SGL Press Release
Egyptian football channel scores with FlashBox archive
Dubai, CABSAT - 2nd March 2010. Software Generation Ltd (SGL), a leading provider of content archive and storage management software for media and entertainment, has today announced that Egyptian football club channel Al Ahly TV has installed a FlashBox archive in its new facility in the Egyptian Media Production City near Cairo. Al Ahly is the most successful club in the history of the Egyptian Premier League. The system was installed by SGL's partner Systems Design and is part of a complete end-to-end digital broadcast installation.
Using SGL FlashBox, Al-Ahly TV will archive edited content that can be retrieved at a later date by Harris's Nexio AMP production and transmission servers. Prior to installing FlashBox the workflow process was laborious: material was edited on a production server, recorded to videotape and then re-ingested or transferred to th transmission server - depending on available capacity on the servers. When the transmission servers began to reach their capacity, the operator would delete the clip and re-ingest when required. FlashBox significantly improves this workflow. Now when the channel requires a clip it simply retrieves it from the archive.
"FlashBox is a good start-up self-contained archive package that will save the channel time and resources because it removes the requirement for VTRs for ingest. SGL was chosen for its good reputation and its seamless integration to the Harris Nexio servers," explains Ahmed Gamal, Managing Director, Systems Design.
Bernie Walsh, SGL's Worldwide Sales and Joint Managing Director, adds, "We are delighted to announce this installation and to highlight SGL's commitment to the region. FlashBox provides smaller facilities with a fully integrated HSM archive system, significantly reducing costs and improving workflow procedures."
Additional information:
Software Generation, Ltd is a privately held archive management software company headquartered in Fareham, England. SGL has been in business since 1989 and its flagship FlashNet product is installed in over 4,500 customer sites around the world. More information can be found at www.sgluk.com.
SGL contact:
Bernie Walsh
Email: Bernie@sgluk.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1489 88 99 30
Mob: + 44 (0) 1489 565 825
PR Contact:
Kate Ford
Jump PR
Email: kate@jumppr.tv
Tel: +44 (0)1932 253624
Mob: +44 (0)7740 948065
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