AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS–Marquis Broadcast will introduce a 4K version of its Medway workflow automation system at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam.

With 4K using significantly more edit storage space than HD, Marquis says the Medway’s 4K capability uses an offline work approach to dealing with the high amount of data that comes with the ultra-high resolution format.

“Medway generates a HD ‘mezzanine’ format of the required content for editing, and then when the editor is ready to switch to 4K, Medway trims the 4K files to only the used frames with handles and delivers to the edit storage. This is a practical and real solution which saves space and therefore reduces the need to invest in additional edit storage,” explains Chris Steele, managing director, Marquis Broadcast.

Marquis Broadcast will be located in booth 7.G05 at IBC 2016. The IBC Show takes place at the RAI in Amsterdam, Sept. 8-13.

BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND—To help streamline the delivery of project files for popular TV series “The Walking Dead” and “Fear the Walking Dead,” Los Angeles-based post production company Mad Old Nut Productions has acquired Marquis Broadcast’s Medway interoperability engine.

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The Medway system improves the efficiency and ease of digital workflows by integrating broadcast content applications, allowing products such as edit platforms and third-party MAMs and automation systems can work together.

For Mad Old Nut, the Medway enables an Avid sequence to move to MXF OP1A with embedded captions and 12 tracks of audio, eliminating the converting process, according to Tom Ulman, founder of Mad Old Nut.

Headquartered in the U.K., Marquis Broadcast creates product that helps move media and metadata between different systems in broadcast and post-production workflows.