Corporate | 23 April 2007 12:34
NorCom Information Technology AG / Miscellaneous
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Axel Springer Digital TV using NorCom’s NCPower for Internet television
NCPower multimedia production system conquering the innovative Internet TV
market
M.P.E.C. GmbH ensuring smooth rollout and implementation as the business
partner
Munich, April 23, 2007 – The NCPower multimedia editing, scheduling and
production system is increasingly finding acceptance as an IPTV solution in
the innovative Internet TV market. Together with its partner M.P.E.C. GmbH,
Hamburg, who will be monitoring the overall project as the general
contractor right up to the final start-up, NorCom has now also been able to
sign up Axel Springer Digital TV GmbH as a customer for the establishment
of its IPTV broadcaster.
NorCom’s Apple-based TV and media production solution NCPower will support
a total of 24 workplaces at Axel Springer Digital TV GmbH’s new IPTV
broadcaster. NCPower integrates all stages of the production process
including ingesting, searches, scheduling and playout as well as providing
video, audio, graphic and text editing functionality and incorporating all
workflow components.
With its open software architecture, NCPower is a superior integration
platform allowing Axel Springer Digital TV to produce shows swiftly and
flexibly on an end-to-end platform. At the same time, the status of all
contributions from the initial idea to scripts as well as broadcast
scheduling and archiving can be monitored at all times. All tasks can be
assigned electronically to internal and external, stationary and mobile
staff and monitored efficiently.
'The system flexibility, the efficiency of the search functions and the
transparency in the production processes were the main criteria in Axel
Springer Digital TV’s decision to go for NCPower,' says Markus Wallies,
managing director of M.P.E.C. GmbH. 'We are pleased to be able to assist
Axel Springer Digital TV with its IPTV project and will be handling all
phases of the project right up to the final start-up,' he adds.
NorCom AG, which has already signed up numerous TV broadcasters in Germany
and abroad for NCPower, is thus extending its presence in the IPTV market
via Axel Springer Digital TV. IPTV gives broadcasters and consumers an
entirely new dimension in television. According to market studies, the
European IPTV market is expected to triple in size over the next two years.
'The market outlook indicates that IPTV is still in its infancy. We have
gained in Axel Springer Digital TV a customer which has already entered
this segment and built up a position offering great potential for the
future. I am convinced that further companies will recognize the
opportunities of IPTV, meaning that considerable market potential is
awaiting us,' says Viggo Nordbakk, CEO and founder of NorCom Information
Technology AG.
M.P.E.C. GmbH
Since its establishment in 2001, MPEC GmbH has been operating as a
specialist in broadcasting and media solutions. M.P.E.C. covers all
requirements for professional video production and broadcasting technology
from camcorders to postproduction. 25 employees are involved with
marketing, planning, system construction and support activities for more
than 30 producers.
M.P.E.C. GmbH is a member of the DEKOM Group, which has been playing a
leading role in the film and TV market since the mid eighties.
NorCom Information Technology AG (DE000525 0302)
NorCom AG is listed in Deutsche Börse AG’s General Standard. NorCom AG’s
current business model rests on two pillars: Consulting - this entails a
wide range of services including conventional management consulting,
business process analysis and efficiency enhancement as well as network
integration and security. Media Products - this primarily comprises NCPower
- a planning, production and newsroom system for handling all multimedia
content and including an extensive archiving function. As well as this,
NCPower features an integrated research system for retrieving all the data
required in a newsroom.
NorCom Information Technology AG, Stefan-George-Ring 23, 81929 Munich
Stefanie Zimmermann – Investor Relations
Tel +49 – 89 – 93948-0
Fax +49 – 89 – 93948-111
mailto:aktie@norcom.de
DGAP 23.04.2007
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Language: English
Issuer: NorCom Information Technology AG
Stefan-George-Ring 23
81929 München Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)89 93948-248
Fax: +49 (0)89 93948-111
E-mail: aktie@norcom.de
www: www.norcom.de
ISIN: DE0005250302
WKN: 525030
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in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg
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