Video Content Management in Broadcast

Broadcasters and other media and entertainment companies have already begun a migration from analog to digital production and distribution of video content. As the adoption rate continues to grow so too does the recognition that effective mechanisms are necessary to catalog, manage and provide access to relevant video content for collaboration in the production process. The implementation of high-speed internal networks and storage area networks (SAN) have demonstrated efficiencies and productivity gains that the digital environment can provide. Specifically broadcasters in hard news, sports and long form production are ingesting greater amounts of content in digital form and are recognizing the benefits of working in this environment up through distribution. Metadata is a key aspect to allowing this system to work effectively in managing the storage, use and movement of digital files within a broadcast news and production facility. Technologies from CONVERA™ such as Screening Room® provide the ability to begin the process of indexing video content as close to, if not at the point of content creation and allows for its management throughout the content life cycle. Entities in the broadcast and entertainment segments have begun their evolution toward a digital video solution and examples are used to describe their implementation in the body of this paper.

Published

2001-11

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00987

ISBN

978-1-61482-935-5