated Press, France Télévisions, TV Center Russia, 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 enhances Radio-Assist 8 with integrated music scheduling and video editing tools

CLARET, France - March 14, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced significant enhancements to its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software. The newly released Radio-Assist 8.1 offers the same robust array of tools for streamlined end-to-end multimedia production, broadcast, and publication workflows, as well as two additional significant features: a new integrated music scheduling application and new video editing capability from within a single user interface.

"As the radio broadcast industry has evolved, we have refined our Radio-Assist software suite to continue providing the functionality our clients need," said Daniel Dedisse, product director at NETIA. "With the release of Radio-Assist 8.1, we've built valuable editing and scheduling tools right into the same user interface that supports the overall workflow. By making a more robust toolset readily available within NETIA software, we give users more flexibility in delivering quality audio and video to audiences."

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, and administration.

Radio-Assist 8.1 builds on these capabilities by allowing users to leverage built-in music scheduling functionality. With music management tools integrated into Radio-Assist 8.1's FederAll playlist preparation module, users can automate playlist generation according to preset criteria, business policies, and a wide range of intelligent options for sequencing music.

The video editing tool now available within the Radio-Assist 8.1 interface complements the software's Snippet and Snippet+ audio editing tools. Offering a convenient editing solution, this enhancement addresses the growing demand for radio broadcasters to provide video via their online portals. This simple and easy-to-use editing tool is available through the same GUI as the Snippet tool, providing a familiar utility that allows staff to produce video clips with very little training.

NETIA's booth, SU812, at the 2012 NAB Show highlights these and further functional and technical enhancements that add to the value of Radio-Assist 8.1 in today's radio broadcast operations. See also : NAB Show 2012 preview.

Sistema Globo de Radio installs NETIA Radio-Assist 8 to streamline news production across its four largest Brazilian stations

CLARET, France - April 6, 2012 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced that Sistema Globo de Radio - SGR is installing the Radio-Assist^TM 8 suite of digital audio automation software across its facilities in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Belo Horizonte to simplify and streamline its radio production operations from end to end.

"We needed a software solution that would enable us to schedule and playout from studios, exchange content among multiple sites, and archive content - all while interfacing with existing systems in a very heterogeneous environment," said Marco Tulio Nascimento, Technology Manager for SGR. "NETIA's Radio-Assist 8 offered us all of these capabilities, integrating smoothly into our operations to support staff throughout the production and playout workflow."

The four SGR sites at which Radio-Assist^TM 8 is being installed are responsible for the broadcast of programs on Radio Globo (talk show) Globo FM (Web), Beat98 (pop music), BH FM (pop music), and CBN (all news), and this network of stations reaches more than 30 cities across Brazil. Integrated with existing iNEWS newsroom system through a MOS protocol, Radio-Assist^TM 8 will make it simple for journalists to work on a story, incorporating any news from Avid software, rewriting it, adding sound from the Radio-Assist 8 database, and then organizing the content to be broadcast.

All four sites will be interconnected, with the ability to share content. As a result, journalists working simultaneously can exchange media in a more collaborative production process. Across SGR operations, 250 workstations will be equipped with the NETIA Radio-Assist^TM 8 software. The software has been adapted by NETIA to meet SGR's cultural and linguistic requirements with a special focus on customizing the database structure. The Radio-Assist^TM 8 GUI has been translated into Portuguese, and local training for staff in Brazil also is in Portuguese.

"Sistema Globo de Radio is among Latin America's leading broadcasters, and the company's installation of the Radio-Assist 8 suite marks a significant step for us in Brazil and the region as a whole," said Stéphane Lefebvre, NETIA sales manager for Latin America. "Upon completion of this installation, SGR will be able to leverage all of its resources far more effectively in bringing quality programming to listeners."

Further information about NETIA and the company's products is available at www.netia.com.

Radio-Assist 8.1 upgraded radio automation solution

Cover the entire radio workflow from ingest through on-air and beyond!

Radio-Assist^TM covers the entire digital audio workflow of your radio station whatever its type: News, Commercial, Music, Sports etc; whatever its size, as inherent to Radio-Assist's design is scalability; whatever the asset, audio, text or video. The modular structure of the Radio-Assist^TM range means it is easily assimilated into existing systems and allows ingest, editing, scheduling, broadcast, multicast, archiving, data security and administration via a single user interface.

Recording, production, scheduling and automation

A single Radio-Assist^TM GUI provides simultaneous access to several production modules. From within a single interface, the user can record and edit, even while still recording, manage assets with numerous associated metadata, or prepare a playlist using voice-tracking. Whether networked or standalone, all Radio-Assist^TM users have fast access and sharing of content thanks to a powerful semantic search engine and content enrichment system. Broadcast can be automated or live-assist for both traditional On-Air, or multi-platform distribution.

Manage associated metadata and multi-platform distribution

Radio-Assist^TM allows production streams for conventional stations to be run in parallel with those for new distribution channels such as the Internet and Mobile broadcast services. Synchronisation and automation of these processes enable users to free themselves from technical tasks and concentrate more fully on creating content and added value. Radio-Assist^TM interfaces with a Media Asset Management system providing a comprehensive content management process of audio, video, text, images.

2 neat new features join the Radio-Assist 8.1 range!

Music scheduler:

Allows users to streamline built-in music scheduling functionalities. Users can automate playlist generation according to pre-set criteria and business policies, together with a wide range of options for sequencing music.

Video editing:

For those who want, or need, to provide video for online distribution. Simple and easy-to-use it is available through the Radio-Assist^TM GUI providing a familiarity which enables videos to be made with very little training.

BES EXPO 2012 Preview

Feb. 10-13, 2012 - New Delhi, India

NETIA Exhibiting Within the French Pavilion

NETIA at BES EXPO 2012:

NETIA, together with parent company GlobeCast, offers 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 EXPO, the company will secure its position as an integrator of broadcast and telecommunications technology and a leading service provider.

NETIA Products at BES EXPO 2012:

Radio-Assist^TM 8

NETIA will showcase its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software at BES EXPO 2012. 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 in 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 multiplatform 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 EXPO 2012, NETIA will also highlight its new Content Management System (CMS) that was first introduced at IBC2010. 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 Microsoft^® 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 third-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, and HD and SD distribution platforms.

NETIA Successfully Expanded Into New Territories and Markets in 2011

CLARET, France - Jan. 26, 2012 - NETIA announced today that it expanded in 2011 into new regions, including Latin America, Africa, and Asia. In expanding its presence worldwide, the company also gained entry into new market sectors, extending its client list not only with customers in radio and television broadcasting, but also in media archives and management across a variety of facility types.

New NETIA Radio-Assist^TM customers that came on board in 2011 include Brazil's RadioGlobo, a major Latin American media group; the Ethiopia National Archives; Singapore's MediaCorp; Radio Qatar in the Middle East; and Cameroon's CRTV, which upgraded its existing solution. NETIA also added to its roster of customers for its flexible content management system (CMS) solution, including Belgian archive SONUMA and leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus. NETIA also added European post-production house Transatlantic Video as a new customer.

NETIA credits the momentum to the strategic foundation it built in 2010.

"As we had planned, the 2010 increase in executive and engineering roles, and in our worldwide sales force, bore fruit in 2011 with successful NETIA software deployments across a broader geographic area and a wider range of clients and applications," said Christophe Carniel, NETIA CEO and president. "We're very pleased with our 2011 achievements and expect this exciting momentum to continue throughout 2012."

Cameroon Radio and Television Upgrades to NETIA's Radio-Assist 8 Automation Software

CLARET, France - Jan. 25, 2012 - NETIA today announced that public national broadcaster Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV) is upgrading to the Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software, delivered by Belgian systems integrator StudioTech. The added functionality and scalability of Radio-Assist 8 will enable CRTV to support both national and regional broadcast channels, to improve production and delivery of quality audio content, and ultimately help the broadcaster to increase its listening audience.

"In early 2000, we made the decision to transition from analog to digital operations, and we required a radio automation system that would support that shift," said Timothée Metomo Eduma, Post-production Exploitation Chief of service at CRTV. "Working with StudioTech, we requested an open system that would be easy for all technical and non-technical users to adopt, and NETIA's Radio-Assist proved to be the best solution. Since its installation, the NETIA system has served us very well, and the upgrade to version 8 will provide valuable capabilities, as well as excellent ergonomics and a pleasant, intuitive GUI that distinguishes the NETIA software from its competitors."

"NETIA's Radio-Assist 8 is a complete end-to-end solution that covers the entire production process," said Jean Marc Rosenberg, Technical Manager at StudioTech. "In addition to being the most intuitive, easy-to-use radio automation solution, it offers strong database management tools and optimizes security through both server redundancy and automatic synchronization of content. Finally, Radio-Assist 8 provides solid rights management tools that will be useful in CRTV's operations."

The Radio-Assist family of digital audio software covers each part of the production and broadcast workflow, making it easy for users to record, edit, or prepare a playlist. The solution is also equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflow. The installation at CRTV will enable as many as 150 users to work with the system, thus contributing to a faster and more collaborative workflow, as well as a better end product for listeners.

"CRTV is a very influential broadcaster within Cameroon, and we're pleased to be continuing our longstanding relationship with the company and its integrator," said Pascal Cima, Export Sales Manager at NETIA. "The original Radio-Assist installation a decade ago and the current upgrade at CRTV demonstrate not only the flexibility and long-term value of NETIA solutions, but also the forward-looking design and development of our software offerings."

CABSAT 2012 Show Preview

Feb. 28 - March 1, 2012 - Exhibiting With GlobeCast - Stand S1-D1- Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center.

NETIA at CABSAT 2012

NETIA offers 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 while accommodating growing volumes of on-demand audio and video content, as well as multiple content formats.

End-to-End Content Life Cycle - Content Management System (CMS)

At CABSAT 2012, NETIA will highlight broadcaster's increased ability to ingest content, manage their media and associated metadata, and deliver content to any region of the world using the company's Content Management System (CMS). NETIA's CMS allows customers to streamline all of their production processes through simple, easy-to-manage workflow and task automation. The 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-production and distribution to any multimedia platform - with one unique and easy-to-use interface.

Radio-Assist 8

NETIA will also showcase its flagship Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software at CABSAT 2012. Equipped with a broad range of tools for end-to-end multimedia workflows, NETIA's acclaimed software suite now extends beyond traditional broadcasting, allowing users to prepare publication at an early stage of the workflow.
The Radio-Assist family of digital audio software covers each part of the production and broadcast workflow, allowing users to record, edit, or prepare a playlist.

RTBF Enriches Media and Metadata Management Capabilities With Upgrade to NETIA Radio-Assist 8

CLARET, France - Dec. 20, 2011 - NETIA today announced that RTBF (Radio Television Belge Francophone), the radio-television group serving the French-speaking territories of Belgium, has upgraded to NETIA's Radio-Assist 8 range of digital audio software programs, which today covers the entire RTBF radio workflow from ingest to broadcast. With this upgrade, RTBF gains innovative content management tools that not only enable the broadcaster to manage audio content with ease, but also to manage associated metadata along with audio programs as they are delivered or broadcasted.

"As we've expanded our service offering, NETIA has provided a range of software tools that suit our needs in terms of media management and broadcast via multiple platforms," said Cécile Gonfroid, technical director at RTBF. "NETIA technology has long been the backbone of our radio production workflow, and as our broadcast workflow evolves, the modular design of NETIA's Radio-Assist software suite will enable future adaptation."

Every day, 300 RTBF users work simultaneously with Radio-Assist 8, which facilitates a smooth end-to-end workflow in the delivery of media via both traditional broadcast channels and multiplatform distribution. Planning tools within Radio-Assist 8 allow RTBF staff to prepare publication of media early in the workflow. The software suite's new scheduling tools and metadata-handling capabilities add value by enabling RTBF to enrich each item in its content database with detailed information.

Because the NETIA solution serves as a fully integrated solution, with just one database shared by all RTBF users, it eases communication between the broadcaster's scheduling and broadcast tools. The software suite's automatic generation of playlists and its automatic publishing engine streamline distribution of media to the appropriate target while managing metadata and linked media. NETIA's system provides logging capability that records everything sent to air, both for legal and archiving purposes.

"Over the years, we have built a close relationship with RTBF, and the company has played a key role in the refinement of our Radio-Assist suite," said Christophe Carniel, CEO at NETIA. "RTBF's commitment to innovation is evident today in its use of our software solutions to revolutionize traditional production and broadcast workflow."

GlobeCast and NETIA at IBC2011

GlobeCast and NETIA at IBC2011: International Content Management, Delivery, and Distribution

PARIS and NEW YORK - July 5, 2011 - GlobeCast and NETIA will be co-exhibiting at IBC2011, Sept. 9-13 at Amsterdam's RAI Convention Center, in stand 1.A29. The themes of the stand will be global content distribution, media asset management, and playout of international content, along with contribution services for sports and other content.

The stand will feature live demos and presentations that speak to the needs of international broadcasters today. Highlights include demonstrations of the end-to-end life cycle of television content, from ingest through worldwide delivery with media asset management using the NETIA system, and GlobeCast's playout and origination services, featuring content localization and content reshaping for any type of platform. GlobeCast will also be showcasing its contribution solutions for sporting events in 2012, including the London 2012 Olympic Games.

GlobeCast's continuously expanding infrastructure of satellite platforms, fiber backbone, and points-of-presence now offers customers unequalled access to cost-effective distribution over several continents.

Visitors at the booth will learn not only about satellite and fiber delivery of their channels around the world, but also about how GlobeCast and NETIA can help them:

• Manage file-based assets for multiple platforms.
• Create regionalized versions of content for different television markets.
• Ingest content locally and play out content globally.
• Ensure distribution with television platforms around the world.

Representatives from GlobeCast's business units in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East will be on hand to discuss global services with visitors to the stand.

Demos on Display in the GlobeCast/NETIA Stand 1.A29:

End-to-End Content Life Cycle

At IBC2011, 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 streamline all of their production processes through 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-production and distribution with one unique and easy-to-use interface.

Radio-Assist 8

NETIA will showcase its Radio-Assist^TM 8 range of digital audio automation software at IBC2011. 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. 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 while accommodating growing volumes of on-demand audio and video content, as well as multiple content formats.

NETIA CMS to Enable SONUMA Digital Archive Project

NETIA Software Suite to Streamline End-to-End Workflow - From Ingest and Indexing to Search and Delivery - for 120,000 Hours of RTBF Content

CLARET, France - August 18^th, 2011 - NETIA today announced that Belgium's SONUMA, a subsidiary of RTBF (Radio Télévision Belge Francophone) and the publicly funded company responsible for the digitization and commercialization of RTBF audiovisual archives, is implementing the NETIA content management system (CMS) to manage tens of thousands of hours of archive video and audio. The NETIA CMS will simplify the task of preserving, managing, and accessing content within SONUMA's rapidly growing digital library, which in turn will support hundreds of RTBF journalists and enable delivery of archived media to the company's partner news organizations.

"We chose to work with NETIA because the company's proven suite of media asset management solutions is highly focused on documentary aspects, can be customized and scaled to our operations, and provide the power and flexibility required in complex, large-scale media management applications," said Eric Denis, IT manager at SONUMA. "Furthermore, by integrating seamlessly into our existing environment, the NETIA CMS will enable us to leverage previous technology investments to realize a highly automated workflow."

The RTBF audio and video collection comprises 120,000 hours of content on all variety of media, including VCR tape, DAT tape, LP, MD, and 16mm film. SONUMA developed its own process of metadata consolidation from various metadata sources and formats, along with metadata collected through segmentation. Within this workflow, a third party software performs automatic speech-to-text transcription. Both metadata and media are ingested into the NETIA system, which in turn allows archivists to perform fast searches of stored content.

In managing this workflow, the NETIA CMS organizes media management processes, harmonizes exchanges between different applications, handles prioritization across the system, and automates 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. RTBF journalists, directors, producers all will gain access to SONUMA's archived media via their newsroom applications.

"The NETIA CMS is an ideal fit for the SONUMA project, as it not only preserves and enriches audio and video assets, but also simplifies processing and management of those assets from ingest through delivery," said Yoann Poizeau, product director at NETIA. "With a streamlined and highly automated media management and archiving workflow in place, SONUMA will be positioned to make its large store of media assets readily available to RTBF users, as well as to external clients."

NATEXPO 2011

NATEXPO 2011 Show Preview

NETIA - November 23-25, 2011 - International Exhibition Center, Moscow, Russia

Exhibiting with Vidau Systems Media - Booth A46

NETIA at NATEXPO 2011

Visitors to NATEXPO 2011 this year will find NETIA in the Vidau Systems Media booth, A46. NETIA will demonstrate its Content Management System's simple, easy-to-use workflows.

Content Management System (CMS)

End-to-End Content Life Cycle

At NATEXPO 2011, NETIA will highlight the ability of broadcasters to ingest content, manage their media, and associated metadata then play out or distribute content to any multimedia platform or mobile device. The main tool for this is the new and improved Content Management System (CMS). NETIA's CMS allows customers to streamline all of their production processes through 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 audio and video assets. Users can now manage all of the processes within the production environment from editing through post-production and distribution with one unique and easy-to-use interface.

Company Overview:

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 Singapore, Radio France, the Associated Press, France Televisions, TV Center Russia 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 Deploys Interra's Baton for Quality Control at Orange.

Interra's Baton Content Readiness Solution deployed as part of NETIA's solution for Orange Content Management System.

CLARET, France - October 26th, 2011 - NETIA announced today that Interra Systems, Inc., based in Cupertino, California provides its Baton^TM content readiness offering for Quality Control (QC) as part of NETIA's Content Management Solution for Orange, the key brand of leading telecommunications operator France Telecom.

NETIA's Content Management Solution for Orange (CMS) involves ingest of content from diverse sources, cataloging of content for access by various divisions, and for efficient content management. The NETIA CMS for Orange ingests content from SD and HD sources. Once ingested, the content is transformed with addition of metadata and other information for faster access. The NETIA CMS prepares the content for delivery to multiple platforms including computers, mobile phones, and TV sets, by ensuring a comprehensive QC or automated content verification. This QC requirement in NETIA CMS is fulfilled by Interra's Baton.

Interra's Baton is an industry leading QC software solution distributed by Videomenthe in France. The deployment of Baton in NETIA CMS for Orange required a close collaboration across NETIA, Videomenthe, and Interra Systems. The NETIA CMS organizes media management processes including the Quality Control processes driven by Interra's Baton.

"Given the multiple ingest sources, we needed a robust, enterprise-class QC solution in the workflow." said Yoann Poizeau, Product Director at NETIA. "Interra's Baton supports extensive formats and quality checking to ensure QC on any content at any stage of NETIA's content management for Orange. Effectively Baton offers a consistent, production-proven QC platform for use across various stages of the content workflow."

"Orange is a global leader in broadcast and Telco industry. Their deployment of Baton for content readiness further asserts Baton's depth & breadth as a QC platform for workflows across the content lifecycle," said Muriel Le Bellac of Videomenthe.

"We are pleased that Interra's Baton is indeed the anchor for quality control in NETIA CMS for Orange," said Krishna Uppuluri, vice president of marketing at Interra Systems. "Interra's Baton has been deployed for production use across leading broadcasters, post production houses, and studios. Hence Baton is a natural QC fit for Orange's content coming from diverse sources. Beyond the ingested content, Baton is also widely used for QC after transcoding, editing, and before play-out. We are confident that Baton can meet Orange's requirements both for the present as well as for the future."

About Interra Systems
Interra Systems is a software products and services provider for the digital media industry. Interra's digital media solutions are led by Baton^TM, an automated verification system which ensures media content readiness, and by Vega, a family of audio/video analyzers which accelerate media product development. Interra is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

NETIA offers FREE download of latest version of Snippet LE!

CLARET, France - 14th Dec., 2011 - NETIA, a leading software manufacturer of media asset management and radio automation solutions, today announced the launch of Snippet LE (Light Edition) 8, the new free version of its Radio-Assist 8 production tool, especially designed for journalistic editing work. The Snippet tool is a user-friendly way to complete simple or complex audio edit work. The Snippet LE 8 application is a streamlined version of the "Snippet" tool available in the company's leading Radio-Assist radio automation software.

It provides all digital audio editing techniques in a single screen:

• Editing interviews and reports
• Selection of a sequence at random
• Two cut modes: by adding or removing
• File editing before recording ends
• Trim bin
• Setting fade points, sequence inversion, and insertion of new sounds
• Stretching a selected sequence
• Drag and drop, screen exit scroll function, right or left mouse click, keyboard shortcuts, special keyboard, etc.
• File formats supported: Raw, Wav, AIFF, mp3, Pro-tools Sd2, Musifile, Eela Audio, BWF, etc.

Snippet LE 8 allows fast and ergonomic editing of interviews and reports to become really easy. For example, you can access a range of functions with a right click on a sequence line: play a cut sequence, rename it, paste it, and save it with another name.

The free Snippet LE 8 version includes the same features as the Radio-Assist 8 Snippet tool version but it has been developed as a separate application and therefore, it doesn't operate on any database.

With this new version, Snippet LE 8 has successfully passed high standards of compatibility, reliability, and performance of Windows® 7 certification.

Discover what user ergonomics in a digital audio workstation really means. NETIA thinks and makes life easier for the broadcaster.

Download Snippet LE 8 by following this link.

NETIA Wishes

NETIA wishes you a happy and prosperous new year! May 2012 be the best for all of you.

NETIA Radio-Assist 8 Provides Comprehensive Digital Media Platform for Cape Verde Broadcaster

RadioTelevisaõ Caboverdiana (RTC) to Deploy Radio-Assist 8 Digital Audio Software Across Five Stations on Five Islands

CLARET, France - Feb. 8, 2011 - NETIA today announced that it will provide its Radio-Assist^TM 8 suite of digital audio software to Radio de Cabo Verde (RCV) to standardize and streamline ingest, production, broadcast, and archiving across five Group RadioTelevisaõ Caboverdiana (RTC) stations on five islands. Working with systems integrator EuroCOM and in partnership with Radio France International to provide some of the content, NETIA will enable RTC to prepare and deliver regional news broadcasts in Portuguese and local Creole to the Cape Verde islands of Praia, Mindelo, Sal, Fogo, and Santa Caterina.

"As we consolidate and strengthen digital media workflows at RTC facilities, our primary objectives are to unify, centralize, and harmonize all existing systems and, in turn, to improve production and distribution of content," said Francisco Monteiro, Communication and Marketing Director for Radio Cape Verde. "NETIA's software system, which is well recognized throughout the industry, will provide us with the range of professional tools we require to complete this project successfully."

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. With a common platform for working with and exchanging digital media, RTC stations across the Cape Verde islands will optimize and maximize their workflows and collaborative production capabilities.

"Radio-Assist 8 provides all the functionality required for ingest, production, and broadcast, and when deployed across multiple stations, as it will be for RTC, it yields significant improvements in collaborative news and program production," said Pascal CIMA, Export Sales Manager at NETIA. "Able to exchange digital media between stations with ease, RTC can more effectively draw on all of its journalistic resources to provide quality news content."

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