Avid Broadcast Announces 30th Avid Unity for News Customer; Rapid Adoption Driven by Broadcasters' Need to Build Digital Newsrooms.Business/Technology Editors TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2002 Avid Technology "Avid" redirects here. For the "Advancement Via Individual Determination" educational program, see AVID. Avid Technology, Inc NASDAQ: AVID is an American company specializing in video and audio production technology; specifically, digital non-linear media editing (NLE) , Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AVID) Broadcast Group today announced its 30th customer for the all-digital, nonlinear A system in which the output is not a uniform relationship to the input. nonlinear - (Scientific computation) A property of a system whose output is not proportional to its input. Avid Unity(TM) for News broadcast system since January 2001. Among the 30 new customers are ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Nightline (Washington, D.C.); KTVT (Ft. Worth, Texas); Australia Broadcasting Corporation (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra); British Sky Broadcasting British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB — formerly two companies, Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. (United Kingdom); WKYC (Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. ); Qatar TV (Qatar); ZDF ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ZDF Z-Firm Document Folder ZDF Zone Definition File (Mainz and Berlin, Germany); and KSDK, an NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. affiliate in St. Louis, Missouri. "In comparison to the content creation market, broadcast news has been fairly slow to implement nonlinear technology. The rapid adoption of 30 Avid Unity for News systems within this relatively short time-span is certainly impressive for this unique market," said Gerry Kaufhold, principal analyst with Cahners In-Stat Group, a market forecaster based in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " . "In today's environment, TV news producers need more than just a great digital editor; they need to get their stories on the air fast. With a nonlinear editing See nonlinear video editing. suite connected to Unity for News as the hub, broadcasters are able to streamline the news production process and realize greater efficiencies." The Avid Unity for News system offers the same powerful and flexible digital media infrastructure of Avid Unity MediaNet, first shipped in June 1999 and now installed at more than 600 sites worldwide. Built for the unique requirements of broadcast news, the Avid Unity for News system offers reliable, real-time shared storage for up to 50 high-resolution editing workstations, and helps newsrooms locate, access and use media anywhere on their network as soon as it is recorded. It also features bi-directional background file movement for simultaneous 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. and play-to-air, even under the heaviest demand. When newsrooms combine their Avid Unity for News system with Avid(R) NewsCutter(R), Avid iNEWS(TM) and Avid AirSPACE(TM) systems, they create a single integrated workflow system to simultaneously acquire, edit, encode, upload and re-purpose news stories for output to terrestrial, satellite or Internet feeds. "We developed Avid Unity for News in response to unique demand from broadcast newsrooms for a flexible, cost-effective and scalable product that meets the digital production challenges of today and the future," said David Schleifer, director of Avid Broadcast. "The increased traction of Avid Unity for News within the broadcast market is strong evidence that newsrooms are making this solution a major part of their new digital environments." About Avid Broadcast Avid Broadcast focuses on the application of all Avid Media Solutions products in the broadcast market, with special emphasis on news production products including NewsCutter nonlinear editors, Avid AirSPACE video servers, the Avid Unity for News media network, the award-winning iNEWS newsroom computer system, Media Browse(TM) and iNEWS ControlAir(TM) systems. About Avid Technology, Inc. Avid Technology, Inc. delivers the solutions that Make, Manage and Move Media(TM). As a recognized digital standard for professionals who Make the world's media -- from video, audio and film to animation, special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. -- Avid's products are used to make more television and news shows, commercials, music videos and CDs, corporate/industrial productions and major motion pictures combined than any other nonlinear editing manufacturer in the world. Now, building on its Oscar(R), Grammy(R) and Emmy(R) award-winning heritage in creating content, Avid is extending its reach by redefining how digital media is shared, stored and distributed. To Manage today's increasingly rich collection of dynamic media, Avid provides powerful servers, networks and media tools to help customers search files, share media and collaborate on new productions, both locally and globally. Avid's solutions also empower users to easily Move media, whether on air, over cable or satellite or through the Internet. Like no other media company today, Avid's end-to-end solutions span the continuum of media creation, management and distribution. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Tewksbury, MA. More information about the company is available at www.avid.com. (c) 2001 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid and NewsCutter are registered trademarks and AirSPACE, Avid Unity and Make, Manage and Move Media are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. iNEWS, iNEWS ControlAir and Media Browse are trademarks of iNews, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Oscar is a registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Inc. Grammy is a registered trademark of The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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