RTVE
Thursday, 14 August 2008 01:00
RTVE
RTVE develops new multimedia document management system with Tedial.
Spanish national broadcaster RTVE has embarked on a project to replace multiple existing library systems covering documents and content with a single flexible and scalable integrated archive. Leading multimedia management supplier Tedial is providing the specialist expertise in this project, alongside partner companies Autonomy and IBM.
Currently RTVE has a number of vital archive systems, including a documents database with more than 15 million records and an audio archive with 300,000 hours of content. As well as covering these, the new system will also bring online the video archive, with an initial estimate of 50,000 hours of content, plus related documents and metadata such as subtitle files.
In the new project, being led by IBM and Telefonica Soluciones, the media management will be the responsibility of Tedial. IBM is developing a service-oriented architecture to unite the various library management services into a unified whole, and Tedial is contributing to this integration.
The implementation of a television multimedia system at RTVE requires the development of new software to automate the storage and media flows, and to systemise the production process. This will be based on a number of standard software modules, based around the Tarsys digital media asset manager. The project will also use the Tedial AST storage management module for hierarchical storage management across large disk arrays and data tape libraries; content analysis, indexing and browse resolution service using the Tedial Indexer; and workflows and content movement using the Tedial Media Process Manager.
This is an extremely important project, for RTVE and for Tedial,” said Emilio Lopez Zapata, CTO of Tedial. “Our role is not just to produce a well-integrated multimedia process and storage system, but to integrate that in turn with a larger, enterprise-wide service-oriented architecture".
To achieve the result that everyone seeks will demand innovative thinking to solve communications and operational issues as well as the application of proven open standards,” he added. “Tedial has a proven reputation for just such a development an integration project across multiple industries, and we are proud to be working on this project for RTVE.”
About TEDIAL:
Tedial (Tecnologias Digitales Audiovisuales) is a high technology company, based in Málaga, Spain, that specialises in asset management and process control in systems which include audiovisual content, including broadcast, institutional, healthcare and industry. It is a market leader in Spain and Latin America, and is active globally delivering innovative, complete and highly functional media and process management systems.