Broadcast Storage Solutions

Introduction

Broadcast and Entertainment storage needs and costs continue to spiral upward, even as data storage becomes faster and less expensive. Does this paradox plague your broadcast operation? Although the introduction of virtualization was supposed to make things easier, each new system still has unique requirements that compound annually and ultimately may not provide an ability to share the resources with other legacy applications, systems and users.

Feeling marooned and as if you are the only bridge between islands of content and storage technology?

CUC can help.. More than just a data storage system integrator simply trying to make their products fit into the broadcast market, the CUC team are broadcast industry veterans. We provide media asset management and shared digital video storage for use by all departments within the broadcast plant including graphics, On Air, News and production. CUC subsystems seamlessly integrate with all the major Production systems including Apple and Avid; with Automation systems including Crispin, Harris, Sundance, Probell, Florical and more; and with On-Air servers that include Grass Valley, Leitch/Harris, Omneon, EVS, Seachange/XOR-Media, Avid and more.

• Save thousands of dollars. Move digital content off of expensive video servers and into our cost-efficient archiving system.
• Store millions of programs. Transfer thousands of hours of digital video to a shared digital archive for streamlined, secure storage.
• Keep digital content at your fingertips. Choose your own criteria for organizing digital video storage in your archive.
• Ease the transition from archive to play. Save money using CUC archival storage that is compatible with your video and automation servers.

Click here for more information about CUC's media asset management and shared storage solutions that will revolutionize the way you store and retrieve video.

MediaServ/MAM Archive Solutions   

In conjunction with Myers ProTrack TV MAM software, CUC offers a complete digital archive solution for TV stations that previously deployed Myers ProTrack Traffic systems. Many customers have selected CUC's MediaServ/MAM solution to manage their workflows, ie.

The ProTrack TV Media Asset Management (MAM) module cost-effectively simplifies media management workflows by automating, directing movement and providing status of station media assets.

• The ability to identify exact locations of media clips on video storage devices;
• Check future schedules for server-based program content for air with automated initiation of necessary file transfers to the playout server;
• Assures necessary content is copied to archive storage following automated ingest notification on the Video Server;
• Provides connection monitoring and transaction logging, with alerts sent to users.
• For additional information about CUC's MediaServ/MAM solution, click here.