Broadcast Storage Solutions
Introduction
Storage needs and costs continue to spiral upward, even as data storage becomes less expensive. Does this paradox plague your broadcast operation? Although the introduction of IT systems was supposed to make things easier, each new system has unique requirements that compound annually and ultimately may not provide an ability to share the resources with other applications, systems and users.
Feeling as if you are marooned on an island of storage?
CUC can help.. More than just a data storage system integrator 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, 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 MAM software, CUC offers a complete digital archive solution for TV stations that previously deployed Myers ProTrack Traffic systems.
The ProTrack Media Asset Management (MAM) module cost-effectively simplifies media management workflows by automating, directing movement and providing status of station media assets.
Highlights Include:- 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.
See CUC at the PBS Technology Conference in Las Vegas, April 7-9, 2011.
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Latest News
CUC has released our OmniLib/Series of automated tape libraries integrated with LTO-5 1.5TB drives and media. Depending on the OmniLib model, drives are available in either Fibre Channel or SAS interfaces, making LTO-5 libraries the least expensive deep video digital archives solution available on the market to-date.
Our new OmniStor NAS/SAN series of Fibre-channel or iSCSI RAID subsystems are an ideal choice for high-speed video file transfers of HD/SD real-time video editing, image proxy storage or even uncompressed 4K transfers. The 3U RAID6 chassis offers over 2,500 hours of DV25 storage capacity, while the 4U RAID6 chassis offers over 4,000 hours of DV25 storage capacity, with seamless storage expansion available. Click here for more information. shared storage solutions that will revolutionize the way you store and retrieve video.
MediaServ/SGL Master Control & Post Production Archive 
Computer Upgrade Corporation and Software Generation Limited (SGL) are technology-leaders that provide content archive and storage management solutions to the broadcast industry. CUC provides the most cost-efficient content storage management systems available to all broadcast-centric organizations, focusing on core competencies of totally scalable and highly reliable solutions that enable complete integration with every major broadcast vendor.
Coupled with SGL's FlashNet Open System content management solution, CUC provides significant improvement to workflow efficiency with seamless interoperability between departments, and has been implemented by many of the world's leading broadcasters at all levels, from major networks to the smallest call letter stations. SGL's unique architecture is made possible through co-development and testing with all of the major industry Automation, On-Air and News vendors.
Complete "turn-key" solutions are available that utilize all the last storage architectures including near-line, deep archive and off line storage configurations. All products come with hardware on-site service and dial-up, WEB and email software support available each and every year..
Post MAM
Post MAM is a media workflow and storage solution that offers end-to-end tailored media ingest, creation, consolidation, archive, media asset management, and web-based interactive global access and media distribution for media content; specifically, to video workflows.
- Advanced interactive database-centric media asset management for all media types with built
- in transcode services and remote access.
- Browser-based for multiple branch office access via Internet
- Support for collaborative post production eco-system
- Centralized media management & protection locally and globally
- User and media access control
