The new newsroom: Digital technology ties news system closer together. (Road to NAB & Specialreport).

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2002 by Kerschbaumer, Ken

It has taken a while, but the digital newsroom appears to be ready for NAB, and not just as an impressive technology demonstration. "Last year, we estimated, based on industry reports, that only 3% to 5% of all newsrooms had transitioned from analog to digital," says Roland Boucher, director of marketing, Digital News Production, Thomson Broadcast Solutions.

"Since then, we've seen the standardization of major-market leaders, such as NBC and ABC, on digital news-production systems, certainly a bellwether for what the mid- to large-market operations are going to do over the next couple years. "Nowhere is the need for cost and workflow efficiencies more evident than in small-market environments." Adds Steve Jacobs, Sony senior vice president of...

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