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cartNews » Grass Valley a Safe Harbor blogGrass Valley Adds 3D Support Across Its EDIUS and STORM 3G Editing Platforms
(San Francisco, California—November 17, 2011) Grass Valley™ has unveiled a powerful 3D toolset for its EDIUS® multiformat nonlinear editing software and has added 3D support for editing peripherals that provides users with a complete stereoscopic 3D postproduction workflow. The STORM™ 3G and STORM 3G Elite editing platforms —are both supported via the EDIUS timeline with stereoscopic 3D I/O through a single 3G SDI source and/or dual 3G SDI signals. A 30-day preview version of EDIUS, that supports this 3D functionality will be available online as a free download for testing purposes. The new 3D support includes: native support for 3D video clips captured with the most popular 3D cameras, easy clip pairing for synching left eye/right eye clips; 2D-to-3D conversion capability; and a array of tools right on the editing timeline that make 3D adjustments—to compensate for mistakes in shooting—fast (with no transcoding necessary) and easy. Also functions available in 2D are also supported in 3D, such as realtime color correction, keyer, transitions and multicam editing. "We see 3D production and post projects increasing around the world and customers have been asking for easy-to-use tools within EDIUS to help complete those projects quickly and cost-effectively," said Charlie Dunn, Executive Vice President of Products for Grass Valley. "EDIUS has always been a flexible, highly affordable platform and the product continues to grow and get better with time. Now anyone working on an EDIUS system can instantly add 3D post capability to their arsenal of production tools and generate new revenue by expanding their client base." Included in the new 3D preview version are tools for importing, organizing, and adjusting 3D clips in the most efficient way. And it's all done on the same EDIUS multiformat timeline that 2D projects employ, making the process as easy to complete in 3D as it is in 2D. New 3D Toolset and Features The new 3D features of the EDIUS 3D preview version software include:
Grass Valley has also included tight integration with its K2 media servers, whereby its K2 ChannelFlex™ technology (a software application within Grass Valley's AppCenter Elite software suite) enables all K2 Summit™ and K2 Solo™ servers to be expanded from handling four SD/HD video streams to up to eight streams in specific applications such as super slo-mo, multi-camera recording, and 3D production. In fact, with a simple software upgrade, every K2 Summit production client and K2 Solo HD/SD server can now be used as a 3D production server for 3D recording or replay, a 2X or 3X super slo-mo recording device, or as a server for recording from 2-6 simultaneous camera angles with at least one channel for playback. Availability A 30-day preview version of the new 3D software tools will be made available early in December 2011, on the Grass Valley website http://www.grassvalley.com/. Grass Valley Acquires Integrated Playout Solutions Provider PubliTronic
San Francisco, Calif. & Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, October 12, 2011 —Grass Valley, the premier video technology solutions company, today announced that it has acquired PubliTronic, a privately-held, global provider of multichannel, integrated, automated playout solutions. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. PubliTronic, based in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, began operations in 1997 by developing some of the earliest integrated playout solutions with a primary focus on the European market. Its systems have grown in sophistication enabling them to span from small disaster recovery solutions to addressing the needs of large multichannel service providers. Its installed base of more than 800 on-air channels includes some of the largest service providers and broadcasters in Europe and around the world. Integrated playout is one of the fastest growing segments in broadcasting, expected to increase significantly over the next three years. With the economics of launching new channels changing dramatically, innovative approaches are needed to support this growing segment. Multichannel service providers in the cable, satellite, and telco sectors, as well as broadcasters adding secondary digital channels, can benefit from a multichannel, integrated, automated playout approach. Grass Valley, together with its investors at Francisco Partners, see a large opportunity in this emerging segment, having targeted this area as part of the expansion strategy that it adopted after the company was acquired earlier this year by Francisco Partners. The expertise, experience, and support of Francisco Partners provides Grass Valley with the agility to make strategic acquisitions and investments when appropriate. "When we decided to expand our playout offerings to include an integrated approach, we had a choice: do it on our own or invest through an acquisition, said Alain Andreoli, President and Chief Executive Officer of Grass Valley." As we learned more about PubliTronic’s technology and people, it became very clear that a combination of our talents and resources could allow us to offer innovative and compelling products to our customers quickly. This second acquisition this year after Evolution, exemplifies our strategy of entering fast growing, new segments to take full advantage of all opportunities, as it presented a key growth opportunity for the K2 server family and Grass Valley. What this acquisition brings to customers is much more than a simple "channel-in-a-box" solution. Our next-generation K2 Edge™ server is a sophisticated and very powerful multichannel, integrated, automated playout system that delivers benefits to our customers from day one." The Grass Valley K2 Edge multichannel, integrated, automated playout system is based on the technology platforms developed by PubliTronic (see: "Grass Valley Announces New K2 Edge Automated, Multichannel, Integrated Playout Solution," October 12, 2011). While there are benefits for some facilities invested in traditional playout automation to continue with that approach, it is too expensive and unnecessarily complex for many of the new players coming online. A fully integrated system offers tremendous benefits, the least of which being lower initial capital cost. Total cost of ownership is also reduced by streamlining the playout workflow as each tool—server, graphics, master control, and the automation system itself—is seamlessly integrated and purpose-built to work together. "This acquisition by Grass Valley is great for PubliTronic's customers as the entire team in Apeldoorn can now enjoy the resources of a true multi-national company, complete with deep knowledge in video and server technologies," said Harold Vermeulen, Vice President, Media Playout Solutions, Grass Valley and Founder and former Managing Director of PubliTronic. "Now, together, our technologies can bring real cost and operational benefits to the industry on a large scale." Multichannel, integrated, automated playout is the next evolution in the program playout market segment. While traditional playout solutions take advantage of IT-based technologies to control separate components, it is only when all of the applications—asset management, channel design, media playout, and automation—are designed to work together from the ground up, can one realize further workflow efficiencies. "PubliTronic is a great complement to the Grass Valley team," said Charlie Dunn, Executive Vice President, Products and General Manager, Editing, Servers & Storage Product Group for Grass Valley. "They have well engineered products and the same values and focus on the importance of leveraging IT technologies in broadcast as we do. This will not only help to quickly extend the K2 media server product family, but will help to deliver more complete solutions to our customers more quickly." Safe Harbor Computers to Exhibit at 2011 IVA Filmmakers Expo
Waukesha, WI – June 7, 2011 – Safe Harbor Computers, a leading supplier to video and 3D animation professionals, today announced that they will be exhibiting at the 5th annual Illinois Videographers Association Midwest Expo, June 28, 2011. Demonstrating unique features of the Atomos Ninja, alongside the power of Safe Harbor’s custom-built Tsunami and Mac Pro workstations, attendees will experience hands-on benefits of the latest hardware and software. The Atomos Ninja, a rugged and portable 10-bit field recorder for video cameras and DSLRs with HDMI, will be mounted to a Sony video camera for demonstration purposes. The battery-powered unit takes the live uncompressed HDMI feed from a camcorder and saves it to a 2.5" hard drive in the 10-bit ProRes format with 4:2:2 quality, bypassing the compression cameras use when saving HD video to tape or memory card. The captured ProRes files can then be immediately edited in Final Cut Pro without Log and Transfer or any type of transcoding needed. The ProRes clips will also play in Premiere Pro CS5.5 for PC users. Functionality will be demonstrated on both platforms. Also featured will be Safe Harbor’s custom built Tsunami workstations powered by Adobe Production Premium CS5.5 and NVIDIA Quadro by PNY. The Mercury Playback Engine at the heart of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 is NVIDIA GPU-accelerated, 64-bit native, architected for the future—enabling users to work more fluidly on projects in SD, HD, 2K, 4K, and beyond. Safe Harbor staff and experienced video editor Jeff Pulera will be available for questions as he demonstrates this powerful setup with the Atomos Ninja. An Apple Mac Pro workstation will also be on display with unique configurations tailored to specific editing needs. Literature, raffle prizes, exclusive show specials and coupons will be available to all attendees at the Safe Harbor booth. Jeff will also be discussing the various performance levels of Tsunami and how Safe Harbor can work with customers to meet specific needs and budgets. Show attendees will be able to visit the booth, talk with video professionals, and learn how the Atomos Ninja, with an optimized workstation from Safe Harbor, helps to maximize production workflows. This year's IVA Expo features:
More information and registration is available at http://www.ivaexpo.com/. About Safe Harbor Celebrating 24 years of business, Safe Harbor has become one of the most trusted resellers in the multimedia industry, providing quality products and outstanding customer service to a wide range of creative artists. With a clean, intuitive, and easy to navigate website, Safe Harbor has built a reliable reputation as an industry leader. Look to Safe Harbor for quality editing and animation software and hardware, as well as for a professional and personable experience. Safe Harbor's Ready-To-Edit Tsunami Workstations are extremely high-quality, highly reliable systems backed by renowned customer service. All components are brand-name, non-OEM products and carry full manufacturer warranties - proprietary drivers or technology are never used. System boards are certified compatible by capture card manufacturers. Each system must pass rigorous testing procedures and a full burn-in period before it is shipped. For more information, visit: http://www.sharbor.com About Illinois Videographers Association Established in 1996, the Illinois Videographers Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the continuing education of all videographers from professional to amateur. Monthly meetings on various videography topics and trends are held at The Double-Tree Suites in Wood Dale, IL.
Grass Valley to Unveil All New Technologies at NAB 2011
At NAB 2011, Grass Valley will be premiering several innovative technologies that have enabled the development of some exciting new products. The products, to be announced at NAB 2011, will help to redefine the state-of-the art in the performance and function in each of these product segments. Media Servers & Content Storage: Less means more Camera Signal Transmission: Breaking down barriers again Routing Switcher: Innovative flexibility Production Tools: Raising workflow efficiencies to new heights Want to know more? Come see each of these innovations for yourself, up close and personal. Join us at our booth (SL106) in the Las Vegas Convention Center, or log on to www.grassvalley.com on April 11th. Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of Grass Valley
Nevada City, Calif., January 3, 2011 — Grass Valley™ is pleased to announce that Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused investment company, has completed the closing process with Technicolor and finalized the acquisition of the Grass Valley Broadcast & Professionalbusiness. As of January 1, 2011 Grass Valley began doing business as an independent company, under the trade name "Grass Valley". Terms of the sale include 100 percent ownership of the current Grass Valley Broadcast & Professional business. This includes the camera, content repurposing, editing, master control, modular, news production, production automation, production switchers, routing, and video serversproduct lines including their entire product portfolios, the R&D centers and factories around the world, the Sales & Systems activities and Customer Support organization worldwide, as well as the management and administrative support functions dedicated to the business. To help customers and technology partners to understand the specifics of the acquisition, Grass Valley has established a special website (www.grassvalley.com/greenergrass) with the latest, most accurate and complete information. This site will allow you to view or download a number of pertinent public documents including all published press releases, FAQs, an open letter from Grass Valley management, background information on Francisco Partners, and more. There’s also a special email address for questions or comments at askjeff@grassvalley.com. Grass Valley Wins 'Best of IBC2010' Award for its New EDIUS 6 NLE Software
Paris, France/Nevada City, Calif. – The industry’s most comprehensive and powerful multi-format editing platform, EDIUS® 6 from Grass Valley™, has won the "Best of IBC2010" award from the editors of TVB Europe and The IBC Daily. Teams from the two specialist publications collaborated at the recent IBC2010 convention in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to choose the strongest designs and winning products from the show. EDIUS 6 nonlinear editing (NLE) software was honored as one of the most innovative and intelligent product introductions. The award is a testament to the expanded capabilities of EDIUS 6 which continues to help broadcasters, independent professional video editors, and prosumers to streamline their workflows with increased speed, wider format support, and improved system efficiency. "Our team has a unique insight into the IBC exhibitor community," said Fergal Ringrose, Editor of TVB Europe and The IBC Daily. "For these awards, we picked the most innovative and most clever new products at Europe’s biggest show for broadcast and media professionals. We were especially looking for new products that clearly show the potential to make or save money for end-users". EDIUS 6 gives users the ability to work with any video standard up to 1080p50/60 or 4K digital cinema resolution. Also, all major codecs in use in the industry are supported natively, with no transcoding required even when different compression formats are mixed on the timeline. In addition, users are able to preview effects in real time. "EDIUS 6 continues the Grass Valley tradition of delivering unmatched power for editing complex compression formats," said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President of Grass Valley. "It also goes a step further to help users focus on the creative side of editing, without having to think about the technical side. A big part of EDIUS 6 is based on user requests for a variety of new features, making the EDIUS solution an even more valuable tool for the post-production community." Pricing and Availability Grass Valley’s EDIUS 6 software is shipping now, with prices ranging from US$799 to $6,000 depending upon software configuration. Various hardware and turnkey packages are also available. Click here for more information. About Grass Valley With a rich history serving the broadcast and professional video industries, the Grass Valley name is synonymous with innovation, leadership, and performance. With a full range of products and services supporting many of the world's most high-profile television events, Grass Valley offers the most comprehensive portfolio of flexible and cost-effective digital technologies and systems available. Customers deploying Grass Valley solutions include most of the world's leading broadcast and teleproduction facilities, independent video professionals, as well as emerging content creators and distributors providing broadband, telecommunications, and transmission services. When you’re watching news, sports, or entertainment programming, whether on a TV, the Web, or a mobile phone, you’re watching Grass Valley at work. Grass Valley Streamlines File-Based Workflows with Latest Version of EDIUS
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (IBC — Stand 1.D11), September 09, 2010 — Enhancing the industry's most comprehensive and powerful multi-format editing platform, Grass Valley™ today introduced EDIUS® 6, with expanded capabilities to help broadcasters, independent professional video editors, and prosumers continue to streamline their workflows with increased speed, wider format support, and improved system efficiency. EDIUS 6 gives users the ability to work with any video standard up to 1080p50/60 or 4K digital cinema resolution. Also, all major codecs in use in the industry are supported natively, with no transcoding required even when different compression formats are mixed on the timeline. In addition users are able to preview effects in real time. Leveraging a variety of automated features, EDIUS 6 allows editors to focus on being creative without having to wait for effects and transitions to be rendered. The EDIUS system’s renowned, mixed format and file wrapper/codec agnostic timeline has been enhanced in EDIUS 6 to include 1080p50/60, 10-bit support, with up to 4K resolution, and features the fastest native AVCHD editing in the industry. This includes the ability to edit video content captured with digital SLR cameras such as the Canon EOS. The recently introduced Canon XF (MPEG2 4:2:2) format is also supported. EDIUS is well known for its superb proxy workflow. With EDIUS 6, Grass Valley has taken its proxy handling to new levels to deliver an even a more efficient, end-to-end digital workflow. Now users have the ability to use proxy clips from baseband-ingested video footage acquired via SDI. Editors can mix and match any camcorder proxy with any EDIUS proxy at any time during the edit, which gives the user the most flexible and unique way of working with proxy files and high-resolution pictures. For prosumers, EDIUS 6 includes a proprietary AVCHD editing engine enabling real time, multi-stream editing of AVCHD compressed video without the need for any additional hardware. Full screen, VGA preview, including multicam selection, is also provided. EDIUS 6 also extends its editing functionality towards post-production applications. Multicam editing is now expanded to16 iso camera streams, with a choice of several multi-viewer screen layouts. EDIUS 6 also boasts – video masking, and combined with the new track matte keyer can enable easy "key & fill" operation on the timeline. Add to this free shape, vector-based masking, and improved After Effects plug-in support, and EDIUS 6 is built to satisfy the requirements of even the most advanced editors. "EDIUS 6 continues the Grass Valley tradition of delivering unmatched power for editing complex compression formats, but goes a step further to help users focus on the creative side of editing, without having to think about the technical side" said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President of Grass Valley. "A big part of EDIUS 6 is based on user requests for a variety of new features, making the EDIUS solution an even more valuable tool for the post-production community." For multi-system installation, EDIUS 6 can make most editing workgroup workflows more efficient as it supports a file-based environment with no transcoding and the timesaving ability to work with proxy files on a shared network. More information on EDIUS 6 is available at the Grass Valley website at www.grassvalley.com/edius Pricing and Availability Grass Valley's EDIUS 6 software will begin shipping in October, with prices ranging from US$799 to $6,000 depending upon hardware configuration. Various hardware and turnkey package will also be available. About Grass Valley With a rich history serving the broadcast and professional video industries, the Grass Valley name is synonymous with innovation, leadership, and performance. With a full range of products and services supporting many of the world's most high-profile television events, Grass Valley offers the most comprehensive portfolio of flexible and cost-effective digital technologies and systems available. Customers deploying Grass Valley solutions include most of the world's leading broadcast and teleproduction facilities, independent video professionals, as well as emerging content creators and distributors providing broadband, telecommunications, and transmission services. When you’re watching news, sports, or entertainment programming, whether on a TV, the Web, or a mobile phone, you’re watching Grass Valley at work. For information about Grass Valley products, please visit www.grassvalley.com. Grass Valley’s ADVC G-Series Makes High-Quality Conversion/Scaling Affordable
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (IBC — Stand 1.D11), September 09, 2010 — Today, Grass Valley™ introduced a completely new line of conversion tools in its ADVC product range at IBC2010 that streamline workflows and saves time for the professional video editor, staging and event engineers, as well as broadcasters. The four new ADVC G-Series converters are self-contained and offer a number of premium features, such as frame synchronization and 3D stereoscopic signal conversion, true 1080p capability with 3Gb/s SDI, at a highly affordable price. The significant price/performance ratio of the new Grass Valley ADVC G-Series will ensure that production tools, including 3G and 3D, are within reach of a wider professional audience. The new ADVC G-Series converters include: The ADVC G1, an "any in" to SDI multi-functional converter/up-scaler with frame synchronizer designed to convert virtually any kind of professional/broadcast signal to 3G/HD/SD-SDI. The ADVC G1 will convert and/or upscale sources from HDMI, DVI, component, composite, S-Video, AES/EBU, and analog audio to HD/SD-SDI (3G/1.5G support), and can also be used to embed audio. The ADVC G2, an SDI & HDMI to analog and SDI multi-functional converter/down-scaler with frame synchronizer and audio outputs for the de-embedding of audio. The ADVC G2 can be used as a monitoring device for HDMI and HD/SD-SDI sources, but it an also at as an HDMI to HD/SD-SDI (3G1.5G support) converter and/or down-scaler. The ADVC G3, a twin-SDI to HDMI 1.4 with 3D support designed to fulfill the high demands for 3D monitoring and multiplexing. The ADVC G3 can be used as a standard HD/SD-SDI to HDMI converter, but also features a second SDI input, which can be used for left-eye/right-eye inputs. The ADVC G3 will, in real time, multiplex the two signals for a 3D output through the HDMI. The analog audio and AES/EBU outputs are very useful in monitoring situations, for both 2D and 3D content. The ADVC G3 features 3D multiplexing technology supported by the latest HDMI 1.4a (Side-by-Side, Top-and-Bottom, and Frame Packing—sequential), which can be manually selected. The ADVC G4, a sync generator with reference in is designed with nine outputs that can be controlled in groups of three. For example, three can be SD; the other six can be HD, or vice-versa. The ADVC G4 also includes a 48 kHz word-clock as well as a reference input, which allows it to be used as an extender when more than nine outputs are needed, or when an extension from the main system is necessary. The ADVC G4 features the most comprehensive format support in the compact sync generator market. The ADVC G-Series All come in the same form factor of a compact 1/3RU unit. The rack mount kit option will allow three of the G-Series to be mounted in a full 1RU space. "This new family of high-end ADVC converters improves the process of converting signals from one format to another while delivering the highest quality," said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President of Grass Valley. "The new ADVC G-Series is designed to fulfill the markets high demands of converting, scaling, and multiplexing without the need to worry about inputs/outputs and most importantly, budgets." With the new ADVC G-Series, users can convert virtually any signal or source feed—including the highest quality 1080p video signals—to the required format for inclusion onto an editing timeline in order to produce stunning results. This includes dual 1080p signal processing for 3D projects. Pricing and Availability The initial four products within the Grass Valley ADVC G-Series will become available in December 2010. The ADVC G1, G2, and G3 will retail for under US$1,000, while the ADVC G4 will retail for under US$600. About Grass Valley With a rich history serving the broadcast and professional video industries, the Grass Valley name is synonymous with innovation, leadership, and performance. With a full range of products and services supporting many of the world's most high-profile television events, Grass Valley offers the most comprehensive portfolio of flexible and cost-effective digital technologies and systems available. Customers deploying Grass Valley solutions include most of the world's leading broadcast and teleproduction facilities, independent video professionals, as well as emerging content creators and distributors providing broadband, telecommunications, and transmission services. When you’re watching news, sports, or entertainment programming, whether on a TV, the Web, or a mobile phone, you’re watching Grass Valley at work. For information about Grass Valley products, please visit www.grassvalley.com. Grass Valley Adds 3 Gb/s Support to Growing STORM I/O Editing Hardware Family
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (IBC — Stand 1.D11), September 09, 2010 — Today, at IBC2010 Grass Valley™ introduced two new I/O boards for users of its EDIUS® real-time, multi-format editing system. These next-generation PCI Express (PCIe) boards—the Grass Valley STORM 3G and STORM 3G Elite—help make editing affordable, faster, and more efficient, for all types of users; from prosumers working on personal projects to broadcast/professional users editing episodic television. STORM 3G and STORM 3G Elite make 1080p editing efficient and affordable by giving broadcasters and professional video editors true native support for their 3 Gb/s SDI sources. With these new PCIe-based products users can take advantage of future improvements that will allow them to work with dual 3 Gb/s SDI (1080p50/60, 10-bit) signals for the very highest quality when creating 3D projects. STORM 3G is an internal board equipped with 3G-SDI I/O, HDMI monitor out, RS-422 for VTR control and REF In. The incoming baseband signal can be captured in either 10-bit or 8-bit video. Choice of codecs includes uncompressed, Grass Valley HQX (10-bit) / HQ (8-bit), AVC-Intra, and XDCAM compatible MPEG‑2. Audio is embedded in both SDI and HDMI, providing high-quality audio I/O. A timecode option is also available enabling linear timecode input as well as two reference outputs. STORM 3G Elite consists of an external breakout box with a PCIe 4x interface card for desktop connection (4X mode provides enough bandwidth to handle up to 1080p50/60) as well as an Express 34 card (1X mode: up to 1080i50/60) for connection to a laptop. STORM 3G Elite provides the most comprehensive, most complete set of signal interfaces available today. Video interfaces include dual 3G SDI, which can be used as either two independent 3G SDI (1080p50/60) outputs or one pair identical SDI signals one of which features selectable real time down conversion. Others interfaces include 1080p capable HDMI I/O, composite (SD only), and component (up to 1080i) analog video I/O. For audio, STORM 3G Elite has four pairs of AES/EBU interfaces (as eight BNC connectors, each accommodating two audio channels up to 48 kHz, 24-bit). Another four pairs of XLR balanced audio are also available, with a stereo pair each of balanced and unbalanced audio monitor out. A switchable line/mic (switchable phantom power) is also available for a dedicated voice over input. The uniqueness of STORM 3G Elite continues with control/sync. STORM 3G Elite has two RS-422 interfaces, one for controlling a VTR as master, another for control of a slave. Linear timecode I/O, reference in/through/out interfaces (which accept both bi-sync and tri-sync level), and a locking power connector round out the rest of the interfaces. "These new STORM Series I/O boards will be bundled with the new EDIUS 6 multi-format editing software to provide users with an affordable and highly efficient workflow, including 3D projects," said Jeff Rosica, Senior Vice President of Grass Valley. "This new series of editing hardware products gives users the I/O functionality they need without the added cost associated with other solutions in the market." Pricing and Availability The Grass Valley STORM 3G and STORM 3G Elite products will begin shipping in October, for $1,999 and $5,999 respectively. About Grass Valley With a rich history serving the broadcast and professional video industries, the Grass Valley name is synonymous with innovation, leadership, and performance. With a full range of products and services supporting many of the world's most high-profile television events, Grass Valley offers the most comprehensive portfolio of flexible and cost-effective digital technologies and systems available. Customers deploying Grass Valley solutions include most of the world's leading broadcast and teleproduction facilities, independent video professionals, as well as emerging content creators and distributors providing broadband, telecommunications, and transmission services. When you’re watching news, sports, or entertainment programming, whether on a TV, the Web, or a mobile phone, you’re watching Grass Valley at work. For information about Grass Valley products, please visit www.grassvalley.com. Front Porch Digital, Grass Valley Embark on Technology and Sales Agreement
(Louisville, Colorado—May 21, 2010) Front Porch Digital, the global leader in migrating and managing media content, today announced an agreement whereby its DIVArchive™ content storage management (CSM) solutions will be sold in the Americas through Grass Valley™. The agreement in effect makes Grass Valley both a Front Porch Digital reseller and a technology partner, cementing a longstanding relationship between the two companies whose complementary technologies are already integrated and working successfully in name-brand installations, including the MLB Network and local ABC and CBS stations. "More than just looking for products, customers are looking for solutions," said Dave Polyard, Front Porch Digital senior vice president of strategic sales. "With this partnership, Grass Valley can offer customers not only its own outstanding products for news and production, but also system design and integration with the benefits of Front Porch Digital's world-leading CSM solution. At the same time, Grass Valley users who have not yet implemented a CSM system can now do so with total confidence in the two technologies' combined effectiveness." The formal agreement between Front Porch Digital and Grass Valley affords enhanced assurance for users that the two companies' best-of-breed production and archiving systems will work together seamlessly and effectively. In addition, Grass Valley's extensive sales and systems integration network in the Americas will support expanded access to the benefits of Front Porch Digital's DIVArchive system. "At Grass Valley, we provide end-to-end solutions for news and sports production, and for play-to-air systems," said Larry Mast, Director, Broadcast Systems Group, Grass Valley. "Today, a large percentage of these systems require a disk- or tape-based archive system. Front Porch Digital is the global leader for CSM as a result of its highly flexible archive management solution, DIVArchive, which has been successfully deployed with Grass Valley products at many significant customer sites. With this agreement, we look forward to continuing and expanding upon that relationship." More information on Front Porch Digital and its products for migrating, managing, and monetizing media content can be found at http://www.fpdigital.com.
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