The Broadcast Technology group of the Associated Press is responsible for the initial development and constant improvement of ENPS. Along with product management, training, support and documentation staff based at AP’s Broadcast News Center in Washington, DC, a London-based team focuses on the needs of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

History

AP NewsDesk, released in 1989, now has more than 700 installations worldwide. AP NewsDesk helps stations cut costs, increase productivity and use their existing resources more efficiently. Simple commands give users quick and easy access to breaking news, top sports scores and the latest weather forecasts.

Introduced in 1993, AP NewsCenter was the first news computer system designed for use with Microsoft Windows. It is a comprehensive application designed for television newsrooms and includes all of the essential production tools — script writing, show timing, and planning — plus an easy-to-use interface. A powerful search engine manages incoming news wire feeds and network affiliate advisories, and character generator, prompter and Closed Captioning options are also integrated. With more than 200 installations worldwide, AP NewsCenter has been adopted by both small newsrooms and large networks and praised for its ease of use and flexibility.

AP’s next-generation software, ENPS, released in 1997, has quickly become broadcasting’s premier production system. Today, more than 500 newsrooms in 48 countries use ENPS to create, manage and broadcast news content.

ENPS combines intuitive functionality with powerful features, including program rundowns, scripting, planning, contacts, messaging, archiving, third-party device control, publishing, news wire management, full text searching, tightly integrated resilience capabilities and language support. Designed by and for broadcasters, ENPS fits the changing needs of all types of broadcast news environments.

AP’s ongoing development efforts promote open standards, including the Media Object Server (MOS) protocol, for communication with and integration of video and audio servers, desktop audio and video browsers and editors, character generators, still stores and other news production equipment.