Fabio Gattari Software Architect Etere srl ETERE 23 years of success Fabio Gattari Software Architect Etere srl A CONSISTENT SYSTEM

ETERE A Company Dedicated to the Best of IT and Broadcast Strongest Market and Edge Technology Product Leadership Through Architectural Excellence Industry Best Application Support Industry Best Flexibility 2

Company Background

Etere Company Information History Founded in 1987 Always on edge technology broadcast systems Engineering team represents unique cross section of broadcast & IT experience Operations Headquarters Tolentino, Italy Development Center in Tolentino, Italy Distributors in Europe Middle East Asia Pacific South America More stable company in the software for broadcast No ownership or core people changes from the start Always profitable, never close one year with loss 4

Where We Are

A company for Quality Etere is a 100% italian company committed to quality, We are similar to other Italian brands that try to deliver the best of the breed of technology

Etere Distributors 7

A Single MERP System Media Asset Management Automation Archiving Scheduling Air Sales BMS / Long Term Planning Media Management Newsroom Resources Management 8

Etere Role Workflow Project management Change management We offer tapeless and paperless workflow with the same controls and access hierarchy of a tape based system Project management We take care of your project to reach the target Change management We help you upgrading from your existing system to MERP

Some Customers

Some Etere customers around the world

HOW TO MOVE INTO THE FUTURE M.E.R.P.

SEE THIS I choose the faster runner I choose the best shoes Will I win ?? Perhaps …. NO !!

Power is Nothing without Control

The result You have the fastest men And the best fashion shoes But he cannot run This is what will happen when you chose a product without looking at the final solution You must see the Final target not the single areas. Even if this was the tradition now you can choose a better solution.

Etere MERP Framework Financial Sales Operators NLE Framework Core Media BMS Air Sales Playout IT-Based MAM News Workflow User-defined Automated operations Full tracking Powerful operation Centralized dashboard Reliable execution Tapeless & paperless HSM Proactive cache management Integrated migration MAM prefetch Multiple copies Media integrity check Multiple library mngt Program Management Advanced programs planning Dynamic play-out integration Web interface Proposals Role-based Budgets and credits Approvals Simulations Web interface Structure Programming blocks Real-time changes Price lists Scheduling criteria Automatic Scheduling Background engine Rules-based White/black list Accounting Invoicing Sales agents management Double-entry Payment transacts Playout Integration Auto reconciliation Automation Single/Multichannel Synchronous playlists Advanced secondary events Web interface Split AD insertion Overview Channel in a box Extreme scalability User friendly Low TCO Fully redundant AFD & ARC Worksheet Media/resources management Cost tracking and reporting Integrated agenda Outlook integration Integrated Newsroom Feeds Stories Rundown Browsing Edit Plug-in Adobe Premiere Avid Edius Final Cut Pro Sonaps Digital Rights Licensing rights Purchase orders Runs and re-runs Amortization Channel Branding 8 layers Static and animated logos Multifunction CG Subtitling Tape Library Tape inventory Tape loan system Barcoding Rack space management Tape life mngt ERP Designed Single database design Realtime updated Consistent look and feel Enterprise Knowledge management Easy to install, maintain, expand and update File Operation Tapeless reception Video conversion MD5 checksum Audio normalization Distributed agents Concurrent copies UDP transfer Antivirus check Redundancy Clone/Backup Backup one to many Disaster recovery Video Assist MOS NRCS Integration Annova Enps iNews Octopus Transtel Master Control Touch Panel Video transitions Audio shuffling Diffusion Control Media Area Territories Playlist Editor Strategic planning Promo management Rights management Alternative schedule Preview with secondary events Key Features Comprehensive asset management Frame-by-frame indexing Full SMPTE dictionary support OTT integration Subtitling management Content delivery Storyboard Web interface Transcoding Multi-format 3rd-party integration Multi Codec MPG2, DV, HDV, IMX, DVCpro, DVCproHD, XDcam, H264, WMV, AVC, DNxHD, ProRes Inventory Monitoring Consultation Payments Database Management SQL-based engine Full Unicode support Certified operations Real Time Sharing File based ingest Edit growing files ActiveX plug-in Quality Check Black frames Freeze video Scene changes Audio levels Loudness Multichannel Common programs Separate spots Centralized editor Easy interface to check all channels Structure Programming blocks Cost Control Audience target Monitoring SNMP Enabled Single monitor console Multi Wrapper RAW, AVI, MXF, GXF, QT

A Single MERP System Media Asset Management Automation Archiving Scheduling Air Sales BMS/ Long Term Planning Newsroom Resources Management 17

Media Asset Management A complete MAM is always present in ETERE

Media Cockpit Videoserver Version Archive Low Res Internet Low Res Tape Tape on Loan Digital Library Audio The screenshot displays the links between logical objects (i.e.: assets) and physical objects (e.g.: files, tapes). The media cockpit stores all single asset data. A single screen shows the status of analog and digital contents. Versions Cue Sheet 19

Tape Information Tape Barcode Tape Generation Archive Location Tape

Racks Management Racks List Position Inside Racks

Tape Loan Management

HSM Library Status

Web View

Story Creator

Story Creator Mam Segments Story timeline

Story Creator Mam Segments Audio recorder Story timeline

You can design Etere as you wish Workflow You can design Etere as you wish

Example Restore to On-Air WF - Restore In this example you have one Playout server, one disk storage, HSM tape library, another sever used for ingest You wish to have a priority restore Disk storage Ingest server HSM And an error e-mail and SNMP message if something goes wrong

TV Workflow You can design any workflow for your video files management In this example you align the operation of Set as Not to broadcast Content check Automatic QC Manual QC Set to broadcast Archive to HSM If the content is wrong it will be deleted and an e-mail sent other than message

Resource Planning

User Agenda

Easy Preview

Resources calendar

NLE integration

Insert in timeline

Media Functions

Ftp Ingest FTP VTR Server/library Ethernet Switch Low res storage The FTP ingest can be used if the source is an IMX vtr. From the etere automation system the MXF file is moved to Xdcam, while the low res is stored on the external storage. The metadata are stored in the ETERE sql database Low res storage Etere Automation

Media Transcoding

Media Moving

Storage Capabilities Load balancing Space aggregation Multiple data mover sharing the same job Space aggregation Metadevices Lan and Wan transfer FTP Active FTP Passive FTP Server to Server NTFS-NFS UDP file transfer All those features allow you to use standard IT storage instead of special solutions

Long Term Archive Unplanned requests Playlists Planned requests Hsm headquarter Library one Library two Robotics control Roboitics control Data Pump 1 Data Pump 1 ETERE HSM has been designed as a modular architecture that can grow according to both customer’s requirements or technology improvements. The architecture can easily answer the needs of a system with multiple libraries and multiple formats. Each component of the system is independent and can be easily upgraded or maintained without affecting other components activities. The central system schedules and controls all different module tasks. It also manages the system cache to provide the best performances. Data Pump 2 Data Pump 2 Data Pump n Data Pump n

Etere HSM HSM FC cable Gigabit switch 2 level cache Data pump I/O Port IN USE SONY PetaSite HSM FC cable Gigabit switch 2 level cache Data pump Data pump Disk array

Automation

Multichannel = One PC Multiple process

Multichannel View

Redundancy Backup Cloning One 2 many Backup protection Many 2 many Backup protection

Browsing

Enhanced Browsing Logo preview Subtitles timecode With the enhanced browsing function, alla the secondary events could be previewed in the prowsing window. Every logo have a corrispondent Icon in the ETERE system, in the browsing window teh logo will appears as icons with the correct position and timing. Also the Subtitling info will be previewed. timecode 49

SUBTITLING

Subtitle Creation Import export Subtitle timeline Controls

Scheduling

Scheduling Status bar Functions toolbar Program main attribute Secondary events

Scheduling sec. Events

Secondary Events Timeline

Multichannel Editing

Schedule Web View

BMS Long term planning

Weekly Grid AIR SALES allows you to manually create schedules by using either existing or even new blocks Create a schedule structure under a free style grid format Just drag and drop blocks to insert them into the structure

Air Sales

Air Sales Grid Preparation Etere Sales guide people on selling commercial advertising space It allows to elaborate the best proposals based on the most important programming variables such as time-slot, cluster-position, rate-cards, etc Each stage of the Proposal Management process includes on-demand reports

Air Sales Air Sales objects are connected to scheduling objects: Auto invoicing Auto Salesman's percentage All integrated with Etere web for external access

Sales and Proposals

Strategic Editor Strategic Editor is an Etere application that allows you to view and modify your schedules in real time Changes made in this application are automatically updated into the automation scheduling

Editing Grid

Memory Logging Software

Full Solution File Server Encoding Station Main Web server Ethernet switch Encoding Station BKP Tape Archive Browsing PC

Date and Time View Main or Bkp files VHS/DVD print partial retrieve

Off Air Preview

Web preview

OTT INTEGRATION

A connected system In the OTT-TV arena a Etere can manage a cross-device proposition aimed at getting benefit from its exclusive capability to offer a seamless experience in any place at any time, on any device At Home Strategy on width of User Base Single metadata repository automatically updated everywhere Dedicated Set Top Box Connected TV Third party STB Far from Home Total control of Digital Identity Easy content repurposing Mobile Devices Any Web Access 72

Snmp Console

Rack Details

SNMP Error History

ETERE MTX IT Based Playout

MTX-MC

Full Master Control Preset and preview for any channel including graphics Transition effects Unlimited number of input channels Audio control Manual control via touch screen

Main Screen Graphics Play PGM/PST Transition Audio

NUNZIO The newsroom

Rundown

Everyone Reporter

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