2. Managing News Assets
1953 1978 1986 1997 2007
description
paper card file Basis
B i K Basis + Basis
webtop+
Ardome
carrier
film (35 / 16 Umatic betacam SP > SX MXF
mm) DV25
3. Managing News Assets
2005:
– no integration
– separation of documents (500.000) and tapes
– all VRT material since starting (1953 – tv / 19?? – radio)
– 1 system for tv (all programs) & 1 system for radio
– old fashioned interface, not user friendly
– solid t h l
lid technology i b k
in background (VAX
d (VAX-servers)
)
– good retrieval of material
– delay of 2 weeks on input tv news material ; 1 5 years (radio)
1,5
5. Managing News Assets
2007: an archive solution
– integration with Ardome & stand alone
– descriptions are in Ardome as well (40 000 items) and connected
(40.000
to the essence
– updated webinterface for stand alone application ; Ardome
interface is part of the integration
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– still good retrieval of material ; by 2 applications
– one workflow (orderform iNews > Dart > Ardome > Avid)
6. . Demo
2007
– Basis
– Search items with hyperlink
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– Ard :
– Search productional item using project
–S
Search archived it
h hi d item using f
i free t t
text
– Search via rundown using memory
7. . Track of change (1)
Defining the Media assets
– extracting from Basis+ the most valuable fields for Ardome
– i t
integrating th offered fields b A d
ti the ff d fi ld by Ardome
– integrating additional fields in Ardome to support workflow, storage and security
– KIND
– raw material / semi-finished / finished / undetermined
– STATUS
– Indicating life cycle of an item, next process
– to edit / to distribute / to archive / to delete / archived
– CATEGORY
– Related to the production unit
– News / sports / culture / fiction / education / …
– …
– d fi the mandatory & free fields
define th d t f fi ld
– difference between radio (speed) and tv
8. . Track of change (2) : legacy archive
Starting with zero archive is no option
– avoiding tape ingest bottleneck
– digitalization of 2 years news /current affairs & 6 months sport
= About 80 % of the reused material
– has to start in advance (4 FTE / 1 year)
– is the testcase of the system (integration problems)
9. Media management
production assistants news archive image D&A
EVN desk archive text D&A
productie assistants CA
productie assistants sport
Intake material customize metadata
t i t d t
Management broadcasts Link to BasisPlus
Compile & select for archive Feedback to Ardome
Adding information
Open gateway for non-news
non news
local media management archive management
central mediamanagement
supervision / storage rules
defining rules
user management
10. Conclusions after 6 months
Gains
– faster access to material
– simultaneous access
– crossmedial use of material
– archiving : shortening delays
d l of 2 days on news material (t ) ; < 24h ( di )
delay f d t i l (tv) (radio)
increased input (x 5)
Usefull retrieving system (dual way)
– Ad
Ardome ( (recent material / no strings / immediate access)
t t i l ti i di t )
– BasisPlus (intelligent database / older material / no news / tape or
hyperlink)
Users are aware of the importance of names & mandatory fields
exceptional: lost material / Often: spoiled storage
