SGO News

 

SGO News consists of 3 complimentary modules designed to manage specific tasks used by journalists in a news department to produce and manage inserts for TV News programming.

 

 

The Capture module allows journalists to capture material from VTR tapes and cameras using one of the client machines or from a central media server which stores all of the footage to be presented to the network.

 

The Editor is an intuitive editing software module that allows journalists to edit their own news inserts and also allows journalist to record voice-overs and composite titles & template graphics. The finished news insert can be placed back onto a server for later use.

 

The Playout module is designed to generate playout lists of news clips on a server enabling them tp be played-out and broadcast instantly as when required.

 

The SGO News system requires no dedicated hardware. All tats is required are personal computers or laptops with standard FIREWIRE interface or a media server machine with video board in order to capture and playout video material.

 

 

Video source monitor, video source switching, source timecode monitor, VTR information panel, VTR control panel, and recording information panel.

 

Intuitive interface with simple drag and drop editing functionality, 4 video tracks, simple graphics compositing, titling, audio, and voice over capabilities. Templates can be created for journalists to follow the look and feel created by the news program’s creative team.

 

Finished clips are stored on servers and are instantly accessible for playout, ready to be broadcasted live.

 

The SGO News system can be integrated into existing low or high speed ethernet based local area network (LAN) infrastructure.

The system can be configured to work with as many editing, capture and playout workstations, laptops, and servers as required.

 

SGO News offers a collaborative workflow where are journalists and editors can have access to all of the company’s media from anywhere on the network and from any computer.

 

SGO News supported formats include; DV, MiniDV, DV CAM, DVC PRO, etc…

 

The titling tool allows journalists to composite text on top of news clips and provides template resources to enable news insert to have the same look and feel as defined by the news department creative team.