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Omneon and Building4Media Expand Global Offerings
Combined effort ignites new and innovative solutions for broadcasters and media centers with a powerful hardware and software platform.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 13 -- At the IBC 2010 Conference, Building4Media(TM), a Primestream Company, and Omneon, Inc. announced an alliance to expand offerings to existing customers, as well as develop a new customer base with advanced solutions.
Omneon and Building4Media will work together to optimize the integration of new and existing products and the companies will continue to develop mutually beneficial and innovative broadcast automation solutions. Building4Media's FORK(TM) Production, FORK Playout and Mobile2Air deliver an end-to-end production platform that includes digital acquisition of live and file-based content, media asset management, editing, archiving, streaming and pushing content to multiple screens and devices driven by an advanced file based metadata workflow.
Warren Arenstein, vice president of Business Development, Primestream, said, "Omneon is one of the most reliable platforms in the world for mission critical applications in broadcasting. We are excited to expand our existing relationships with our customers and our resellers with new opportunities and to make further available our combined offerings."
"Building4Media and their FORK Suite of applications is among the most innovative playout automation systems for television stations and other production environments," said Dave Fredrick, senior director of Product Solutions and Marketing, Omneon. "Building4Media's focus on creating added value for broadcaster media data centers has produced a state of the art software application. On the Omneon platform, FORK provides complete control over their media assets. This, combined with their studio production and playout automation workflow solutions, creates a tightly integrated and streamlined solution."
Workflows that both companies support include playout, studio production, news, sports highlights, and collaborative shared editing, all of which require ultimate reliability, control, and media awareness.
About Omneon, Inc.
Omneon, Inc., is a leading provider of scalable media server and active storage systems that optimize workflow productivity and on-air reliability for the production, distribution, and management of digital media. Omneon is a pioneer in the use of advanced IT technologies and open systems for broadcast applications, producing a modular and expandable video server architecture in the Omneon Spectrum media server and highly scalable production storage with the MediaGrid active storage system. The company has an extensive global presence with customers in more than 85 countries on six continents. Omneon is on the Web at http://www.Omneon.com.
About Building4Media:
Building4Media, a Primestream company, is a leader in the design and implementation of broadcast automation solutions that feature the FORK suite of software products. FORK Production, FORK Playout and Mobile2Air deliver an end-to-end production platform that includes digital acquisition of live and file-based content, media asset management, editing, archiving, streaming, and pushing content to multiple screens and devices. The Primestream platform is currently providing news, sports, entertainment, educational and emergency broadcast services to clients across 37 countries and over 300 on-air channels, including media giants such as CBS Sports, CNN, NYSE, NASCAR, NFL, CNBC, Liverpool Soccer Club, Reuters, L.A. Dodgers, Star News India, SunTV, RTL and MountainWest Sports Network. For more information about Primestream and Building4Media solutions and services, visit us at http://www.b4m.com, or http://www.primestream.com.
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Source: Building4Media
CONTACT: Robert Lisman, Director of Marketing, +1-305-467-4222,
rl@primestream.com, or Margaret Gifford, +1-646-245-4959,
margaret@primestream.com
Web Site: http://www.b4m.com/
Omneon and Building4Media Expand Global Offerings
Combined effort ignites new and innovative solutions for broadcasters and media centers with a powerful hardware and software platform.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 13 -- At the IBC 2010 Conference, Building4Media(TM), a Primestream Company, and Omneon, Inc. announced an alliance to expand offerings to existing customers, as well as develop a new customer base with advanced solutions.
Omneon and Building4Media will work together to optimize the integration of new and existing products and the companies will continue to develop mutually beneficial and innovative broadcast automation solutions. Building4Media's FORK(TM) Production, FORK Playout and Mobile2Air deliver an end-to-end production platform that includes digital acquisition of live and file-based content, media asset management, editing, archiving, streaming and pushing content to multiple screens and devices driven by an advanced file based metadata workflow.
Warren Arenstein, vice president of Business Development, Primestream, said, "Omneon is one of the most reliable platforms in the world for mission critical applications in broadcasting. We are excited to expand our existing relationships with our customers and our resellers with new opportunities and to make further available our combined offerings."
"Building4Media and their FORK Suite of applications is among the most innovative playout automation systems for television stations and other production environments," said Dave Fredrick, senior director of Product Solutions and Marketing, Omneon. "Building4Media's focus on creating added value for broadcaster media data centers has produced a state of the art software application. On the Omneon platform, FORK provides complete control over their media assets. This, combined with their studio production and playout automation workflow solutions, creates a tightly integrated and streamlined solution."
Workflows that both companies support include playout, studio production, news, sports highlights, and collaborative shared editing, all of which require ultimate reliability, control, and media awareness.
About Omneon, Inc.
Omneon, Inc., is a leading provider of scalable media server and active storage systems that optimize workflow productivity and on-air reliability for the production, distribution, and management of digital media. Omneon is a pioneer in the use of advanced IT technologies and open systems for broadcast applications, producing a modular and expandable video server architecture in the Omneon Spectrum media server and highly scalable production storage with the MediaGrid active storage system. The company has an extensive global presence with customers in more than 85 countries on six continents. Omneon is on the Web at http://www.Omneon.com.
About Building4Media:
Building4Media, a Primestream company, is a leader in the design and implementation of broadcast automation solutions that feature the FORK suite of software products. FORK Production, FORK Playout and Mobile2Air deliver an end-to-end production platform that includes digital acquisition of live and file-based content, media asset management, editing, archiving, streaming, and pushing content to multiple screens and devices. The Primestream platform is currently providing news, sports, entertainment, educational and emergency broadcast services to clients across 37 countries and over 300 on-air channels, including media giants such as CBS Sports, CNN, NYSE, NASCAR, NFL, CNBC, Liverpool Soccer Club, Reuters, L.A. Dodgers, Star News India, SunTV, RTL and MountainWest Sports Network. For more information about Primestream and Building4Media solutions and services, visit us at http://www.b4m.com, or http://www.primestream.com.
Apple, Final Cut Pro, iPhone, iTunes Store and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Source: Building4Media
CONTACT: Robert Lisman, Director of Marketing, +1-305-467-4222,
rl@primestream.com, or Margaret Gifford, +1-646-245-4959,
margaret@primestream.com
Web Site: http://www.b4m.com/