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NewsMaker Systems, Inc.
28720 Roadside Drive, Suite 301
Agoura Hills, California 91301
(818) 879-0000
(818) 865-1421 FAX
Company Background
NewsMaker Systems, Inc. is dedicated to the development, installation and support of electronic newsroom and broadcast automation solutions for the television and radio industries. NewsMakers machine control is often referred to as one of the best in the industry. The new NewsMaker StarDrive automation system differentiates itself by its close integration with the newsroom systems playlist and also with its intelligent use of video servers, such as Grass Valley Group Profile.
It offers the leading PC-based newsroom system. Its systems consistently produce news at over 100 broadcast operations around the world, ranging from small configurations up to several hundred workstations, including 24-hour news operations that make wide use of NewsMakers extensive machine control capabilities.
Contacts
Name: Dean Kolkey
Title: President
Region: Global
Phone: (818) 879-0000
Fax: (818) 865-1421
Email:
[email protected]
Name: Olaf R. Saugen
Title: Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Region: Global
Phone: (215) 732-4808
Fax: (215) 732-9005
Email:
[email protected]
Product Offering Overview
NewsMaker develops products that deliver full newsroom automation and provide the tools for producing scripts, rundowns and program management.
- The NewsMaker Electronic Newsroom™
Text-based newsroom system for building and managing programs, particularly news and magazine-type shows. It is a full-functionality, easy-to-learn system with archives, including tape archives, wire service receipt and management and electronic mail. It is used to generate scripts, to imbed machine control call-outs, building rundowns (playlists) and manage the entire newsroom operation. It is in use in over 100 leading broadcast operations around the world.
- StarDrive™, multi-device machine control for complete automation
StarDrive is tightly integrated with the newsroom systems playlist. It manages video and audio assets throughout the operation, from original acquisition up to playout to air with frame accuracy. StarDrive is a 32-bit PC-based system that frequently is used with Grass Valley Groups Profile to manage and manipulate video assets. StarDrives relational database registers assets upon acquisition, be it from a satellite feed, or a VTR, or some other source. StarDrive keeps track of the assets as they are recorded on a Profile channel. StarDrive manages routers and switchers, and keeps track of the status and location of assets as they are moved and/or manipulated in the show preparation process. When a show is ready to go to air StarDrive locates the relevant assets and plays them to air with frame accuracy.
- NENLap™, the Electronic Newsroom on a laptop
NENLap is the portable version of the NewsMaker Electronic Newsroom (NEN). Take the tools of the newsroom professional with you on the road. With NENLap on a laptop computer, you will write, edit and time scripts, take notes as you work in the field, even build entire rundowns that may be transmitted to the host NewsMaker system over a dial-up phone line.
- NENCart™, machine control for cart machines
NENCart is the machine control interface for cart machines, and is used with AVID Airplay, Sony BetaCart, Sony LMS, Odetics, and a number of other devices.
- NENPlay™, machine control for character generators and still stores
NENPlay is the machine control interface for character generators, still scores, robotic cameras, even video disk players. The most popular devices controlled by NENPlay include Leitch Still Store, Chyron Infinit! and Max, and Pioneer Laser Recorder.
- NENElect™, newsroom election system