Tag: CORE:news

Nexstar Ramps Up KWKT’s News Production Facility with Core News™

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – July 12, 2017 – Bitcentral, Inc., a leader in the broadcast media industry, providing efficient workflow solutions that maximize the value of media. Today it announced that KWKT, a Fox-affiliated television station located in Waco, Texas and owned by Nexstar Media Group has launched their own news production operation with Core News. Bitcentral’s project management capabilities were key in Nexstar’s decision to continue deploying Core News across their stations for greater visibility, to create, manage and deliver quality content from anywhere, at any time.

KWKT now has a full Bitcentral playout solution integrated into their workflow, driving play-to-air servers and ingest encoding, taking rundowns to air without a hitch. Writers, producers and directors can now attach items to their stories in rundowns with multiple file type options, access all video sources (live and non-live) and manage content in real time, quickly and efficiently within a unified and intuitive environment.

 

About Bitcentral

With corporate headquarters in Newport Beach, CA and Latin American headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, Bitcentral provides efficient and customized software solutions that maximize the value of media workflows. Our Core News solution is #1 in U.S. News Production, with over 255 TV stations going to air every day. This scalable system allows stations of all sizes to unify their story production processes with the most relevant features at the highest efficiency, with rock solid reliability and world class support.

Bitcentral is a software company dedicated to helping traditional broadcasters evolve in a world where content is coming from anywhere and going everywhere. Our products transform media operations with tools that enable content producers to deliver exceptional programming to their viewers and help their organizations grow each day. Over 1,000 media operations worldwide rely on Bitcentral news production and master control automation solutions and we’re proud to deliver the most outstanding customer experience in our industry for over 20 years. Thank you to all our customers who have helped Bitcentral grow. We are more motivated than ever to help you improve your media workflows to increase your productivity.

If you’d like an expert at Bitcentral to walk you through our workflow solutions, email lbennington@bitcentral.com

 


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Bitcentral Shows Latest Newsroom, Automation and Master Control Innovations at NAB 2017

Newport Beach, Calif. – April 10, 2017 – Bitcentral, a provider of digital and broadcast video workflow solutions, will demonstrate the latest features and capabilities of its award-winning portfolio of newsroom workflow, automation and master control automation solutions at the NAB 2017 tradeshow.

CORE:news™, Bitcentral’s flagship news production suite, offers several new enhancements, including:

  • Updates and enhancements to its Oasis™ user interface (UI) that enable easier searching for content across various stations through various device types such as mobile devices, which improve collaboration and maximize the usage and value of news assets and packages.
  • Support for Apple Mac-based workflows. Apple Final Cut Pro X and Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC will be demonstrated running on Mac systems with Precis™ Attach integration allowing seamless workflow by eliminating the need to switch between applications to edit in these leading NLE’s while leveraging CORE:news to achieve efficient and collaborative news production workflows.
  • Integrated connected camera workflows across the three main broadcast news camera platforms that support wireless file upload – JVC, Panasonic and Sony – thanks to the enhanced Create™ ingest and editing utility in CORE:news. File naming and sharing is demonstrated to simplify, speed up and automate file ingest operations.
  • NRCS integration between Precis and the Ross Inception system, which expands CORE:news already class leading level of integration.

Bitcentral will demonstrate the CORE:news integration with Adobe Premiere Pro on Windows and the Mac OS. Adobe Premiere Pro is a great option for editing in the field as exported files can be contributed back to the station through Bitcentral’s browser-based Contribution Portal. The pre-configured H.264 export options in Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Media Encoder CC – both part of Adobe Creative Cloud® – allow editors to choose quality level and file size based on codec parameters. This determination is made based on the available time before a story goes to air; more time allows higher quality levels to be utilized. Bitcentral’s Contribution Portal and Precis Transcode features work in tandem to facilitate the seamless publishing of the story to the Precis playout’s newsroom computer system with no manual intervention needed inside the station.

Bitcentral’s Central Control™ master control solution has received several enhancements in the areas of syndication content processing and advanced Join In Progress (JIP) operation. Notably for NAB 2017, Central Control is now available in application-specific versions that offer superior price-performance while preserving Central Control’s rich functionality combined with targeted, intuitive operation based on simplified UIs. Complementing the “Full” version of Central Control are the following additions to the product lineup: “Light Edition,” “Ad Insertion with Graphics,” “Channel Branding” and “Studio,” which is optimized for live production.

Demonstrations of the company’s award-winning OTT solution Continuum™ will showcase the mixing of live production and automation-driven playlists with support for ad insertion – all vital capabilities as broadcasters continue to innovate with digital story first news production workflows. Additionally, the partnership with Brightcove is highlighted by Continuum sending a 24/7 linear feed to the cloud for adaptive bitrate transcoding, packaging and content distribution to mobile devices, showcasing apps that can be quickly customized to expand broadcasters’ brands to mobile and OTT audiences.

“These latest enhancements to our award-winning family of newsroom workflow and master control automation solutions are based on feedback straight from our customers, wNews Production suite, offers several new enhancementsho have deployed them in over 250 stations across the U.S. and power over 400 channels globally,” said Bitcentral CEO Fred Fourcher. “We are committed to providing solutions with the features, functionality and reliability that meet the real-world needs of newsroom. Complementing our cutting-edge products isthe industry-leading service and support we provide customers, because failure is not an option for news broadcasts – the show must go on!”

Please visit us at NAB 2017 – booth # SU2610 – in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 24-27, to learn more about our solutions.

 

About Bitcentral

Bitcentral provides solutions that maximize the value of media workflows. Our reliable and flexible product offerings represent our close partnering and intent listening to customers and world class support to back them up. Since 2000, we have gained a trusted partnership reputation with news and media customers, providing them with efficient media workflows that result in higher productivity – all while helping them increase their audience reach and competitive market position. We design forward looking, pragmatically designed and exceptionally reliable media solutions in news, master control and emerging-platform content.

We are dedicated to creating a culture of proactive sharing and listening to understand to stay close to our customers and partners as we solve real-world problems and an environment that attracts and retains the right talent. See how at www.es.bitcentral.com

 

NEWS RELEASE: Bitcentral Announces WOFL Station Goes Live With Core:news™

Bitcentral, Inc., a provider of digital and broadcast video workflow solutions, today announced the successful launch of Orlando, FL station WOFL on its news production suite, CORE:news with Adobe Premiere. FOX-owned WOFL now has a complete news production, media management, collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. #1 in its market. FOX Television Stations are standardizing on Bitcentral’s CORE:news solution. This existing Oasis-only customer is now on Bitcentral’s latest solution. WOFL is hoping to align themselves with rest of FOX group on system and participate in group sharing with other sites.

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production platform that combines content discovery, capture, editing, playout, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow. Bitcentral extends its congratulations and appreciation to the staff of WOFL for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner moving forward.

NEWS RELEASE: Bitcentral Announces Two Bonten Media Stations Go Live with CORE:news™

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Sep. 14, 2016– Today, we announced the successful launch of both Greenville, NC station WCTI and Bristol, VA station WCYB on their news production suites, CORE:news with Wellspring. Bonten Media-owned WCTI and WCYB now have a complete news production, media management, collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news and deep archive system with Wellspring. WCTI currently produces an average of 40 hours of news per week and WCYB an average of 46.5 hours per week, and both stations are #1 in news in their respective markets.

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Bonten Media’s WCTI and WCYB launch with Bitcentral CORE:news with Wellspring archive.

“All the Bonten Media Group stations have Bitcentral news systems,” said Tom Cupp, vice president of engineering for Bonten Media Group. “This is the second generation of Bitcentral News Systems at both WCYB and WCTI. We have found Bitcentral to be very reliable, innovative, and user friendly for our news staff.”

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production platform that combines content discovery, capture, editing, playout, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow. Bitcentral extends its congratulations and appreciation to the staff of WCTI and WCYB for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner moving forward.

NEWS RELEASE: Bitcentral Announces KTVX Station Goes Live with CORE:news™

Today, we are pleased to announce the successful launch of Salt Lake City, UT station KTVX on its news production suite, CORE:news. Nexstar-owned KTVX now has a complete news production, media management, collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. KTVX currently produces an average of 8 hours of news per weekday and 3 hours of news every weekend, and its late news, ABC4 Utah News at 10, was recently honored as the Best Newscast in Utah by the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (just 1 of 30 honors the station received in June by the same organization).

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Nexstar’s KTVX launches with Bitcentral CORE:news.

“Optimizing our resources and producing the best content possible are top priorities for us,” said George B. Severson, director of news for KTVX. “Bitcentral’s CORE:news system assists us with being more efficient as well as more effective with managing quality control and the overall review of content before it hits the air. It takes a team to put shows on the air and this system creates a great platform which supports that team effort.”

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production platform that combines content discovery, capture, editing, playout, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow. Bitcentral extends its congratulations and appreciation to the staff of KTVX for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner moving forward.

NEWS RELEASE: Bitcentral Announces WETM Station Goes Live with CORE:news™

Bitcentral, Inc., a provider of digital and broadcast video workflow solutions, today announced the successful launch of Elmira, NY station WETM on its news production suite, CORE:news. Nexstar-owned WETM now has a complete news production, media management, collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. #1 in its market, WETM currently produces an average of 5 hours of news per day, including an award-winning sportscast and newscast.

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Nexstar’s WETM launches with Bitcentral CORE:news.

“The Bitcentral implementations team was wonderful and the team was fun, professional and very helpful,” said Don Hunt, director of engineering for WETM. “Post-install has been flawless and advanced prep really helped in making the go-live smooth. System has been excellent. The Bitcentral system has helped to simplify our workflow.”

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production platform that combines content discovery, capture, editing, playout, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow. Bitcentral extends its congratulations and appreciation to the staff of WETM for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner moving forward.

NEWS RELEASE: Bitcentral Announces WFFF Station Goes Live with CORE:news™

Bitcentral, Inc., a provider of digital and broadcast video workflow solutions, today announced the successful launch of Burlington, VT station WFFF on its news production suite, CORE:news. Nexstar-owned WFFF now has a complete news production, media management, collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. WFFF currently produces an average of 6.5 hours of news per day with a small staff.

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Nexstar’s WFFF launches with Bitcentral CORE:news.

“The Bitcentral system allows great flexibility and improved operation with editing and video playback systems that are very efficient,” said Craig Marrs, general manager for WFFF. “Bitcentral professionals worked tirelessly and held our hand through the entire install and training process, resulting in a flawless launch.”

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production platform that combines content discovery, capture, editing, playout, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow. Bitcentral extends its congratulations and appreciation to the staff of WFFF for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner moving forward.

NEWS RELEASE: Bitcentral Announces Four Raycom Media-Owned Stations Go Live with CORE:news™

Bitcentral, Inc., a provider of digital and broadcast video workflow solutions, today announced the successful launch of Lawton, OK/Wichita Falls, TX station KSWO on its news production suite, CORE:news, culminating a larger, four-station rollout for KSWO parent Raycom Media. Raycom Media-owned KFDA, KXXV, KWES and KSWO, serving DMAs in Texas and Oklahoma, now all have a complete news production, media management, collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news.

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Raycom Media’s KSWO using Bitcentral CORE:news

“Rolling out Bitcentral CORE was a top priority for Raycom Media and our news departments,” said David Evans for Raycom Media. “The rollout of CORE with ENPS integration was critical in getting these new stations the support and infrastructure they need to do news the Raycom Media way, and integrate them into our environment. Systems like Bitcentral Create give the newsrooms the ability to manage their content in the most efficient way allowing everyone to log and edit video from their desktop without the need of an NLE. Bitcentral Oasis provides not only a storage solution but also a very powerful platform to push and pull video around their system and share with the entire Raycom Media family. Bitcentral Remote Contribution and Precis Attach from the field have proven invaluable assets to our stations. Getting these systems in place for our new stations was a priority for Raycom Media.”

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production platform that combines content discovery, capture, editing, playout, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow. Bitcentral extends its congratulations and appreciation to the staff of Raycom Media for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner moving forward.

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Bitcentral provides solid and simple video workflow solutions that streamline, unify and extend broadcast and media operations through innovative, easy-to-use technology and an exceptional customer experience. A trusted partner since 2000, Bitcentral enables broadcast and media companies to advance their reach, profitability, and competitiveness through forward-looking, pragmatically designed and exceptionally reliable media solutions for news, sports, and emerging-platform content.  See how at www.es.bitcentral.com.

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KMID Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar Broadcasting’s Odessa, TX station KMID is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – December 7, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral announces the successful launch of Odessa, TX station KMID on its news production suite, CORE:news. KMID now has a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. Bitcentral welcomes the staff to their 200-plus North American broadcasters as well and 1000-plus facilities worldwide.

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

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at KMID for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner each day.

About Bitcentral: Bitcentral creates simply efficient workflow solutions for broadcast and digital media. Our news production and master control and automation solutions power over 200 North American broadcaster operations and 1000 facilities worldwide.

WBRE Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar Broadcasting’s Wilkes Barre, PA station WBRE is now producing their news programming with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – October 16, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral announces the successful launch of Wilkes Barre, PA station WBRE on its news production suite, CORE:news. WBRE now has a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. Bitcentral welcomes the staff to their 200-plus North American broadcasters as well and 1000-plus facilities worldwide.

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

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at WBRE for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner each day.

About Bitcentral: Bitcentral creates simply efficient workflow solutions for broadcast and digital media. Our news production and master control and automation solutions power over 200 North American broadcaster operations and 1000 facilities worldwide.