BBC Technology's Colledia Wins DigitalTV-Television Broadcast Magazine's ''Editors' Pick of Show'' Award at NAB 2003.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NAB2003 LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2003 Colledia(TM) Product Portfolio is Recognized for Delivering Efficient Media Lifecycle Management 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 returned from the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nevada (NAB 2003), with an "Editors' Pick of Show" award from DigitalTV-Television Broadcast magazine for its flagship Colledia product portfolio. The award was given to companies that demonstrated outstanding achievement in the art and science of video technology. On its stand, BBC Technology demonstrated example applications of the Colledia product portfolio for different broadcast environments including news, sports, production and control. "BBC Technology's Colledia provides users with a new approach to media lifecycle management and our editors unanimously agreed is not only unique, but conforms to our award theme of saving money, saving time, and making better television," said Michael Silbergleid, editor of United Entertainment Media's DigitalTV-Television Broadcast magazine. "To become an award winner, our editors must unanimously agree that the nominated product or technology is worthy," said Mark Foley Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida. , editor of United Entertainment Media's Videography vid·e·og·ra·phy n. The art or practice of using a video camera. vid  e·og . "Recognition with an award is a true vote of confidence and stamp of approval from the editorial staff of UE Media." BBC Technology also announced at NAB 2003 its first customer for Colledia for Sports: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , Inc. BBC Technology's Colledia product portfolio includes: Colledia for Sports, which addresses the current changes in traditional sports production workflows and supports both real and non-real-time distributed and collaborative production workflows; Colledia for News, which solves the tape-based problems common to many broadcasters that result from the sheer growth in news output; Colledia for Production, which is the first product to market that digitizes and integrates the entire production process including 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. , play-out and transcode (1) To convert from one format to another. It implies conversion between very distinct kinds of data, such as from speech into text or from analog video into digital frames. Sometimes the term is used as nothing more than a fancier synonym for "convert. ; and Colledia Control, which provides flexible and reliable control across all areas of broadcast infrastructure and operations, across modern and legacy equipment, from one touch screen interface. "BBC Technology is honored to receive this award," said Ann Wilson Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California) is the lead singer and flute player[1] of Heart. Biography Wilson's family moved around as a child because her father was a Marine Corps colonel. , president, BBC Technology. "Our product portfolio combines technologies from the pioneering work we have undertaken for both the BBC and our growing customer base. Based on open, scalable and cost effective systems, and working with best-of-breed partners, our product philosophy aims to support broadcasters in addressing the challenges they face today and in the future." About BBC Technology BBC Technology began trading on March 31, 2001, drawing on the BBC's pioneering technological experience to offer solutions in media, broadcast and interactive applications to both the BBC and other global players. It can design, build and operate systems for managing and distributing content on multimedia platforms. During its first year, BBC Technology secured a contract with Hutchison 3G UK Ltd, holder of the UK's largest third-generation mobile phone license, to manage the production of its audio-visual content. The content will be accessible through Hutchison 3G's next-generation wireless service. BBC Technology is part of the BBC Ventures Group, which sits alongside BBC Worldwide as the BBC's second commercial division and brings together the Corporation's four business-to-business commercial companies under one holding company. The Group's constituent businesses comprise: BBC Technology, BBC Broadcast, BBC Resources and Kingswood Warren Ventures. The Group has been tasked with maximizing commercial return back to the BBC as part of the Government's challenge to raise an additional GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1.1bn and is tasked with bringing GBP300m worth of cash and cost savings back to the BBC. About United Entertainment Media, Inc. United Entertainment Media, Inc. produces magazines, books, web sites, trade shows and events for professional audio, video, installation and music industries including EQ, Pro Sound News, Surround Professional, Medialine, Entertainment Storage & Networking, Systems Contractor News, Residential Systems, Rental & Staging Systems, Videography, Government Video, DigitalTV-Television Broadcast, Sports TV Production, Digital Cinema, AutoMedia, Car Sound & Performance, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Entertainment (co-produced with IRMA An earlier trade name for a variety of host connectivity hardware and software products originally developed by Digital Communications Associates (DCA) and later acquired by Attachmate Corporation. Irma was not an acronym, rather it was the lady's name. ), Government Video Technology Expo, Studio Business, and Surround 2002. United Entertainment Media, Inc. is an operating division of CMP Information Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of United Business Media, plc. |
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