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Business Challenge
Video production processes are still evolving from the days of analog media and linear editing system. Much of todays' processes still involve shuffling tapes, continual encoding and decoding and physical tape archives. Further, collaboration among colleagues, partners and customers in still largel done in an off-line fashion. The result is protracted production processes and general inefficiency.

With the increased adoption of open IT platforms and standards, new digital video technologies, robust digital repositories and media-centric business process management capabilities, video production can now become fully digital and on-line.
Business Solution
Ancept Media Server provides an on-line digital repository solution along with robust business process management capabilities that can model just about any production process. Now, all content can be stored and accessed digitally, moved back and forth automatically to and from editing systems and delivered electronically to customers. All users in the process, including partners and customers can collaborate together, on-line, collapsing the entire production cycle and improving quality and consistency.

Model – create robust on-line business processes that model just about any production process, no matter how complex. Allow all participants to collaborate on-line.

Capture – digitize and ingest content from almost any source, including tape libraries, edit stations, fixed encoders, etc.

Index – use a variety of data sources to index content, including CC text, encoder information, other databases and "wrapper" meta-data, like MXF

Centralize – store all content in a centralized digital repository so it can be accessed by anyone anywhere with a Web browser

Distribute – send content to an editing station, broadcast server, CDN or simply view on-demand
Results
Creating a digital library for all content is a necessary step toward the promise of a truly digital workflow. Implementing a media-centric business process management solution to manage all project from end-to-end brings it all together and enables incredible efficiency gains.

Maximize revenue:
  • Provide faster, more reliable service, enhancing loyalty
  • Offer new value added services, such as digital delivery, on-line collaboration, etc. with potential for new revenue streams
Minimize costs:
  • Create significant efficiencies through use of digital archive insteady of physical media and continual encoding/decoding
  • Collapse production cycles by allowing all users to collaborate on-line and implementing media-centric business process management
 
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