BBC Technology Chooses eMotion, Inc. as Supplier of Digital Media Management Solutions
IBC 2001, Stand #12.310 – BBC Technology announced today that it has chosen eMotion's MediaPartner™ 4.0, the industry leading media management solution, to power its digital media management project, entitled Mercury. BBC Technology made its selection following an intensive competitive tender that included the top providers in the industry.
eMotion, Inc. will work with BBC Technology to implement a complete
end-to-end, fully digital and tapeless production environment at
BBC Bristol. The system will manage digital material from the initial
ingest of the asset all the way through output to air.
"eMotion is thrilled to be working with BBC Technology, which
supports one of the largest and most prestigious broadcast organisations
in the world, as our first new European customer since establishing
our European headquarters in the U.K. on June 27," said Bob
Griffin, President and CEO of eMotion.
Project Mercury is developing a strategy for a next-generation production
process that will deploy fully-networked, standard desktop access
to all media assets currently in production as well as in the archive
in the BBC’s Bristol facility.
For more information, contact press@emotion.com
About eMotion, Inc.
eMotion, Inc. is the global leader in digital media management software and services, with customers that include blue-chip companies, the advertising industry, entertainment and broadcast industries and government agencies. eMotion MediaPartner ™ 4.0, the company’s out-of-the box software solution with patented technology, powers the entire lifecycle of media management - from creation and collaboration to searching, storage and distribution. The technology is available either as a product license or in a hosted environment. eMotion is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, London and Birmingham (U.K.) Most recently, President and CEO Bob Griffin was named the 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the software category for the Greater Washington area.
