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Avid and Masstech Group Enter Into Product Licensing Agreement
TORONTO, CANADA — October 31th, 2007 — Masstech Group, Inc. a leader in media
lifecycle management announced today it has entered into a license agreement with Avid Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID). The agreement, which covers the integration of Masstech’s SAvISM (Smart Avid Interface) and Avid Transfer Manager server, delivers significant improvements in workflow productivity to broadcasters.
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Masstech Group and Hi-Stor Technologies Bring Security and Reliability to Broadcast Environments
AMSTERDAM, NL — September 7th, 2007 — At IBC 2007, Masstech Group Inc., a leader in solutions for media lifecycle management and Hi-Stor Technologies Technologies, a provider of innovative content protection technology, will demonstrate advanced media and storage location monitoring tools now integrated with content management workflow. Masstech Group and Hi-Stor Technologies have given broadcasters the ability to automatically monitor media or tape drive degradation as part of a facility wide content management workflow. |
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Masstech Group Releases Support For Avid DNxHD
AMSTERDAM, NL — September 7th 2007 — Masstech Group, Inc. a leader in media lifecycle management announced that it has released support for the Avid DNxHD® video codec. Avid DNxHD, which offers the ability to work in HD formats, at SD bandwidth rates, is now supported by Masstech’s complete family of workflow management solutions, continuing the company’s history of industry leading interoperability. |
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Masstech
Group Announces Support for Harris® Videotek® QuiC™ Media
Analysis Server
LAS
VEGAS — April
16th, 2007 — Masstech
Group, Inc. a leader
in broadcast workflow
solutions, announced
today that it will
add support for Harris
Corporation’s
(NYSE: HRS) Videotek® QuiC™ media
analysis server to
its industry-leading
MassStore™*
media lifecycle management
solution. The integration
of MassStore with
the QuiC™ system
will allow broadcasters
to add automated
quality control and
file-error correction
to the automated
media lifecycle management
processes provided
by MassStore. |
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Turner
Broadcasting Ensures Continuity
with Masstech Group’s MassDR™*
Solution
LAS VEGAS — April
16th, 2007 — Masstech
Group Inc. today
announced that Turner
Broadcasting Systems
Inc., (TBS, Inc.),
a TimeWarner Company,
has successfully
installed Masstech
Group’s MassDR,
solution for business
continuity. Turner
Broadcasting has
deployed MassDR in
their broadcast center
in Atlanta, to ensure
that in the event
of an emergency,
or if staff had to
temporarily leave
the building, there
will be no interruption
in the broadcast
service. |
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Masstech
Group Licenses Avid DNxHD
LAS
VEGAS, NV — April
16, 2007 — Masstech
Group, Inc. a leader
in media lifecycle
management announced
that it has licensed
the Avid DNxHD® video
codec and will add
support for this
codec to its complete
family of workflow
management solutions. |
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STAR
India Chooses MassStore™*
For Media Lifecycle Management
LAS
VEGAS, Nevada — April
16th, 2007 — Masstech
Group has announced that
STAR, Asia’s leading
media and entertainment
company, has once again
selected Masstech Group’s
MassStore, media lifecycle
management solution.
Star India Pvt Ltd.,
joins other STAR locations,
in selecting MassStore,
Masstech Group’s
complete solution for
media lifecycle management. |
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Masstech
Group Delivers Innovation with the
Release of Workflow Manager for MassStore**
LAS
VEGAS — April
16th, 2007 — Masstech
Group Inc., will showcase
a complete lineup of
updated systems for broadcast,
cable and satellite television
operators designed to
meet their increasing
need for media lifecycle
management, workflow
productivity enhancement,
business continuity and
compliance. Massteh Group’s
solutions enable broadcasters
to realize the benefits
of a file based digital
workflow. The entire
lineup is on display
at the NAB convention
at the Las Vegas Convention
Center, South Hall in
the Masstech booth #SU12712. |
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Over 1000 Channels of MassLogger™ Delivered and Installed Worldwide
LASVEGAS, Nevada — April
24th, 2006
- Masstech
Group, Inc. today announced
it has delivered over
1000 channels of MassLogger™*
since the product started
shipping in January
2003. Companies including
broadcasters, cable
television companies
and large network organizations
have chosen MassLogger
as their off-air logging
solution. The number
of units sold demonstrates
that MassLogger is
a feature rich solution
able to integrate into
almost any environment.
MassLogger’s
ability to display
automation asrun,close-caption
and XDS data as well
as provide users a
flexible web-based
interface have made
MassLogger the choice
for off air compliance
recording. |
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MassDR™ from
Masstech Group, a Powerful
Solution for Business Continuity
LASVEGAS, Nevada — April
24th, 2006 - MassDR™*,
a powerful solution for business
continuity, is now available
from Masstech Group Inc., a leader in solutions for media lifecycle management. MassDR™ is an automated solution which replicates the content of the on air video server and ensures there is never a disruption of the
on-air presentation. MassDR is currently installed and operating at a number of television networks across North America and Asia and is quickly becoming
the industry standard business continuity solution. |
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Masstech
Group Introduces MassLogger Gateway
at
NAB 2006
LASVEGAS, Nevada — April 24th, 2006 - Masstech Group Inc. the established leader in compliance recording
today announced MassLogger Gateway, a cost effective enterprise class solution for implementation of a near line archive. MassLogger Gateway
expands the ability of MassLogger* by providing a powerful management and control interface for external devices, such as a DVD library,
tape archive or network attached storage (NAS). MassLogger Gateway also provides an interface to the popular MassStore media life cycle
management and archive solution, allowing users to integrate logged content into their existing archive infrastructure. |
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Masstech
Group Introduces MassStore News
Integrating the Newsroom with the
Archive Infrastructure
LASVEGAS, Nevada — April 24th, 2006 - Masstech Group, Inc. is pleased to announce
MassStore News Interface, an innovative new solution which allows for the integration of the newroom automation system with media lifecycle management infrastructure.
With MassStore News Interface, Masstech Group has recognized the journalist’s need for enhanced tools to access and integrate with a broadcast
facility’s video archive and media management system. MassStore News Interface lets journalists search and retrieve material from the archive directly from
within the newsroom automation environment. |
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Masstech
Group Manages Content and Streamlines
Workflow with New Product Offerings at NAB
2006
LASVEGAS,
Nevada — April
24th, 2006 - Masstech Group Inc., announced a complete lineup of new and updated systems for broadcast, cable and satellite television
operators designed to meet their increasing need for media lifecycle management, workflow productivity enhancement, business continuity and compliance.
The entire lineup is on display at the National Association of Broadcasters convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the Masstech booth, SU1642. |
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Masstech
Group Announces M-Connect, a Powerful
New Interface for Apple Final Cut
Studio
LASVEGAS, Nevada — April
24th, 2006 - Masstech
Group Inc., a leading provider
of solutions for media lifecycle
management today announced the
availability of M-Connect™.
A member of the MassStore™ family
of products, M-Connect gives
broadcasters the power to create
customized workflow processes
which include the Final Cut Studio
editing environment as well as
all aspects of on-air operations.
With M-Connect, Final Cut Studio
material may be integrated in
automatic file based workflow
paths which include automation,
traffic, video servers and archive
devices. This integration also
gives Final Cut Pro users a seamless
interface to the archive and
unlimited, low-cost, tape-based
and disk-based storage. |
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Masstech Group Announces Support
of Avid DHM
LASVEGAS,
Nevada — April
24th, 2006 - Masstech
Group Inc., a leading
provider of solutions
for media lifecycle
management, today
announced support
for the Avid Unity™ TransferManager
Dynamic Handling
Module (DHM) application
program interface
(API). The MassStore™*
SAvI* (Smart Avid
Interface) implementation
of the Avid DHM API
enables users to
exchange media files
between Avid® shared
storage systems and
data tape-based storage
solutions in a broadcast
environment. The
integration is available
on an Avid site-licensed
basis, and offers
Avid and Masstech
SAvI users the ability
to directly transfer
content between Avid
media network systems
such as Avid Unity
ISIS™ and a
broadcast archive,
intermediary caches,
and video servers.
Users also have the
capability to automatically
transcode content
into compatible formats.. |
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Masstech
Group Implements Support of Thomson
Grass
Valley K2 Video Server
LASVEGAS,
Nevada — April 24th, 2006 - Masstech Group Inc., a leading provider of solutions for media lifecycle management,
is pleased to announce the industry leading MassMediaBox™ (MMB) now supports the K2 Video Server by Thomson Grass Valley.
MMB, the popular workflow and production platform for digital file based delivered content is installed across the Tribune Broadcast network
and is currently integrated with the K2 video server at their Central Distribution Centre (CDC). |
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Masstech
Group qualifies WD RE RAID Edition
Hard Drives for Workflow Productivity
Enhancement Products
LASVEGAS, Nevada — April
24th, 2006 - Masstech Group today announced
that WD RE Serial ATA (SATA)
hard disk drives have successfully
completed Masstech Group’s
qualification testing. WD RE
hard drives are specifically
designed for extreme conditions
in mission critical, high duty
cycle applications, typical of
television broadcast 24 hour
on-air environments. Masstech
Group has tested and verified
compatibility between the WD
RE and the company’s line
of Workflow Productivity Enhancement
products. |
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WIN
Television Selects MassStore™ Media
Lifecycle
Management Solution from Masstech
Group Inc.
LASVEGAS,
Nevada — April
24th, 2006 - WIN
Television, Australia’s
number one rating
regional broadcaster
has taken delivery
of the first of three
MassStore systems
from Masstech Group.
WIN Television will
deploy the system
for media lifecycle
management, archiving
and inter-site material
handling. For Masstech
Group, the sale of
this system, the
largest system ever
deployed in the Asia
Pacific region, secures
their position as
Asia Pacific’s
most popular media
asset management
solution. |
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MassStore
Streamlines Operations, Integrates
Archive with AP ENPS News,
Avid Unity Editing Environment and Traffic
Scheduling Systems
TORONTO, CANADA — January 11, 2006 — Masstech Group
today announced that TV3
(CanWest) has chosen the company’s MassStore as the foundation
of a new media lifecycle
management system at their facility in Auckland New Zealand. In
line with TV3’s history of
innovation, MassStore was selected to enable the transition to
a completely file-based workflow.
TV3’s implementation of MassStore will streamline business
processes and future-proof their
core technology investments. To achieve these gains, TV3 will
replace costly manual processes
and streamline operations through the integration of video servers,
production environments, and
automation systems as well as a new digital archive. |
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Masstech
Introduces Low-Cost, Comprehensive
All- Digital Logging System at
NAB 2005
LAS VEGAS, NV —April 18, 2005 — Masstech Group Inc.
today introduced Logger-mini, a complete all-digital logging system
for broadcasters. Logger-mini helps broadcasters respond to increasing
demand for compliance recording of their on-air content by replacing
VCR logging with a low-cost, fully automatable network-ready digital
system for meeting as-run, government, confidence and archival
logging and recording requirements. |
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Masstech’s
MassMedia Box Provides Missing
Digital Link Between Satellite-Based
Delivery Systems and Broadcast
LAS VEGAS, NV, April 18, 2005 — Masstech Group Inc. is helping
broadcasters cross the technology divide by making available the
delivery of satellite-based delivered content with MMB. MMB now
supports automation systems from both Harris and Sundance, with
an automated workflow from such content providers as Pathfire and
DVX into the broadcasters’ playout server. MMB is now a seamlessly
integrated solution providing a single all-seeing system that manages
digital assets at all points in the production and playout cycle. |
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Masstech
Joins StorageTek’s TekAlliance
Partner Program
TORONTO, CANADA and
LOUISVILLE, COLO. – April
18, 2005 –Masstech Group
Inc. and StorageTek® (Storage
Technology Corp., NYSE:STK),
the leading provider of enterprise
information lifecycle management,
have jointly announced certification¹ of
Masstech’s flagship product,
MassStore Suite, as
interoperable with StorageTek’s
library portfolio. This tested
interoperability qualifies
Masstech as a new member of
the TekAlliance Partner Program
at StorageTek. This program
offers mutual customers a wide
portfolio of jointly sold and
supported storage solutions
to better meet their specific
ILM and storage needs. |
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WIN
Television Picks Masstech MassLogger
for Digital Program Logging
Wollongong, AUSTRALIA, April 8th, 2005 – WIN Television,
Australia’s number one rating regional broadcaster has taken
delivery of a 36 channel MassLogger version 2.2 from the Masstech
Group Inc. for its digital compliance logging requirements. Masstech,
headquartered in Toronto Canada, are an innovator in systems for
broadcast workflow solutions and are the leading provider of Logging
systems in the Asia Pacific market. |
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Masstech
Announces Interoperability Between
MassStore™ and Sony’s
PetaSite S-Series Libraries
AMSTERDAM – Sept. 10th, 2004 – Masstech
Group Inc. is announcing full interoperability
between the MassStore™ Suite of products
Sony’s PetaSite™ S-Series of
enterprise tape libraries.
This seamless interoperability will allow customers to realize
the reliability and capacity of a Sony PetaSite tape library in
their MassStore™ environments. The MassStore™ Suite
of products provides a broadcaster the ability to actively manage
digital media across the entire broadcast environment, integrating
with automation, video servers and nearline storage. |
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Playboy
chooses MassStore™ for
integrated nearline, content
and workflow management
Masstech Announces Another Successful European MassStore™ Install
IBC 2004, AMSTERDAM — Setember
10, 2004 — Masstech Group Inc. today
announced that Playboy Entertainment Group,
Inc. has chosen the company’s MassStore™ as
the foundation of a new asset management
system at its broadcasting facility in London,
UK. The new system will create a tapeless
on-air environment and provide immediate
access to all ingested content. |
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ESPN
STAR Sports picks Masstech MassLogger
for digital program logging
IBC 2004, AMSTERDAM —September
6, 2004— ESPN STAR Sports, Asia’s
number one sports broadcaster has selected
a 12 channel MassloggerTM solution from the
Masstech Group Inc. for its digital compliance
requirements. Masstech Group Inc., headquartered
in Toronto Canada, is an innovator in systems
for broadcast workflow solutions and have
recently installed a number
of MassLoggers in the APAC market. |
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Masstech
Group Expands into the Asia Pacific
Marketplace
LAS VEGAS —April 18, 2004 —Masstech
Group Inc. today announced the appointment
of Brad Redwood, as its new Director of Asia-Pacific
Operations based in Sydney, Australia. The
Asia-Pacific region has represented a large
portion of the overall revenue for Masstech
over the last 2 years. With large installations
at Foxtel (the largest satellite operator
in Australia) and Southern Cross Broadcast
(the largest independent broadcaster in Australia),
Masstech has now solidified its base of operations
within the region. Masstech’s sales & marketing
strategy within the region is to use a network
of local, in-country distributors and system
integrators. |
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Masstech
Group and Spectra Logic announced
Details of Joint Development Partnership
LAS VEGAS —April 19, 2004 — Masstech
Group, Inc., a leading provider of content
management and workflow solutions for broadcasters,
today with Spectra Logic, a leading manufacturer
of robotic digital archives are announcing
the results of a multi-year development effort. |
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Masstech
Group Expands With New Positions
in Sales and Channels Management
LAS VEGAS — April 19, 2004 — Masstech
Group Inc. today announced that it has made
two strategic appointments to support growing
market demand in the company’s unique
combination of IT and broadcast products
designed for broadcast workflow solutions.
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