Ackerley Group Buys SeaChange's Broadcast Video Servers to Bring Digital CentralCasting to New Markets.Business/Technology Editors SEATTLE and MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2000 Broadcast TV Group Redefines Operational Excellence in 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 , Prepares to Streamline Additional Stations with Broadcast MediaClusters The Ackerley Group The Ackerley Group was an American media company that owned several television stations (mainly in New York State, California, as well as one in Fairbanks) that was taken over by Clear Channel Communications in 2001. Its chairman was Seattle-based businessman Barry Ackerley. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AK), a leading media and entertainment company, has again purchased Broadcast MediaCluster video server systems from SeaChange International, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SEAC SEAC Student Environmental Action Coalition SEAC Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee SEAC Southeast Archeological Center (National Park Service) SEAC South East Asia Command (Allies WWII) ) in support of its successful Digital CentralCasting strategy. Following the roll-out of Digital CentralCasting in its New York Regional Station Group (RSG RSG Revenue Support Grant (UK) RSG Recovery Storage Group (Microsoft Exchange) RSG Ready, Set, Go! RSG Regional Support Group RSG Research Study Group (NATO) ), The Ackerley Group has installed Broadcast MediaClusters to bring Digital CentralCasting to its two other RSGs in California and Oregon. Digital CentralCasting allows consolidated operations, traffic, programming and accounting between television stations within RSGs, which results in significant margin improvement as well as improvements to the quality of the video. By installing a Broadcast MediaCluster at one television station within an RSG and sending programming to stations in other markets within the same RSG's fiber optic network, The Ackerley Group delivers digital programming to multiple stations for slightly more than the cost of one digital system. In the California and Oregon RSGs, Digital CentralCasting occurs between stations with different network affiliations. To facilitate Digital CentralCasting in its three RSGs, The Ackerley Group has installed one Broadcast MediaCluster in a `hub' station for each group. "With Broadcast MediaClusters, we have video server systems operating in a cost effective platform to fulfill our vision of video management via Digital CentralCasting," said Dave Reid, President of AK TV Group, The Ackerley Group's television segment. "With the synergy between advanced digital technologies like SeaChange's, we're simplifying our video operations and generating savings that we can roll back into other activities like local news production and marketing efforts, which certainly enhance The Ackerley Group stations' individual market standings." The Ackerley Group's RSGs include: the Central California RSG with KGET Bakersfield, KION Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. and KCOY Santa Maria; the North Coast RSG with KCBA KCBA King County Bar Association KCBA Kane County Bar Association (Illinois) KCBA Kern County Bar Association (California) KCBA Kern County Bridal Association (California) Salinas, KFTY Santa Rosa, KVIQ Eureka and KMTR Eugene; and the New York RSG with WIXT Syracuse, WOKR Rochester, WUTR Utica and WIVT Binghamton. Additional New York stations WBGH WBGH Washington Business Group on Health in Binghamton and WETM WETM Weather Team WETM Waterman Error Trending Model in Elmira will eventually join the New York RSG. MediaCluster Technology for Greater Broadcast Efficiency Today, nearly 100 television operators worldwide have chosen the Broadcast MediaCluster as their digital video platform for commercials, programs and other revenue-generating services, including pay-per-view movies. The MPEG-2 4:2:2 Broadcast MediaCluster leverages SeaChange's patented MediaCluster server architecture to address the challenges of broadcasting with the greatest degree of fault-resilience and cost-effective scalability in the television industry. SeaChange will demonstrate its Broadcast MediaCluster family of video server systems at NAB 2000 booth L1523. About the companies The Ackerley Group is comprised of four operating segments, which contain a total of 29 independent media and entertainment operations. The Outdoor Media segment includes outdoor advertising in Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., Boston and Worcester The following companies have been known as Boston and Worcester, running between the towns of Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts:
Serving 27,000 television channels for broadcast and cable television companies worldwide, SeaChange International, Inc. (www.schange.com) is the leading provider of MPEG-2 digital video systems. SeaChange's products, incorporating the Company's patented software and hardware technologies, automate the management and distribution of video streams including advertisements, movies, news updates and other broadcast-quality video programming requiring precise execution. Founded in 1993, SeaChange is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts. MediaCluster is a registered trademark of SeaChange International, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective companies. |
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