74 Etere MOS Gateway

Etere offers an integrated solution for a complete news management, it will permit Newsroom systems to be integrated with the existing functions of Etere (i.e.: ingest, media asset management, browsing, automation, as run log, etc), allowing contents to be easily managed. Features in this module includes:

•Uses MOS protocol communications between the newsroom system and the other systems,
•Provides integration for MOS-Compliant newsroom systems such as ENPS, Annova OpenMedia and Transtel RunDesk,
•Passes lists of rundowns, and script text in rundowns between the newsroom computer system and Etere,
•Allows searching for media stored on the media servers from the newsroom computer system,
•Restore required media automatically using user-defined T-workflows,
•Enables clip preview and editing via an user-friendly ActiveX browser,
•Communicates with the newsroom computer system via heartbeat commands.

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The diagram above illustrates how Etere provides an integrated two-way interface to newsrooms systems using the following modules:

•Etere MOS Gateway, based on MOS protocol, it receives running orders information from Newsroom and request the playback of linked media objects (through main and clone automations), allowing also Newsroom systems to create placeholders for content that will be created later.

•Etere NCRS OCX, based on ActiveX controls, it allows searching, browsing and editing Etere asset's media, as well as automatically storing objects of Newsroom systems into the Etere SQL database.