Viz One MAM for the Dutch national TV and film archive March 23rd 2015 - 02:29 PM

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid) recently decided to replace its extensive asset management IT platform consisting of a number of tailor made systems with a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Media Asset Management (MAM) system by EU Tender issued June 2014. In November 2014 Vizrt was awarded

Orad integrates MAM and social media March 9th 2015 - 10:00 AM

The new Orad Maestro enterprise graphics suite 6.9 release integrates with Orad iFind media asset management so that broadcasters can take advantage of iFind’s workflow management tools to better manage, search and browse media assets. The release also integrates the Orad Social Media Hub and Orad WorldMapper 3D map templates w

Industry Veteran Thorsteinson Takes the Reins At Quantel March 5th 2015 - 02:52 PM

As far as industry executives go, Tim Thorsteinson, recently named new CEO of the combined Quantel and Snell organization, knows the inner workings of broadcast equipment sales and development resource organization better than most. Throughout his career he has become renowned for streamlining operations and consolidating sales resources to make

NewTek Talks Out-Of-Box Virtual Set February 27th 2015 - 04:06 PM

The interest and use of virtual sets are on the increase especially in show formats where there are one or two presenters. The need for more content is something that producers are acutely aware of and in places that are limited on physical space, virtual is really the only option