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OpenMedia is the leading newsroom system which combines functionality, usability and scalability to support your editorial workflow. With the areas of operation like agency research, contributions and rundown planning, OnAir operation as well as integration of countless possibilities Open Media is the central tool for any journalist. Of course, you can use your newsroom with Open Media also conveniently via the Web.

 

 

Open Media is the access point into the contribution creation. If you investigate in news and archives you can use the versatile selection criterias that are available for you. A powerful complete text search, customizable filters, using wildcard characters, and automatic notification of new hits guarantees that you find what you are looking for.

But with Open Media you manage more than text messages and agency contributions. The contribution container allows you to contain all kinds of multimedia objects such as video clips, pictures or inserts. In addition Internet links or external documents can be connected with your contributions. During the development of your idea to the final programme you are able to see all relevant information.

 

 

Open Media supports you in an exact rundown planning and News-Automation as well as for the contribution planning.

Rundowns can exist of various types of contributions and plans, for which authorized editors could get specific access rights. Any change in your broadcast schedule will be immediately and automatically send to all users of the system.

With customizable templates and views your rundowns can be configured for your needs. Also data fields and processing rules are as configurable as colors and fonts. Individual talking head rates and sophisticated time calculation models shows you any broadcast situation. Through the direct use of content containers you’ll find immediately all information about inserts, graphics and video or audio which are in your runddown plan. In your OnAir operation the information will be dynamically exchanged with the studio devices. To support the stage direction crew Open Media offers the usual counters and watches as well as the edited previews with the current and next broadcast contributions for the respective workstation.

 

 

OpenMedia utilise the Microsoft Windows user interface and optimise it for your editorial newscast. So you have a coherent and habitual work environment. Different layouts - depending on the tasks - can be configured for various users groups. Only with a push of the button or a mouse click you can change your surfaces and tools.

Aditionaly all editorial staff can personalise their desktop. These settings are then available on every workstation. OpenMedia is easy to lern and solid which allows you a highly distributed and therefore effective work in your editorial department.

 

 

The OpenMedia interface service (OMIS) and their Plug-In technology make an integration in the automatisation area easy. Teleprompter, scriptwriting and freeze frame memory could be loaded and activated from the newsroom. With the support of the MOS protocols peripherial equipment and video server will be integrated. Together with leading automation manufacturer OpenMedia offers an entire integrated solution.

The interface services of OpenMedia offers you a lot of possibilities like generating the broadcasting plan or select VB scripts. Furthermore OpenMedia dispose of powerful import- and export interfaces for the exchange of XML information to the archive or for the web entry.