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Brazil's Fabrika
goes with FLOW
USA: EditShare®
, the technology
leader that enables storytellers to
create and manage collaborative
media workflows, has supplied a
FLOW asset management
system
to Brazilian production company
Fabrika. The powerful new facilities
are central to Fabrika's bold plans to
move into major productions and its
own OTT streaming channel.
Ross Video confirms deal
to acquire Spidercam
R
oss Video has agreed to terms to
acquire Austria-based Spidercam,
the global supplier of broadcast cable
camera solutions. Spidercam made
its television debut in 2005 and is
now the market leader in cutting-edge
cable camera solutions used to create
unique outdoor shots for sporting
events, concerts, esports and TV
shows around the globe.
" Spidercam's
technology
creates
visuals that are simply spectacular,
and we're thrilled to integrate them
into our production universe, " says
David Ross, CEO of Ross
" We're committed
Video.
As well
as
producing its
storage facilities
own
content, Fabrika also provides
the content
the Office of the Presidency of the
Republic
of Brazil. With this, the
company made the decision to
invest in its own asset management
facilities, as early as 2007.
With a shift in business model
commercial
towards
as well
production
as
long-form television,
and plans for OTT services, Fabrika
recognized the need for powerful
new facilities and turned to systems
integration company CIS Group and
EditShare's FLOW to help fulfil this
requirement. Its first channel, the
education-focused Cientik, will be
launched in September 2022.
" We needed a new asset
management platform, with more
agility and good integration with
cloud
solutions, "
said
José
Luiz
Nogueira, Partner and Founder of
Fabrika. " CIS has been our consultant
and partner for many years, and
we turned to them to support us in
defining our requirements and the
purchase decision. "
The new installation at Fabrika is
built on the EFS300 storage nodes,
with FLOW
asset
management
software tuned to the requirements
of post-production workflows. It was
installed by CIS and is now in use
across all of Fabrika's departments.
" What we have delivered to Fabrika
and
is
a
compact
cost-effective
solution that allows them to catalog,
browse, collaborate, edit
and
archive, all from a single layer of user
interface, " commented Said Bacho,
Chief Revenue Officer at EditShare. " It
is more than just asset management:
it
provides the complete post
production ecosystem, allowing
users to edit from wherever they are. "
for
Spidercam's
excellent
to continuing
customer
experience as a part of Ross while
offering more capabilities to even
more customers. On a personal level,
I just
love cable cameras, they're
such an awe-inspiring and dramatic
technology. "
The
Spidercam system is
suspended on four cables with
winches
that navigate a camera
dolly in 3D space utilising a
stabilised head to provide HD or
4K video. System rentals
include
an accompanying technician, pilot
and camera operator. The company
also recently
launched a fixed
mini solution for smaller internal
production environments.
" Becoming part of Ross Video is an
incredible opportunity to truly unlock
the potential of Spidercam, " says
Herbert Neff, Spidercam CEO. " We
are looking forward to the benefits
of integrating our camera systems
and services offering into a highly
innovative, true
end-to-end
live
production company. We've already
been working together producing
live augmented
combinations
of
reality with the
our technology
and Ross' and there is a lot more we
will be able to do in the future. Our
camera solutions extend the current
robotic solutions from Ross Video by
offering unique and creative images. "
Notable Spidercam production
includes major international
leagues and tournaments,
work
sports
award shows, entertainment events
and esports competitions watched
worldwide.
Spidercam is based in Feistritz
im Rosental, Austria, supported
by
service facilities in Hamburg,
Germany; Kennesaw, Georgia; and
has a joint venture with Gravity Media
to serve the Australian market.
CGI OpenMedia integrates with Microsoft Teams
C
GI has
integrated
its
OpenMedia end-to-end
newsroom solution suite with
Microsoft Teams to deliver a
modern unified communications
platform for today's journalists
and
producers.
workflow
With this
enhanced platform, newsrooms
can address
challenges resulting from an increase
in broadcasting channels, as well
as
transformation priorities over the
past
of
adopting central
remote newsgathering and
production.
In line with increasing digital
few years, a growing number
broadcasters
worldwide are
communications
platforms to help production teams
collaborate while working across
multiple channels and from remote
locations. These platforms can help
address common data sharing and
collaboration workflow issues.
example, essential data may
a result, the data is not accessible
to a majority of users. A unified
communication platform overcomes
challenges
like this,
Gold
enabling
more effective data sharing and
collaboration.
As a Microsoft
CGI
integrated
Microsoft
Partner,
Teams'
workspace chat and video conference
features with its OpenMedia solution
to streamline communication
channels
for journalists
For
not
be entered from a remote site into
core newsroom systems, and, as
at
to this
teams everywhere. " More than
ever before, news teams are
more likely
physically and/or working on
multiple stories via multiple
channels
simultaneously, "
he said. " The challenges
related
evolution
have been heightened by the
circumstances of the past two years,
accelerating the need for a more
flexible approach to broadcast news
production. A reliable and unified
communications
to be dispersed
platform has
become a business imperative, and
we believe the integration of CGI's
OpenMedia solution with Microsoft
Teams will be a big step forward for
news teams around the world. "
CGI's OpenMedia solution is part
and
producers in the newsroom.
Michael Pfitzner, Vice-President
for Newsroom Solutions
CGI,
highlights that this integration will
resonate strongly with news, current
affairs, and magazine program
of a comprehensive set of newsroom
and radio solutions that CGI delivers
to
broadcasters
worldwide
to
enhance production workflows and
management across various media
channels, including TV, radio, online
and social channels.
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