MALTA S NATIONAL BROADCASTER PBS SELECTS SGL FLASHNET FOR HISTORICAL DIGITISATION PROJECT

MALTA'S NATIONAL BROADCASTER PBS SELECTS SGL FLASHNET FOR HISTORICAL DIGITISATION PROJECT 20 Nov 2013

Software Generation Ltd (SGL), a leading provider of content archive and storage management software for media and entertainment, has announced a major installation of its FlashNet archive at PBS Ltd., Malta's national broadcaster. The project was overseen by systems integrator DAB Electronica Co. Limited.

With a catalogue of material dating back 50 years, PBS Ltd. has a vast collection of historical footage held on U-matic and beta tapes. The primary focus for the broadcaster is to digitise this material so that it's available for future use and so that it can be stored for generations to come. As well as providing historical value, the SGL archive also provides PBS Ltd. with a simpler, more efficient workflow for current production and news material.

SGL FlashNet is being used in conjunction with an Avid Interplay Archive system sitting between an Avid Interplay PAM and a SpectraLogic tape library. The workflow moves clips required for transmission imported into the Avid Interplay with FlashNet automatically creating backup copies on tape stored in the SpectraLogic library. In-house PBS productions and news production material is also held on the Avid Interplay and stored to the library in the same way. The workflow is also configured to enable FlashNet to restore material to the production environment.

Alan Gatt, Technical Manager, DAB Electronica Co. Limited says, We chose the SGL archive because of the longstanding technical partnership with Avid Interplay. This upgrade has come at a key time because PBS Ltd. has also just launched its first two HD channels.

Raj Patel, SGL's Product Manager adds, We're delighted to announce this installation at PBS Ltd. The Avid Interplay Archive is the result of a unique strategic alliance between SGL and Avid that goes back several years and will be hugely beneficial to PBS Ltd throughout this transitional period and beyond.

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