ART Network chooses DaletPlus News Suite for sports channels

Dalet, a French independent software vendor and leading provider of media management tools, has announced that the Arab Radio and Television (ART) network, the leading producer of premium Arabic family programming and entertainment worldwide, chose DaletPlus News Suite for its new sports channel newsroom.
This DaletPlus News Suite digital newsroom with integrated media asset management will be deployed in Jordan Media City in Amman, Jordan, with the cooperation of the Dalet local business partner, Mediators General Trading. Using DaletPlus News Suite, ART journalists will browse SNTV agency wire feeds, build rundowns, assign stories, write scripts with embedded Vizrt computer generated graphics and drive gallery devices during newscasts.
“We look forward to putting the DaletPlus News Suite digital newsroom to work”, explained Hassan Meiri, Director of Engineering at ART Jordan Media City. “Optimising the use of on-air graphics in our newscasts is essential for our sports coverage and DaletPlus News Suite will truly empower our journalists to do so.”
Mohammed Abu Zannad, Sales and Marketing Manager of Mediators General Trading, added: “The new ART Network sports newsroom is going to be a leading-edge newsroom in the Middle East.
“With the wide range of digital technology available, broadcasters really pick-and-choose the best products available to build the ideal production and broadcast environment; and there is no doubt that DaletPlus News Suite is the leading newsroom today.”
Nicolas Hans, Product Strategy Director of Dalet, added: “DaletPlus News Suite will help the ART Network staff leverage all the resources at their disposal.
“Right from their desktops, journalists and producers will have the ability to use and control all the MOS-compliant devices and applications available in the newsroom and the gallery: it’s truly an integrated production environment.”
(GB)