2 July 2015
- Bringing a wealth of media experience with him, Rob Fox joins arvato Systems’ New York office as VP, Media
- Rob Fox worked previously for the global news giant CNN and Rohde & Schwarz, handling Broadcast Markets for their DVS Server & Storage products
- arvato Systems will strengthen their presence in North America
arvato Systems is pleased to welcome Rob Fox to arvato Systems North America. He joins the New York office as VP, Media where he reports to Frank Zimmermann, CEO at arvato Systems North America.
With a career history spanning some of North America’s most prestigious suppliers and broadcast companies, from Avid to CNN, Rob Fox is expected to make a significant contribution to arvato Systems North America. His tasks will include working with the existing team to strengthen arvato Systems position in the USA with particular focus on Digital Media Management products including arvato Systems flagship MAM product, VPMS. Being a market leader in Germany for many years, arvato Systems solutions are increasingly used in North America. Hence, Rob is going to build a sales, delivery, and service unit to serve the growing demand for professional broadcast and media software in the US. His recruitment is another demonstration of arvato Systems continuing commitment to and engagement with the North American market.
In his most recent position, Fox handled Broadcast Markets for DVS Server and Storage products at Rohde & Schwarz. Previously, he had his own video consulting and project services company, Fox Rox Productions.
For over 10 years Rob worked at CNN in New York City where his roles included Director of Operations for their financial network CNNfn and Director of Media Operations at the New York Broadcast Studios in the Time Warner Center. Fox also spent 3 years at Avid as the Manager of Network Operations for their broadcast clients in NY and LA.
“I’m looking forward immensely to the new role. I hope to use my broadcast knowledge and extensive network to support the arvato Systems team as they expand and grow. Digital transformation is at the heart of arvato Systems and the time is right for products such as VPMS to find their place in North American markets,” says Fox.
“We are pleased to have recruited such an enthusiastic and dynamic player in the world of broadcast technology,” comments Holger Noske, VP Digital Media Management at arvato Systems S4M GmbH. “We expect Rob’s experience and expertise to play a significant role in taking arvato Systems to the next level in the USA and Canada”.
About arvato Systems
As global next generation IT systems integrator arvato Systems focuses on “Digital Transformation Solutions”. We use the technology talent and expertise of over 3,000 people at more than 25 sites throughout the world. Being a part of the arvato network and belonging to Bertelsmann, we have the unique capability to create entire value chains. Our team creates integrated, future-proof business infrastructures that help make our customers more agile and competitive, and enable them to deliver new standards of service to their customers. We create streamlined digital processes that support innovative business models. Moreover we provide operation and support services.
Customers from the world of media, one of our core areas of expertise, can also benefit from these solutions. Custom-tailored arvato Systems solutions for broadcast management, media asset management, and publishing, enhanced by marketing and enterprise solutions are in use today in more than 30 countries.
arvato Systems offers an exceptional combination of international IT engineering excellence, the open mindset of a global player, and the dedication of employees. We also ensure that all our customer relationships are as personally rewarding and long-lasting as they are successful. www.arvato-systems.com
20 April 2015
Two Broadcast and New Media solutions from arvato Systems win awards at NAB 2015
- NewBay Media Group praises AdStore, the central advertising slot sales platform for cross-media campaigns
- Best of Show Award also goes to high-performance Media Asset Management System VPMS
At NAB 2015, the world’s leading trade show for TV and New Media, arvato Systems entered two of its software solutions – Adstore and VPMS – which both won the coveted “NAB Best of Show” awards.
NewBay Media, the internationally recognized publishing group, uses the opportunity provided by NAB to honor technology solutions in key areas of the industry. NewBay Media’s Best of Show Awards are evaluated by a panel of engineers and industry experts, and are selected based on innovation, feature set, cost efficiency and performance in serving the industry.
Taking part in the competition for the first time, arvato Systems put forward two of its customized IT solutions, which both won: centralized advertising slot sales platform for cross media campaigns AdStore convinced the judges, as did Media Asset Management system VPMS. VPMS has long been market leader in Germany and is also now increasingly in use in North America.
“Recognition with an award at the NAB Show from NewBay Media’s Broadcast & Video Group is a strong vote of confidence and admiration from our leading industry publications,” said NewBay Media Broadcast & Video Group Vice President & Group Publisher Eric Trabb.
Ralf Schürmann, CEO of arvato Systems S4M GmbH, said arvato Systems’ IT solutions are able to provide effective support for TV, Production and Media enterprises around the world as they respond to the challenges of digital transformation.
www.s4m.arvato-systems.com
5 March 2015
- EditMate, the new solution for editing, provides project management extension to Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
- Features and benefits of arvato Systems’ latest innovation will be presented at Cabsat in Dubai
Broadcasters like those attending the CABSAT 2015 in Dubai face a challenge familiar to media companies across the world: Ever-increasing demands for efficiency and quality coincide with the need to move to a new non-linear editing platform, all while allowing users to benefit from the existing MAM installation. The EditMate solution is presented at Cabsat 2015 in Dubai from 10 to 12 March 2015.
EditMate was developed to dramatically increase productivity and quality control in environments where editors share networked access to projects and media files. With an optional integration to a MAM system, additional workflow control, data sharing, access control, and other advanced functions are also available.
The new tool is an elegant editing project management solution that enables collaborative editing, project sharing and easy-to-use management of all project related files within Adobe Premiere Pro CC. arvato Systems’ newest product is fully integrated as a Premiere Pro CC plugin and is an optional component for VPMS, arvato Systems’ popular MAM solution. EditMate tracks all your editing projects and also includes features for automated metadata import, housekeeping, user rights, template management and efficient import of multiple projects.
As a plugin inside Adobe Premiere Pro CC, the intuitive EditMate user interface offers easily accessible tabs for functions like Search, Create, Save, and Check In. Based on system configuration and templates, required and optional metadata are populated either by users or automatically filled in from a connected external source, such as arvato Systems’ MAM solution, VPMS.
EditMate manages all your editing projects securely, and users from any location can access projects and their related media files. To prevent disaster scenarios, EditMate manages stored AutoSaves, and users can restore their own or other projects directly through their EditMate window in Premiere. Projects that are controlled by EditMate can be locked, and, when connected for instance to a MAM system, the related media files can be flagged to prevent deletion as long as the project is active.
Administrators have the power to configure various aspects of EditMate, including metadata definitions, searchable metadata, hold-back times, templates and standard project “collections”, presets for automatically created project titles, and more.
EditMate changes the way media companies can think about and work with editing projects: From isolated “editing bays”, to networked and collaborative environments where tasks are completed by quality-focused, collaborative teams.
arvato Systems is at CABSAT 2015 in Dubai from 10 to 12 March where the company and its partner Qvest Media showcase its innovative industry-specific solutions for managing and monetizing the digital transformation at stand E3-10.
http://s4m.arvato-systems.de/com/news-events/cabsat-2015.html
26 November 2014
With two high-level appointments, arvato Systems Cologne demonstrates ongoing commitment to its Media and Broadcast customers: Matthias Dirks and Frank Schmitz will be working in Germany and abroad to optimize installation, implementation and support of arvato Systems Media Asset Management, Studio Production and Workflow Management solutions around the world.
With highly-qualified IT specialist Matthias Dirks, arvato Systems has gained a Head of Professional Services who brings not only technical qualifications, but also the know-how that comes with years of experience in international account and project management. Combined with extensive development and management experience gained in his previous role as Director of Online Solutions at arvato Systems, Dirks has the best possible background for taking over responsibility for all national and international Digital Media Management projects including installation and product deployment.
Following a successful project implementation, the highest levels of support and service have to be ensured. To achieve this, on 1st November 2014 qualified communications engineer Frank Schmitz was appointed as head of Support for Digital Media Management Systems. “It’s certainly an advantage that all my previous roles have been in the media industry,” comments Frank Schmitz. Like Matthias Dirks, he has built up a wealth of national and international project management experience and was most recently Head of Product Management at media services company, Cinram.
These personnel changes have been made specifically to address the increased demand created by the success of IT solutions for Media Asset Management, Studio production tools and Workflow Management.
More information on MAM solutions VPMS and Avamio as well as ClipJOCKEY and EditMate for studio production and edit project management can be found at: www.s4m.arvato-systems.de/com/solutions/digital-media-management.html.
21 October 2014
arvato Systems will show future-oriented software solutions for Media Asset Management at this year’s Content and Communication World in New York. In a conference session, arvato Systems technology experts will also brief delegates on the challenges of cross-media TV and advertising scheduling and will show how customized IT support can help organizations to optimize their strategies for the future.
With around 7,000 attendees, CCW is the most important event for the media and entertainment industry on the East Coast of the United States, showcasing solutions for content creation, management and distribution. International industry leaders use the event to present their most up to date technologies and production techniques. arvato Systems is once again a part of this event. The IT experts show product innovations in Media Asset Management, TV Studio production and cross-media sales.
Taking center stage will be Avamio, the compact version of the internationally successful professional Media Asset Management solution, VPMS. Avamio was developed to meet the needs of smaller TV broadcasters, post-production houses and corporate TV production companies. In addition to video content management, the system provides fast, simple search and access to content from a browser-based client. Avamio automates and simplifies many processes such as metadata editing, content upload and import, transfer, and encoding tasks, to mention only a few…
arvato Systems will also show studio the ClipJOCKEY production tool. ClipJOCKEY is a professional standalone solution for ingest and playout and is already used by many TV stations and production houses around the world.
A particular highlight this year will be arvato Systems’ presentation at the CCW conference. Together with Black Arrow’s Senior Vice President of Business Development, David Stengle, Eivind Sandstrand will discuss and illustrate real-life IT implementations for cross-media monetization. During the session, “Bridging the Gap between Linear and Non-linear Advertising” on 13th November at 2pm (CET), delegates will learn how, by implementing simple techniques and integration steps, existing IT infrastructures can manage the non-linear business models of the future.
arvato Systems is on Stand 1149. The session will take place in the Streaming+ OTT Theater, Javit Center, New York. Contact: corporatesales@s4m.com
