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B r o a d c a s t e r s S h o w D a i l y 2 5 T u e s d a y , A p r i l 1 9 , 2 0 1 6 MBC GROUP DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES TV QUALITY Interra Systems, a leading global provider of software-based QC, monitor- ing and analysis solutions to the digital media industry, announced that MBC Group, the largest and leading private media company in the Middle East and North Africa region, based in Dubai, has successfully deployed its Baton automat- ed, file-based QC solution. Through comprehensive quality checks, a scala- ble design and support for a wide range of media formats and codecs, Baton enables MBC Group to deliver superior quality television content. MBC Group has multiple HD chan- nels completely supported by file-based operations, integrated with the central MAM. The entire migration from a mixed to completely file-based work- flow was completed on a fail-safe design without interrupting the existing chan- nels and infrastructure. Interra Systems' Baton QC forms an integral part of the central check, ensuring the integrity of content within each step of MBC Group's workflow, including ingest, transcoding, playout and archive. Baton is a multi-platform, enterprise class, automated content verification system for file-based SD, HD, UHD, 4K and mixed workflows. Supporting a wide range of codecs and media contain- ers, Baton ensures quality control of media content before playout. Baton is highly flexible and can be quickly scaled for large facilities or high volumes of content. As a hardware and O/S inde- pendent solution, Baton can easily be integrated within a facility's existing infrastructure. In addition to offering a reliable, efficient and scalable QC solution, Interra Systems provides MBC Group with world-class technical support, enabling the media company to grow in parallel with its global audience. "Our Baton solution allows broad- casters like MBC Group to verify con- tent across multiple stages in their file- based workflows, providing them with a robust solution they can trust," said Sanjay Mittal, Managing Director for Asia at Interra Systems. "Featuring a flexible and scalable architecture, Baton is the perfect choice for MBC Group as they continue to expand, guaranteeing a superior quality television experience on all of its HD channels." More information about Interra Systems solutions can be found at www. interrasystems.com. Best of Show 2016 MASSTECH PORTAL FOR AVID STREAMLINES PATH BETWEEN EDITING, ARCHIVES Masstech, the trusted provider of inno- vative, advanced workflow and media asset management solutions, announced Masstech Portal for Avid, a new software offering that streamlines media interchange between Avid's Media Composer editing systems and Masstech-managed media archives. Users can archive, restore and flatten content simply by dragging and drop- ping it between their Media Composer and the Masstech Portal, eliminating manual steps and workflow obstacles that distract from creativity. Avid sequences and master clips are archived easily by dragging and dropping them from the Media Composer interface into the Masstech Portal. Valuable metadata is preserved, with customizable mapping between Avid and the Masstech media manage- ment system. In addition to job status monitoring, the Portal also provides immediate notification of issues such as unrendered effects and offline media in the Avid sequence that would impede the archiving process, giving users valuable feedback not possible in typi- cal, hot-folder based workflows. Finding and restoring archived media is equally intuitive. After search- ing the archive directly in the Masstech Portal, editors simply drag and drop the assets they want to restore into Media Composer. Users can perform complete or partial restorations of archived assets, and choose to retrieve the origi- nal high-resolution media or low-res proxies. Masstech's archive manage- ment engine automatically retrieves the content from whichever storage tier it resides on, whether online, nearline or deep storage such as an LTO tape library – completely transparently to the user. Masstech's proven solutions and advanced technologies enable media enterprises to flexibly and efficiently save, share and transform their content into valuable assets as they manage exponentially growing volumes of media. Organizations of all sizes rely on Masstech for file-based workflow solutions that tangibly improve their productivity while lowering their costs. For more information, visit www.avid.com or www.masstech.com. FRANKLY ANNOUNCES CUSTOMER LAUNCHES FOR SIX NEW BROADCAST GROUPS Frankly Inc., an integrated platform for brands and media companies to create, distribute, analyze and monetize their content across all of their digital experi- ences, announced that it has completed contracts with six stations that represent six separate broadcast groups. These con- tracts have led to recently launched sites for Lilly Broadcasting's KITV in Honolulu, Victoria Television's KAVU in South Texas, Rapid City Television's KNBN in Rapid City, Mobile Tape Production's KRGV in McAllen/Weslaco, Wheeler Broadcasting's WSIL in Paducah/Cape Girardeau/Carbondale, and Northwest Broadcasting's WICZ in Binghamton will be launching shortly. "We are excited to bring these new stations into the Frankly family," said Lou Schwartz, Chief Operating Officer of Frankly. "These new contracts are a testa- ment to the broadcast market's positive response to Frankly's acquisition of Worldnow and our continued missions to support local broadcasters with innovation that will grow their digital businesses." To learn more, please visit www. franklyinc.com.