Crawford Communications Implements Additional Volicon Observer®
BURLINGTON, Mass. — Nov. 4, 2008 — Crawford Communications, Inc., a leading electronic media services provider based in Atlanta, has expanded its broadcast recording and monitoring capabilities with the addition of a 12-channel Volicon Observer® video monitoring and logging solution. The new system adds additional SD and HD channels to an existing Volicon Observer implementation. Now, more Crawford clients have access to the state-of-the-art system for verification that their content was broadcast.
For several years, Crawford has been using a four-channel analog Observer system to enable one of its clients to view a downlink of the network’s aired broadcast. Additionally the system validates the integrity and quality of the signal as well as verifies that advertising ran as scheduled. With the addition of multiple SD and HD channels, the Observer system has been put into service for another Crawford client, Latin American Pay Television (LAPTV). This enables LAPTV engineers to log onto the Observer from any desktop computer to view a recording of previously aired content and, if desired, download a clip to e-mail to a colleague for viewing; for instance, to demonstrate that a graphic or banner aired as intended.
The Volicon systems replace Crawford’s previous system of recording aired content onto videotapes and shipping them to clients. “Not only does the Observer give our clients instant access, without the delay of waiting for tapes to arrive, but it’s brought us significant savings in tape stock, storage space, and recording equipment,” said Steven Southern, senior broadcast engineer for Crawford.
Southern added, “All of our broadcast clients require that we give them an air check so they can verify the integrity of the signal we are transmitting for them. The Observer gives clients much more convenience and flexibility in accessing and sharing their aired content, which offers them significant time savings as well. Furthermore Volicon’s technical support has been second to none.”
“Crawford recognized early on that by offering advanced digital video monitoring and recording to its clients, it could reap the benefits, as well as cost savings, of better and more proactive customer support,” said Julius Perl, vice president of marketing at Volicon. “We are pleased that the Observer has become such a pivotal component in Crawford’s business, to the extent that the company actively encourages its clients to adopt the Observer service.”
More information about Volicon products is available at http://www.volicon.com.
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About Crawford Communications, Inc.
Crawford Communications, Inc., an Atlanta-based, privately owned company, is a leader in the electronic media services industry and has been offering domestic and international clients a full spectrum of video, film, audio, IP-media, and satellite services since 1981. Crawford has evolved with technology to comprise the best in high definition and standard definition services including satellite transmission, television network origination and playback, satellite uplink trucks, and multi-camera production trucks; studios; remote video production; media management; streaming media/webcasting; online; creative editorial, film transfer, and color correction; sound design and mixing; 5.1 surround sound; Blu-ray and DVD authoring; and standards conversion. For more information about Crawford Communications and its services, call 404.876.7149 in Atlanta or toll free 800.831.8027. The company can be found on the Internet at http://www.crawford.com.
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