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Core News’ New Connected Camera Workflow Cures Headaches Before They Start

We’ve just enhanced our Core News news production suite with exciting new features and functionality that give newsrooms added capabilities and address some common headaches.

By enhancing the Create™ ingest and editing utility in Core News, we’ve addressed a known pain point by creating a new connected camera workflow.

The remote upload-capable cameras offered by JVC, Panasonic and Sony have been a tremendous boon to news stations. Their ability to wirelessly upload files has enabled stations to cover remote and breaking news events like never before. However, there have been a few drawbacks.

Here’s a familiar scenario.

It’s 4 p.m. and your top reporter and camera operator have just covered a major news event an hour away from the station. They rave that this is a major story and the producers immediately decide to lead the 5 p.m. broadcast with the news and to air a tease ASAP in advance.

All that’s needed are theNew Connected Camera Workflow Cures Headaches Before They Start video files, which are already being ingested and stored in the newsroom’s FTP site as the reporter and camera operator race back.

This is when the headache begins.

Though the files arrived flawlessly, they are stored along with all the other files uploaded to the site during the day. The newsroom editing team has to identify the precise files to edit – and they have to do it quickly! The news starts at 5 p.m. on the dot and you know the competing stations in your market will lead with the story – running it after the first commercial break won’t cut it. Needing to find important files in a short time on a tight deadline occurs all too often in the newsroom and we’ve developed our new connected camera workflow to stop this headache before it starts.

Rather than storing all camera files in a single “bucket” as they’re uploaded to the FTP site, the upload methodology of our connected camera workflow stores each camera’s files in its own subfolder, all of which are then displayed in Oasis™, the newsroom’s asset management system. This creates an organizational hierarchy so newsroom staff can easily and quickly find specific assets from a particular shoot. Stations can further organize the files by the day of the week they were uploaded, which allows them to more precisely target their searches.

Another advantage of our Connected Camera Workflowis that our approach also preserves location information and other important meta data that’s typically lost when uploading a single file at a time.

We’re really pleased with the connected camera workflow, and we will be bringing you more efficiency-enhancing capabilities with Core News and other Bitcentral solutions. Stay tuned!

Visit us at NAB booth SU2610 to learn more.

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

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

 

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.

KEZI Goes Live with CORE:news™

Heartland Media’s Eugene, OR station KEZI is now producing their news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – May 7, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Eugene, OR station KEZI. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. KEZI join’s 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 KEZI 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.

WTMJ Goes Live with Upgrade to CORE:news™

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – July 25th, 2013 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news delivery and the success of its partners, announced today that Milwaukee, WI station WTMJ went live on CORE:news – a complete production, media management, media sharing and media archiving solution. WTMJ is a member of Journal Broadcast Group and the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee, WI.

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.

WTMJ’s upgrade to CORE gives them 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.

In terms of value, it is no longer a question of “what platform does WTMJ publish to first?” Now, everyone in the Journal Broadcast Group on Bitcentral 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 partner with WTMJ and would like to say congratulations to their staff and say thank you for their partnership during the implementation project!

KTVM Upgrades to Precis 4™ and adds Oasis™

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – July 11, 2013 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news delivery and the success of its partners, announced today that Butte / Bozeman, MT station KTVM went live with their upgraded Bitcentral’s Precis™ news production and playout solution and a brand new implementation of Oasis for archiving, sharing and asset management. KTVM is a member of the Bonten Media Group and the NBC affiliate in Butte / Bozeman, MT.

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.

Precis customers have flexibility to choose from world-class technology brands, such as Adobe’s Premiere® Pro for full craft editing or Bitcentral’s browser editor Create, which allows newsrooms to do more with the resources they have. AP’s ENPS and Avid’s iNews are tightly integrated allowing for choice among the most popular newsroom computer systems.

Oasis’ sophisticated Asset Management will allow KTVM to automatically archive and share seamlessly and it will grow with their needs. Oasis shares over 6 million news stories annually with that number steadily increasing each year. The flexibility of Oasis has allowed the launch of a new weekly TV news show utilizing shared content and substantially improved the quality of unique content delivered to local markets. Oasis will empower everyone at KTVM to access, share and move stories over existing bandwidth without traditional time-consuming and expensive linear feeds.

Their new workflow goes beyond the newsroom and extends content creation out into the field. KTVM Journalists can see and use all of the station’s content from wherever they are and remotely contribute their packages back to the station.

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