BBC Technology Releases the Colledia AAF Plug-in for Windows Media 9 Series at NAB 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NAB2004 Booth #SU8469 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004 Improves Authoring and Workflow Management for Broadcast News Content Creation; Provisions Access to 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. Editorial Processes across the Media Enterprise At NAB 2004, 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, a provider of product and services to media-driven organizations, today announced the release of version 1.0 of the Colledia(TM) 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 (WM9S). Furthermore, the AAF Plug-in for WM9S, with support for the new AAF Edit Protocol (see release "AAF Association Releases New AAF Edit Protocol at NAB 2004," April 20, 2004), will be available in late summer. The AAF Plug-in is a component of BBC Technology's production workflow software, Colledia(TM) Workflow. This 'enabling technology' will empower news producers, editors and journalists to access, utilize and deliver high quality media and metadata to the desktop, and deliver a true enterprise-scale solution for supporting the full broadcast media lifecycle. The AAF Plug-in for WM9S further marginalizes tape-based production by freeing content creators See content provider. from the confines and expense associated with editing room and dedicated hardware systems. (BBC Technology, booth #SU8469, National Association of Broadcasters conference, 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, April 17-22, 2004) "Broadcast executives realize the value that enterprise-scale solutions for production can add to the bottom line," said Mitchell Linden Linden, city, United States Linden, city (1990 pop. 36,701), Union co., NE N.J., in the New York metropolitan area; inc. 1925. During the first half of the 20th cent. , senior vice president, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , BBC Technology. "Commodity network infrastructure and common PC workstations can deliver today what only expensive proprietary systems could just a couple of years ago. Colledia extends the reach of participation across the media enterprise. Colledia Workflow will become the Microsoft 'Outlook' for broadcast production." WM9S delivers video quality-per-bit to the desktop. Bringing together AAF Edit Protocol metadata support with WM9S enables seamless interoperability with standards-based editing infrastructures in the collaborative broadcast news environment. "We are working with BBC Technology to create and deploy more powerful and cost effective tools, solutions and services for broadcasters," said Jason Reindorp, group manager, Windows Digital Media Division, Microsoft Corp. "BBC Technology's AAF plug-in extends the use of WM9S across large scale broadcast production so that any PC desktop user can access AAF content." "Metadata-driven broadcast production is revolutionizing the industry," explained Michael Koetter, vice president of technology, North America, BBC Technology. "We see the future of our collaboration with Microsoft continuing to bring our combined strengths and respective technical expertise to improve collaborative workflows and create new opportunities in enterprise broadcast connectivity." "Microsoft and BBC Technology share a commitment to deliver open, multi-vendor solutions. We designed WM9S to be a rich platform to help fuel unique and important innovations," added Reindorp. "Through our respective software innovations we are creating powerful tools that enable distribution of HD content and support all phases of broadcast production." For information about the Colledia(TM) AAF Plug-in for WM9S contact aaf.plugin@bbc.co.uk; visit www.bbctechnology.com for more information. 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 pioneering technical expertise and innovation for the BBC, BBC Technology helps organizations create, manage and distribute content more effectively across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . BBC Technology's products and services include: the award-winning Colledia(TM) product portfolio, Colledia(TM) Control, media communications, Internet solutions, and consulting services. Customers include: BBC News, BSkyB, DIRECTV Inc., ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Inc., Hutchison 3G, SABC SABC South African Broadcasting Corporation and Scottish Enterprise Scottish Enterprise is the main national[1] economic development agency of Scotland, the other being Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) carries out similar functions of economic development in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. . The BBC is currently managing the sale of BBC Technology, which will also incorporate a procurement process for a new technology services contract for the Corporation (see press release, 'BBC to Sell Technology Subsidiary', November 27, 2003). The move follows a strategic review of the BBC's technology requirements for the next decade, which identified potential annual savings for the BBC of between 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. 20-GBP 30m if its technology services were outsourced. Combining the procurement process with the sale of BBC Technology as a whole means the BBC can leverage maximum value and, as a result, invest more money in its programs and services. The move offers growth opportunities for the 1400 staff at BBC Technology as the company is attracting bids from major technology businesses with scale and expertise. It is anticipated that the process will be complete in Autumn 2004. |
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