SGL's FlashNet selected by SBS for Avid Interplay integration

IBC, Stand 8.131e, Amsterdam
7th September 2007

Software Generation Limited (SGL), a leading provider of content archive and storage management software for media and entertainment, has today announced that SBS has selected SGL FlashNet as a critical element of its data archive installation.

SBS, owned by ProSiebenSat1 Media AG, is using SGL FlashNet as part of the Avid Interplay non-linear digital workflow system, to control the backup and retrieval process of news and documentary material, which is stored within its archive. This state-of-the-art archive system provides SBS with a highly secure and sophisticated workflow, and significant ROI.

"We chose SGL FlashNet because it is the only Avid SQA tested and qualified archive management provider to Avid Technology's Interplay system. The functionality and overall performance benefits of FlashNet is unmatched by any other archive management provider and meets our key criteria of price and future scalability," commented Josbert van Rooijen, SBS Broadcast and IT Manager.

Bernie walsh, SGL Sales Director added, "We are delighted to announce this contract with SBS today at IBC2007. FlashNet provides SBS with an archive solution with unlimited storage capacity, multiple control access and unrivalled redundancy and resilience. As business requirements evolve, broadcasters such as SBS are confident that the archive technology will evolve with them, accommodating the increasing data and accessibility to it, which is prevalent in the modern broadcast environment."

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Software Generation Limited is a privately held archive management software company headquartered in Southampton, England. SGL has been in business since 1989 and its flagship FlashNet product is installed in over 4500 customer sites around the world. More information can be found at www.sgluk.com.