Rome, July the 27th - 2017 - Anicaflash is the point of reference for many Italians who want to find out about the latest movie news and movies shown in theaters, producing for many years with the well-known Comingsoon brand, trailers that are distributed to many national television stations, each of which requires specific customizations and format changes: layout, graphics, duration and final format. Such a variety of versions requires a considerable amount of human and technical resources.

Looking for resource optimization, Anicaflash has assessed the possibility of entrusting content production to an automated system by taking Telestream® and Allyn, which distributes the Telestream products nationwide, into account.

Allyn has accepted the challenge and thanks to the peculiar features of Telestream® Post Producer has developed a workflow oriented to the end user. This workflow is powered by a simple spreadsheet where the scheduled elements are indicated. Thanks to its sophisticated features Post Producer sequentially classifies all sections by automatically deciding which elements to include and all possible variants based on pre-defined EDL, effectively replacing the Editing Station.

In the same workflow, using the Vantage features contained in Post Producer, other operations are also performed: automatic control and correction of Loudness and the production of definitive versions in accordance with the specifications indicated by each individual television broadcaster. The sophisticated complexity of Post Producer is by no means perceived by the operator that can monitor on a web page the execution and completion of the operations. The workflow is enhanced by the QC Vidchecker system that analyzes and certifies compliance of the final product.

The Anicaflash project is a great example of how to use the Post Producer's capabilities intelligently. In fact, the workflow, specially designed, meets all instances defined at the beginning:

• Resource Optimization - Editing stations are released from repetitive operations and can be used in more creative and cost-effective ways. The elements to be included in the spreadsheet that feeds the workflow are very few: the name of the TV channel and the name of the clips to be inserted in sequence, expressed in a simplified manner. The schedule can then be composed at the editorial level.
• Timeline - Post Producer is able to produce multiple headlines simultaneously and return the final product within a few minutes. The compliance of the material to be distributed is guaranteed, minimizing possible controversy due to non-conforming content, resulting in time savings

This result, like others in the past, has been made possible thanks to the long and fruitful collaboration between Telestream® and Allyn, a synergy that arises from the ability to understand customer needs and the use of the most sophisticated and advanced tools available today .

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ALLYN, with over 20 years of presence in the broadcast market, has directly experienced all the technological advances and revolutions, such as switching from Analog to Digital, Standard Definition to High Definition, and more recently to 4K (Ultra High Definition ). On the productive side, Allyn has participated in the realization of numerous OB Van, television studios and playout systems. In recent years, Allyn has built up a great deal of experience and a strong reputation by providing and installing a large number of video clip transcoding systems and automated quality control systems thanks to the support of leading industry companies such as Telestream.

Since 1977 ANICAFLASH produces and distributes film movie trailers on a network of 18 of the most important TV stations that populate the Italian TV scene; Thus entering the movie trailer in Italian homes and imposing a format that has characterized film promotion for years and still today, in the renewed television scenario, keeps its current relevance and effectiveness intact. The headlines also spread to radio stations, where they are broadcast by a network of five national broadcasters and over 600 local radio stations. Thanks to this widespread diffusion, the "Coming Soon" brand has become a point of reference for all movie enthusiasts and this has led to what we can call Anicaflash's "editorial turning point" with the creation of a website and a Mobile app, comingsoon.it and Coming Soon Cinema App.

TELESTREAM is a company specialized in producing tools and solutions for processing and managing video content. Many of the media companies rely on Telestream to optimize operations, reach a wider audience and generate more profits. Telestream products cover the entire production cycle in digital content, capture and video recording, encoding and transcoding, subtitling, quality control, live distribution and broadcasting, orchestration and automation of streams

TELESTREAM is headquartered in Nevada City, California but has a team of experts in Europe, located in UK, France, Germany and Sweden

Interra Systems, a US firm leader in the Quality Control software, has just announced that Laser S. Film srl, a well known Video and Cinema Post Production house owned by Andrea Di Nardo, has selected Interra Baton for the integration in their Quality Control workflow.

“During the step of defining the functionality for the new Laser S. Film Quality Control room” reported Maurizio Maroli, Marketing Manager for Allyn srl, Italian dealer for the Interra Baton software, “ it has been clear since the beginning that Interra Baton would have been the best solution and in line with the needs and spirit of the roman company”.

Baton is a Quality Control or automated content verification solution for file-based media. Easily customized for user-specified quality checks, Baton has been designed as an Enterprise application that can be easily integrated with infrastructure technologies in a file-based workflow. Baton can be hosted on multi-servers, while the functions of Baton can be easily accessed through a standard web browser thus making Baton a convenient multi-user system.

Thanks to Allyn srl proven reliability, which has a multi-year experience offering technological solutions of the highest quality and innovation to television around the world, Laser S. Film Srl has been able to extend its expertise in the field of post video and audio production from film to television.

“We are an highly dynamic and expanding company” says Andrea Di Nardo, Laser S. Film Managing Directory, “curious and attentive to new technologies that help us provide our customers with the best services to post-production such as color correction , audio mixing , mastering , subtitling and dubbing”

Specifically, we wanted to distinguish the Laser S. Film , specialized in processing video , from the Laser Digital Film dedicated to audio with the help of the latest recording technology, editing and mix for film and for television. The facility has 4 dedicated rooms for dubbing with HD projection , multichannel Dynaudio monitors, console SSL Nucleus, Protools 11 and microphones of the latest generation with source connection and 2 mix rooms with 3 edit seats and 1 transfer and data management seat"

"Furthermore," continued the Italian entrepreneur " we are one of the few , if not the only European company to have implemented in parallel the TV and movie industry creating two movie theater equipped with Dolby Atmos and Sound Meyer both equipped with 4K and 3D projector; we are also increasing our connection speed from 200 to 500 Mb to gain an almost real-time connection with the rest of the world. Our customer have a dedicated remote access to allow them not only to download the archived material but also to monitor and intervene on the project under work directly from his desk.”

The video facility is also not behind in technology and professional, in fact we have departments of Grading and Color Correction Graphics , Mastering DCP (DCI up to 4K stereoscopic)and totally integrated broadcast content delivery. The entire production process is managed in extreme speed , maintaining product quality and high safety standards as required by Majors operating in this sector, through storage and network transfer via Aspera Faspex.

“The whole structure of the Laser S. Film Srl" concludes Andrea Di Nardo" was built by selecting the best products on the market, for this reason, has chosen the software Interra Baton for the new hall of Quality Control."

" I would also add that if the Laser S Film has achieved these results is not due solely to the technology but mainly to people who work there and who daily strive to make the best products for film and television . Professionals who have years of experience and whose work is internationally recognized."

Passion , dedication , quality of service and competitiveness are the criteria that guide the company since 2001 in the film market and that make the Laser S. Film Srl a solid point of reference for the biggest national and international Majors

Persidera deploys the Volicon Media Intelligence service from Verizon Digital Media Services

ROME (27 June 2017) – Persidera, the leading independent Italian television network operator, is now utilizing Verizon Digital Media Services’ Volicon Media Intelligence service to capture broadcasted content for legal archiving, compliance reporting, and review and quality control.

“The Volicon Media Intelligence service plays a key role in our head end and playout infrastructure, enabling legal storage of all content transmitted over the past 90 days and supporting standard compliance audits,” said Bernardino Santorsola, head of engineering and broadcast services at Persidera. “It is also a useful tool for certifying playout and for exporting and sharing archived content with publishers, our customers.”

Operating five national digital multiplexes and maintaining an extensive transmission infrastructure, Persidera provides DTT broadcasting, content preparation, playout, over-the-top (OTT) delivery, connectivity, and other multimedia services in the Italian market and abroad. The Volicon Media Intelligence service allows Persidera to address key technical requirements, such as capturing, archiving and exporting broadcasted programs, and provides easy access to both live and recorded content via a straightforward browser-based interface.

Santorsola continued: “In-depth testing of the service made at our site with the collaboration of Allyn, the Italian distributor of the Volicon Media Intelligence service, has confirmed that this solution responds fully to our needs.”

Compatible with standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) bandwidth sources, as well as transport stream (TS) IP and ASI sources, the Volicon Media Intelligence service provides a unified web-based solution for rapid review, analysis and production of quality content.

To learn more about the Volicon Media Intelligence service, visit

www.verizondigitalmedia.com/platform/volicon-media-intelligence.