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SHOW PREVIEW | 26-28 June 2018

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VSN Brings New Products and
AI Solutions to Asia-Pacific
VSN will introduce the latest features and functions of its VSNExplorer Media Asset Management
solution to the Asia-Pacific region during BroadcastAsia 2018, booth 4N5-02...

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isitors will be able to see demos of
VSNExplorer MAM with its 100% Webbased editing tool Wedit including brandnew features such as audio waveforms and
voiceover capability, plus a new MOS Media
Bus 100% HTML5 for NRCS, VSNExplorer
Plugin and artificial intelligence (AI)
capabilities for automatic metadata detection
via cloud API integration with professional
media analysis services such as Azure,
Google or IBM.

Latest developments
Nicholas Morgan, VSN's Sales Director
for APAC, says: "VSN is placing a strong
focus on the implementation of some of
the most up-to-date technologies that we
believe will be crucial for the future of media
management and content production. These
include AI functionalities, such as speechto-text, image processing, face recognition,
object detection, sentiment analysis, audio
effects detection, contextual information and
text transcription and translation.
"This new production-enabling technology
is used to automate metadata detection
and extraction and to enhance business
intelligence
gathering
processes,
combined with the introduction of 100%
cloud environments for our entire solutions
portfolio.
"We are showing these new features for
the first time in Asia, along with new
production tools including Wedit with

voiceover and our web-based NRCS
Plugin, bringing an even more powerful
solution to our broadcast and media
customers in the APAC region."

connection. Users are provided with
broader access to all types of daily tasks,
from programme scheduling to automated
file transfer and delivery, to video servers
and online and social platforms - all from
within the cloud.

New Tools for Broadcasters
and Journalists
Launched in its first version at NAB
Show 2017, Wedit is a tool developed
in HTML5 that allows journalists and
editors to edit videos and prepare them for
broadcast or online and social platforms
from a single and unique interface, without
having to switch to a non-linear editing (NLE)
option.
As already showcased at NAB 2018,
the tool now also includes audio editing
and voiceover capabilities, while Wedit's
features are also fully available in the cloud
to ensure maximum flexibility for users. The
new MOS Media Bus, VSNExplorer Plugin,
is also provided as an add-on feature to the
VSNExplorer solution and has been fully

Expansion of
Hong Kong-Based Team

AI functionalities include face recognition

developed in HTML5 to avoid the need to use
or install additional hardware or software. In
essence, this web plugin for NRCS systems
enables users to edit and unify video files and
graphics directly within the journalists' NRCS
GUI. It is compatible with most newsroom
computer systems (NCRS), including
Octopus 8, Inception from Ross Video,
iNews from Avid and others, and is integrated
with the NRCS via the Media Object Server
(MOS) Communications Protocol.

Cloud-based Integration

VSNExplorer MAM features Web-based editing tool Wedit

In addition, VSN will be presenting its latest
cloud-based production solutions, following
the implementation of four VSN systems
to the cloud - VSNOneTV, VSNCreaTV,
VSNExplorer and VSNWebTV. In this way,
VSN technology enables broadcast and
media companies to manage and deliver
all their content and data anywhere and
anytime, just by using a standard internet

Ahead of BroadcastAsia 2018, VSN is
expanding its APAC team at its Hong Kong
office to reflect the increasing importance
of the region to its business.
Nicholas Morgan says: "Asia has long
been one of the three regions where we pay
special attention in terms of international
expansion and the development of the VSN
brand.
"The region has significant potential for this
industry's future and we are building up our
team of experts at our APAC headquarters
to ensure that we better support our existing
APAC clients, while also exploring new
opportunities for business expansion.
"I believe there is significant potential
in APAC for VSN's advanced workflow
enabling technologies, and we are continuing
with our strategy to build a substantially
increased presence over the coming years.
Customers in APAC need to be exposed to
new technology options that provide their
production teams with tools that are better
suited for the future media landscape."
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