Network Ten has selected OmniBus Systems to install an integrated digital newsroom system at its Sydney headquarters.
Network Ten is replacing its current tape-based news playout operation with a fully digital production and transmission system.
OmniBus is supplying end-to-end digital content management, including automated ingest, server control, Columbus news playout, and desktop editing via the HeadLine Media Editor.
HeadLine, built on OmniBus' G3 architecture, will enable journalists to browse and edit material at their newsroom workstations. The EDLs can then be conformed on the main broadcast server for subsequent transmission.
Using MOS, ENPS rundowns are reflected in the OmniBus playout schedule and late-breaking stories can be inserted.
The OmniBus automation and content management system integrates with Omneon servers, an Associated Press ENPS newsroom system and an Avid Unity craft edit server.
The company also is working with Marquis Broadcast Systems to develop an intelligent interface to allow edited content to be transferred to the Unity for final craft editing.
The system is scheduled to be operational in early 2005.
For more information, visit www.omnibus.tv.
