Media Backbone Hive helps you engage audiences across multiple platforms with unprecedented speed and agility. Based on a powerful, freely scalable unified content platform, it can be deployed on‑premise, in the cloud or a combination of the two. Field-based journalists, producers and editors can collaborate from anywhere in the world, pooling material and tailoring stories for online, social, TV and radio audiences. With fewer silos. And less duplication of precious production resources.
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CGI Viura
CGI OpenMedia NewsBoard
Blaze
CUEZ
Arion Newsroom System
Etere NDI Newsroom
Etere Nunzio Newsroom
AP ENPS
Octopus Newsroom
Octopus News Production System
Bluefish444 IngeSTore
Inception News
Tria News
NewsPlan
nxtedition
Dina
Hive
CGI Viura
Smart camera automation
Viura is a CGI software tool for editors and presenters that provides intelligent camera control in the radio studio. The solution is entirely manufacturer-independent through a combination of video hardware from Blackmagic Design and our specially-designed control software. This means it’s compatible with other dira solutions, as well as with third-party solutions for playout and production.
Triggered by microphone-level detection, fader starts, or by key actions, the software automatically switches to the corresponding configured camera in the studio. Packaging elements, such as lower thirds or broadcast logos, are generated automatically and also can be displayed automatically or by pressing a button.
Key benefits:
- Automatic operations with no additional studio staff required
- Event-controlled camera changes (e.g. by microphone input level, fader starts, etc.)
- Individual logos and texts displayed
- Automatic background recording
- Workflow can be implemented with any mixing console using Ember+
- Integrated touch interface
Find out more about Viura
CGI offers a wide range of professional news and content delivery solutions for innovative media companies across local, national and international markets. This includes the market-leading flagship dira radio delivery software product family, serving many key players in broadcast and delivery.
Learn more about CGI’s radio solutions
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CGI OpenMedia NewsBoard
OpenMedia NewsBoard
CGI's cross-media planning tool
OpenMedia NewsBoard enables journalists and editorial teams to organize their story production process directly from everywhere.
It features a fully customizable and open widget architecture that allows newsrooms to stay flexible to workflow adaptations at any time. It’s modern and unified web-based user interface for journalists and editorial teams dynamizes the collaboration process.
Key features include:
- Story-centric planning for full transparency
- Web-based for collaboration anywhere- Integrated agency feeds and social media for broad news access
- User-friendly interface and highly customizable board design for intuitive handling
- Seamless integration with existing OpenMedia solutions for data consistency
- Cloud-native architecture for easy scalability
- Microservice structure for high performance and easy maintenance
Find out more about OpenMedia NewsBoard
CGI offers a wide range of professional news and content delivery solutions for innovative media companies across local, national and international markets. This includes OpenMedia CGI's flagship newsroom computer system, providing maximum speed and scalability for handling complex workflows in broadcast news production.
Learn more about CGI's newsroom solutions
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Dalet News Wire
This powerful module covers all the needs of a newsroom, from scheduling, job assignment, wire ingest, scripting to social media integration. To foster collaboration and offer a cohesive workflow, Dalet News Wire is directly connected to the desktop production tools and shares the same media database. Boasting integration with third-party systems, Dalet News Wire story-centric workflow tools increase productivity and maximize content value through easy content repurposing on multiple devices.
Connect your Newsroom to the World In addition to traditional agency wire feeds, Dalet News Wire allows you to capitalize on user-generated content (UGC) and to engage your audience on a deeper and more personal level. To take full advantage of the incoming value-added content in a way that enhances overall productivity, Dalet News Wire delivers efficient tools that fully integrate into existing workflows.
From capture to multi-platform distribution, it offers a complete solution to leverage social media. Compelling stories are created using a mix of user-generated content and professionally gathered content before being easily distributed to traditional and new media channels.
Scheduling Editors model their timetable with program slots for a given period, insert scripts or blocks based on templates, manage timings and assign studios. Dalet News Wire allows for economies of scales as multiple sites and channels can be managed from a central location.
Planning & Assignment Editors create events on specific subjects for which journalists receive job assignments along with valuable information such as descriptions, associated wires, linked media or PDF, URLs and more. When inserted into a rundown, all related stories created by journalists are automatically inserted pending editor’s validation.
Notifications & Chat Dalet notification engine sends assignments directly to journalists’ desktops. Other notifications can be set up to notify incoming wires, approval or rejection of submitted stories. An instant messaging feature allows for fast information and links exchanges.
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Blaze
This version provides huge performance and usability improvements over the existing system along with a reduced resource footprint. A significant study has gone into making the system more intuitive and at the same time
retain the simplicity for which BLAZE NRCS is known for
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CUEZ
Cuez allows you to keep all information and media assets in one place and make changes to the script or rundown seconds before going LIVE. Easily add video, live interventions, graphics, prompter text, and other media pieces directly to the rundown, with a drag-and-drop function.Cuez remains in constant sync with studio software and hardware devices, which means any changes to the text, media or other assets are reflected immediately across devices. Cuez is also an NRCS (NewsRoom Computer System) automation tool, seamlessly integrating with existing studio tech setups. Cuez Automator connects to any hardware and software device in your production through an open API, allowing you to control light desks, PTZ cameras, play-out and other devices, media, graphics, and audio consoles directly through Cuez with a simple press of the space bar.
Cuez is more than just a platform; it's a sophisticated tool that addresses everyday broadcasting struggles. Whether in news, sports, eSports, or other events, Cuez empowers production teams to focus on creativity rather than technicalities. With an intuitive interface and state-of-the-art features, Cuez revolutionizes live show production.
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Arion Newsroom System
Arion NRCS is a cutting-edge Newsroom Computer System (NRCS) that revolutionizes news production and content management. With its intuitive interface and powerful features, Arion NRCS enhances collaboration, streamlines workflows, and boosts productivity in newsrooms of all sizes.
Key Features:
- Real-time Collaboration: Seamlessly collaborate with your team members, enhancing communication and efficiency in news production.
- Automated Metadata Tagging: The system automatically tags and organizes content, making it easy to search, retrieve, and reuse valuable assets.
- Integration with Industry Software: Arion NRCS holds full integration capabilities with the most popular broadcast industry software, ensuring seamless workflows and compatibility.
- Customizable Workflows: Tailor Arion NRCS to suit your specific newsroom needs and production requirements, optimizing your operations.
- Intuitive User Interface: Designed with user-friendly navigation and a visually appealing interface, Arion NRCS simplifies training and onboarding processes.
Experience the power of Arion NRCS and unlock the potential of your newsroom. Visit our website to learn more and schedule a demo today!
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Etere NDI Newsroom
Etere Nunzio Newsroom integrates seamlessly with Newtek NDI to deliver unlimited streams for live productions with savings of up to half the cost of a traditional SDI setup. Upgrade your newsroom to Etere to get more done for less!
With NDI integration, Nunzio Newsroom software delivers and receives unlimited broadcast quality video streams with low latency and frame accuracy. Setting up a live newsroom production for unlimited streams is easy and cost-efficient. Newstek NDI is a royalty-free standard that allows multiple video systems to identify and communicate with one another over IP. It encodes, transmits and receive multiple streams of high quality, low latency, frame-accurate video and audio in real-time. Etere is compatible with Newtek NDI technology since 2014 when it rolled out support for the IT-based Etere ETX Channel-in-a-box system.
Etere NDI Nunzio Newsroom enables the use of virtual machines to manage the complete newsroom workflow. With a virtualised environment, you have the freedom to run unlimited streams without the need to invest, operate and maintain a large number of hardware and cables. In addition, you can save up to half the hardware costs with a smaller footprint using only standard Gigabit cables. Moreover, with the use of standard IP adapters, the system is fully redundant for a fault-tolerant performance.
Etere Nunzio Newsroom is the newsroom management component of Etere Ecosystem. It enhances coordinated multi-media planning and collaboration across different production units and departments with an editorial driven workflow and flexible metadata management. Etere Nunzio Newsroom represents the future of news reporting with a host of features for the modern newsroom. Etere supports complex stories with multiple video elements including video files, live streams, graphics and secondary media files simultaneously. Even in the face of complex workflows, Etere delivers the reliability, flexibilty and speed that is critical in any fast-paced newsroom. Etere Nunzio taps on a common database to provide real-time updates across all workflows. Nunzio newsroom goes the extra mile for your workflows so that you can focus on producing better content.
Etere Nunzio Newsroom is a collaboration tool that was designed to facilitate information exchange between internal and external teams of all sizes. It supports Windows and web interfaces, giving you the flexibility to share resources, run your workflows, plan tasks, schedule news story, create and approve content from wherever you are. With a simple software download, you have access to capabilities including instant chat, E-paper support, website uploads, integration with social media platforms and a mobile interface to take your newsroom with you wherever you are. No longer confined to a single device or platform, you are equipped with the software tools to bring the stories to your audience anytime, anywhere.
Key Features ■ Unlimited creative possibilities for live production, allows multiple video systems to connect to one another over IP
■ Use of virtual machines for unlimited broadcast quality video streams
■ Eliminates the need to invest, operate and maintain hardware equipment and bulky cables
■ Cost-efficiency at its best - Save up to half the hardware and maintenance costs
■ Encodes, transmits and receives multiple streams of high quality, low latency, frame-accurate video and audio in real-time
■ Uses standard IP adapters for complete redundancy
■ Send high-quality and low latency video while simultaneously streaming and capturing it elsewhere on your network
■ Support multiple devices with web, Windows and mobile interfaces
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Etere Nunzio Newsroom
Nunzio Newsroom is a newsroom management software that empowers Media Enterprises with the best tools to develop a story from the initial idea to the final broadcast, all from a single interface. With Etere's mastery of integrated workflows, you can achieve a better performance!
With Nunzio newsroom, you can work better, faster and achieve amazing results. Nunzio Newsroom is a highly-flexible and cost-effective solution with fully empowered Newsroom Computer System (NRCS) capabilities to manage the entire tapeless workflow of a Newsroom environment, starting from the planning of news stories (virtual assets) to the control of on-air playback.
Nunzio Newsroom makes all jobs within a Newsroom easier, helping managers control overall daily operations, guiding journalists to prepare their stories, and enabling editors to quickly edit (e.g. voice-over) and deliver news stories. Nunzio Newsroom is the newsroom management component of Etere Ecosystem, the approach that greatly improves coordinated multi-media planning and collaboration across different production units such as radio, TV or web departments, editorial driven workflow and metadata management. Nunzio Newsroom enables you to develop a story from the initial idea to broadcast. It leverages Etere workflow capabilities to handle requirements and offers ideal integration into the entire existing IT and production environment. Nunzio Newsroom relies on an Etere Media Asset Management (MAM) database and uses the Etere Data Mover engine for transfers and integration of multi site systems. Nunzio Newsroom is equipped with a powerful new instant chat feature that enables quick set-up of group chatrooms; logs favourites list, contact list as well as a history of conversations. Etere Nunzio Newsroom supports E-paper, website upload as well as full integration with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Youtube directly from Nunzio interface. Additionally, Nunzio is NDI-ready, enabling unlimited channels and live productions with low latency.
Key Features
■ Manage complex stories with multiple video elements including video files, live streams, graphics and secondary media files simultaneously
■ Supports Newtek NDI
■ Supports E-paper and website upload
■ Add/update playlists from social media including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Youtube directly from Nunzio interface
■ Real-time updates
■ Supports MOS-compliant Teleprompters
■ Flexible and scalable production workflow
■ Fully configurable data model
■ Supports Dante Audio
■ Sophisticated rights, search and communication tools
■ News tickers to create custom carousels
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AP ENPS
The unique perspective of being the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats helped the Associated Press develop AP ENPS, innovation that was recognised with an Emmy. The market-leading newsroom computer system (NRCS) runs in over 700 newsrooms around the world, with a storycentric workflow it helps journalists create content and publish it to broadcast, digital and social channels.
During the pandemic, ENPS Mobile, accessible through a browser or a mobile client was a lifeline for many newsrooms who were able to carry on with remote collaboration and production.
Unparalleled integration gives maximum flexibility to the customer in terms of choice of system partners to achieve the desired workflows. AP ENPS was recognised with an Emmy in 2017 for its contribution to establishing MOS integration as an industry standard.
The latest version of ENPS prioritises security and user access controls while adding greater flexibility to an enhanced UI/UX. Renowned for its reliability and performance across a distributed network of newsrooms, ENPS remains the solution of choice for news organisations with major TV and digital output.
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Octopus Newsroom
Powering more than 250 channels, Octopus is an industry-proven newsroom system designed both for traditional linear broadcasting and web-based digital content delivery. Its flexible structure can be used successfully for mainstream news, sports broadcasting and eSports production as well as website and online publishing.
Octopus integrates with leading social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram as well as the various web content management systems.
Collaborative workflow with shared project planning is central to Octopus, delivering advanced calendar-based collaboration and story-centric workflow across specific topics, no matter what the output format or platform. Fast and easy to operate, Octopus employs a uniquely intuitive two-way digital or linear workflow.
Digital and linear production workflows vary in priority level between organisations. The latest version of Octopus enables tighter than ever collaboration between digital and linear processes, maximising the creative potential of newsroom staff. The feature set includes collaborative script editing, integrated rundown management and easy access to incoming feeds.
Supported by more than 50 MOS partners, Octopus is an open solution with a unified interface which allows operators to work efficiently across multiple devices. It offers smooth integration with any broadcasting system, powering rundown production, studio automation, MAM, playout, graphics, CG solutions and teleprompters.
Easily implemented, simple to learn, Octopus scales to any newsroom environment and supports all major languages.
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Octopus News Production System
Octopus 12 is a newsroom system that unifies news production in one powerful platform, lighting up the process from anywhere. It streamlines the entire production workflow, whether story-centric, rundown-centric, or a hybrid of both. With its new web client, you can easily access the most essential Octopus 12 functionalities effortlessly from your browser enhancing collaboration in the newsroom.
New Octopus Web Client
Introducing the new and improved version of our web-based interface. With enhanced features and a user-friendly design, Octopus Web Client brings the power of Octopus 12’s news production system to your browser. Access essential features effortlessly while enjoying real-time collaboration with your team.
Enhanced Octopus AI assistant
Introducing the improved integration of ChatGPT and Octopus 12 – a powerful solution for lightning-fast news creation. With this dynamic duo, you can write, edit, fact-check, and summarize articles in record time. Additionally, Octopus 12 supports third-party AI engines, including facial recognition and speech-to-text capabilities.
Powerful Rundown Management
Octopus 12 makes light work of every task.
Enhanced search capabilities
Centralize all your feeds in your newsroom to help you keep track of many different sources in a single news aggregator to constantly monitor for fresh content, without having to check it manually.
Integrations with 70+ technologies
Octopus 11 integrates with 70+ partner technologies including teleprompters, MAM (Media Asset Management) and playout systems, graphic systems, automation technology, and more. A smooth cooperation with 3rd party systems ensures unique workflows and a quick and cost-effective transition to our newsroom system.
User-friendly interface
Octopus 12 beautiful UI allows even easier navigation. All across the system edges are softer, graphics are sharper, and spaces are thought-through. This makes the transition to Octopus easier and quicker.
Flexibility
- On-prem or cloud deployment
- Story or rundown-centric workflow
- Linear or digital publishing
- Light or dark mode interface
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Bluefish444 IngeSTore
Bluefish444 have developed IngeSTore as a complementary multi-channel ingest tool, enabling Bluefish hardware to capture multiple independent format SDI or NDI® sources simultaneously. Capture to QuickTime, AVI and DVCPRO50/HD codecs for free.
Watch the IngeSTore product video here
IngeSTore can be used seamlessly in combination with popular NLE software such as Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro CC to provide a simultaneous capture and output solution, with compatible Bluefish hardware and firmware modes.
IngeSTore features software licence upgrades to encode uncompressed SDI to other codecs, such as Avid-compliant OP-ATOM DNxHD 8-bit media. IngeSTore can write directly to local or shared storage, including Avid shared storage, allowing systems to access media directly from the Avid Media Database.
The BlueCodecPack licence includes DNxHD, ProRes, H.264, Sony XDCAM, and AVC-Intra 100 codecs, with JPEG 2000 also available as an optional addition to BlueCodecPack.
The perfect companion for the following workflows:
- Multi-cam studio
- ISO recording
- Archive from video tape
- Post-production
- Electronic News Gathering (ENG)
- Uncompressed capture & encode later
- Edit While Record (Growing files)
- Remote production
- Mobile production
Multiple codec options
- Uncompressed, DV, DVCProHD codecs free
- H.264, DNxHD, AVC-Intra 100, XDCAM, JPEG2000 via additional licence
- Codecs are compatible with MAM options such as eMAM and CatDV
Network Shared Storage
- Connects via 10Gb, 5Gb, 2.5Gb or 1Gb network interfaces
- Compatible with Avid Nexis shared storage devices, and storage from G-Technology, DDP, SNS Evo, ProMAX, JMR, Caldigit, MAGMA, ATTO, Fusion, Facilis Technology, Masstech, Accusys, EditShare, StorageDNA, Quantum, plus more
- Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified shared storage options
Edit-While-Record
- BlueCodecPack licence allows IngeSTore to record to growing file compatible formats
- Edit live in Avid Media Composer or Adobe Premiere Pro while the recording is still underway. This is available within Premiere Pro natively in some formats, with all other formats requiring the BlueRT plug-in
- Can either be used on the same system as IngeSTore or a separate network-connected NLE workstation
- Growing file support with Adobe Creative Cloud, Assimilate SCRATCH, CasparCG, Drastic Video QC, VLC and Medialooks software
REST API
- Control IngeSTore remotely on your network
- Supports multiple servers controlled via a single interface
- Add extra functionality to IngeSTore
- Requires a REST API licence per server
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Inception News
From the smallest newsrooms to the world’s largest broadcasters, Inception can scale to meet any size operation or workflow with both subscription and purchase models available.
Inception’s robust MOS interface makes it easy to integrate with other broadcast devices like graphics, video servers, media asset management, teleprompters and automation.
Key Features:
- Story-Centric Workflows
- Enterprise Features
- Social media and Web
- Assignment Manager
- Horizon + Inception
- Messaging
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Tria News
Tria News is tightly integrated with Ross Video’s Inception newsroom computer system, Streamline media asset management and OverDrive automated production control platform. With this seamless and comprehensive newsroom ecosystem, it's easy to organize newsroom media assets, create and manage run-down playlists, and present news story play out from Tria News. This system also uses well-established and proven MOS newsroom processes, providing reliable and worry-free live operations.
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TelePrompter
MOS protocol support allows instant visualizing of any changes in a prompter.
Additional hardware (control panel) facilitates text scrolling more accurately.
Various office types of files support reduces time for story preparation and speeds up going on air even in case there is no NRCS.
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NewsPlan
Integration with Media Asset Management platform A-MAM allows immediate access to all content, including the archived materials.
Embedded media player allows video and graphics frame accurate preview.
Media data exchange with various NLE systems simplifies editing.
Advanced auto save funtion provides disaster recovery facility in case of hardware failure.
The opportunity to managing newswires allows the users to always stay tuned.
Advanced Rundown Timing is aimed at managing duration of stories.
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nxtedition
The existing paradigm in TV production of using different ‘appliance’ based products from multiple manufacturers creates layers of complexity which are expensive to purchase, difficult to maintain, hard to integrate and need specialist staff to operate. What if, instead of having to navigate different systems for different parts of the workflow, you could consolidate these all into one, efficient toolkit?
nxtedition is a complete production solution for video and audio - used by broadcasters, publishers, corporates and other industries to create video channels for broadcast and streaming, as well as audio for radio broadcasting, streaming and podcasting.
Being first, fast and accurate with the story is critical to the brand and recognition of the news outlet.
nxtedition encapsulates all the following activities into a single user interface offering to be first, fast and accurate with the stories people want and need to know - be that news, sport, entertainment, or production.
- Channel Playout (TV and Radio)
- Graphics
- Ingest Recording
- Live Streaming In And Out
- Media Asset Management
- Metadata Management
- Music Rotation
- Production Planning
- Prompter
- Publishing To Web, App And Social Media
- Reporting
- Rundown Creation
- Scriptwriting
- Studio Automation (TV and Radio)
- Subtitling
- Transcoding
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Dina
Dina is a digital-first story-centric newsroom system with an industry-leading web-based linear rundown system. Dina is disrupting incumbent newsroom systems by offering a solution built for collaboration between all editorial departments with out-of-the-box workflows to support planning and publishing to all platforms. Dina uses AI to empower the newsroom the be more efficient and accurate.
Dina customers are, amongst others, blinx, GB News, TV 2 FYN, TVNZ, and ausbiz. Dina has won several prestigious industry awards since its launch in 2019. Visit our website onedina.com
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Hive
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