ATLANTA, Feb. 15 /CNW/ -- Pathfire, the leading provider of digital
content distribution and management solutions for the broadcast, media &
entertainment industries, has announced the deployment of Pathfire Direct at
five Quincy, Inc., stations in the Wisconsin region. Pathfire Direct is
enabling Quincy to affordably move news items between stations without
sacrificing quality or workflow efficiencies. Pathfire Direct coupled with
Pathfire DMG Server Connect for News provides a seamless file-based workflow
at the Quincy Stations. Items are easily moved between locations without
utilizing expensive satellite space or difficult to maintain microwave links
and effortlessly handed off to downstream editing systems.(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020211/PATHLOGO )"By implementing Pathfire Direct and DMG Server Connect for News, we are
able to move video between our stations quickly." said Steve Zimmerman, Chief
Engineer at WKOW-TV in Madison, WI. "We have given our entire newsroom the
ability to get video from around the region. Our news folks can start the
editing process without ever touching a piece of video tape or dealing with
video-based infrastructure like video routers."
Rick Young, Pathfire's Vice President of Product Management added, "The
Quincy stations have replaced expensive traditional video circuits with
Pathfire's total news acquisition solution -- Pathfire Direct and Pathfire
DMG. The system was up and running within hours and the stations were sharing
video with each other and with network bureaus."
Pathfire Direct has empowered journalists and operations personnel from
the largest networks to the smallest market stations to improve access to
content while shortening the time to get the latest video on-air. Unique and
creative workflows tools and a clean and simple interface make training on
Pathfire Direct a quick process with even the most typically hands-off
production personnel comfortable within minutes.
About Pathfire (www.pathfire.com)
Pathfire Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, is the leading provider of
digital content distribution and management solutions for the broadcast, media
and entertainment industries, supplying innovative digital solutions, from
distribution to air, for broadcasters, news organizations, television
networks, Hollywood studios and other media companies. Pathfire Direct enables
the point-to-point ingest, management, transport and delivery of any type of
content from any IP-enabled location. Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway(TM)
(DMG) is an advanced digital IP store-and-forward platform, delivering news
stories, syndicated programming, advertising spots, and video news releases to
more than 1,400 broadcasters. Pathfire DMG and the associated workflow tools
are available on over 10,000 PC desktops throughout the world.
About Quincy Newspapers (www.qni.biz)
Quincy Newspapers, Inc. currently owns 12 television stations, 2
newspapers, 2 radio stations and a High Definition Video Production company.
QNI also operates KXLT under a joint sales and shared services agreement.
For further information: Shea Stanback of Pathfire, +1-770-619-0801, or
sstanback@pathfire.com; or Brady Dreasler of Quincy Newspapers,
+1-800-373-9444, or bdreasler@qni.biz Web Site: http://www.pathfire.com
http://www.qni.biz
