Snell & Wilcox & Omneon Video Networks integrate mastering and server products

Giving broadcasters a new mastering and playout solution that will help reduce costs and streamline workflows, Snell & Wilcox and Omneon Video Networks have announced that the Snell & Wilcox Memphis broadcast mastering encoder has been successfully integrated with the Omneon Spectrum video server.
This best-of-breed solution provides for the highest-quality MPEG-2 encoding along with the highest level of control over media assets during ingest. Both SD- and HD-compatible to give customers the flexibility needed in today's broadcast environments, the combined solution has undergone extensive testing to ensure robust plug-and-play performance.
"The combination of our Memphis encoder and Omneon's Spectrum server is a solution that maximizes the quality we can deliver to customers," said Joe Zaller, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Snell & Wilcox. "This makes sense for our customers, and it makes sense for Snell & Wilcox and Omneon. We look forward to further opportunities to bring our complementary product ranges together to give customers top quality and efficiency in the broadcast chain."
Geoff Stedman, Vice President of Marketing at Omneon, added: "The open architecture approach that we've always taken at Omneon was intended to facilitate just these kinds of collaborative efforts - efforts that give our customers even more freedom to choose. The integration of the outstanding encoding technology from Snell & Wilcox will certainly be a great benefit to the types of broadcasters that we serve."
(GB/KMcA)