Quantel and Pathfire demonstrate better broadcast workflow at NAB
Leaders in digital news production and distribution announce strategic alliance

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Atlanta, GA, April 23, 2006 - At NAB2006, Quantel and Pathfire will demonstrate how broadcasters can enjoy a shorter, faster and more collaborative workflow by the integration of the companies' synergistic digital news technologies.

Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway™ (DMG) is an automated digital IP-multicast distribution system that allows content providers to distribute media to broadcasters who automatically receive it in their stations. The DMG works in combination with Quantel's sQ server to dramatically improve the flow of relevant material to the news and/or sports user. Linked to the sQ server via Quantel's MXF Power Portal, users can browse, search or preview broadcast-quality video clips right from their desktops in an intuitive interface.

Today, no broadcast set-up is an island; what broadcasters need is not a shoe-horned single supplier compromise, but open connectivity between best-of-breed systems. Newsrooms are a constant state of chaos with journalists and editors spending valuable time trying to locate assets. By keeping everything file-based and leveraging networking technology the Quantel/Pathfire solution delivers total visibility and connectivity from ingest to playout. This means that valuable assets stay as pristine as they were at the point of acquisition.

"Strategic alliances are very important to Pathfire and our alliance with Quantel will increase the value of our solutions and provide added benefits to our customers. Mutual compatibility of content in its native format gives us limitless possibilities for collaborative projects going forward," said Jamie Meyer, Pathfire's Product Manager, Stations and Groups.

Norman Rouse, Quantel's Group Marketing Manager - News, Sports and Graphics added, "The ease with which our server-based news systems integrate with Pathfire's DMG has vindicated our decision to design our generationQ news systems from the ground up. We use an industry standard database (ISA), standard IT infrastructures where appropriate and have a company culture here at Quantel which allows us to work closely with companies such as Pathfire and react swiftly and positively to market demands. We consider Pathfire to be a leading provider of digital content distribution systems, and by partnering with them and supporting open industry standards, we can deliver a total solution that is much greater then the sum of its parts - both in productivity and in the value it adds to the broadcaster's business."

 

About Pathfire (www.pathfire.com)

Pathfire (www.pathfire.com), headquartered in Atlanta, is the leading provider of digital content distribution and management solutions for the broadcast, media and entertainment industries, supplying innovative digital solutions, from distribution to air, for broadcasters, news organizations, television networks, Hollywood studios and other media companies. Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway™ (DMG) is an advanced digital IP store-and-forward platform, delivering news stories, syndicated programming, advertising spots, and video news releases to more than 1,300 broadcasters throughout North America.

 

About Quantel

Quantel is dedicated to creating the most powerful and efficient tools for content creation and production in the digital age. Quantel systems combine industry-leading performance with total scalability in both hardware and software across post production, graphics, digital intermediate, news and sports production for multiple resolution, team-working environments.

Press Contact for Pathfire:
Shea Stanback
770.619.0801
sstanback@pathfire.com