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InStudio

The Newsroom transformation
is happening now
T

he global pandemic has changed
how many of us work, moving
teams to home office while trying
to maintain production speed and
quality. Tools that are easy to access
and use have become essential for any
production team, to keep up the pace
and to deliver high quality content on
multiple platforms. The adaptation
to cloud and AI is happening now and
those companies that have made the
move already are leading the way.
We spoke with co-inventor of cloud
newsroom tool DiNA, Robert Strand
from 7Mountains about the future
of the newsroom and the state of the
industry after a challenging year.
Robert Strand

DiNA by 7Mountains

The future: cloud, AI
& lightweight tools

" It's truly impressive to see how fast
our industry has adapted to cloud and
to workflows that allow journalists
and production staff to work from
anywhere. We launched DiNA, a cloud
newsroom and storytelling tool in
late 2019, which proved to be at the
right time. This past year has been
extremely busy for our company.
We have been fortunate enough to
increase our sales activity, onboard
new partners and resellers worldwide,
as well as hiring new team members,
in a year that has been extremely
challenging for many " .

This last year we have followed
projects from innovative broadcasters
worldwide that have shut down
their legacy newsroom systems and
hardware based infrastructures. The
shift to cloud based workflows and to
lightweight tools is happening now,
and broadcasters are also starting
to use AI tools for journalists and
editors. AI is being used to automate
time consuming tasks such as
metadata logging, transcriptions,
and translations. With AI tools now
being built into lightweight and
powerful production workflow tools for
journalists and editors, the future does
look bright.
Online OTT news services as well
as traditional news channels have
launched this past year, with cloud
newsroom solution DiNA at the

core of their multiplatform news
production integrated with cloud
media management and AI tool Mimir
by company Mjoll.
Last year's launch of Australian
online business news channel ausbiz,
the move to a cloud-based newsroom
at Danish TV 2/Fyn and TV SYD, and
the launch of the new editorial tools at
Swiss Canal9 (Kanal 9), are examples
of innovative projects with cloud
based tools, use of AI, and with true
multiplatform workflows.

Marc Schipper

GB News changing the
game in Britain

ausbiz news channel click pic for full story

TV2/fyn newsroom click pic for full story

TV SYD newsroom click pic for full story

Swiss Canal9 (Kanal 9) click pic for full story

The soon to launch
GB News in Britain is
predicted to be a major player in the
news market. The new channel is being
built from the ground up on modern
newsroom tools. 	
In a GB News press release earlier
this year, Chief Operating Officer Marc
Schipper said: " GB News will be the
only entirely cloud-based newsroom
in the country. It means we'll be lean
but also that our journalists can deliver
more features for viewers, more

immediately and efficiently than ever " .
For the GB News setup, the primary
solutions will be cloud newsroom
system DiNA from 7Mountains,
integrated with media management
system Mimir from Mjoll, and an array
of live production systems including
studio automation and graphics
from Vizrt. Mimir will be used in an
integrated PAM workflow with Adobe
Premiere Pro. All IP infrastructure will
be based fully on NDI.
Read more about the project from
the selected SI Mediability. click pic

The evolution of the
newsroom from a
SI perspective
We spoke with systems integrator
Qbics media and their CEO Michael
Shueller about the adoption to
cloud newsrooms in the European
market. Qbics media is a young
consulting and service company
based in Munich founded by a team
with years of experience from the
broadcast industry. Qbics media offers
solutions for customers in the media
industry with focus on latest news and
storytelling.
" We caught an interest in partnering
with Fonn Group and their innovative
software companies 7Mountains

http://www.inbroadcast.com https://7mountains.com/dina/ https://7mountains.com https://www.gbnews.uk https://www.mediability.com/gbnews-press-release/ https://7mountains.com/2020/07/09/ausbiz-casestudy/ https://7mountains.com/2020/06/12/tv-2-fyn-is-live-with-their-flagship-news-program-from-dina/ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gb-news_gb-news-mediability-announcement-activity-6763060181308866560-bnEK/ https://7mountains.com/2020/09/09/canal9/ https://7mountains.com/2020/12/04/tv-syd-rebuild-newsroom-workflows/

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