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13/09/2002

BBC MediaArc install Media 100 844/X system

Media 100 have announced that BBC MediaArc, the creative agency within BBC Resources, is the latest UK company to install their 844/X editing and compositing system.
Following installation of the system later this month, BBC MediaArc will use 844/X on a wide range of projects – from channel branding to program content and design.
Key to BBC MediaArc was the need for a stable and robust QuickTime-compatible system that would tightly integrate with their Mac-based tools such as Adobe After Effects, a system that would offer the openness and flexibility of a desktop solution with the horsepower and speed of a black box configuration. Media 100 say the 844/X with its unique workflow combining editing with fast, unlimited-layer compositing and InstantMedia compatibility with any QuickTime application, fitted the criteria perfectly.
Commenting on the purchase of 844/X, Anthony Fisher, Designer at BBC MediaArc said: “In today’s increasingly competitive broadcast marketplace we need to deliver our projects on time and on budget. This typically involves using desktop machines that don’t always have the power that higher-end, more expensive systems offer. With the introduction of 844/X, BBC MediaArc will have the perfect balance of high-end speed with cost-effective working methods.”
Rob Pickering, Director Europe, Media 100, said: “We are thrilled to add the UK’s top broadcaster, the BBC, to our rapidly expanding 844/X customer base. With its breakthrough Intelligent Layering Architecture (ILA) and GenesisEngine media supercomputer, 844/X empowers broadcasters, regularly tasked with delivering large amounts of on-air content on a tight deadline, to process an infinite number of layers more quickly and intuitively than ever before. This not only gives them the speed to hit their deadlines time and time again, but frees them up to devote more creative energy and experimentation to their designs.”
The purchase was made through Media 100-authorised Soho reseller New Media Research.
Media 100, www.media100.com
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