From Planning to Playout, All in One Newsroom

The planning stage: organize daily issues, review incoming tips, and build the coverage schedule. Selected issues and content plans convert directly into stories.

• 01Issue management
  create, search, and prioritize daily issue lists for use across planning, coverage, and story stages.
• 02Expired issue handling
  issues past their deadline are automatically retired from the planning stage.
• 03Coverage & vehicle scheduling
  assign camera crews and dispatch and manage news vehicles by time period.

The story management stage: write stories and scripts in a standard editor, attach video and graphics, and carry them through desk approval.

• 01Multiple story types
  supports standard and breaking news, with embargo settings, automatic run-time estimation from story length, and keyboard-shortcut writing.
• 02Story locking
  prevents conflicting edits when multiple users open the same story, and locks held by unresponsive editors can be released.
• 03Video & graphics integration
  search and preview MAM assets, request edits via EDL, and map finished material to stories.

The rundown stage: drag stories into place to build the rundown, with running time and item counts tallied in real time.

• 01Drag-and-drop building
  drag stories into position, reorder them, and watch duration and item counts update in real time.
• 02Scheduling integration (BIS)
  manage master, weekly, and daily schedules, and build the newscast against the confirmed daily schedule.
• 03Mobile rundown
  check rundowns in mobile Zodiac (creation and changes are primarily on PC).

The playout automation stage: takes the rundown and controls video servers, CG, and prompters to put stories on air in order, reflecting rundown changes in real time.

• 01Video playout (Video Taker)
  controls Harmonic, Imagine, and GrassValley K2 (VDCP) video servers for playback and preview, and handles last-minute running-order changes.
• 02CG playout (CG Taker)
  automatically builds a caption rundown from story captions and links it to on-air templates (Visual Research, Compix, and more).
• 03Prompter & MOS integration
  streams rundown and story content to the prompter in real time, and connects to external systems over the MOS protocol.

A mobile system that delivers the same news production capabilities as the PC — anytime, anywhere.

• 01Mobile-first UI
  a dedicated mobile interface with icons and color coding for at-a-glance readability.
• 02Story writing & video search
  write and manage stories in the field and search for the footage you need.
• 03Cross-platform
  supports both Android and iOS.