"The economies we've achieved leaving our aging, tape-based systems behind, combined with the more polished image we've been able to project, have been well worth our investment in Avid."

- John Ray, President and General Manager, WRDW

Newsroom Computer System

The heart of newsroom production, communication, and newscast control

  • Scalable from 10 to 10,000 users across multiple sites
  • iNEWS Data Receiver for wire feeds
  • Web client
  • Multi-language support with Unicode compliance

Journalist Editor

The audio, video, and script-editing tool for journalists

  • Familiar script-based format
  • Building sequences is intuitive
  • Streamlines the newscast production
  • Tightly integrated with Avid Unity shared storage
  • Tightly integrated with iNEWS NRCS

Mainstream SD/HD News Editing

Video editing systems and software for broadcast news

  • Industry reference NewsCutter editing toolset
  • Comprehensive Newsroom integration
  • DV, P2, and XDCAM editing
  • Real-time multi-format playback and effects
  • Optional SD monitoring and I/O with Avid Mojo hardware
  • Choose NewsCutter Mojo DX for standard digital I/O
  • Choose NewsCutter Nitris DX for comprehensive analog and digital I/O with Avid DNxHD encode and decode

Graphic Browser

Graphics Browser for NRCS

  • Integrated Deko graphics plug-in to NRCS
  • Journalists browse, select and fill-in templates and drag to story
  • Simplifies newsroom workflow
  • Creates staff efficiencies
  • Minimizes number of graphic templates
  • Add graphics in one style and re-use for different station or show style

Capture Management

Schedule feed captures for later, or record late breaking events instantly

  • One desktop to control all devices
  • Build schedules for both recurring and one-time events
  • Trigger crash or instant records
  • Material available instantly on Avid Unity shared storage
  • Both high-res and low-res can be simultaneously generated from one feed

Playout Control

Affordable news automation-assist with accurate device playback

  • Tightly integrated with NRCS rundown
  • Create manual playlists
  • Manual or automated triggering
  • Mirrored playback
  • No single point of failure
  • Instant status display

Playout Control

Automated rundown, script update, production, and playback control

  • Multiple device control
  • iNEWS integration
  • Independent operation from newsroom network
  • SDK for new device integration

Ingest & Playout

Streamlined ingest and playout

  • Dedicated video ingest, storage, and playout with Avid Unity shared storage
  • Capture and playback with standalone Avid editing systems
  • FrameChase Editing
  • Headframe creation
  • Studio configuration for multi-channel virtual server
  • Links with DNxchange

HD Encoding

Beauty without the bandwidth

  • Realtime encoding
  • Capture and output HD via industry-standard HD-SDI I/O
  • Utilizes existing standard definition SDI networks and routers
  • DNxHD codec designed for non-linear editing

Web/Mobile Publisher

Automated Web and IP publishing for broadcast news

  • Web and mobile production in parallel with news production
  • Story ranking
  • Event-driven content based on user profiles, interactions or rules
  • Instant multi-version preview
  • Completely web-based
  • SDK enabling customization