Tapeless Workflows Roundtable

Bob Gentry, Managing Partner of Marquis Consulting, recently featured on a panel examining the latest news, thinking and advice on Tapeless Workflows.

The Rapid TV News Roundtable discussed how technology has changed over the past few years and what is evolving in terms of the latest experience on the subject.

The panel discusses standards, what broadcasters should expect - both in terms of saving money and improving the efficiency of production processes, the role of Consultants and systems integrators, and questions the different solutions available for emerging markets.

The panel chaired by Chris Forrester, Editorial Director of Rapid TV News, included Dimitris Papavassiliou, Head of Digital Workflows, Cisco and Chris Simons, Vice President Automation and Asset Management, Harris.

To view the panel discussion in full click here

Video Content

0. Introduction

1. Definition: What does Tapeless Workflow mean? Are there different definitions?

2. How does today's demands on broadcasters differ from 5 years ago?

3. Who should be investing in Tapeless Workflow?

4. Who should write the specification for a project?

5. Does location or size make any difference?

6. What are the challenges?

7. What about content ingest?

8. What has changed over the past few years?

9. Is enough done to protect fast-changing video capture methods?

10. Can tape still be a preferred option?

11. And what about quality control?

12. Emerging markets: Can we learn from lower-cost deployments?

13. Who holds the broadcaster's hand?

14. Are consultants a neccessary evil?

15. What rules the system? Internet Technology (IT) or broadcasting skills?

16. Is IP the bedrock?

17.What are the critical steps?

18. How do broadcasters ready get for the future?

19. Are low-cost options available?