MALAGA, SPAIN—AMC Networks International Iberia is looking to takie the next step with its MAM system by upgrading to Tedial’s latest technology and workflow engine, the Tedial Evolution. The upgrade has future-proofed AMCNI Iberia’s workflows for 4K video, video on demand versioning requirements and extending the number of channels.

Among the new features that are available in the Tedial Evolution system is the use of Tedial’s Mediaset metadata handling capabilities to supply and automate management of additional subtitles and audio files. The unit has a BPM engine that is designed for media and is capable of executing millions of workflows.

AMCNI Iberia is a producer/distributer of 25 TV channels across Spain, with multiple sites in Madrid and Barcelona.

SYDNEY—WIN Network is a privately owned regional television network and Australia’s largest commercial network, reaching more than six million viewers across six states of Australia as well as the nation’s capital. We needed a MAM solution capable of pulling media files from all our remote locations, starting with Albury, Taralgon, Bendigo, Ballarat and Shepperton, to central HQ at Wollongong, where they would be edited and prepared for transmission.

The Tedial Evolution offers multiscreen, multiplatform operations to manage tasks on a number of devices.

THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION

We began talking to Tedial at the 2015 NAB Show where we discussed the variety of options available for efficient file movement, transfer, storage and transcoding. We decided on a full Tedial Evolution media asset management solution and worked with them to create a workflow that brought footage from all across the eastern seaboard to Wollongong. The system was supplied and installed by Magna Systems and Engineering and deployed in May 2016.

Tedial Evolution is an enhanced version of Tedial’s Media IT platform. It significantly extends MAM functionality with advanced search and indexing tools, new services to surf and explore archives, and improved integration between archive and workflow engines to reinforce a collaborative environment. True multiscreen and multiplatform operations allow us to manage tasks, validate media or monitor workflow status from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

With the Tedial system in place, our news teams can shoot and edit a story, then add the metadata. From there they can send the story back to Wollongong via FileCatalyst fast file transfer where closed captions are added and the file is processed.

SYSTEM BENEFITS

An important benefit of the Tedial MAM is the ability to automate previous manual workflows. Tedial automates and manages the workflows, then the files are sent to HQ where, once approved, they go straight to Pebble Beach Neptune automation or through to the GV Ignite systems for studio automation and then on to the broadcast center for playout.

We can also view any part of the workflow, identify errors or “choke points,” and correct them in a flash. As a result, our workflows now run on a virtualized cluster.

As part of the overall MAM and news solution, the system included FileCatalyst fast data transfer, CaptionMaker closed captions and an Oracle SL3000 deep archiving solution. Our Tedial Evolution MAM system manages, automates and controls an Oracle SL3000 deep archive system, Telestream Vantage media processing platform, local disk storage, Telestream CaptionMaker, ENPS news files, Pebble Beach Systems Neptune automation, FileCatalyst data transfer and Nugen Audio correction.

Tedial is not just an effective working MAM system; it has been developed to be completely flexible and particularly scalable, which means it can grow and accommodate WIN Networks’ future needs without any custom development—a critically important advantage.

Stevan Djokic is general manager of television operations at WIN Network. He can be reached by visitingwww.wintv.com.au.

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MALAGA, SPAIN—Tedial’s Evolution media workflow is on its way to Norway to be installed by public service broadcaster NRK. The next-gen workflow is expected to provide NRK with multi-site Enterprise MAM, Capture Manager software and a designated Disaster Recovery facility for its Oslo headquarters, as well as 12 regional sites.

Tedial Evolution is designed to reinforce a collaborative working environment and drive workflows for linear, VOD and OTT services. It will do so for NRK by providing a configurable MAM that can be accessed by all NRK sites across the country. The Capture Manager software offers NRK a central interface for controlling and monitoring devices and advanced ingest features. Then the Disaster Recovery facility allows business continuity options to manage content replication and transfer to multiple sites.

The Tedial Evolution will be fully integrated with NRK’s existing metadata bank and third-party ecosystem.