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OmniBus Systems, the award-winning provider of comprehensive broadcast automation, content management and workflow solutions, will be revealing new versions of iTX, the ground-breaking master control and playout application, and the OPUS content management and workflow suite, at BroadcastAsia2008. New features and capabilities in these applications further strengthen OmniBus' product offering for broadcasters, whether operating in conventional hardware-based environments, transitioning to a more IT-based model or creating entirely new facilities based on the most advanced technology available.

New at BroadcastAsia2008

OmniBus iTX — OmniBus iTX is a revolutionary and category-defying product that replaces all of the functions of a broadcast master control and playout chain in a single software application. Powerful and fully featured for both SD and HD environments, iTX combines standard IT hardware and sophisticated software to deliver a flexible, open and feature-rich environment. It radically alters the business model for launching new channels and services, and offers significant cost savings for a range of broadcast applications including HD expansion, disaster recovery, video on demand, IPTV and mobile TV.

At BroadcastAsia2008, OmniBus will be showcasing the latest version of this enterprise class solution with a range of new features, including multiple audio tracks for multi-language applications, open and closed captions, HD ingest as well as MXF and GXF support.

NEW PRODUCT: OmniBus iTX Business Continuity Process (BCP) — iTX BCP is a specially-configured variation of iTX designed for business continuity (disaster recovery) applications including media replication, fully-redundant mirroring and remote operation after evacuation.

This lightweight solution sources content automatically from existing video servers, transferring content as required to a remote location where an iTX playback engine interprets the transmission schedules to provide a parallel service. It includes an automatic service for the generation of evergreen content for filling gaps in the schedule where content is not available, such as live events. The service intelligently selects a piece of standby content based on the duration required and business rules defined for that channel.

NEW PRODUCT: iTX On-Demand™ — Showing for the first time at BroadcastAsia2008, iTX On-Demand is a new version of iTX that greatly simplifies the process of creating VOD material by allowing broadcasters to transmit conventional channels and save VOD-ready content from the same iTX workflow and hardware, without having to re-ingest or reformat material explicitly for VOD use.

iTX On-Demand can be used to create everything from low-resolution files for Web download or mobile phones to HD MPEG4 files with Dolby® surround sound for broadband IPTV applications. The flexibility of the IT-based platform, combined with the unique iTX software video/audio processor allows the full set of features designed for crafted OTA transmission to be used in the creation of on-demand content file packages.

NEW VERSION: OmniBus OPUS Content Management — OPUS is a sophisticated suite of content management components that delivers unmatched capabilities for the end-to-end content process, including "soft-XML" support for customized logging and annotation, frame-accurate proxy generation and viewing, full-text indexing and searching, seamless integration with production editing systems such as Final Cut Pro®, and standardized Web services data exchange with adjacent systems.

The OPUS SmartClient uses Microsoft's Silverlight technology to provide access to the OPUS system within a web browser environment from both Windows® and Mac® desktops, allowing unlimited numbers of users on an enterprise or global scale to access media and metadata for picture research and shot selection without the need for specialized software. This powerful application allows operators to browse material in the system, make shot selections of key events and transfer the EDL to a craft editor directly from their desktop.

OmniBus OPUS News & Sports Logging — The OmniBus OPUS News & Sports Logging solution is an integrated set of tools that enables rapid and intuitive logging of live and recorded events. With fast, one-button-press news logging using configurable events buttons, and intuitive on-screen control of live and prerecorded feeds, OmniBus OPUS News & Sports Logging provides all the tools for critical news logging functions as the event is happening. The product includes robust capabilities for recalling, sorting and accessing content across multiple systems.