Category: Core News

Bitcentral and Ross Video Announce Integration

NEWPORT BEACH, CA. — April 13, 2015 — Bitcentral, a leading provider of tools for media content creation, management, and distribution, announced today that CORE:news™ and its Active Panel™ are now certified with Ross Video’s Inception newsroom computer system (NRCS). The integration enables unified, streamlined and embedded news production all from within Ross Inception.

“Bitcentral’s strategy is to create powerful integrations with a long list of news ecosystem partners,” said Rick Young, vice president and general manager of sales and business development for Bitcentral. “We welcome the chance to work with the team at Ross to deliver a MOS-driven, complete solution for managing, archiving and delivering content to all platforms.”

CORE:news powers a complete end-to-end video production workflow enabling broadcast newsrooms to drive the entire workflow from ingest to editing to playout and to all digital platforms. In this integration, the Inception NRCS caters to modern newsrooms allowing production teams to collaborate with digital media and web groups to create compelling content.

The companies have an existing integration between Bitcentral’s Precis news playout solution and Ross’ OverDrive production control system.

Visit Bitcentral at NAB Show, today through Thursday, to see a live solutions demonstration in booth SU4410.

Bitcentral Integrates CORE:news™ With NetApp Software and Solutions

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — March 30, 2015 — Bitcentral, a leading provider of tools for media content creation, management, and distribution, announced today that CORE:news™ is now being integrated with NetApp software and solutions. This integration will provide Bitcentral’s CORE:news customers an easy-to-install, enterprise-class storage solution that can be scaled to match the different needs of broadcasters.

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“Our partnership with NetApp is another proof point in our long standing strategy to provide customers the opportunity to choose the best solutions for all aspects of their workflow,” said Rick Young, vice president and general manager of sales and business development for Bitcentral. “We welcome the chance to tell our customers that we certify our solutions with partners like NetApp. The NetApp FAS8000 unified scale-out storage solution is now fast enough to support the concurrent workflows that are common in news production. And NetApp clustered Data ONTAP, the storage operating system running inside FAS, provides nondisruptive operation, which means the news infrastructure is ‘always on’ even during major upgrades and data migrations.”

CORE:news software enables broadcast newsrooms to put a newscast on the air, managing the entire workflow from ingest to editing to playout and beyond. In this integration, the NetApp solution is the centralized storage that sits in the center of the production workflow — a workflow that by its nature demands the highest level of video throughput and reliability. Editors, journalists, and producers can tap into the NetApp FAS 8000 via the Bitcentral unified production platform to share and collaborate, with enough bandwidth to work simultaneously on different tasks.

A major U.S. television broadcast group is using the CORE:news/NetApp FAS combination to do just that and benefitting from five nines uptime, always-on operation, and enterprise-class product support.

“Together Bitcentral and NetApp are providing customers with the ability to choose the right solutions for bandwidth-intensive news production workflows,” said Jason Danielson, media and entertainment solution marketing manager at NetApp. “We are looking forward to continuing the relationship with Bitcentral and providing a complete software solution to this critical market.”

WTWO Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar’s Terre Haute, IN station WTWO is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – March 27, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Terre Haute, IN station WTWO. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution for their 5pm show. WTWO join over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at WTWO for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

WVUE Goes Live with CORE:news™

Raycom Media’s New Orleans, LA station WVUE is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – March 12, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of New Orleans, LA station WVUE. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. WVUE joins over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at WVUE for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

To see CORE:news live, visit us at NAB in booth SU4410. Get a free Exhibits-only Pass, register with Guest Pass Code: LV7684 and schedule a demo on this page by clicking here.

WMBD Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar’s Peoria, IL station WMBD is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – March 6, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Peoria, IL station WMBD. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. WMBD join over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at WMBD for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

KTAL Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar’s Shreveport, LA station KTAL is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – January 23, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Shreveport, LA station KTAL. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution for their 5pm show. KTAL join over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at KTAL for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

Bitcentral Expands to Latin America

Rick Young promoted to VP/GM Sales & Business Development for North America and Latin America; Jeff Fenley joins to spearhead Latin America business development

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Jan. 22, 2015 – Bitcentral, a leading provider of tools for media content creation, management, and distribution, announced that it is expanding its product reach into the Latin American market, including Mexico, Central and South America.

To oversee both North American and Latin American sales efforts, Rick Young assumes the role of Vice President and General Manager of Sales and Business Development. Young joined Bitcentral in 2010 as Vice President of Sales and Product Strategy.

Jeff Fenley joins Bitcentral as Director of Business Development for Latin America, spearheading sales and marketing efforts for the entire product portfolio including the flagship CORE:news production platform. Based in Argentina and fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, Fenley will represent the news technology leader at major Latin American broadcast trade shows.

“This is an extremely exciting time to expand our operation into the Latin American market, which has seen rapid economic growth in recent years,” said Bitcentral CEO Fred Fourcher, “and it’s a tremendous opportunity for Bitcentral as the region’s many broadcasters are poised to adopt new solutions to streamline their newsroom workflows and manage rapidly growing operational demands.”

“We owe our success in the North American broadcast news market to uniquely focused and proven offers such as our CORE:news platform. Now, Bitcentral is in a strong position to deliver a highly efficient and enabling news platform that can advance and transform Latin American news operations,” Fourcher said.

An open-standard and software-based solution, CORE:news is a secure, unified, and very easy to use production and content management environment designed to boost collaboration, sharing, and productivity. From a single user interface, CORE:news integrates all the tools broadcast journalists need to ingest and manage a wide array of incoming video sources, create rundowns, search and manage digital assets and deliver compelling, media-rich news stories.

“We have a very compelling story to tell in Latin America,” said Young. “Our technology is proven to streamline the competitive and time-challenged newsroom workflow process, extend the newsroom completely into the field, and promote creative collaboration and sharing among journalists preparing news assets, rundowns and newscasts.”

“Latin American broadcasters want the very same capabilities we’ve provided to our many major U.S.-based news organization customers,” Young added. Bitcentral’s newsroom solutions are in use at CNN, CBC/Radio-Canada, NBC Universal / Telemundo, Fox, Gannett, Hearst Television, Nexstar Broadcasting, Raycom Media, Meredith and Media General, among other major networks and station groups.

As Bitcentral’s new Director of Business Development in Latin America, Jeff Fenley brings extensive technology sales experience and a background in news content creation. Prior to joining Bitcentral, Fenley served as Managing Director for Footstats Latin America from 2012 to 2014, where he managed the Brazilian sports stats provider’s expansion into Mexico, the U.S. Hispanic market, and many South American countries.

Fenley also served as Manager of Business Development/Latin America and the Caribbean from 2008 to 2012 for STATS LLC – a joint venture then owned by Associated Press and News Corp – that provides sports scores, information and statistics to broadcast, digital and other clients. From 2003-2008, Fenley served as Regional Television Executive/News and Sports for Associated Press (AP Television News), responsible for developing business development in Mexico, Central and South America for AP Television News and Sports News Television.

Fenley, who reports directly to Rick Young, officially joined Bitcentral in June 2014, and has been establishing the new Argentina office while meeting with television networks, groups and stations throughout the region. Fenley said, “As Bitcentral embarks on its Latin American expansion, I’m looking forward to helping the company build a strong, successful presence in this vibrant, rapidly growing market.”

Michael Petersen Joins Bitcentral as Vice President of Product Management

Plans to focus on strategic future-facing solutions for all forms of media production

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – January 14, 2015 – Bitcentral, a leading provider of tools for media content creation, management, and distribution, announced that Michael Petersen has been appointed to Vice President of Product Management.

In his new role, Petersen is responsible for Bitcentral’s current and future product lines, including the flagship CORE:news newsroom workflow. The result of integrating Bitcentral newsroom modules, CORE:news provides a single unified, secure, user-friendly Web-based production environment designed to boost collaboration, sharing, and productivity.

“I’m very excited to join Bitcentral.” Petersen said, “They are an established company that has proven its abilities to deliver in what I feel is the most demanding of media & entertainment verticals, broadcast. I see a loyal customer base that keeps growing, well thought out solutions and impressive customer support that proactively monitors their onsite solutions. Already great products and great support, it’s the perfect foundation for innovation.”

“I feel like a kid in a candy store. The hardest aspects of software engineering practice that produce quality, reliability, and support have already been burned into Bitcentral’s broadcast solutions. I am really excited to be here, now the fun can really begin.”

Petersen, who officially assumed his new post in mid-November 2014, brings over 20 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur and senior software engineer with a proven track record developing and marketing innovative media & entertainment technology solutions, including rich media content management and process automation solutions.

Prior to joining Bitcentral, Petersen was President of his own technology company, TechPath, which offered services encompassing custom application development, enterprise Web/mobility, media process automation and media & entertainment technology consulting. During this time, from March 2007 to August 2014, Petersen managed large-scale technology deployments for such major media companies as NBC Universal, CBS, Warner Bros, Technicolor, MTV Networks, TMZ and Microsoft.

Prior to forming TechPath, Petersen worked as a Senior Technology Specialist for Microsoft, from September 2004 to November 2007, where he was integrally involved in supporting Microsoft’s enterprise servers targeted at marquee Telecommunications and Media & Entertainment accounts. He moved to this position after serving as a senior consultant to Microsoft, from May 1999 to September 2004, where he was deployed to work on customer sites as an enterprise strategy consultant, lead architect and lead custom software developer.

Petersen is based at the company’s Newport Beach, CA headquarters and reports directly to Bitcentral CEO Fred Fourcher.

“We’re delighted that Michael has joined our management team,” said Fourcher. “Michael’s the right person at the right time because he brings extensive media & entertainment software expertise with an insightful understanding of the unique challenges and trends driving today’s content creation and distribution industry.”

WRBL Goes Live with CORE:news™

Media General’s Columbus, GA station WRBL is now producing news with Bitcentral’s unified CORE:news platform.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – January 9, 2015– Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Columbus, GA station WRBL. The station went live this morning on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. WRBL stations join over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow. “We are honored to launch another station with Media General. The team at WRBL, like other stations across the group, is dedicated to serving the local community with the best news and information across all platforms,” said Rick Young, VP & GM, Sales and Business Development at Bitcentral.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the WRBL staff for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

CORE:news™ wins Second Annual Product Innovation Awards

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – December 22, 2014 – Bitcentral, a leading provider of tools for media content creation, management, and distribution, announced today that CORE:news has been selected as a winner of the Second Annual Product Innovation Awards presented by NewBay Media.

Bitcentral’s CORE:news drives news and media production from acquisition in the field, through raw asset management and discovery to driving finished product to revenue generating platforms.The solution is targeted and highly focused on providing the best end-to-end production platform to enable content owners to manage a dizzying array of media assets, create better shows and turn more stories every single day.

“The goal with the CORE:news is to reduce production steps for newsroom teams, allowing for more stories to be created, for more platforms, which will ultimately drive more revenue for our customers. We are honored that NewBay Media and their panel of professional users appreciate what we have built,” said Bitcentral CEO, Fred Fourcher.

Bitcentral CORE:news brings together media operating verticals through production-hardened convergence tools enabling TV, radio, newspaper and digital to all co-exist (peacefully) in one newsroom, within one workflow.

NewBay Media’s Product Innovation Award, launched in 2013, recognizes excellence in manufacturing of products to serve the TV/pro video and radio/online audio industries. Winners are selected by a panel of professional users and evaluation criteria include innovation of concept and design, creative use of technology, price value, and suitability for use in a broadcast TV/pro video or broadcast/online radio environment.