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AP Debuts New Video Service

The Associated Press has introduced a file-based video news delivery service that gives broadcast customers a modern delivery platform that better integrates with their digital newsroom production systems.

AP Media Port will allow customers to receive video news stories as separate digital files, which will be dispatched to the client as soon as each story is ready. Clients will no longer need to record stories from AP's Global Video Wire feed based on a 24-hour bulletin schedule. The service has already been installed at 40 customer locations and will eventually roll out to 800 sites. The Media Port server is installed in customer data centers; it forwards the video files to the customer's production system.

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