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11/06/2010

Gencom Partners For Nine's Digital Project

A collaborative partnership between three key industry providers will protect and strengthen Nine Network Australia's new digital news system.
Gencom's partnership with SGL will allow tight integration between its new archive and asset management systems for flexibility and seamless expansion into future needs.
Following its own research, Nine Network identified SGL's FlashNet archive as a candidate for integration with Harris' Invenio asset management system, allowing two-way compatibility with software versions.
SGL, a leading provider of content archive and storage management software for media and entertainment, collaborated with their supplier, respected systems integrator Gencom Technology. Gencom's engineers installed and commissioned the SGL FlashNet archive, working in conjunction with SGL's technical team from their Singapore office.
In turn Gencom Technology and SGL collaborated fully with Harris on the project, to achieve a successful integrated archive solution for the Network.
The SGL FlashNet archive controls a Sony PetaSite tape library with LTO4 tape drives and a nearline disk archive integrated with a Harris Broadcast Invenio MAM system.
The system is file-based allowing for flexible and rapid access to both nearline and archived news content. Advantages include native handling and partial file restore of MXF clips from the News XDCAM camera systems. Further expansion is possible by adding more tape slots to the library, supported by extra tape drives and /or a larger disk archive, and by inserting more nodes into the Nine Enterprise archive cluster.
The system has been designed either to expand centrally in Sydney, thus providing a central archive resource to other NNA facilities, or to develop regional archives at the other facilities, with access available from all sites.
Gencom Chief Executive Officer, Ray Sanders commented: "Gencom enjoys its role of integrating the best solutions within the broadcast industry in a way that strengthens the client and supports their capacity for further development and growth. The SGL FlashNet – Harris' Invenio combination is a perfect example."
Bernie Walsh, SGL's Director Worldwide Sales & Joint Managing Director added: "SGL's Open System architecture provides broadcasters with a cost-effective, scalable solution for broadcasters worldwide.
"We are delighted to announce this sale to Nine Network. It has been a fully collaborative project, highlighting the tight integration between the archive and the MAM. We look forward to working with NNA on its future expansion plans."
(BMcN/BMcC)
VMI.TV Ltd

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