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Arvato Systems Buys Vidispine

Phil Kurz — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:08:00 +0000

GÜTERSLOH, GERMANY—Arvato Systems Group earlier this month announced the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of Vidispine AB to strengthen its product portfolio and collaborate on ways to take advantage of explosive growth in video content and cloud-based solutions to manage media.

Vidispine, founded in 2009 in Stockholm, has concentrated its efforts on developing and selling digital content management solutions, especially those for video. Customers include companies from the media sector as well as other industries. Vidispine CEO Erik Åhlin and CTO Isak Jonsson will continue in their roles.

The company’s product portfolio consists of various components built upon the Vidispine Server content management platform. They include:

· VidiXplore, a software-as-a-service solution for content management across a variety of locations;

· Vidinet, a platform-as-a-service cloud solution for enterprise media workflows.

“We are delighted that the existing partnership with Arvato Systems will enable an even more intensive integration of our solutions and a joint market launch," said Åhlin.

Matthias Moeller, CEO of Arvato Systems Group, said the company’s customers will “benefit significantly” from the integration of products, technology and expertise of both companies.

More information is available on the Arvato website.

Arvato’s VPMS System Now Live at Saarländischer Rundfunk

Michael Balderston — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:37:00 +0000

GÜTERSLOH, GERMANY—Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR) recently chose to implement the Video Production Management System (VPMS) from Arvato, making it live at its Saabrücken, Germany, site as of Jan. 23. VPMS provides a centralized structure and connection to the SR and ADR central archives.

With the VPMS system, SR will have the ability to revise or expand workflows that will allow content to be published to both linear TV and online platforms. Journalists for SR will also be able to access all media content at all times.

Arvato is a next-generation IT systems integrator based in Gütersloh, Germany.

Arvato & Annova to Show Newsroom, MAM Solutions at 2016 NAB Show

Claudia Kienzle — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:22:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS—At the 2016 NAB Show, Arvato Systems and Annova Systems will share a large booth with their partners Joiz Global, Make TV, HMS Media Solutions and Plantri GmbH. Arvato will show products ranging from media asset management (MAM) to media analytics, and demonstrate how media companies can maximize video servers to monetize the ad inventory, and more.

Make TV’s Live Video Cloud, which is fully integrated with Arvato’s VPMS MAM System, lets content producers quickly and easily navigate, view, select and edit live recordings and pre-recorded material, even before it reaches the in-house production infrastructure.

Annova will feature Open Media, its flagship product promoting efficient newsrooms, controlling and coordinating information and events, and enabling news teams to connect with their audience. Joiz Global will show its interactive OTT TV platform, website and app building services combined with sophisticated analytics that help engage and monetize audiences.

HMS Media Solutions will highlight modular automation solutions spanning broadcast workflow from ingest to distribution. And, Plantri will display social media solutions for the newsroom, including News Board and Social Media Gateway, along with its dashboard solution that gives broadcasters rapid, transparent access to their business data for faster, more accurate decisionmaking.

The 2016 NAB Show takes place in Las Vegas, April 18-21. Arvato Systems and Annova Systems will be in booth SU5515. For more information, visit www.nabshow.com.