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N24 Gesellschaft für Nachrichten und Zeitgeschehen mbH (N24) is investing in the future: the new newsroom system will speed up the editing and production of news and integrate reports at the touch of a button into the
news channel’s online offering. NorCom and IBM will implement the new system by the end of 2008. The contract is worth a single-digit million amount.
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s news channel is investing in new offices and modern technology. By the end of 2008, the channel will open a new studio in Berlin so it can respond more quickly to current political events. At the same time, N24 is investing in a new newsroom system with which editors can produce news faster, more efficiently and more flexibly than before. The new system
comes from software company NorCom and IBM Global Business Services (GBS), IBM’s consulting division.
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‘The integration capabilities of the new newsroom system are particularly important to us. Existing components of our editorial environment should be integrated simply and quickly,’ says Frank Meißner, Managing Director of Production and Technology at N24. ‘IBM and NorCom are delivering a system that impressed us from the outset with its precisely tailored process support, open architecture and flexible adapter technology.’
Other advantages of the system include the seamless integration of television content into N24’s website at the touch of a button, shorter production times and the possibility of using the new system across media and editorial teams to produce offerings for IPTV and mobile TV as well.
The project for the new production system has an expected duration of twelve months and a contract value in the single-digit millions.
‘Together with IBM, we are working in Berlin on one of the world’s most innovative news centres for N24,’ says Dr. Tobias Abthoff, Member of the Executive Board of NorCom AG. ‘Speed and efficiency are crucial success factors for any news channel. Producing content once and exploiting it multiple times across different media channels is also becoming increasingly important for all information providers. We are delighted to be able, by using NCPower, to make these decisive competitive advantages for N24
a reality.’
Further Links:
- Norcom
