Introducing PAM

Learn how a new generation of production asset management solutions are improving media workflows. Covers:
  • What is PAM?
  • Why it's different from traditional asset management.
  • Key benefits for production and post.

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The case for remote working

An outline of the benefits, challenges and core equipment you’ll encounter as you build a remote editing workflow. Includes:
  • Why adopt remote editing?
  • Connectivity requirements.
  • Potential use cases.
  • Limitations of remote editing.

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In Conversation with Xytech

We catch up with Greg Dolan, Chief Commercial Officer at Xytech to discuss their MediaPulse Media Orchestrator. We hear how the workflow streamlines and automates content processing workflows and information flow across departments and vendors. We also discuss Xytech's recent acquisition of ScheduALL and what it means for both companies and also customers.

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What are Software Defined Workflows?

Software defined workflows span the media ecosystem and the wider technology ecosystem allowing assets, systems and processes to be joined and run together. Workflows address repetitive tasks that an organisation runs regularly and can optimise pipelines by allowing content to be processed frequently and quickly.

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Primestream Case Study: Cisco

Primestream Infrastructure Drives Long-Term Remote Production Workflows for Cisco Global Television A pioneering leader in information technology, Cisco Global Television is well-known for its technologies and product lines enabling collaboration and remote workflows. Two examples are the Webex video conferencing platform and the TelePresence SX80 product line, which works almost like a very low-latency “satellite in a box” for video collaboration. The company’s corporate video production arm, Cisco Television, produces about 1,500 broadcasts a year including around 250 external productions for audiences around the world. Cisco TV productions range from the Cisco Live tradeshow, Cisco Partner Summit, and Impact national sales meeting to product launches, webinars, and events such as those for the Cisco STEM program. For several years, Cisco TV has relied on a comprehensive infrastructure of Primestream solutions to manage and automate all corporate media operations from capture and ingest through to delivery. Primestream’s Workflow Server manages ingest and automated master control playout, working in concert with the Primestream Xchange™ media asset management (MAM) platform.

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Primestream Case Study: NDTV

Based in Florianópolis in Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, NDTV is a commercial TV network that operates seven affiliate stations under the RecordTV brand. NDTV and Primestream boast a long and successful partnership, and the network has leveraged Primestream solutions for more than 10 years. Today the Primestream Workflow Server drives virtually all of NDTV’s media workflows and ensures a highly efficient broadcast operation from ingest through to production and playout. Primestream, a leading provider of asset management and automation software solutions for media production announced that Brazilian broadcaster NDTV has migrated its media asset management (MAM) operations to the award-winning Xchange™ platform. With remote content workflows driven by Xchange in the cloud, NDTV has been able to double its content output while enabling production teams to collaborate and contribute from any location.

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Primestream Case Study: RSI (Radiotelelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana)

RSI Turns to Primestream to Power Media Assets and Editing When Swiss Italian language broadcaster RSI (Radiotelelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana) needed to overhaul its approach to media assets and editing, it found a unique challenge The public service broadcaster - based in Lugano, Ticino – operates three radio stations, two TV channels and a wide range of multimedia services and is part of SRG SSR. RSI wanted to overhaul its asset management, but at the same time needed a tool for post-production, that would help it import, acquire and organize all the material needed for editing video in Apple Final Cut Pro® Xand audio in Avid® Pro Tools®.

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Evolution Of The Live Video Production Value Chain: Dawn Of A New Normal

In the last decade alone, live video experience has made huge strides with the introduction of ultra-high definition (UHD) TV in 2012 and its subsequent progress to 8K. Apart from the proliferation of camera technology, advancements in digital video imaging have had a major role to play in the evolution of video capture resolutions.

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