RTÉ Nears Completion Of FAST

Raidió Teilifis Éireann (RTÉ) has almost completed the implementation of FAST, its file acquisition and server technology project.
Central to FAST is Mediaflex from TMD, the leading provider of asset management systems for digital and physical assets. The project includes the first practical implementation of the new Mediaflex CI module which allows users to simply create their own workflows with intelligent automated decision making.
Previously the realm of only the largest enterprises, Mediaflex CI provides the ability to design workflows and business analytics. More than just automating processes, the use of analytics means that the system itself can make intelligent decisions based on metadata and business rules developed by the organisation; delivering huge productivity benefits and transforming service-oriented broadcast architectures.
In implementing an enterprise-wide asset management system, RTÉ was determined that the system should allow the broadcaster to design and develop its own fully automated workflows. The inclusion of a workflow engine inside asset management is not uncommon, but other implementations hard-code the workflows into the system, making them inflexible. Mediaflex CI gives the user the simple ability to design the decision-making process which uses metadata, and in turn to create their own automated workflows, using individual elements which are dragged and dropped into place.
The FAST project at RTÉ, in conjunction with systems design and integration company Eurotek, sees TMD asset management integrated with a number of sub-systems including Pilat channel management, Snell playout automation, Omneon storage networks, Avid post and Softel access services. TMD already had all these interfaces implemented, eliminating a major source of delay and risk in the project.
RTÉ and TMD will be attending the IT Broadcast Workflow conference in London on the 9th July, where Myles Donoghue will present a full case study on the FAST project. www.broadcastworkflow.com
(JP/CD)