Matech Chosen to Enhance Storytelling Power of LIN Media s Newsrooms

LIN Media Taps Masstech for News System to Archive News Content, Encourage Content Sharing Between LIN Stations, and Simplify Workflows for Journalists

TORONTO, Canada, September 19, 2013 Masstech Group, the leading provider of solutions that transform content into valuable assets, announced today that LIN Media, a local multimedia company with 43 television stations and seven digital channels located in 23 U.S. markets, will begin deploying the award-winning Masstech for News system at its television stations. This first phase of the deployment sets the stage to begin sharing and publishing news content between newsrooms throughout LIN Media.

LIN Media Vice President Chief Technology Officer Brett Jenkins said, Our journalists need immediate access to the immense range of content created across our company, but having to wade through multiple layers of applications on top of the newsroom computer system is distracting and harmful to productivity. Masstech provides a transparent, time-saving solution that gives our newsrooms access to both local content and shared material from across all of our stations. That gives our journalists a competitive edge both in terms of time to air and the quality of the news they produce. It is also important that Masstech builds upon our existing workflows and investments in editing and newsroom platforms. We've been looking for an innovative solution to improve our ability to archive and retrieve content in the simplest and most efficient way possible and Masstech demonstrated clear advantages.

Masstech for News is the first solution that allows journalists to drive a company's media asset management system directly from within Avid iNEWS and Associated Press ENPS newsroom computer systems (NRCS). This integration gives journalists unprecedented rapid, direct, non-disruptive access to content stored locally or anywhere within a broadcast group. This access encourages creative flexibility and heightens productivity in the newsroom. At NAB 2013, Masstech for News was the winner of the 2013 IABM NAB Game Changer Award, 2013 TV Technology STAR Award, and 2013 Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award.

We are very excited to see LIN Media move towards maximizing the use of their content in this enterprising fashion, said Masstech CEO Joe French. The Masstech solution will transform several of LIN Media's newsrooms into a powerful set of interconnected news bureaus. Each bureau will make its content available to the group, allowing the stories and video created by journalists to be published and used on-demand to strengthen and support many of their stations in other markets. Best of all, the content is accessible and usable from right within the newsroom desktops that employees are already using. They can accrue all of the benefits without having to change the way they work or learn a new interface.

More information about Masstech for News available at http://masstech.com/products/emerald /

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About Masstech Group

Masstech Group is the leading provider of powerful tools for media asset management and transcoding technology for the media and entertainment industries. From global media companies to corporate video production departments, organizations of all sizes rely on Masstech for file-based workflow solutions that have tangible impact on efficiency and productivity. Masstech serves a customer base that spans Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Australia, Europe, India and the United States. For complete information visit: www.masstech.com.

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