NEWPORT BEACH, CA – August 26, 2012 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news delivery and the success of its partners, announced today that Ryerson University’s School of Journalism in Toronto, Ontario, Canada went live on Bitcentral’s Precis™ news production and playout solution. Ryerson University is composed of 33,000+ undergraduate students, 2,300+ graduate students, and 65,000+ certificate and continuing education students. Congratulations to your staff and thank you for your partnership during the implementation project!
Ryerson’s School of Journalism is known for its highly experienced and award-winning faculty, its state-of-the-art facilities and its close connections with all of Canada’s major journalistic institutions. Students at Ryerson gain a sophisticated understanding of journalism’s historic mission and its present-day possibilities. They learn advanced research skills, embrace innovation, and focus on the challenges of covering Canada’s largest, most diverse and most dynamic city. Ryerson’s location in the centre of journalistic activity in Canada makes it the ideal place to lay the foundations for a career as one of Canada’s future journalistic leaders. Bitcentral is proud to be a part of the real-world Journalism skills being taught at Ryerson.
Bitcentral’s Precis is the most efficient, production system available to news professionals today. Precis brings four channels of playout and unprecedented MOS workflow integration and efficiency to newsrooms. Precis integrates with best-of-breed solutions to meet simultaneous production needs for broadcast, online and mobile with the scalability to meet the ever-growing number of delivery platforms.