LOS ANGELES—Stefan Nied has been appointed by Xytech as the vice president and managing director for the ScheduALL brand, effective immediately. Xytech recently acquired ScheduALL from Net Insight.

Nied previously worked at ScheduALL for 23 years, serving as vice president of Services and Customer Success until 2015, when Net Insight acquired the brand, and then as senior director of Global Strategic Accounts.

In his new role as vice president and managing director, Nied will oversee ScheduALL customer success and support teams throughout the ScheduALL-to-Xytech transition.

“I’m very excited to join Xytech,” said Nied. “After spending most of my professional career with ScheduALL, I know the product inside and out, and I’m very familiar with the needs of our valuable clients. I look forward to continuing to provide them with the world-class service they deserve.”

Nied will be based at ScheduALL’s office in Hollywood, Fla. He will report to Greg Dolan.

For more information, visit www.xytechsystems.com.  

STOCKHOLM—The i’s have been dotted and the t’s have been crossed on Net Insight and Xytech’s deal that shifts ScheduALL to Xytech.

The deal has Net Insight divesting its Resource Organization business unit, operating under the name ScheduALL, to Xytech for $6 million. Ownership of all shares in ScheduALL subsidiaries are transferred to Xytech. The deal was first announced in February. 

With the sale of ScheduALL, as well as its sale of the Sye streaming business to Amazon in 2020, Net Insight says that it has accomplished its goal of becoming a “more focused media networks provider” with a strategy for growth across cloud, IP and remote production applications.

LOS ANGELES—Facility management software provider Xytech has purchased ScheduALL, a subsidiary of Net Insight that focuses on resource optimization. Xytech is paying $6 million for ScheduALL, with the deal expected to close in the coming weeks.

ScheduALL provides software-based resource optimization solutions to media companies. It has been part of the Net Insight group since 2015. Xytech will continue to support the ScheduALL application and all ScheduALL clients, with plans to use ScheduALL as part of its end-to-end management system with scalability and configurability in a cloud-enabled platform.

“By combining two of the strongest companies in the resource optimization industry, we massively improve scale and will be able to offer even better solutions to both existing and new customers,” said Richard Gallagher, Xytech CEO. “ScheduALL is very well respected by some of the world’s leading media houses and I look forward to working with their strong team to continue to support their existing customer base. I also see great value in the constructive future partnership with Net Insight.”

Net Insight said that it is divesting ScheduALL as part of its strategy to focus on its core Media Networks business, which deals with cloud, IP and remote production applications.

“ScheduALL has been a valuable part of the Net Insight portfolio and I would like to thank all ScheduALL employees for their contribution over the years,” said Crister Fritzson, CEO of Net Insight. “We believe Xytech is the best future owner of the business and look forward to partnering with them to continue to serve shared customers across the media industry.”

STOCKHOLM—NetInsight’s ScheduALL is set to release its new SaaS solution, the ScheduALL Evolution for resource management and crewing.

ScheduALL Evolution is designed to enable facility managers and scheduling supervisors to manage projects from anywhere and avoid things like cost overruns, missed deadlines, and poor service with a resource optimization software.

The Evolution software features cloud hosting, mobile access and advanced business analytics; ability to access projects anytime, anywhere with a user interface designed for mobile devices; and drag and drop functionality for things like crewing, event management and scheduling.

Users can also integrate the cloud-based Business Intelligence into the ScheduALL Evolution and the ScheduALL v5 server version for increased depth of available analytics.

For more information, visit www.netinsight.net.  

STOCKHOLM—ScheduALL will now officially fall under the Net Insight umbrella, according to a release from the company. Net Insight acquired ScheduALL last September but will now market all ScheduALL products under the Net Insight banner.

With ScheduALL and Net Insight under a single flag, Net Insight says it now offers “media content across networks—from camera lens to the end viewer’s screen.”

“There has been immense value invested in the ScheduALL brand and it will continue as the name for our scheduling product line,” said Anna Karin Verneholt, vice president of strategy, marketing and communications at Net Insight.

STOCKHOLM—NBC Olympics, a division of NBC Sports Group, will once again utilize ScheduALL’s resource and transmission management products to support its production of the 2016 Summer Olympics. According to ScheduALL, this is the eighth consecutive Olympic games that the company has contributed to the NBC Olympics broadcast.

The broadcaster will use the ScheduALL systems help to organize the logistics of people, equipment, locations and transmission feeds. During the games, ScheduALL will have a senior implementation manager on site for the games.

The 2016 Olympics Games will take place in Rio de Janeiro from Aug. 5-21.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN and HOLLYWOOD, FLA.- Media Transport provider Net Insight announced the acquisition of VizuAll Inc., trading under the name of ScheduALL, for $14 million cash. Net Insight said the acquisition will strengthen its market position in media service and workflow orchestration.

“We will continue to serve our customers and partners and accelerate the deployment of advanced solutions providing automated, assured orchestration for on-demand network services,” said Ralph Quintero, chief operating officer and owner of ScheduALL.

Fredrik Tumegård, CEO of Net Insight, said, “The acquisition also leads to a stronger customer offering which enables us to take a broader and more strategic role towards service providers and media companies. We also want to welcome our new colleagues and we are looking forward to grow together and create further success.”

Net Insight is acquiring 100 percent of the shares in ScheduALL, for $14 million on a cash and debt-free basis. The acquisition price will be paid in cash at closing and will be adjusted for the actual level of debt, working capital and cash. The payment will be funded by using available cash.

Transactional costs of an estimated SEK5 million will affect Net Insight’s third and fourth quarter results of 2015. The transaction is expected to close on Oct. 1, from which date ScheduALL will be fully consolidated. The transaction is expected to have a positive impact on earnings per share from Jan. 1, 2016.

ScheduALL, founded in 1989, is a provider of enterprise resources management software for media, broadcast and transmission businesses. Fiscal 2014 revenues totaled $10.6 million with a net profit of $0.7 million. Approximately 60 percent of revenues are recurring. In 2014, about half of revenues were derived from North American customers. ScheduALL has around 75 employees.

The companies have had a strategic partnership for several years. Together they have implemented a software-defined networking platform for service providers allowing them to offer an automated service provisioning over global wide area networks. By this solution service providers reduce operating cost and media companies gain from more flexible and efficient workflows. Net Insight can now broaden the solution with new services and applications.