Atlanta, Ga. - June 27, 2005
Liberty
Corporation Broadcast Stations Purchase Pathfire's
Server Connect and Automation Connect Products
Pathfire
Begins Deployment of Solutions which Enable Hands-Free
Content Movement and Increase On-Air Content Quality,
while Eliminating Preparation Costs.
ATLANTA, GA, June 27, 2005 - Pathfire,
Inc., the leading provider of digital content
distribution and management solutions for the
broadcast industry, announced today the purchase
of Digital Media Gateway™ (DMG) Server
Connect for Programming, DMG Automation Connect,
and redundant DMG Servers at twelve of Liberty's
broadcast stations. The purchase will allow
for the hands-free movement of Pathfire-delivered
syndication content and redundancy of content
throughout Liberty stations.
Pathfire's Server Connect for
Programming enables the transfer of digital
content from DMG servers directly to the station's
play-to-air server, retaining the asset in a
digital format. Crispin Corporation, Liberty's
automation vendor, has developed and is currently
testing the interface to DMG via the Pathfire
Automation Connect solution. By using DMG Server
Connect for Programming in conjunction with
Pathfire's DMG Automation Connect, Crispin's
System2000 will manage the end-to-end movement
of Pathfire-delivered content through the ingest
process, making it available for play-out direct
to air. This process retains the content in
its original form, eliminating the need to convert
the content to video. Frame-accurate timing
information is delivered to the automation system,
streamlining the content preparation process
by eliminating tedious and error-prone manual
steps. In addition to the Server Connect and
Automation Connect interfaces, Liberty stations
are purchasing redundant DMG Servers for each
station, providing them with the benefits of
redundant content.
Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway™
(DMG), is the content distribution platform
for providers such as Warner Bros. Domestic
Television Distribution, Sony Pictures Television,
Paramount, Kingworld and Viacom Video Services.
The IP multicast distribution platform, distributes
and manages content and metadata to over 1,300
broadcast stations. In addition to Pathfire's
DMG distribution platform, Pathfire's suite
of station Connect solutions enable hands-free
movement of all Pathfire-delivered content throughout
broadcast facilities.
"A large percentage of the
content our stations receive is arriving via
Pathfire's DMG," said Steve Smith, Vice
President of Engineering/Technology for Liberty
Corporation. "We're looking to Pathfire's
Connect solutions to help us not only receive
content easily, but to get it to air without
manual intervention. By adding these solutions
to our stations, we're ensuring the content
will remain in its original digital format,
increasing the quality on air, while eliminating
costly preparation steps."
"Pathfire's Station Connect
solutions will significantly streamline the
workflow process for the Liberty stations,"
said Jamie Meyer, Pathfire's Broadcast Stations
Product Manager. "The tight integration
of Pathfire's Connect solutions into broadcast
environments directly interfacing with the facility's
existing infrastructure eliminates errors, while
significantly reducing the time to process.
We are very excited that Mr. Smith recognizes
the value in this content handling. We look
forward to a very successful project with Liberty".
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About Pathfire (www.pathfire.com)
Pathfire is the leading provider of digital
content distribution and management solutions
for the broadcast television industry. Through
the company's advanced digital IP store-and-forward
technology, Pathfire distributes and monitors
news stories, syndicated programming episodes,
commercial spots, and video news releases to
broadcast stations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
A private technology company with headquarters
in Roswell, GA, Pathfire provides innovative
digital distribution solutions for news networks,
syndicators, broadcasters and other media companies.
Liberty Corporation - A major group broadcaster,
Liberty owns 15 network-affiliated television
stations, including eight NBC affiliates (WAVE-TV,
Louisville, KY; WIS-TV, Columbia, SC; WLBT-TV,
Jackson, MS; WFIE-TV, Evansville, IN; WSFA-TV,
Montgomery, AL; KCBD-TV, Lubbock, TX; WALB-TV,
Albany, GA and KPLC-TV, Lake Charles, LA); five
ABC affiliates (KLTV-TV, Tyler, TX; KTRE-TV,
the satellite affiliate of KLTV in Lufkin, TX;
WLOX-TV, Biloxi, MS; WWAY-TV, Wilmington, NC
and KAIT-TV, Jonesboro, AR); and two CBS affiliates
(WTOL-TV, Toledo, OH and KGBT-TV, Harlingen,
TX). In addition, Liberty owns CableVantage
Inc., a cable advertising sales subsidiary,
and Broadcast Merchandising Company, a professional
broadcast equipment dealership.
Press Contact for Pathfire:
Stacey Hurter
Marketing & PR
770.619.0801
shurter@pathfire.com
