[June 12, 2014] |
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Philippines' ABS CBN Amps up Content Quality and Workflow Efficiency with Interra Systems
CUPERTINO, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Interra
Systems, the leading provider of media analysis solutions for
digital content, today announced that the Philippines' largest and
leading multimedia conglomerate, ABS (News - Alert) CBN Corporation, has selected the
company's Baton automated file-based QC solution. ABS CBN will use Baton
to improve the quality of its content and to improve operational
efficiency by streamlining content hand over between different
departments and managing content QC at multiple stages.
ABS CBN is the oldest and the leading television network in Philippines
and produces a wide variety of engaging, world-class entertainment
programs in multiple genres and balanced, credible news programs
broadcast on free-to-air television.
"After a detailed evaluation of several QC systems, ABS CBN selected
Baton for its enterprise wide scalability and workflow adaptability
required by our growing organization. The Baton system also integrated
very well with our existing MAM, automation and storage systems," stated
Mr. Deo Jordan, Head of Digital Broadcast, ABS CBN. "Our work flow
requires quality control at various stages of production, and Baton
provides the flexibility to identify errors that are relevant at each
stage. It also allows us to allocate processing speed in a way that
minimizes latency and maximizes efficiency of our operations."
Baton has been a preferred choice of broadcasters, content providers and
broadcast services organizations in the APAC region such as Fox
International Channels, VTV Vietnam, Globecast Asia and Sony PCL.
"Baton provides full and accurate quality checks for audio issues,
format problems and metadata, helping ABS CBN save a great deal of time
automating its QC processes," said Sanjay Mittal, Managing Director,
Asia, of Interra (News - Alert) Systems. "These new workflow efficiencies will aso
result in better video and audio quality for ABS CBN viewers."
Interra Systems will be demonstrating the Baton file-based QC solution
at theĀ Broadcast
Asia Show, June 17-20, in booth 5L5-01.
About ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN Corporation is the Philippines' leading media and entertainment
organization. The Company is primarily involved in television and radio
broadcasting as well as in the production of television and radio
programming for domestic and international audiences and other related
businesses. ABS-CBN produces a wide variety of engaging, world-class
entertainment programs in multiple genres and balanced, credible news
programs that are aired on free-to-air television. The Company is also
one of the leading radio broadcasters, operating eighteen radio stations
throughout the key cities of the Philippines. ABS-CBN provides news and
entertainment programming for nine channels on cable TV and operates the
country's largest cable TV service provider. The Company also owns the
leading cinema and music production and distribution outfits in the
country. It brings its content to worldwide audiences via cable,
satellites, online and mobile.
In addition, ABS-CBN has business interests in merchandising and
licensing, mobile and online multimedia services, glossy magazines
publishing, video and audio post production, overseas telecommunication
services, money remittance, cargo forwarding, TV shopping services,
theme park development and management, property management and food and
restaurant services, all of which complement and enhance the Company's
strength in content production and distribution.
About Interra Systems
Interra Systems provides software and services for the digital media
industry. The company's solutions include Baton,
an automated verification system that ensures media content readiness, Vega,
a family of audio/video analyzers that accelerate media product
development and Orion,
a real-time content monitoring solution. Interra Systems is
headquartered in Cupertino, CA (News - Alert). For more information, please visit http://www.interrasystems.com.
Information for Editors:
Baton is a multi-platform, automated content verification (quality
control) system for file-based SD, HD, and mixed workflows. Supporting a
full range of codecs and media containers, Baton ensures quality control
of media content from creation to playout. The software is highly
flexible and can be quickly scaled for large facilities or a high volume
of content. Baton can be integrated easily with other systems such as
media asset management system, encoders and video server systems as well
as deep storage libraries as part of a complete workflow.

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