Avid embrace: Meredith rolls out editing, storage system group-wide.(Technology)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2004

As Meredith Broadcasting marches toward a fully digital future, it has begun standardizing station news operations on Avid nonlinear editing and storage.

The group has already converted two of its stations, KPTV Portland, Ore., and KPHO Phoenix. Up next? WSMV Nashville, Tenn., and WGCL Atlanta by the end of the year, followed by WNEM Saginaw, Mich., WHNS Greenville, S.C., WFSB Hartford, Conn., and KVVU Las Vegas.

"Whether large or small, the stations still produce the news in the same manner," says Joe Snelson, Meredith vice president and director of engineering. "The only difference is that the larger station will have more gear."

The deal includes Avid's Unity systems for storage, NewsCutter Adrenaline FX nonlinear editor, and...

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