Tag: CORE

KMTV Goes Live with CORE:news™!

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – May 31, 2013 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news delivery and the success of its partners, announced today that Omaha, NE station KMTV went live on the Bitcentral’s CORE – a complete news production, media management, media sharing and media archiving solution. KMTV is a member of Journal Broadcast Group and the CBS affiliate in Omaha, NE.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration and asset management into one complete system that empowers newsrooms to achieve more and reach further with their daily news programming. If you haven’t seen the magic of the new CORE platform, schedule a demonstration to learn how this new system will speed your production process and help you achieve more, in less time, than ever before.

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

3 Stations Go Live With Bitcentral in The Last 24 Hours

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – April 3, 2013 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news delivery and the success of its partners, announced today that 3 stations have gone live in the last 24 hours, one of which is the first installation of their CORE:news production system.

Fred Fourcher, CEO of Bitcentral shares his thoughts about this marathon of stations, “I am excited about all the stations moving to Bitcentral’s news production solutions and today was a record with three stations going live. Today is also special because our first station utilizing our new CORE software went live. CORE combines acquisition, editing, asset management, play out and archiving into a streamlined workflow unlike anything else out there. We enable stations to produce news in ways never before possible while making most of their content across all platforms. Bitcentral is known for streamlined and efficient news production and our new CORE software takes this to an entirely new level. Please come see us at NAB and learn more about what CORE and the Bitcentral suite of products can do for your news organization.”

Of the stations that went live today, the company announced this morning that Evansville, IN station WFIE went live on the Bitcentral’s Precis™ news production and playout solution, adding to that event is Jonesboro, AR station KAIT that went live on Precis™ this afternoon as well. The most exciting news of the day and perfect as the company heads to the NAB trade show in Las Vegas is that the city’s very own station KSNV went live with CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media sharing and media archiving solution.

Over the next several weeks, look for more in the series of Go-Live events from Bitcentral.

If you find yourself heading to Las Vegas for the NAB excitement, stop by the South Lower Hall, booth SL4620 and see CORE in action. If you would like to schedule an appointment, click here and book it while you can.

Bitcentral Demonstrates CORE Creative Collaboration for Multi-Platform Workflows

See Bitcentral’s CORE:news platform at the 2013 NAB Show, Booth SL4620

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – April 2, 2013 – Bitcentral, a leading provider of tools for media content creation, management, and distribution, announced that its revolutionary CORE:news is designed for today’s biggest newsroom challenge: managing pools of media assets of all types to develop multiple versions of news stories for fast delivery across multiple platforms.

Next week, at the 2013 NAB Show, from April 8-11 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Bitcentral will demonstrate how CORE:news gives news teams and station groups all of the tools necessary for creative collaboration—including video ingest, logging, content sharing, editing, asset management, and playlist or rundown-driven playout—in one integrated, efficient, unified production environment.

“CORE:news understands and supports today’s file-based, multi-platform TV news workflow,” says Fred Fourcher, Founder and CEO of Bitcentral, “Anyone on the team—whether they working at a desk or out in the field—can focus on what they want to do and create, not the underlying technical processes that make it happen. This means they can work intuitively and truly collaborate with each other in an unprecedented way.”

Since CORE:news is Project-Centric, media assets and projects flow smoothly through this logical, efficient end-to-end workflow. This maximizes the most valuable TV news resource—time. There are many ways that CORE:news saves news professionals time and drives more content to more platforms including:

  • Live feeds that can be scheduled in advance and journalists can start viewing, logging, and speed cutting that live footage—even push it to air—while the event is still unfolding
  • All story components—notes, logs, metadata, raw video, rough cuts, and more—can easily be versioned and repurposed
  • Remote and field-based workflows enabled by laptops, tablets, iOS or Android devices and cloud-powered configurations break down workflow barriers previously experienced by remote journalists
  • Capture, Create, Publish and Manage assets and projects with ease, never worrying if you’re using the right type of file format, video codec, media player, or other technical issue that used to hamper productivity
  • Enhanced and robust support for MOS (Media Object Server) framework ensures seamless integration with the most popular newsroom computer systems and production control room equipment

At the 2013 NAB Show, top Bitcentral executives including John King, Vice President of Engineering Services, and Rick Young, Vice President of Product Strategy will demonstrate CORE:news’ features and benefits in the theater at the center of its booth, SL4620, with presentations running at regular intervals during each of the exhibit days. To schedule a personalized demonstration, please complete our online form, or send an email to Lourdes Bennington at lbennington@bitcentral.com. Let us show you how CORE:news can be a valuable asset to your particular news workflow.

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Bitcentral Introduces CORE:news™ for Broadcast News Creation, Asset Management, and Multi-Platform Workflows

See Bitcentral’s new CORE platform at The 2013 NAB Show, Booth SL4620

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – March 23, 2013 – Bitcentral, a leading provider of tools for media content creation, management, and distribution, announced that its revolutionary CORE:news solution will debut at the 2013 NAB Show, taking place from April 6-11 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

To develop CORE:news, Bitcentral integrated its individual modules, in use across U.S. TV stations, into a single unified, secure, user-friendly Web-based production environment designed to boost collaboration, sharing, and productivity.

At the 2013 NAB Show, top Bitcentral executives including John King, Vice President of Engineering Services, and Rick Young, Vice President of Product Strategy will be on-hand to demonstrate CORE:news’ features and benefits in the theater at the center of its booth, SL4620, with presentations running at regular intervals during each of the exhibit days. For a personalized demonstration tailored to your business workflow you can schedule time now here.

Fred Fourcher, Founder and CEO of Bitcentral said, “With the pressure to handle a deluge of incoming media from camera crews, satellite feeds, news services, and User Generated Content (UGC), today’s broadcasters have been asking for a faster, more streamlined, more cost-effective way to produce compelling news stories for live newscasts, as well as for the desktop, mobile, and social media outlets they now serve.”

With CORE:news, journalists, producers, and other news team members now have all the tools they need to deliver compelling media-rich news stories right at their fingertips,” said Fourcher. “While CORE:news leverages our proven technology and expertise, it offers a fresh, open approach to news production that promotes greater creative collaboration, sharing, and productivity.

With CORE:news, content producers do not have to change environments to tackle all of the vital tasks related to content creation, management, and delivery. Whether they’re working in the newsroom or from remote locations, news teams can access the following tools within this comprehensive, end-to-end workflow:

  • CAPTURE: Ingests raw video in native formats, live feeds, file-based sources or recordings from cameras, even UGC from consumer video cameras and smart phones (powered by Bitcentral Media Encoders).
  • CREATE: Enables time code-based proxy rough cutting of file-based and live content (powered by the Create engine).
  • PUBLISH: Manages all aspects of rundowns and playlists, publishing to multiple platforms, and bi-directional MOS (Media Object Server) protocol integration with newsroom systems (powered by Precis).
  • ASSET MANAGEMENT: Provides management and advanced search tools for video, audio, stills, documents, and other media assets from capture to archive whether it’s on-site, near-line, in cloud storage, or in media vaults (powered by Oasis and Wellspring).
  • At any point in the CORE:news workflow, users have access to utilities, such as HD/SD-SDI media encoders, media players for preview, content creation and confidence monitoring, as well as tools for asset search, management, and deep archive. NLE plugins interface CORE:news with popular nonlinear editing (NLE) systems like Adobe Premiere, Grass Valley Edius and Final Cut Pro.

Bitcentral at its NAB booth, SL4620, will also have CORE:news demonstration kiosks where prospective customers can see personalized demos custom tailored to their particular workflow needs and concerns. To schedule your personalized CORE:news demo, please complete our online form, call Lourdes Bennington at (949) 417-4112 before April 1st. After April 1st, please email Lourdes at lbennington@bitcentral.com to schedule. Demo sessions are limited so please schedule your appointment early.

Fourcher goes on to say, “We’re very excited about the prospects for CORE:news and based on the experience of our initial customers, we know the contribution it’s already making to faster, better news production workflows. The new CORE platform is now the foundation that Bitcentral will build on going forward. Our plan is to develop other CORE products tailored to sports, education, law enforcement, military/defense, and any other market that needs to capture, edit, manage, and deliver large pools and archives of video content.”

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