NBC Affiliate Installs BitCentral Precis

West Va. station WTAP has purchased the BitCentral Precis play-to-air system to create a digital, file-based newsroom. The Precis integrated system that ingests multiple analog NTSC sources--microwave feeds or SDI--into a station's digital workflow and allows the news team to gather, edit and file stories remotel

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Aug 4, 2005

West Va. station WTAP has purchased the BitCentral Precis play-to-air system to create a digital, file-based newsroom.

The Precis integrated system that ingests multiple analog NTSC sources--microwave feeds or SDI--into a station's digital workflow and allows the news team to gather, edit and file stories remotely. The system adds redundant digital news management technologies with non-proprietary storage and archiving abilities.

"BitCentral's Precis solution will greatly benefit WTAP by delivering the ability to seamlessly integrate local news into the national news interface," said Fred Fourcher, CEO for BitCentral.

Atlanta-based Gray Television owns the NBC affiliate.

NBC Universal has tapped BitCentral to provide its end-to-end play-to-air system, Précis, at six of the network's O&Os. Précis ingests multiple analog NTSC sources such as microwave feeds or SDI sources, into a facility's digital workflow. The file-based system minimizes the time to prepare a clip for air from 30

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NBC Universal chooses BitCentral’s Précis for news workflow

Bitcentral, a video content management and distribution system provider, has completed the sale of Precis to three of the four news-producing television stations broadcasting in the Las Vegas market.

Fisher Communications has tapped BitCentral to provide its Precis play-to-air system in four Oregon stations. Precis enables national and regional broadcast outlets to upgrade to a file-based news workflow from ingest to air. The system ingests multiple video sources--microwave feeds or satellite sources--into th

Since late spring, a dozen more station news operations have added the Bitcentral Precis news production system or Oasis content management system.

The Hearst-Argyle Television station joins stations belonging to Belo and Montecito Broadcast Group planning to go live between now and the end of September with the digital news management system.

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The systems will be deployed at Fisher Communications stations KBAK in Bakersfield, Calif., and KBCI in Boise, Idaho.

The stations will use Precis to manage the tapeless HD/SD news production workflow from acquisition to air.