Overview

Medway is a sophisticated software tool delivering a seamless and cost-effective integration between leading broadcast content applications. Medway unifies multi-vendor workflows because the technology optimizes and integrates;

1. Media clip and sequence transfers

2. Media format conversion and transcoding

3. Metadata capture and integration

The Solution

Complex digital workflows are hampered by expensive and repetitive operations brought on by file incompatibilities. Medway, the company’s flagship product, 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.

Key Benefits

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

Use Cases

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.

In some installations Medway provides simple media transfer and conversion services between Avid edit environments and broadcast servers.

In other installations Medway is the central hub, providing multiple, simultaneous, and high-volume media and metadata integration services across best-of-breed systems from multiple vendors.

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.

Key Features

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