CNN Chile Deploys Front Porch Digital

Front Porch Digital announced that Chile’s first 24/7 news broadcaster, CNN Chile, is relying on its DIVArchive and DIVAdirector systems to manage, transfer, secure, and afford access to the high volume of video clips the broadcaster accrues daily. Based in Santiago, CNN Chile has achieved high ratings across multiple market segments.

"In a high-pressure news operation, we need every ounce of efficiency from our file-based workflow," said Rodrigo Ceron, chief of operations at CNN Chile. "Front Porch Digital’s DIVArchive enabled us to devise a unified system of best-of-breed solutions, thus optimizing the management of our video content. At the same time, DIVAdirector gives us a cost-effective and functional MAM system that ensures our editors always have the content they need when they need it."

"To glean the most efficiency from its file-based workflow, CNN Chile recognized it needed seamless integration of best-of-breed solutions," said Pablo Miliani, Front Porch Digital vice president of sales, Latin America. "DIVArchive enables CNN to knit together a unified system to manage and move video through its entire lifecycle, from ingest and production to long-term preservation. With DIVAdirector, Front Porch Digital’s functional and cost-effective MAM solution, CNN editors have the content they need when they need it."

CNN Chile broadcasts round-the-clock with hourly cycles to keep viewers interested and informed as the news evolves. Because of that format, many versions of the same news story are needed each day. Likewise, clips from important news stories must remain available at a moment’s notice for future broadcasts. Implemented by systems integrator VGL of Santiago, the combined Front Porch Digital DIVArchive and DIVAdirector systems enable CNN Chile editors working at their desktops in the familiar AVID environment to browse, identify, and retrieve content easily both for reversioning and other manipulation.

CNN Chile also relies on DIVArchive to transfer each day’s new content to the archive at the close of each 24-hour cycle. Simultaneously, the system automatically creates proxy versions of clips so they will be available to editors and producers. DIVArchive enables frame-accurate, partial restore of clips from either disk or LTO tape, optimizing the use of time, bandwidth, and near-line storage capacity to make the system more efficient overall, as well as supporting the efficiency of individual users.

Front Porch Digital’s DIVArchive is a hardware and software solution that manages, moves, and secures digital media content throughout its lifecycle, from ingest to long-term preservation whether it’s stored on disk or data tape. DIVAdirector tracks assets in the storage system, allowing users to browse content in the form of automatically generated low-bit-rate proxies, to create frame-accurate shot lists, and to access a flexible asset metadata model using multiple query tools.