DAM SYMPOSIUM 2005, London Best practices in news production

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DAM SYMPOSIUM 2005, London Best practices in
news production archive Version 3, 22 June 2005

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Kane DAM Study 2005

• 353 separate DAM cases studied
• Based on references from the 25 most important
  vendors of
• Digital Asset Management (with Video)
• Mass Storage (with Video)
• Survey covers sites in Europe and N. America

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DAM applications (Kane DAM study 2005)

• There is a large diversity of applications
• Approximately half are broadcast applications
• Most are focused on single functions

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What constitutes best practice?

• Productivity Gains/Cost Reduction
• Speed
• Editorial Quality
• Additional Revenue

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Best Practice analysis categories

• Ingest cataloging
• Production
• Archive
• Playout distribution
• Security maintenance

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Ingest cataloging
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Production
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Archive
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Playout Distribution
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Security maintenance
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A comparison of six advanced sites
SBS Korea
RTL Cologne
RTL/TVI Brussels
SVT Stockholm
France 2 Paris
New York 1
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Best practices in news prod. archive

• The six sites have diverse technical
  architectures

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Best practices in news prod. archive

• But they also have a lot in common
• Shared-media NLE
• Human (although computer-aided) indexing
• Multi-resolution browsing
• IT-model mass storage (online/nearline)
• DAM as glue
• Open systems/components approach

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Best Practice analysis

• When compared with our Best Practice criteria,
  of the six sites
• All score above 50
• The average is 62
• The best is 80 (SBS Korea)

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The 3 Enterprise DAM Strategies

• Single-function focused applications
• Enterprise-wide and centralized
• Enterprise-wide, but decentralized
• But everywhere the human issues (talent, skill,
  passion, buy-in, willingness to accept change)
  are dominant