BBC Technology and Quantel Join Forces to Digitalize News and Sports; Alliance Expands Industry's Solution Set for All-Digital, News Production Infrastructure.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2002 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 and Quantel have announced plans to collaborate on the development of integrated, end-to-end digital newsroom production solutions for the global broadcast market. Combining the broadcast credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. of BBC Technology with Quantel's digital television products, the two companies will supply broadcasters with a comprehensive digital environment for news and sports production. Among the first collaborative projects is the centralization cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. of video content for BBC's newsrooms. This joint initiative will drive increased broadcast integration and automation based on resilient See resiliency. architecture for 24x7 functionality. BBC Technology and Quantel are developing solutions that will comprise enterprise-level scaling features, powerful search tools across multiple broadcast centers, integrated archive facilities and a fully integrated desktop experience with Quantel edit at high resolution. "We are obviously very proud to have been selected as one of BBC Technology's business partners," said Richard Taylor Richard Taylor is the name of:
"BBC Technology has a stated commitment to work with best-of-breed partners to develop a host of end-to-end technology solutions for the broadcast marketplace," 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. , BBC Technology Managing Director. "The association with Quantel, the latest firm to join our ever-growing portfolio of business partners, will allow us to further explore innovative broadcast communications and services by expanding our capability to develop and offer digital solutions for newsrooms around the globe." The companies are already working together on BBC News' landmark "Jupiter" project -- the centralizing cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. of video content for BBC News. Quantel will supply a massive generationQ news system, which will act as a scalable server solution uniting broadcast and browse under a single database. About the Companies: BBC Technology BBC Technology is part of the BBC Ventures Group, the umbrella name for the BBC's commercial media services businesses comprising: BBC Resources, BBC Technology, BBC Broadcast and Kingswood Warren Ventures. BBC Ventures Group is wholly owned by the BBC and is charged with the task of maximizing income to deliver back to the BBC to fund programs and services for the benefit of all. 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 multi media platforms. Quantel(TM) Quantel is dedicated to creating new tools for the new digital age, covering everything from terrestrial and satellite television to broadband Internet See broadband. , 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. and d-cinema. Quantel's generationQ is a radical, all-encompassing, new concept that offers total scalability in both hardware and software across post production, graphics and broadcast for multiple resolution, team-working production environments. |
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