ADVISORY/BBC Technology Showcases Media Lifecycle Management Products at SMPTE Conference in New York.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Wednesday-Friday (Nov. 12-14) SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. Conference SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2003 BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Technology, providers of products and services to global media-driven organizations, will be exhibiting at the upcoming Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Conference. As a member of SMPTE, BBC Technology will be presiding at booth #121 at the Hilton New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , November 12-14. Executives from BBC Technology will be demonstrating the Colledia(TM) Workflow product suite: Colledia(TM) for Production -- newly enhanced with the AAF AAF abbr. Army Air Forces Plug-in for Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. 9 Series; Colledia(TM) for News; and Colledia(TM) for Sports. In addition, the company will be showing its control and monitoring software, Colledia(TM) Control. BBC Technology's products are helping media companies change the way they produce, manage and distribute content; they also support open systems, incorporating the AAF and MXF (Material EXchange Format) A file format from the Pro-MPEG Forum for the interchange of video production information. MXF files include audio/video content and related meta-data (production notes, camera settings, time code positions, etc. standards. For broadcasters, the greatest business opportunities will result not from digital encoding and image resolution improvements but from profound improvements in control, workflow, collaboration and management. BBC Technology's products are developed by program makers who share this vision; the products help companies maximize the value of their media assets across the media lifecycle, from ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. through to archive. "With its comprehensive understanding of the complexities faced by media-driven companies as a foundation, BBC Technology has created a suite of advanced digital production products that provide innovative ways for this industry to work in collaborative workgroups," said Joshua Duhl, research director, rich media, IDC. "BBC Technology has responded to the market with products that cover the breadth of functionality required to manage media across its entire lifecycle, beyond just storage and asset management, and that support industry standards like AAF and MXF. BBC Technology's Colledia product portfolio helps companies gain new efficiencies, and ensures that media assets and respective metadata information is ubiquitous throughout the enterprise." "BBC Technology is committed to the establishment of technology standards for the broadcast industry," said Mitchell Linden, senior vice president for BBC Technology's North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. . "We are already using the AAF standard as a foundation for interoperability for major new broadcast facilities projects in America and Europe. As a member of SMPTE, we look forward to presenting our products as well as sharing our commitment to AAF with industry leaders at the show."
WHO: BBC Technology
WHAT: SMPTE Conference and Exhibition
WHEN: November 12-14, 2003
WHERE: The Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas
212-586-7000
About BBC Technology Founded in March 2001, BBC Technology provides products and services for both the BBC and other global media-driven organizations. Drawing on eight decades of the BBC's pioneering technical expertise and innovation, BBC Technology's offering enables the creation, management and distribution of content more effectively across all platforms. BBC Technology's product divisions include the award-winning Colledia(TM) Workflow media lifecycle management product portfolio, Colledia(TM) Control, media communications, internet solutions and consulting services. World-renowned customers include: APTN APTN Aboriginal Peoples' Television Network (Canada) APTN Associated Press Television News , BBC News, BSkyB, DIRECTV, Inc., ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , Inc., Hutchison 3G, SABC SABC South African Broadcasting Corporation and Scottish Enterprise. BBC Technology is part of BBC Ventures Group, the BBC's new business-to-business commercial division comprising four operating units: BBC Technology, BBC Broadcast, BBC Resources and BBC Vecta. The group provides a full range of managed media services and facilities to the BBC and other media companies both in the U.K. and internationally. It has been tasked with maximising the return of funds back to the BBC for the benefit of program making and the provisioning of other BBC services. |
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