As the world's leading mixed martial arts sports association, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) produces up to 20 live, mixed martial arts pay-per-view and cable TV events a year, which are are distributed worldwide and watched by millions.
The viewers served by WRDW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Augusta, Ga., are about as diverse as they come. Covering 19 counties in Georgia and South Carolina, the small broadcaster employs an Avid workflow to deliver flexible and affordable news.
At KOTV in Tulsa, Okla., the news and marketing teams use the Avid Archive solution with SGL FlashNet archive management software to get fast, easy nonlinear access to nearly 30 years of stored media footage.
Renegade Productions often pushes the envelope in terms of its technology resources. Clients seeking projects that utilize HD, video on demand, broadband, podcasts, and video mobile phones often look to Renegade to produce top-quality content.
Keeping ahead of the competition and easing the election night workload are two reasons that the staff at WOOD-TV, the NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Mich., decided to use Avid Deko, DekoCast, and LeaderPlus systems.
The high expectations of the upscale population in the resort towns of Palm Desert and Palm Springs, Calif., extend to its preferences for timely, sophisticated news coverage. At Gulf-California Broadcast Company, this presents a few challenges.
When the French broadcast network RFO decided to update its existing infrastructure to support its nine geographically dispersed stations, the staff knew that a comprehensive and forward-looking digital solution would be required.
In 2004, Denis Roche had his hands full. He had just been hired as the director of engineering for Charleston, Ill.,-based WEIU when he was asked to make his first equipment decisions fast.
Using an extensive Avid-based workflow, Richmond, Va.,-based First Baptist Church has improved the quality of its broadcasts and extended its audio and video production with DVDs, CDs, and Podcasts to reach a broader audience.
