NAB 2008: ITN Commits to Install Pro-Bel’s MCM Control and Monitoring System
Booth SU12712, NAB, Las Vegas – 14th April 2008: ITN, one of the world’s leading independent news and multimedia content companies, has committed to purchase and install leading-edge infrastructure management technology from Pro-Bel for its London headquarters.
Morpheus Control and Monitoring – MCM – is Pro-Bel’s overarching command and control system, designed to deliver the management capabilities that are necessary for today’s end-to-end integrated broadcast production and delivery networks.
“We have been working closely with ITN over the past year to assist them in future-proofing their control operations,” says Kirsty Aldridge, Pro-Bel’s Product Manager for Control and Monitoring. “Given the sheer volume of national and international news feeds coming into ITN’s MCR, as well as audio feeds back out to reporters, users need a powerful yet intuitive tool-set to ensure operational integrity.”
“MCM provides access to multiple systems from one, user-definable interface and this provides a level of flexibility previously unseen in the industry,” adds Aldridge. “MCM can mimic an existing front end that operators are used to, while transforming the functionality available to them, particularly in such areas as the remote control of modular products like aspect ratio and signal conversion. MCM will also provide ITN with a far more intuitive router control set-up.”
“MCM will replace our in-house system for router and tie line control but we are also very excited by what MCM will offer for device management, thereby simplifying operations in our master control room,” explains Keith Cass, Director of Technology, ITN.
On show at Pro-Bel’s NAB stand (SU 12712) are the latest MCM developments, including a new, highly intuitive and fully customizable user interface providing control and monitoring of Pro-Bel’s routers, master control, automation and the Vistek modular infrastructure family. Support for a wide range of third-party products is in development.
Adrian Scott, Pro-Bel’s Chief Marketing Officer, says “We have worked hard to bring to market what is in reality a very complex technology. We are grateful for ITN’s commitment and look forward to working with them closely on the evolution of the product.”
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About Pro-Bel:
Pro-Bel name is synonymous with innovative automation, media management and master control solutions as well as outstanding routing, control and signal distribution systems - all designed to be flexible and scalable, protecting the investment of the customer. With three decades of service to the international broadcast, post-production, cable & satellite communities, Pro-Bel has a unique understanding of broadcast workflow, and is an established leader in the provision of cost-effective solutions that compromise neither performance nor quality.
About ITN
ITN is one of the world’s leading independent news and multimedia content companies creating, aggregating, packaging and distributing news and other multi-platform content to a wide range of customers around the globe.
In the UK ITN produces news programmes for ITV1, ITV London, Channel 4, and More 4 as well as supplying news to over 250 commercial radio stations (IRN). ITN also produces Setanta Sports News, the 24 hour sports news channel jointly owned by Virgin Media and Setanta. ITN’s multimedia division ITN On has led the way in producing news and entertainment content for mobile and online platforms including Vodafone, 3, T-Mobile, MSN and Yahoo. ITN On’s content can also be viewed on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/itn) and Bebo.
ITN Source is one of the world’s leading providers of motion imagery, representing the largest collection of moving image libraries in the world, selling video clips from over 800,000 hours of footage captured over three centuries. As well as ITN’s own news material, ITN Source represents the British Pathé, Reuters, Channel 4 (including E4, More 4 and Film 4), Granada, FOX News and FOX Movietone content libraries.
ITN’s headquarters are in London with international bureaux and offices in New York, Berlin, Beijing, Brussels, Paris, Sydney, Johannesburg, Bangkok and Tokyo.
For further information please visit http://www.itn.co.uk or http://www.itnsource.com.
Contact Information:
Company contact:
Katharine Guy
Pro-Bel Ltd
Tel: +44 1189 214 294
katharine.guy@pro-bel.com
Press contact:
Jennie Evans
Manor Marketing
Tel: +44 1635 44991
jennie@manormarketing.tv
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