Autocue adds features to newsroom integration

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Autocue adds features to newsroom integration --

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:32

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Teleprompter supplier Autocue has added two unique features to its newsroom integration: support for the roElementStat MOS command, which allows the prompter to automatically jump to whatever story is selected in the newsroom running order, and Profile 7 support in AP ENPS which allows edits to the script on the prompter to be mirrored in the newsroom computer system (NRCS).

Support for the roElementStat MOS command is a feature which allows a director to skip ahead to another story in the running order of the newsroom system, and for the teleprompter to automatically display the corresponding section of script, rather than relying on an operator to jump ahead manually. Rachid Anis, Autocue CTO, explains This new functionality ensures the prompter is completely in sync with where the director wants to be in the newsroom system running order at all times. It eliminates the need for the operator to react to the director s instructions and jump to the correct point or for a presenter to have to scroll ahead themselves to try and find the right point to pick up the story.

Profile 7 support in AP ENPS allows the communication between the teleprompter and the newsroom to become two-way. In a standard workflow, the scripts will be prepared in the newsroom system and output to the teleprompter, with any changes in the newsroom running order or script reflected in the prompting system. However, with support for profile 7, Autocue now enables changes made by the teleprompter operator to be reflected in the AP ENPS system. Anis continues, It is much easier for the teleprompter operator, who is working on the script, to make changes locally on the prompter machine under the direction of the production team. Until now, this has not been possible.

Autocue has also announced support for the very latest MOS protocol versions 2.8.3 and 2.8.4, as well as support for Buddy Server failover mode in AP ENPS. This means that if the NRCS primary system is unavailable, the prompter will respond to the backup (buddy) server MOS commands.

Visit the Autocue website or Autocue stand (Stand 11.F45) at IBC for more information.

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