OmniBus iTX Platform Adds Integrated Compliance Recording From Ideas Unlimited

LONDON and DENVER — Aug. 18, 2009 — OmniBus Systems, the award-winning provider of comprehensive broadcast automation, content management and workflow solutions, has announced support for Ideas Unlimited's ContentProbe in a close integration with iTX that provides built-in control of compliance recording within the iTX transmission environment, together with fault detection and alarms.

Compliance recording is a regulatory requirement for most broadcasters around the world, and the ContentProbe plug-in for iTX gives a fully integrated solution that delivers reliable and economical recording of channel output for regulatory or technical compliance and archiving. Each ContentProbe unit can record four channels, and can output to DVD or a desktop player as required. ContentProbe feedback to iTX provides detection of faults such as frozen output, black or blue screen or defective audio, and any detected faults are automatically entered into iTX's log, triggering an immediate alarm. Users can click on the log entry to see a desktop playback of the incident before deciding how to correct the defect.

"ContentProbe already uses the OmniBus G3 interface so it offers a familiar look and feel to iTX operators," said Glyn Powell-Evans, managing director, Ideas Unlimited. "Now, with this very tight integration, iTX users will have the benefits of ContentProbe's compliance monitoring and recording from within the iTX desktop, with the additional advantage of complete control with extra feedback and functionality."

"The ContentProbe integration with iTX is a good example of a third-party extension of the platform's capabilities to provide additional features that broadcasters need," said Ian Fletcher, CTO, OmniBus Systems. "Because the platform architecture makes it easy to achieve a high degree of integration, there is a huge benefit for broadcasters in the level of the automation that can be created. This in turn means they can run a smarter operation and provide more robust and profitable services."

The ContentProbe compliance recording option for iTX will be available from September 2009.

More information about OmniBus Systems' digital asset management, automation and transmission technology is available online at www.omnibus.tv.

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About Ideas Unlimited
Founded in 2003, Ideas Unlimited develops and markets solutions for automating the business-critical functions of real-time signal verification and monitoring, and is the market leader in the U.K.

About OmniBus Systems
OmniBus Systems provides broadcasting, cable and satellite organizations with comprehensive automation and media content management solutions that address every area of television-related operations. Its newsroom, content and workflow automation solutions include acquisition and recording of rich media material, low-resolution editing, media asset management and playout. OmniBus is a global company with headquarters in the United Kingdom and offices in the United States and Kuala Lumpur.