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Al Jazeera's Transformation: Building a Global News Network with Avid
Overview
Al Jazeera's Transformation: Building a Global News Network with AvidAvid Technology |
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services Sensors - Camera / Video Systems | |
Cement Education | |
Facility Management Quality Assurance | |
Personnel Tracking & Monitoring Virtual Training | |
System Integration Training | |
Operational Impact
The new system has allowed Al Jazeera to embrace HD functionality and quality, retrain staff and remain on-air. The journalists were trained in the end-to-end video workflow, allowing them to edit video on the fly and search for clips. The aim is to use the transitional system as a stepping stone to a more inclusive and sophisticated Avid-based newsroom network that will link Doha to Al Jazeera's other broadcast centers, with all video material and supporting information available online for correspondents around the globe. The legacy system will continue to serve an important purpose by providing training facilities that will lead to the future of newsgathering for Al Jazeera. | |
Quantitative Benefit
The transitional installation is about 20 percent bigger than the system we had been using for 12 years, offering more inputs for playout. | |
The final system that went into service at the end of 2016 was designed very much around the needs of the users and is approximately 30 percent bigger again, with greater bandwidth and storage. | |