Primestream 0 Broadcast & Cable (SET) Preview

Primestream 2013 Broadcast & Cable (SET) Preview 31 Jul 2013

FORK 4.0 Production Suite

At the 2013 Broadcast & Cable (SET) Show, Primestream will exhibit FORK 4.0, the newest version of its acclaimed FORK Production Suite for managing and automating broadcast workflows. FORK 4.0 boasts new modules, features, and technological improvements, as well as integration with third-party broadcast solutions such as Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro; hardware such as Harmonic MediaGrid and Quantum archiving solutions; and end-to-end workflows with Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). These improvements make FORK 4.0 even more powerful, extendable, and adept at managing large-scale and multisite installations. New modules include the customizable FORK Logger metadata-tagging tool that allows for logging live and prerecorded video, as well as improvements to FORKs underlying technology such as FORK Drones , dynamic metadata forms, and scripts.

FORK Logger 1.0

The Primestream new FORK Logger 1.0 is a crossplatform module for the acclaimed FORK 4.0 Production Suite. The powerful metadata-tagging tool allows for logging live or prerecorded video with a tightly integrated and configurable user interface. FORK Logger 1.0 enables content loggers to tag video with defined metadata into the FORK environment effortlessly, making assets easier to manage, automate, and monetize.

The heart of FORK Logger 1.0 is a dynamic GUI that contains form panels, button panels, video viewers, marker thumbnail lists, and a bin list of created events, all of which are tools that can be combined many in a dynamic way based on the content. FORK Logger 1.0 supports multiple layouts per system. Users can work live with ingesting feeds or call up existing clips inside FORK. With FORK Logger 1.0, users can log video files so that they can be searched, filtered, and organized by any metadata entry inside the FORK Content Navigator media asset management system.

FORK Xchange Suite 2.0

Primestream will also exhibit version 2.0 of FORK Xchange Suite, an application that gives broadcasters instant Web access to content on their FORK Production servers from any Windows , Mac , or tablet device. FORK Xchange Suite 2.0, an add-on to Primestreams highly acclaimed FORK software platform for managing and automating broadcast workflows, contains new capabilities for creating subclips and markers, as well as an upload manager, extended metadata functionality, multitrack audio control, and more new features that make it easier for media enterprises to manage content efficiently among multiple FORK Production sites.

Dig-IT 1.0

At the 2013 Broadcast & Cable (SET) Show, Primestream will also introduce Dig-IT 1.0, a server-based software application that empowers broadcast, government, entertainment, and corporate IT departments to monitor their broadcast IT operations. The application can monitor individual servers in addition to the FORK Suite of applications, making it easy for IT administrators to manage any kind of broadcast-related IT activity. Facilities can monitor mission-critical servers and applications, quickly identify performance bottlenecks, prevent or recover from system failures, and reduce downtime and operational costs.

Company Overview:

Primestream , a leader in advanced media asset management and workflow automation software, offers a seamless end-to-end platform for digital acquisition of live and file-based video content, media asset management, editing, logging, control room and master control playback, smartphone and tablet video contribution, publishing to the Web, and dynamic archiving. The companys portfolio includes the FORK suite of applications, as well as Mobile2Air , ControlStation , and the cloud-based FORK Xchange . Primestream products are also completely integrated with popular craft editing applications, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and X, and Avid Media Composer . Deployed in more than 300 broadcast operations across 40 countries, Primestreams proven solutions are implemented by some of the worlds leading broadcasters, uplink services providers, digital media operations, and production/postproduction facilities. More information is available at www.primestream.com.

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