Category: Core News

Bitcentral Announces Launch of Two More Nexstar Stations on CORE:news™

Nexstar’s Little Rock, AK and Lubbock, TX stations are now producing news with Bitcentral’s unified CORE:news platform.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – December 17, 2014 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of KARK and KLBK/KAMC. The stations went live in the last week on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. The Nexstar 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 love working with the team at Nexstar. They are 100% committed to localism in the markets they serve. CORE:news is helping Nexstar drive valuable local products to the multi-platform world,” said Rick Young, VP & GM, Sales and Business Development at Bitcentral.

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

CORE:news™ Honored with NewBay Media’s News Technology Award

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – October 9, 2014 – Bitcentral Inc., a provider of news production and management solutions, announced today that CORE:news has been named a winner of the first NewBay Media “News Technology Award.”

The awards were announced last night at the News Technology Summit, presented by TV Technology and Broadcasting and Cable Magazine, in Baltimore, MD. Read more about the announcement here.

“Our mission with CORE:news is to provide streamlined end-to-end news production and publishing. We are honored by this industry recognition for our products. I am proud of our team that has worked so hard to bring CORE:news to market,” said Fred Fourcher, CEO, Bitcentral, Inc.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that enables content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration and asset management in one complete system. The platform allows newsrooms to achieve more and reach further by simplifying the steps in the production process. By streamlining workflows, journalists are able to focus on content creation and driving more stories to more platforms.

NewBay Media’s News Technology Awards are judged by a panel of engineers and industry experts on the criteria of innovation, feature set, cost efficiency and performance in serving the industry.

About NewBay Media

NewBay Media focuses on being the #1 content connector to its served markets. Their brands include Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, TV Technology, Music Week, MI Pro, TWICE, Systems Contractor News, Tech & Learning, Guitar Player, and Guitar World. Through organic growth and acquisitions, NewBay serves some of the broadest B-to-B professional and enthusiast communities in the world through over 60 print and digital publications, 100 integrated web and mobile applications, 100+ conferences and conventions, custom marketing services, and e-commerce capabilities. Learn more about NewBay Media at newbaymedia.com.

WTTG Goes Live with CORE:news™

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – June 20, 2014 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news production, management and delivery, announced today that Washington, DC station WTTG went live on Bitcentral CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media sharing and archiving solution.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration and asset management into one complete system. Fox 46 will have the freedom and the tools to achieve more and reach further with their daily news programming.

CORE:news is a complete news production tool to “Collaborate” on project-based production including immediate logging and editing access to live and file-based sources, “Originate” unique content with a concise raw and finished content field-based workflow, “Reach” further with multi-platform publishing, and “Extend” their capabilities with raw media workflows that provide access to typically hidden and underutilized assets.

We’re excited partner with WTTG and would like to say Happy New Year, congratulations and thank you to their staff for their partnership throughout the implementation process!

WAWS Goes Live with CORE:news™

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – April 17, 2014 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news production, management and delivery, announced today that Jacksonville, FL station WAWS Fox 30, went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media sharing and archiving solution.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration and asset management into one complete system. Bitcentral is pleased to help WAWS break down their news production and workflow walls by enabling a new breed of productivity with CORE:news. WAWS will have the freedom and the tools to achieve more and reach further with their daily news programming.

CORE:news is a complete news production tool to “Collaborate” on project-based production including immediate logging and editing access to live and file-based sources, “Originate” unique content with a concise raw and finished content field-based workflow, “Reach” further with multi-platform publishing, and “Extend” their capabilities with raw media workflows that provide access to typically hidden and underutilized assets.

We’re excited partner with WAWS and would like to say congratulations and thank you to their staff for their partnership throughout the implementation process!

Bitcentral Wins two NewBay Media’s Best of Show Awards, Presented by TV Technology Magazine.

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Bitcentral President Fred Fourcher accepting the Best of Show Awards at NAB

LAS VEGAS, NV – April 9, 2014 – Bitcentral’s CORE Active Panel and Mobile Contribution are each recipients of one of the industry’s most prestigious technology honors, NewBay Media’s Best of Show Award. The awards were presented at the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas by TV Technology magazine.

The Best of Show Awards are evaluated by a panel of engineers and industry experts, and are selected based on innovation, feature set, cost efficiency and performance in serving the industry.

This is the second consecutive year Bitcentral has won an award at NAB. Last year Bitcentral was presented with a Star Award for it’s CORE:news modular news production system.

“It has been another great year at NAB for Bitcentral. We are honored that our innovation has again been recognized with these prestigious awards,” said Rick Young, Vice President of Sales and Product Strategy for Bitcentral.

Only a small number of products were chosen for NewBay Media’s Best of Show Award from among hundreds of new products in competition.

The CORE Active Panel enables users to drive critical production processes from within their most familiar tools – iNews and ENPS. CORE Active Panel includes a simple to use management panel that powers the surfacing and discovery of raw, works-in-progress and finished assets. Active Video Wires further enable discovery and media transport via simplified drag-and-drop all from within the newsroom computer system.

Mobile Contribution enables teams working in the field to instantaneously deliver video, images, scripts and other metadata back to the facility. Items can be immediately attached and available for playout or one-click publishing to digital platforms. Reporters and crews in the field are now able to stay in the field longer and turn more stories every day.

“We are enormously proud of our Best of Show recipients,” says NewBay Media Broadcast & Video Group Vice President & Group Publisher Eric Trabb. “Recognition with an award at the NAB Show from NewBay Media’s Broadcast & Video Group is a strong vote of confidence and admiration from our leading industry publications.”

NAB 2014 concludes on April 10, 2014. Bitcentral’s award-winning solutions are on display at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the South Hall, Booth SU 5510.

Additional information is available online at es.bitcentral.com, via e-mail at sales@bitcentral.com or by calling (949) 253-9000.

Are you going to NAB this year?

We’re 8 weeks away from the 2014 NAB Show and looking forward to seeing you soon!

The clock is ticking down as we gear up for an exciting NAB. We mentioned a couple weeks ago that we will be showcasing our CORE:news production suite that has created quite a buzz as of late with its field-centric workflow capabilities. Since we saw you last year we have made huge strides in simplifying newsroom workflows by adding key features to our CORE:news suite that make field-based workflows more convenient and cost-effective. We’ve deepened our integrations to make your lives easier.

So, if you are heading to NAB this year we would love to show you what we have been up to. If you haven’t registered for the event yet, we would like to offer you our Guest Pass Code: LV3782. By registering with this code on the NAB Show website you will receive FREE entrance into the exhibits area, compliments of Bitcentral.

Once you are registered we invite you to schedule an appointment to come by our booth: SU5510 to hang out with our team and explore the possibilities of CORE:news in your newsroom. We look forward to showing you exactly what we are so excited about this year.

To schedule a demo at NAB, here’s what you’ll need:
Register for the event with Guest Pass Code LV3782: NAB REGISTRATION
Register for a CORE:news Demo in our booth SU5510: SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT

If you will not be at NAB this year but would like to schedule a demonstration of our CORE:news workflow possibilities, please give us a call at 949.253.9000 or send us an email at sales@bitcentral.com any time.

We look forward to talking to you soon!

10 Weeks to NAB!

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We’re 10 weeks away from the 2014 NAB Show and looking forward to seeing you soon!

If you are anything like us here at Bitcentral, you’re counting down the days until we all converge together once again in the city that never sleeps… We’re already practicing not sleeping in these weeks leading up to the event but that doesn’t lessen the excitement for us at all, if anything, it adds a level of creativity to our team that only sleep deprivation can provide… We kid… Well, only a little. Truly, NAB is “the” event for us every year. It’s where we get to see old friends, and make new ones, it’s where we come together as the small family from Newport Beach, CA and immerse ourselves in the whole of our Broadcast family. We really cannot wait to see you all!

This year we will be showcasing our CORE:news product which has been making huge strides in simplifying newsroom workflows since NAB last year. We have added some key features that make field-based workflows more convenient and cost-effective than ever before, and deepened our integrations to make your lives easier.

We would love to show you what we have been up to. If you haven’t registered for the event yet, we would like to offer you our Guest Pass Code: LV3782. By registering with this code on the NAB Show website you will receive FREE entrance into the exhibits area, compliments of Bitcentral.

Once you are registered we invite you to schedule an appointment to come by our booth: SU5510 and hang out with our team. We will be showing CORE:news so you’ll not only get to hang out with us, you’ll get to see exactly what we are so excited about this year.

Here’s what you’ll need:
Register for the event here: NAB REGISTRATION
CORE:news Demo: SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT

We look forward to seeing you there!

KTAZ Goes Live with Upgrade to CORE:news™

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – December 16, 2013 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news delivery and the success of its partners, announced today that Phoenix, AZ station KTAZ went live on CORE:news – a complete production, media management, media sharing and media archiving solution. KTAZ runs programming from the Telemundo network in Phoenix, Arizona and is the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal.

Since CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration and asset management into one complete system, KTAZ will have the freedom and the tools to achieve more and reach further with their daily news programming.

Their upgrade to CORE:news gives KTAZ a complete News Production tool to “Collaborate” on project-based production including immediate logging and editing access to live and file-based sources, “Originate” unique content with a concise field-based workflow with finished and raw content acquisition via browser or iOS/Android mobile devices, “Reach” further with multi-platform publishing, and “Extend” their capabilities with raw media workflows that provide access to previously hidden and underutilized assets.

Now, everyone in the KTAZ newsroom has access to the same sources no matter the file type (video, audio, images, documents), everyone can participate in the process, everyone can prep content for air and publish everywhere all at the same time.

We’re excited to extend our partnership with KTAZ and would like to say congratulations and thank you to their staff for their partnership during the implementation project!

Hearst Television Selects Oasis™ to Manage and Archive News Content Group Wide

Newport Beach, CA – December 4, 2013 — Hearst Television Inc. has chosen Bitcentral’s Oasis to manage and archive its award winning news product. The announcement was made today by Rick Young, Vice President of Sales and Product Strategy at Bitcentral.

Enabled by Bitcentral’s Wellspring, stories will be automatically safeguarded in the cloud to ensure those assets will be available forever. While maintaining absolute Disaster Recovery security, the journalist, working from any location, has immediate access to all current and archived stories at any given moment.

“Oasis and Wellspring provide the perfect solution for our needs,” said Joe Addalia, Director of Technology Projects at Hearst Television. “We know our valuable news product is safe while providing the professionals in our newsrooms immediate access all from within their newsroom computer systems (ENPS) or even from the field. Content is always secured but, as important, it is always available when news breaks.”

Hearst will complete a corporate wide deployment of Oasis and Wellspring at its more than two dozen news-producing stations by the end of Q1 2014. This is in addition to the already standardized Bitcentral Precis deployment across the Hearst Television group.

“We are thrilled to work with industry news leaders like the team at Hearst,” Young said. “Hearst Television is a technology leader as well as a news leader, and is again guiding the way by deploying a unique architecture that leverages Bitcentral’s hybrid private and public cloud model. It is an honor to be trusted in their award winning newsrooms. Our CORE:news platform with Oasis is changing workflows and enabling collaboration in ways that no other vendor can empower while providing the utmost mission critical reliability that customers like Hearst Television demand.”

Additional information on Bitcentral’s suite of products is available online at es.bitcentral.com, via e-mail at sales@bitcentral.com or by calling (949) 253-9000.

ABOUT HEARST TELEVISION, INC. – Hearst Television, a national multi-media company, owns and operates 29 local television stations and two local radio stations, serving 30 U.S. cities and reaching approximately 18% of U.S. television households. The TV stations broadcast 60 video channels, featuring local and national news, weather, information, sports and entertainment programming, and local community service-oriented programs.

The stations also host and operate digital on-line and mobile platforms that extend the company’s brands and content to local, national and international audiences. Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry’s premier companies, and has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism, industry innovation, and community service. Hearst Televisi11on is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation. The Company’s Web address is www.hearsttelevision.com.