WSIU-TV Opts for NVerzion

NVerzion, provider of digital broadcasting and television station automation solutions, and Open Source Storage announced Southern Illinois University, Carbondale station WSIU has completed installation of its new NVerzion automation package that will control 24/7 operation of the station’s three channels, unattended overnight operations,server interface and master control interface, as well as provide a complete media database and interface to the station’s existing traffic system. WSIU has also added Open Source Storage’s award-winning OSVault’ Network Archive, providing a powerful, yet economical data management appliance ensuring the station’s ability to maintain high-speed file exchange, portability, data preservation and longevity in a non-proprietary, open network environment.

WSIU Public Broadcasting has been an integral part of the College of Mass Communication & Media Arts on the Carbondale campus since 1958,and currently provides programming and services to more than 3 million people. The installation included NVerzion’s NControl Gold Package including NGest Gold, NPoint Gold, NControl MC Gold, NBase/NView, NCommand Gold, NConvert Playlist, as well as several additional NVerzion applications which gave WSIU the ability to fully customize the installations according to their technology and budget requirements while ensuring that all elements worked together seamlessly. The OS Storage archive system is the industry’s first complete open storage solution, providing both near line and archive services in a single system. The solution enables WSIU to utilize classic operating system level interfaces and open recording formats, ensuring the station can always access its data.

"NVerzion was willing to work with us to help develop a unique technical workflow," said Terry Harvey, Director of Engineering and Technology for WSIU. "We chose solutions from NVerzion and OS Storage because of their willingness to adapt to our requirements to properly and optimally control the recording and deliver our HD and SD programming across multiple delivery platforms. I have been impressed with NVerzion’s and OS Storage’s efforts to present us an automation and storage system to exactly meet our needs."

"The digital age of the broadcast industry has amplified requirements for the amount of data being stored, transported and handled exponentially," said Reed Haslam, Director of Sales for NVerzion. "This escalation of our partnership with Open Source Storage ensures we will easily be able to satisfy the data management, accessibility and sharing requirements of our customers over real and virtual networks, long into the future."

"NVerzion is recognized worldwide for providing broadcast clients with the latest technologies designed to increase productivity, reduce operating costs, and improve broadcast quality in a fully integrated digital broadcast environment," said Chuck Larabie, Vice President of Open Source Storage. "OSVault gives NVerzion clients greater file sharing capability across the network while ensuring data is preserved and archived in an open format for the future."