SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (January 20, 2010) – NVerzion, a leading provider of digital broadcasting and television station automation solutions have completed installation of their new NVerzion automation and nearline NAS storage package that will provide around the clock operation control of the station’s four channels, unattended overnight operations, server and master control interface, as well as an automated traffic system. WDSE and WRPT have also added a complete backup and storage solution for the station’s media database that includes two 48/1500 TeraStore Nearline NAS storage boxes with embedded XPansion file management software providing a standardized interface and protocol for flexible and configurable file migration management to meet the station’s specific requirements.
WDSE and WRPT Public Broadcasting have been vital non-commercial programming providers for the people of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin since 1964. The stations currently provide programming and services via three Standard Definition and one High Definition channel. The installation included NVerzion’s NControl/MC with NControl/MC Backup, NConvert/CPIM interface with Meyers Information Systems/Protrack traffic system, two 48/1500 TeraStore Nearline NAS Storage boxes with embedded XPANSION file management software, as well as several additional NVerzion acquisition and prep applications giving WDSE and WRPT the ability to fully automate and customize the their stations’ operations according to their requirements, without sacrificing their current budget demands. The storage archive enables WDSE and WRPT’s Master Control to store up to 31,000 total hours of SD content encoded at 8 Mbps or a mix of HD content, based on the preferred HD encoding bitrates.
“We are very happy to have partnered with NVerzion to provide Master Control automation and disc storage solutions for our stations,” said Rex Greenwell, Director of Engineering and Technology for WDSE and WRPT. “The new equipment is allowing us to fully program all of our digital streams to a high level of flexibility and reliability.”
“We are extremely pleased to have worked with WDSE and WRPT and add them to our impressive compiled customer portfolio,” said Reed Haslam, Director of Sales for NVerzion. “The Public Broadcasting organization continues to serve the educational and general public which as they progress into the SD/HD domain, the NVerzion file-based workflow solution becomes extremely beneficial.”
About WDSE
WDSE and WRPT are licensed to the Duluth-Superior Area Educational Television Corporation, a community organization owned by the people we serve. PBS Member station WDSE is located in Duluth, Minnesota along with sister station WRPT located in Hibbing, Minnesota.
About NVERZION
NVERZION provides the tools that make digital broadcasting and television station automation a proven success. NVERZION offers the latest advancements in broadcasting by controlling the equipment that acquires, and distributes broadcast grade content through its progressive software solutions. Every NVERZION product is designed to take the guesswork out of system implementation by being intuitive and simple to use. And NVERZION backs everything they sell with worldwide training, service and support. Visit www.nverzion.com, or contact sales at: 801-293-8420
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Contact: NVERZION Reed Haslam rhaslam@nverzion.com 801-293-8420
Contact: Tracy Laidlaw Beyond Words PR 623-878-8878 tracy@bwllc.com
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