Intellique SARL, a provider of open source network storage and archival systems to the broadcast and post-production industries, and Chyro Conseil SARL, a software company specialised in web-based applications for media content management, have implemented a combined technology solution.

The system brings to the market a ready-to-use and affordable package for television professionals, producers, enterprises.

Both companies have experience of audiovisual work processes and have engaged on this partnership with the aim of addressing the challenges of digital transformation: speed of execution, flexibility of resources, digital workflow and output, conservation of media assets, simplifying technical infrastructure, cost reduction.

For Intellique this collaboration is a continuation of its customer service culture.

"This is a compelling and coherent step forward for us and one sought after by our clients." says Thierry Bloch, CEO Intellique, "In recent years we have seen a growing demand from enterprises for closer integration between technical infrastructure, business applications and content. As ever the performance and reliability of our systems are key features but increasingly there is a call for tightly integrated, operational, software/hardware solutions. We are delighted to have been able to work with Chyro in developing a new system designed to meet market challenges."

For Chyro this partnership is the result of intensive R & D.

Jacky Degorre, former CTO of MultiThematique (Canal + Group) and CEO, Chyro, adds: "The broadcast industry is having to cope with increasingly complex IT infrastructure implementation and our goal is to provide a complete, accessible and easy-to-use Channel Management solution. I am very pleased that our team to has been able to design and build with Intellique engineers a package providing a TV Channel Management system out-of-the-box, running on proven and tested network servers. With Chyro Web Suite TV channels can manage their broadcasting rights, metadata, files and linear and nonlinear broadcasting, from a single enterprise-grade server."

The bundled solution comprises up to 4 Chyro Web Suite licenses, including a MAM and traffic system, and an Intellique network file server, integrating StorIQ technology, with up to 100TB of net storage. On option Chyro Web Suite is also available with StorIQOne archiving application for content preservation and file migration to LTO, disk, cloud. Scalable, the system is easy to host and is manageable via browser-based access.