National Romanian Radio Expands mediARC System From NOA Audio Solutions

NOA Audio Solutions VertriebsgmbH
announced that Societatea Româna
de Radiodifuziune (SRR), the national Romanian radio broadcaster, has
purchased the mediARC Web module to install on its existing mediARC system at
its main facility in Bucharest,
Romania.

The
module will make it possible for regional stations to access SRR’s Golden
Fonoteca audio-heritage archives via the Internet.

"The mediARC system represents the backbone
of the SRR archive, and its order management feature already supports
transcoding to remote locations, so it was a logical step for us to add the Web
module," said Dan Barabas, SRR digital archive manager. "Because of mediARC Web, our regional
stations are at last able to access SRR archives without needing a remote
installation, which means they’ll be able to make better use of the assets in
the Golden Fonoteca project."

Golden
Fonoteca refers to the migration of SRR’s analog audio archive to a secure,
fully managed digital system for long-term preservation and improved
accessibility. SRR’s collection includes more than 125,000 hours of sound stored
on almost 600,000 carriers, including 1⁄4-inch magnetic tape, DAT tape, vinyl
and rubber records, and CDs. The full migration, which began in 2009, is
expected to take about 10 years.

SRR uses six NOA Record ingest systems, a NOA CD-Lector CD-ripping system, and
NOA MediaLector ingest software for a total of 26 stereo ingest line systems,
all of which integrate completely with SRR’s RadioMan and Internet portal
workflows. The mediARC Web module is a limited intranet Web version of the
mediARC client. Any authorized user can log on to this online catalog to search
metadata, prelisten/preview media assets, and order items in the archive. The
archive manager can restrict access to specific metadata categories for
different groups of users.

"SRR has undertaken an ambitious and valuable
service to preserve history for the people of Romania, and is accumulating a rich
store of digital assets," said Jean-Christophe Kummer, NOA managing
partner. "Adding mediARC Web will
make it easier for SRR to share this audio history with the rest of the country
and the world."