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Medway
Medway is a
sophisticated media transfer and format conversion tool, delivering a seamless
and cost-effective integration between leading broadcast content
applications.
The Challenge
Complex digital workflows are hampered by expensive and
repetitive operations brought on by file incompatibilities. Medway from Marquis
provides a transparent and cost-efficient route to removing these
bottlenecks.
The Solution
Medway
creates a unified working environment for broadcast ingest & transmission
servers and post-production editing systems. Acting as a central hub to the
facility, Medway transfers media and associated metadata at faster than
real-time speeds over standard data networks, transcoding if required.
Built on our
Media Highway Technology, Medway uses an intuitive drag and drop
interface which allows for the exchange of media between a wide range of Best
of Breed broadcast systems in a transparent and user friendly way.
Medway can be
described as an "interoperability engine" that enables a complete digital
workflow, ensuring products such as Edit Platforms, either standalone or
using Shared Storage, such as Unity, ISIS, Lanshare, Interplay or XSAN and
third-party Video Servers can work seamlessly together.
However, Medway offers much more power and flexibility and can
be connected to Media Asset Management systems. It can source reference
edits from Browse Systems, integrate with Archive Management
systems and can supply file registration to, or be directly controlled by,
Automation Systems. All these features can be customised to suit the
requirements for specific workflow or business
solutions.
Medway is also
compatible with Removable Media devices thus ensuring maximum benefits
are derived from the whole capture to playout
process.
For a list of supported video
standards and formats click here
For a list of supported
platforms and devices please click
here
Metadata Management
With the move to complete file based production
workflows, metadata is key to ensuring that you never lose your media. If you
do not know what you have got, where it is and if you have the right to use it,
then it is of no value to you whatsoever.
To this end Medway
has been designed with extensive metadata capture, editing and handling
capabilities, covering basic, advanced or customised implementations, to ensure
that metadata is created and utilised at every stage of the creative production
process.
Media is re-wrapped and streamed during its movement and
therefore minimal delay is achieved. The need to produce interim files or go
out to tape is totally removed thus minimising errors and significantly
improving output quality. Furthermore, by allowing metadata to be moved with
its associated media, Medway enhances tracking so that media can never be lost
and thus maximising the return on your very expensively produced
assets.
The Benefits of Medway
 Interoperability between a wide range of 'Best of Breed'
 professional systems
Improved performance and efficiency of Broadcast
workflows
Both financial and time savings through
reduction in manual operations
Enhanced production quality
More effective management of your assets
Avid/Final Cut Pro
integration
Migration proof - supports SD and HD
The Results
One Marquis customer has claimed that the efficiencies created
by Medway has saved their operation over £150,000 per annum as a result
of improved accuracy, quality, better utilisation, reduced staff cost and more
efficient use of production devices enabling more work to be retained in
house.
Designed specifically to meet the demands of the most
challenging of broadcast environments, Medway is suitable for all digital
applications, including newsrooms, playout centres, production and post
production suites.
Medway Features
For
information on the advantages of Medway's functionality please
click
here
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