Press Release Source: Front Porch Digital Inc.
PBS Adopts Front Porch Digital Technology for Technical Operations Center; DIVArchive Selected to Manage Massive Digital Content Repository
Wednesday November 6, 8:01 am ET
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Front Porch Digital Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FPDI - News), a leader in the conversion, preservation and management of analog and digital content, including text, images, audio, graphics, video and rich media, today announced that the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) has chosen DIVArchive, Front Porch Digital's distributed storage and archive management solution, to manage the digital content library in their Technical Operations Center (TOC) in Alexandria, Virginia.
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"Before we began our selection process, we defined a very strict set of criteria," said Edward P. Caleca, SVP of PBS Technology and Operations. "We felt it was important that the software managing our digital content archive be flexible, scalable and fully integrated within our broadcast environment. After months of evaluation with various vendors, DIVArchive was selected because it met our selection criteria plus provided us with many additional features that will help to simplify our day-to-day operations."
CEI is providing the system integration for the PBS TOC project. "We believe Front Porch Digital's technology is ideally suited for PBS' environment," stated Jay Brown, CEI's Director of Project Engineering. "Distributing format-compliant content to 349 member stations can create many challenges. Front Porch Digital's software solutions will enable the high- speed throughput and reformatting necessary to deliver content from the archive to air."
"DIVArchive delivers unparalleled flexibility and superior performance in the broadcast environment," said Melanie Fendt, SVP of Marketing and Customer Care of Front Porch Digital. "With DIVArchive, PBS will be able to easily manage and distribute archived digital content within their complex environment. We are very excited to have been selected as a key technology for the PBS TOC Project and look forward to working closely with them on this ground-breaking project." |
