QUANTEL WINS EMMY FOR INTEGRATED NEWS SYSTEM

QUANTEL have won an Emmy for ‘outstanding achievement in technological advancement’ from the USA’s National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
The award recognises ‘Pioneering effort in digital asset management for television news production’, following the successful development of the world’s first tapeless news system Inspiration - in conjunction with UK independent national news provider, and co-winner of the Emmy, ITN.
The Inspiration system is centred around Quantel’s unique true random access Clipbox servers, with automation from OmniBus and browse technology from Telemedia. The Clipbox enables simultaneous access to, and editing of, all material held in its store by hundreds of journalists. Editing can start the moment any feed starts entering the server, the journalists having access to the video on their desktops, integrated with their AP ENPS newsroom computer system. Results are ready to go to air under automation control the second they are completed.
Trevor Francis, now Quantel’s Business Manager, News and Sports, was part of the ITN team that specified, trialled and put into operation the Inspiration system at ITN in his role as ITN’s Resources Manager. He said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been recognised in this way. The Inspiration at ITN was truly pioneering – no one had succeeded in eliminating tape from the news production process before. Quantel’s server technology is key to its success, as was the teamwork between Quantel, ITN and the other partners. I subsequently joined Quantel so that I could bring the benefits of this new way of working in news to the broadest possible audience – it is truly revolutionary.”
Since the first installation of Inspiration at ITN, Quantel have become the world’s foremost supplier of integrated news systems, and have developed the concept to bring their speed-to-air, productivity and economic benefits to smaller broadcast operations.
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