"The economies we've achieved leaving our aging, tape-based systems behind, combined with the more polished image we've been able to project, have been well worth our investment in Avid."
- John Ray, President and General Manager, WRDW
Newsroom Computer System
The heart of newsroom production, communication, and newscast control
- Scalable from 10 to 10,000 users across multiple sites
- iNEWS Data Receiver for wire feeds
- Web client
- Multi-language support with Unicode compliance
Journalist Editor
The audio, video, and script-editing tool for journalists
- Familiar script-based format
- Building sequences is intuitive
- Streamlines the newscast production
- Tightly integrated with Avid Unity shared storage
- Tightly integrated with iNEWS NRCS
Mainstream SD/HD News Editing
Video editing systems and software for broadcast news
- Industry reference NewsCutter editing toolset
- Comprehensive Newsroom integration
- DV, P2, and XDCAM editing
- Real-time multi-format playback and effects
- Optional SD monitoring and I/O with Avid Mojo hardware
- Choose NewsCutter Mojo DX for standard digital I/O
- Choose NewsCutter Nitris DX for comprehensive analog and digital I/O with Avid DNxHD encode and decode
Graphic Browser
Graphics Browser for NRCS
- Integrated Deko graphics plug-in to NRCS
- Journalists browse, select and fill-in templates and drag to story
- Simplifies newsroom workflow
- Creates staff efficiencies
- Minimizes number of graphic templates
- Add graphics in one style and re-use for different station or show style
Capture Management
Schedule feed captures for later, or record late breaking events instantly
- One desktop to control all devices
- Build schedules for both recurring and one-time events
- Trigger crash or instant records
- Material available instantly on Avid Unity shared storage
- Both high-res and low-res can be simultaneously generated from one feed
Playout Control
Affordable news automation-assist with accurate device playback
- Tightly integrated with NRCS rundown
- Create manual playlists
- Manual or automated triggering
- Mirrored playback
- No single point of failure
- Instant status display
Playout Control
Automated rundown, script update, production, and playback control
- Multiple device control
- iNEWS integration
- Independent operation from newsroom network
- SDK for new device integration
Ingest & Playout
Streamlined ingest and playout
- Dedicated video ingest, storage, and playout with Avid Unity shared storage
- Capture and playback with standalone Avid editing systems
- FrameChase Editing
- Headframe creation
- Studio configuration for multi-channel virtual server
- Links with DNxchange
HD Encoding
Beauty without the bandwidth
- Realtime encoding
- Capture and output HD via industry-standard HD-SDI I/O
- Utilizes existing standard definition SDI networks and routers
- DNxHD codec designed for non-linear editing
Web/Mobile Publisher
Automated Web and IP publishing for broadcast news
- Web and mobile production in parallel with news production
- Story ranking
- Event-driven content based on user profiles, interactions or rules
- Instant multi-version preview
- Completely web-based
- SDK enabling customization