Masstech

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From ingest to archive, TOPAZ is the backbone for complete media lifecycle management. The TOPAZ system is a comprehensive digital storage, content management and workflow solution that is part of some of the world’s most advanced digital television and production environments.

TOPAZ is a workflow management core for single and multi-channel environments. The system moves content and metadata across broadcast automation, traffic, and production environments; it seamlessly integrates station’s existing file-based broadcast infrastructure.

TOPAZ News bridges content in a broadcast facility including ingest, video servers, playout devices, NLE, and shared storage into the news environment through the MOS protocol and an embedded ENPS ActiveX control. TOPAZ News enables users to search and preview any archived content within the WAM Suite with a full set of metadata and bring content to any desired location directly from the News interface.

Supported ENPS Workflow

ActiveX Plug-in Functionality: Search & Find/Click & View/Drag & Drop

ENPS users can discover media stored on this device through the use of simple searches within ENPS. When a media description or link is found in ENPS, a user may simply click on the media to view it. The media can be linked to ENPS Running Orders, Stories and Assignments by simply dragging it into and ENPS document.

Media Awareness

This device sends ENPS a description of the media it stores. The description contains structured metadata and a pointer to the media object. This information is used by ENPS to return media in search results. Pointers are used to link media to ENPS documents, including Stories, Running Orders and Assignments using simple drag and drop workflow.

Round Trip Archive

Clicking on Stories contained in the ENPS archive can retrieve media stored within this product's archive. Thed media can be automatically restored to the production server or NLE for re-use by dragging the media pointer or story containing a media pointer into an active ENPS Running Order.

Masstech TOPAZ ActiveX Plug-in

This vendor provides an ActiveX plug-in for ENPS which allows users to view and search for media and transfer media to NLEs or playout servers from the ENPS user interface.

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