Gannett Broadcasting is deploying Bitcentral's Precis and Oasis systems as a means of streamlining news production and exchanging news across the 23-station TV group. "It's value will be in
collaboration and sharing," said Jeff Johnson, VP of technology for Gannett. Fred Forcher, president-CEO of Bitcentral, said that Gannett has recognized the long-term cost and operational advantages
of bridging its news operations over open, IP-based technologies.
Johnson said it may take a few years to deploy the new system throughout the group, but that five stations will get
the upgrade this year. All stories and video clips are stored in Bitcentral's remote servers as low-res proxies. If a producer decides to use a particular piece of content, he can call for the
high-res version from the station that produced it. The speed of the rollout will be determined by how quickly the legacy Avid systems last or how long it takes to fully depreciate them.
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