Quantel Wins EMMY for Inspiration Integrated News System

Newbury, Berkshire, October 18, 2001: Quantel has won an Emmy for‘outstanding achievement in technological advancement’ fromthe USA’s National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Theaward recognizes ‘Pioneering effort in digital asset managementfor television news production’, following the successfuldevelopment of the world’s first tapeless news system -Inspiration - in conjunction with UK independent national newsprovider, and co-winner of the Emmy, ITN.

The Inspiration system is centered around Quantel’s uniquetrue random access Clipbox servers, with automation from OmniBus andbrowse technology from Telemedia. The Clipbox enables simultaneousaccess to, and editing of, all material held in its store by hundredsof journalists. Editing can start the moment any feed starts enteringthe server, the journalists having access to the video on theirdesktops, integrated with their AP ENPS newsroom computer system.Results are ready to go to air under automation control the second theyare completed.

Trevor Francis, now Quantel’s Business Manager, News andSports, was part of the ITN team that specified, trialled and put intooperation the Inspiration system at ITN in his role as ITN’sResources Manager. "We are absolutely delighted to have been recognizedin this way," he said. "The Inspiration at ITN was truly pioneering– no one had succeeded in eliminating tape from the newsproduction process before. Quantel’s server technology is key toits success, as was the teamwork between Quantel, ITN and the otherpartners. I subsequently joined Quantel so that I could bring thebenefits of this new way of working in news to the broadest possibleaudience – it is truly revolutionary."

Since the first installation of Inspiration at ITN, Quantel hasbecome the world’s foremost supplier of integrated news systems,and has developed the concept to bring its speed-to-air, productivityand economic benefits to smaller broadcast operations. Quantelintegrated news systems are now installed in every continent and inevery scale of broadcasting operation, from national and internationalbroadcasters such as TVNZ (New Zealand), CBC/SRC (Canada), Botswana TV,TRT (Turkey) and GMTV (UK), to regionals such as TSR (Switzerland),KOMO TV (USA), and local broadcasters – Carlton Westcountry andCarlton Central (UK).

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