Verizon and the Defense Media Activity (DMA) today announced a multi-year partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver streaming content offerings including news, sports, and entertainment through live, linear and on-demand channels to overseas service members and their families.

The Defense Media Activity provides a broad range of high-quality multimedia products and services to inform, educate, and entertain DoD audiences around the world. Their mission is to help military commanders quickly deliver vital “command” information to widely distributed US Forces overseas as well as to provide the overseas military audience American entertainment, news and sports programming.

“Verizon is proud to support the DMA’s rollout of a bold digital transformation of the American Forces Network (AFN) brand with a world-class streaming delivery platform,” said Mike Maiorana, senior vice president, Verizon public sector. “It’s Verizon’s distinct honor and privilege to provide service members and their families the next generation of American programming to stay connected, informed and entertained.”

A partnership signed today makes professional video editing software, Forscene, available to digital video producers and rights owners through sports content and experience specialists, Fanview.  The non-exclusive agreement expands Forscenes network in the digital content arena.

Facilis Technology today announced that the newest release of its TerraBlock Shared Storage System, version 6.0, is set to support Adobe® Anywhere® for video a modern platform that empowers virtual teams using Adobe professional video tools to collaborate more efficiently on video productions. As a result, Adobe Anywhere users working from a centralized server connected to TerraBlock will be able to seamlessly use media across the network at advanced bit rates without moving files. 

Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWshop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, announced today the return of its popular speaker series Inside The Cutting Room with Bobbie OSteen. Produced by Manhattan Edit Workshop and held at the French Institute, Inside The Cutting Room brings audiences behind the scenes with legends of visual storytelling. Superstar guests include Alan Heim, Carol Littleton, Stephen Rotter, Kate Sanford and Thelma Schoonmaker*. Host Bobbie OSteen comments, It gives me great pleasure to host this new series at the French Institute, which will celebrate the elusive art of editing and explore the crucial decisions that take place inside the cutting room.

Orad, the leading provider of broadcast graphics solutions, marks the new year with its 20th anniversary. Since its inception, Orad has developed a wide range of products, offering broadcasters state-of-the-art graphics, media asset management and video servers. The companys technology is used in just about every major sports production, including four Olympics. Its enhancement solutions have garnered more than a dozen major industry accolades, including multiple Emmy® Awards.

Orad, the leading provider of broadcast graphics solutions, marks the new year with its 20th anniversary. Since its inception, Orad has developed a wide range of products, offering broadcasters state-of-the-art graphics, media asset management and video servers. The companys technology is used in just about every major sports production, including four Olympics. Its enhancement solutions have garnered more than a dozen major industry accolades, including multiple Emmy® Awards.

Actus Digital, a developer of web-based media monitoring, content repurposing and verification solutions for broadcasters, today announced its solutions Actus View and Actus QualiTV support the DVB-T2 standard, the worlds most advanced digital terrestrial television (DTT) system. DTT/DVB-T2 offers broadcasters more robustness, flexibility and at least 50% more efficiency than previous DTT systems; supporting SD, HD, mobile TV, or any combination thereof. DVB-T2 can offer a much higher data rate than DVB-T with a much more robust signal. Actus fully supports DVB-T2, starting from capture cards to API compatibility, with the ability to analyze different performance and operational information in real time, comments Asaf Salant, Sales Manager, Actus Digital. Customers can count on Actus to investigate and support important new industry standards.
 

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Object Matrix, the leading developer of resilient nearline archive solutions for video workflows, today announces the addition of reseller partners with the appointment of several new partners across Europe, South and North America.

 Following another very successful IBC show in Amsterdam which saw the launch of the MatrixStore Quattro, Object Matrix is being targeted by both resellers and end users looking for proven, cost effective nearline solutions for their file based workflows.

Orad, developer of enterprise graphics and media management solutions, announced the implementation of the Emmy Award-winning MVP solution at SKY Perfect JSAT. SKY Perfect JSAT, Japans largest multi-channel pay TV service, selected the Orad MVP system to enhance the way on-air talent delivers sports highlights. Powered by the Orad HDVG rendering platform, MVP lets on-air talent visually walk viewers through highlights, deconstructing plays and presenting alternate outcomes. The MVP system is utilized for both live and post game productions. Replaying key moments in sports is not enough, says Masashi Iwawaki, assistant manager, SKY Perfect JSAT. We realized that enhancing the visual with additional information in a way that helps the viewer better digest the play was critical for our programming.

Actus Digital, a developer of web-based media monitoring, content repurposing and verification solutions for broadcasters, is showcasing its new Transport Streaming Storing and Exploring version 3.0 release (TSSE 3.0) at the IBC2012 exhibition, held in Amsterdam from September 7 11 (stand 4.A91). The newly enhanced TSSE 3.0 technology is a module of the companys popular Actus View solution, powered by the enterprise Actus 4 Monitoring and Analysis platform. Actus View, along with TSSE 3.0 is a highly scalable, reliable and cost-effective solution for recording, logging and archiving linear broadcasts.

Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software, and services for content producers, announced that VRT, the Flemish-language national broadcaster in Belgium, has chosen Dalet Radio Suite HD to modernize the existing production systems for Radio 2 and its five regional stations. When completed, the upgrade will provide advanced production and playout capabilities with highly redundant IT-based centralized storage, servers, and database. The selection of Dalet Radio Suite HD was made after a rigorous tender process that included a comprehensive proof of concept and on-site evaluations of shortlisted systems. The Radio 2 project is the first project call-off under a four-year framework contract.

Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading provider of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions to broadcasters and content providers, announced the first version release of the Dalet Xtend module for Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6 software. The new module, which provides seamless workflow collaboration between the Dalet Media Asset Management (MAM) platform and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, will be demonstrated as part of Dalets MAM solutions for News, Sports, Program Prep, and Archiving workflows at the IBC 2012 Exhibition at RAI Centre in Amsterdam September 7 11, 2012 (Dalet stand 8.B77).

Dalet Digital Media Systemstoday announced that Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE)has chosen Dalet Sports Factory as the end-to-end Media Asset Management (MAM) platform for all content related to its in-house production and television broadcasts for its professional sports teams that include the National Hockey Leagues (NHL) Toronto Maple Leafs, National Basketball Associations (NBA) Toronto Raptors, Major League Soccers (MLS) Toronto FC, and the American Hockey Leagues (AHL) Toronto Marlies.

ProConsultant Informatique (PCI) announced today a new module within LOUISE®, the companys Business Management Solution, that allows broadcasters to optimize their content and brands in the growing market of Social TV. The new functionality builds on the LOUISE framework, which is the foundation for managing rights, assets, and workflows including program preparation, scheduling and delivery of content to multiple channels in linear and non-linear environments. The SocialSeine module works with the MediaBench production tools of LOUISE, which are specifically designed to make repurposing of content very fast and simple for CatchUp TV, Video-On-Demand and other non-linear platforms. SocialSeine integrates new technology from Mesagraph which provides real-time engagement data on social sites along with analytics. This capability adds a valuable new dimension for content providers.