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| Australia's NBN Television Upgrades News with Grass Valley Networked Production Technology Las Vegas (National Association of Broadcasters Convention—Booth# SU7823), April 18, 2005 — Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) has announced the completion of a multiphase project to transition the NBN Television network studio facilities in Newcastle, New South Wales, to a streamlined, virtually tapeless workflow with a full complement of its Grass Valley ™ brand digital news production (DNP) equipment. Broadcasting to one of Australia's largest geographical markets comprising of northern New South Wales and the Gold Coast, the network went live on the air with the Grass Valley DNP system in February. The Grass Valley DNP system now in full operation at NBN TV includes numerous NewsEdit™ XT nonlinear edit systems, FeedClip™ interactive feed capture system; NewsQ™ Pro automated news playback system, and the M-Series™ Intelligent Video Digital Recorder (iVDR). Thomson, serving as engineering consultants and system integrator for the project, has also incorporated software interface products from technology partner Proximity Corporation. Together, all system components have been tightly integrated with the NBN Network's existing Associated Press ENPS newsroom computer system. From the very early stages of the consultative process between Thomson and NBN almost two years ago, Steve Legge, the network's director of engineering, recognized the power, flexibility and ease to which the NewsEdit application would fulfill all of his goals for an all-digital newsroom environment. NewsEdit provides the ability to display edits as they are being made, saving time while getting finished stories to air quicker. With no pre-digitization requirement, NBN's editors can record directly from tape to the NewsEdit timeline, eliminating the need to go back and review their work. Thomson's Systems Group performed an extensive on site evaluation at the NBN studios to show the network's personnel how the Grass Valley DNP system architecture could save them time and help make their stories more comprehensive. "When I first saw the NewsEdit system [at IBC 2003], I saw a solution that had the potential to fit our workflow needs," Legge said. "The NLE solution has since grown in our timeframe with increased potential that met all of our current expectations and still has plenty of room to grow." "We have a very complex news requirement that covers many regional markets," Legge added. "For us to consider the substantial investment in the digitalization of the newsroom, the workflow improvements had to be proven beyond doubt in order to justify the system purchase. When our news team saw the NewsEdit system in-house, and with the subsequent further consultation with Thomson's DNP experts, we felt strongly that this would indeed give us that justification." The NewsEdit XT system, in particular, was extremely easy for NBN's editors to learn. In fact, according to Jim Sullivan, director of News for NBN, "The editors were cutting stories on the system within hours even though formal training had yet to commence. We found the NewsEdit system very easy to learn and use." NBN project leader Graeme Clancy said that the new processes in place have allowed NBN's news and engineering people to leverage what can be done with a tapeless system and devise new ways of handling program material. He added that a complete team effort by all parties involved helped to achieve the final implementation. "With the success of the initial installation, we are very confident we can progressively roll out the system over the remainder of our network," Clancy said. |
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