April 2, 2010
AP, 25 exhibitors showcase latest ENPS broadcast news tech solutions at NAB
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At this year’s NAB Show hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters, more than 85,000 audio, video and film content professionals will have the opportunity to check out The Associated Press and its vast array of digital solutions including broadcast, online video and mobile technologies. During the conference which runs from April 10 – 15, the AP exhibit can be found at booth no. SU2002 in the South Upper Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center, where the news cooperative will introduce new Twitter and YouTube integration for ENPS, the leading news production system used by half of America's TV networks and more than 40% of the world's newsrooms. Additionally, the AP has tapped 25 broadcast system vendors to showcase ENPS capabilities at the trade event.
“We design industry solutions tailored to the needs of our member news providers while helping them simplify, streamline and reduce costs,” said Lee Perryman, AP’s director of broadcast technology. “Our team continues to drive innovation, cultivating development relationships with more than 100 companies across the globe, and hundreds of ENPS sites use our MOS-enabled systems integrating products.”
One of the big ENPS innovations this year is tight integration with popular social networking tools. Now, journalists can quickly and easily monitor content from both Twitter and YouTube within ENPS using familiar workflows. ENPS users can also publish news updates to their station’s Twitter feeds without leaving ENPS.
This exciting new functionality allows ENPS users to better engage with their communities and serves as a tool for enhanced newsgathering. The YouTube integration acts as a quick, simple method for viewers to submit their own newsworthy video content.
AP is also introducing the new ENPS Smartphone Client, which puts the power of ENPS on mobile phones and lets users get more work done in the field and away from the newsroom. The smartphone client is part of an update to the ENPS Mobile Suite, which also includes enhanced script-editing capabilities in the ENPS Web Client and a new ENPS plug-in for Microsoft Outlook.
The latest ENPS 7 innovations will be on display, featuring powerful tools for multi-platform content creation and increased newsroom collaboration, including:
• A new side-by-side multi-platform story editor
• Automated metadata enrichment
• Automated discovery of related content
• The ability to easily link related stories
• Integrated story-based chat
• Enhanced contact viewer
ENPS will be showcased by the following NAB Show exhibitors:
• Adobe Systems
• Beehive Systems Pvt. Ltd.
• Brainstorm Multimedia
• Building4Media BV
• Chyron Corporation
• Grass Valley
• Orad Hi Tec Systems Ltd.
• Quantel Ltd.
• Vizrt Ltd.
• Weather Central, LLC.
• Autoscript
• Compix Media, Inc
• Etere SRL
• Sony Corporation
• VCS
• Aveco s.r.o
• Digital Broadcast, Inc.
• DNF Controls
• Gallery SIENNA
• Harris Corporation
• Meida & Broadcast Technologies
• Pixel Power Inc.
• Ross Video Limited
• Solid State Logic
• Video Technics, Inc.
About ENPS
ENPS is the world’s most popular new broadcast news production system, licensed for use in nearly 800 TV, radio and network newsrooms by more than 60,000 reporters, editors and producers in 60 countries. ENPS is part of more than 40% of the world's television and network newsrooms, with an almost 50% market share in the U.S. Because AP is not allied with any one hardware vendor, users of AP systems are able to take advantage of best-fit solutions for external systems. For more information, visit www.enps.com.
About The AP
The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world’s population sees news from AP. On the Net: www.ap.org.
For more information about this release, ENPS and the AP at NAB, please contact:
Lynn Trono
Linden Alschuler & Kaplan
T: (+1) 212 899 4743
E: ltrono@lakpr.com