Pathfire
and Harris Broadcast Communications Join Forces
to Automate Digital Ingest and Movement of Programming
Metadata and Content
Pathfire, Inc., the leading provider of digital
content distribution and management solutions, and
Harris Corporation’s Broadcast Communications
Division, the world’s leading supplier of
broadcast technology, announced today a technology
license agreement that will enable television broadcasters
to dramatically improve station efficiency, accuracy
and workflow, from content delivery to playout to
air, by virtually eliminating manual handling of
programming metadata and content.
Under terms of the agreement, the two companies
will integrate Pathfire Digital Media Gateway™
(DMG) Automation Connect and Server Connect for
Programming into the Harris Resource Suite (hrs)
system. This integration will provide a seamless
interface between Harris and Pathfire systems,
and automate the receipt, preparation and movement
of programming metadata and content to play-to-air
servers. Together, Pathfire and Harris systems
provide broadcasters automatic retrieval, management
and movement of programming metadata and content
into the technical operations center, eliminating
manual steps and procedures.
“Enabling the automation of the digital
ingest process is the next logical step in delivery
and distribution of metadata and content throughout
broadcast facilities. The availability of metadata
and content in a digital format virtually eliminates
all handling and potential for errors from ingest
through the play-to-air process,” said Steve
Flanagan, Pathfire vice president, strategic broadcast
solutions.
“With hrs, we have taken our leading content
delivery technology to the next level of evolution,”
said Brian Lay, hrs product marketing director
for Harris Automation Solutions. “Broadcasters
are looking for automation technology that connects
the digital ‘islands’ in their facilities.
hrs makes that connection by managing station
workflow from digital ingest to asset management.”
Harris Resource Suite (hrs) is a scaleable and
modular system that offers new functionalities
and interconnections to streamline operations
throughout a station, group, network or enterprise.
hrs brings together all the elements that a broadcaster
needs to automate labor-intensive processes, eliminate
duplication of efforts, streamline asset management
processes and share media seamlessly throughout
the enterprise. With hrs’ Digital Ingest
module, broadcasters can eliminate the need to
re-keystroke metadata embedded in digital content
delivered to the Pathfire DMG server.
Pathfire DMG Automation Connect enables automation
systems to provide hands-free management and movement
of Pathfire-delivered metadata from ingest to
play to air.
The integrated solution is planned for availability
early in 2004.
Harris
Harris Broadcast Communications Division is one
of five divisions within Harris Corporation, an
international communications equipment company focused
on providing assured communications™ products,
systems and services for government and commercial
customers in more than 150 countries. The world’s
leading broadcast supplier, Harris Broadcast Communications
Division offers a full range of solutions that support
the digital delivery, automation and management
of audio, video and data. For more information,
visit www.broadcast.harris.com.
Pathfire
Pathfire (www.pathfire.com), a private technology
company headquartered in Atlanta, is the leading
provider of digital content distribution and management
solutions for the broadcast television industry,
supplying innovative digital content distribution
solutions, from delivery to air, for broadcasters,
news organizations, television networks, Hollywood
studios and other media and entertainment companies.
Through its advanced digital store-and-forward
platform, Pathfire delivers news stories, syndicated
programming, commercial spots, public service
announcements and video news releases to more
than 1,100 broadcasters throughout North America.
Contact:
Pathfire, Inc.
Stacey Hurter
Marketing & PR
770.619.0801 x1322
shurter@pathfire.com
www.pathfire.com
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