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In This Issue:
Issue Highlight
It's All About Workflow

Live Production
Online Product Demos

News & Sports
Vortex Workflow Overview

Editing
MTV Selects Pinnacle Systems' Liquid Editing Solutions For Innovative Networked Media Strategy

Content Delivery
Pinnacle Servers at Turner Entertainment

Events
Satis, 21 – 23 October, Paris, France

NewsWorld, 21-23 October, Dublin, Ireland

SBE - Boston, 29 October, Marlborough, MA

Broadcast India, 28 October – 1 November, Mumbia, India

TRBE 2003, 3 6 November, Moscow, Russia

InterBee, 12 – 19 November, Makuhari, Japan

SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition , 13 – 15 November, New York, NY

Product Reviews
A Look At CinéWave 4

Pinnacle Liquid Edition 5.5 — First Look

User Stories
Liquid blue Makes the Volkswagen Touareg Look Good; Norbert Vander, Managing Director; Novalis GmbH

Three guys, three Macs and CinéWave are all it takes to get the job done for HBO, ESPN; Brendan Werner, Editorial Director; Perception

Cool Things
NEW Live Production Interactive CD

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Issue Highlight


It’s All About Workflow
In today’s competitive world you need to have an edge. Pinnacle Systems’ IT-based workflow solutions for post and broadcast allow you to do more – more editing, more graphics, more news – while staying within your budget. Click on the following links to view the new interactive production workflows for networked editing, content delivery, automated graphics and news production. These workflows show you how broadcasters are utilizing Pinnacle products in a typical work environment. Explore the workflows at your own pace while getting valuable insights. Note: You will need Macromedia Flash Player to view the workflows.


Live Production

Leadership in Networked Live Production Workflow
Pinnacle Systems has been developing networked production equipment for years, enabling us to deliver field-validated solutions that are proven to meet today’s changing workflow requirements. Pinnacle Systems’ live production solutions are based on IT-enabled technologies offering the same high speed networking technologies and interoperability that you take for granted on your desktop PC.

Check out these NEW Online Product Demos for a better understanding of our award-winning Deko and Thunder software features.

FXDeko II
Deko1000
DekoCast
Thunder


News & Sports

Vortex Product Overview
Vortex workflow is end-to-end. Journalists, news directors and producers have easy access to media for editing and browsing with metadata and simple tools for ingest, editing, and playout.

For a solution overview of the Vortex architecture, application areas, and product details, please click on one of the links below. You can either view the presentation live or request a CD to be sent to you for viewing at your convenience.

Click here to receive a Vortex Interactive Presentation CD
To view the Vortex Interactive Presentation live, please click here.


Editing

MTV Selects Pinnacle Systems' Liquid Editing Solutions For Innovative Networked Media Strategy
Pinnacle recently announced the decision by MTV Networks Europe (wholly owned by Viacom) to deploy Liquid blue, chrome and Liquid Edition (formerly Liquid purple) editing tools within their new, shared workflow operations in Benelux. The purchase is part of an extensive program by MTV Networks Europe to build a fully networked broadcast environment for their MTV, TMF and Nickelodeon TV channel groups within the region. Click here to read the full article.


Content Delivery

Pinnacle Servers at Turner Entertainment
When ground was broken in March 2000 on a 198,000 square foot facility in Atlanta, housing Turner Entertainment Networks’ new Network Operations Center, the engineering staff was given the mandate to streamline its capability to ingest and playout content for improved efficiency. By September 2003, this new facility will be home to 19 Turner Entertainment Network feeds including TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, and Turner Classic Movies. Click here for the full article.


Product Reviews

"Pinnacle has taken the proverbial bar and raised it ten-fold in the world of post production: From image quality to production workflow to real-time interoperability, CinéWave 4 delivers on the promise of Final Cut Pro as a professional Post Production standard. " A Look at CinéWave 4, Walter Biscardi, Creative Cow Final Cut Pro, CinéWave, and Atlanta FCPUG Forum Host 7/28/2003
Click Here For Review


"...(Edition is) an awesome and easy to master editing software.

...Now you have a real professional color corrector, with more features than you can shake a stick at.

...Pinnacle has done it right!" Pinnacle Liquid Edition 5.5 - First Look, by Jan De Wever 9/29/2003 www.abcdv.com



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