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Sydney, Australia – July 12, 2005 – Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading provider of media management tools for more than a decade, today announce that ETV has selected DaletPlus News Suite to prepare and broadcast their growing news program. ETV is South Africa’s only free-to-air television broadcaster offering the full range of programs; entertainment, sports and news. Over 50 journalists from Johannesburg and Cape Town will access materials and prepare packages for air entirely from their desktops.
ETV has been using Dalet’s OpenMedia newsroom system since ETV began broadcasting in January 1999.
"OpenMedia proved to be a reliable system with great support from Dalet," said Dave Stewart, Chief Engineer at ETV. "It was easy making the decision to upgrade to DaletPlus Newswire and TV automation as it does everything that we need plus a lot more. DaletPlus has also been well received by TV News broadcasters internationally, which confirmed that we had made the correct decision. Another very big plus for us is that DaletPlus is well supported by EMS Africa.”
“ETV recognizes the proven success of the Dalet and Omneon combination. The DaletPlus newsroom combined with Omneon media servers offers immense productivity gain, power and flexibility for broadcast operations,” comments Mr. Stephane Schlayen, general manager, Dalet. “ETV will continue to reap the benefits as they will be able to cost effectively scale their operation.”
The ETV team will leverage the power and flexibility of Dalet’s News Suite newsroom computing system for managing scripts, wires and rundowns. The centralized source materials and integrated video browse features will make the process of story preparation simple. ETV journalists will be able to write, browse video on the network and submit entire pieces for air entirely from their desktops.
For more information about Dalet products, please visit their web site at www.dalet.com or visit them at SMPTE Australia on stand f02/f03.
Founded in 1990, Dalet Digital Media Systems is a leading developer of software solutions that facilitate the management of audio and video assets for broadcast, entertainment, government, education, corporations and non-profit organizations. Developed for standard IT hardware, Dalet software solutions enable organizations to capture, manage and store digital media. The all-digital solutions greatly enhance productivity through immediate access to and management of valuable media assets. Traded on the Euro list C compartment, Euronext Paris Stock Market (ISIN FR0000076176, Reuters DALE.PA), Dalet has offices throughout Europe ,the United States and Asia Pacific.
Operating worldwide, Dalet solutions are used in 50 countries by over1 700 customers including ABC, ARD(Tagesschau, BR, DW, NDR, SR, SWR, WDR), ART, BBC, BFMTV, Cadena Ser, CBC-Radio Canada, Catalunya Radio, DR, EMAP, Emmis, Entercom, ERT Greece, ERT Tunisia, eTV, Fashion Show Media Network, MBC, Mediaset, MediaCorp Singapore, National Public Radio, Polskie Radio, Prime TV, Radio France, Radio France International, Radio Suisse Romande, Russia Today, RTP Asturias, Radio Television Malaysia, The Scottish Parliament, SKY Television,S4C, SABC, SEBC Korea, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, UBF, Voice of America, The Weather Channel, and XM Satellite Radio.
For more information on Dalet, visit www.dalet.com or contact:
Zazil Media Group
Janice Dolan
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(e) janice@zazilmediagroup.com
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