TELE-CINE EXPANDS SHORT FORM WITH OMNEON SERVER

TELE-CINE have become the first facility house in the UK to install an Omneon Networked Content Server as the centrepiece of a major upgrade and revamp of the facility’s ‘Short Form’ duplication area.
The department has doubled in size with capacity to cater to Tele-Cine’s Short Form, expanding their advertising and music industry roster from their Charlotte Street site.
Tele-Cine’s Short Form Department are the market leader in mastering and duplication for the music promo business sector and have also developed specific solutions to enable their clients to utilise their digital assets in a more efficient and advanced way. Through a range of applications, these solutions have already led to new online processes such as video streaming and file transfer.
Operationally, the Omneon Networked Content Server provides 10 hours of storage of ITU-601 (uncompressed) video files, scalable to over 50 hours and allows broadcast copies to be made easily in all formats. The system enables Short Form’s technical team to better share and collaborate on program assets, improve the production workflow process and reduce timescales. The real power of the Omneon system lies with the IEEE 1394 Switch that enables networking of the system throughout the entire facility. The system control is performed by a Pharos Communications automation system, which emphasises the flexibility of the Omneon system and its ability to interface with a range of third party applications.
Roger Harlow, head of sales for Short Form said: “Short Form are forging strategic partnerships with our key clients by developing digital media management solutions. Continued investment in our technical infrastructure and developments in transfer technology enables us to provide non-linear business methods that suit our clients’ current and future needs in the changing marketplace.”
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