News: Grupo Multimedios Chooses Dalet NewsPro for Omneon

Turn-key package to drive tapeless news operation in Torreon facilities of leading Mexican media conglomerate

(Levallois-Perret, France--March 7, 2008) Dalet Digital Media Systems today announced that media conglomerate Grupo Multimedios has chosen Dalet NewsPro for Omneon to digitize its Multimedios Laguna facilities in the city of Torreon, state of Coahuila located in the North of Mexico.

Deployed by Dalet Certified Business Partner DMS Tecnologias, the Dalet turn-key package provides journalists and producers with an end-to-end tapeless production and playout platform.

“Dalet NewsPro for Omneon gives us everything we need in a single box!” says Mr. Sergio Riojas, Chief technology Officer at Grupo Multimedios. “It is a turn-key platform to ingest, edit, schedule and playout our news and programs. It really makes the move to tapeless production a breeze. It will also help us to begin a full newsroom integration within the Newspaper, TV and Radio organizations”

“An increasing number of leading organizations such as Grupo Multimedios seek standardized platforms to implement tapeless workflows across their network,” explains Mr. Nicolas Hans, Director of Marketing at Dalet. “Dalet NewsPro for Omneon was specifically designed as a turn-key package to help such broadcasters seamlessly transition to digital environments.”

“Dalet NewsPro for Omneon really allows us to better service our customers,” comments Mr. Miguel Miranda, General Manager of DMS Tecnologias. “It combines best-of-breed broadcast and IT equipments with a configurable software production and playout platform. As system integrators, it allows us to differentiate ourselves by bundling associated professional services so as to offer broadcasters an integrated, turn-key solution.”

At Grupo Multimedios, Dalet NewsPro for Omneon ensures for field material captured using Panasonic P2 and DVCPRO 25 electronic news gathering equipment to be directly transferred over an Ethernet switched network to a NetApp 270 NAS device used as central production storage. Because all material is systematically referenced and tracked by the Dalet media asset management database, journalists and editors can easily browse available media and make shot selections; these selections can be further edited using Dalet NewsPro editing tools or forwarded to Apple Final Cut Pro NLE suites. The integrated Dalet workflow and notification engine facilitates the review and approval cycle and ensures the seamless migration of stories to an Omneon MediaDeck for playout.

About Grupo Multimedios
Based in Monterrey, Grupo Multimedios is one of the largest Mexican media conglomerates. The group that started as a radio station seventy years ago, today employs over 7000 professionals. It runs 13 TV channels in Mexico and 5 in the US, as well as a total of 34 radio stations, a number of magazines and newspapers. In addition to its media operations, the group operates several cable and telecom networks.

About Dalet Digital Media Systems
Dalet is a worldwide leader in software that empowers broadcasters and content professionals to produce and manage audio and video content in a digital, multi-platform world. Dalet media asset management (MAM) solutions streamline production costs and increases revenue opportunities by simplifying the distribution of rich-media assets across both interactive and traditional platforms.

Dalet tools are used around the world by thousands of content producers including major television and radio public broadcasters (BBC, CBC, DR, NPR, RFI, Russia Today, RTM, VOA, WDR), commercial networks (ART, eTV, Grupo Prisa, Prime Television, The Press Association, Warner Bros., XM Satellite) and government organizations (Queensland JAG, Canadian House of Commons, The European Commission).

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