Liberty Corporation Broadcast Stations Purchase Pathfire's Server Connect and Automation Connect Products

Liberty Corporation Broadcast Stations Purchase Pathfire's Server Connect and Automation Connect Products

Pathfire Begins Deployment of Solutions which Enable Hands-Free Content Movement and Increase On-Air Content Quality, while Eliminating Preparation Costs.

ATLANTA, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Pathfire, Inc., the leading provider of digital content distribution and management solutions for the broadcast industry, announced today the purchase of Digital Media Gateway(TM) (DMG) Server Connect for Programming, DMG Automation Connect, and redundant DMG Servers at twelve of Liberty's broadcast stations. The purchase will allow for the hands-free movement of Pathfire-delivered syndication content and redundancy of content throughout Liberty stations.

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Pathfire's Server Connect for Programming enables the transfer of digital content from DMG servers directly to the station's play-to-air server, retaining the asset in a digital format. Crispin Corporation, Liberty's automation vendor, has developed and is currently testing the interface to DMG via the Pathfire Automation Connect solution. By using DMG Server Connect for Programming in conjunction with Pathfire's DMG Automation Connect, Crispin's System2000 will manage the end-to-end movement of Pathfire-delivered content through the ingest process, making it available for play-out direct to air. This process retains the content in its original form, eliminating the need to convert the content to video. Frame-accurate timing information is delivered to the automation system, streamlining the content preparation process by eliminating tedious and error-prone manual steps. In addition to the Server Connect and Automation Connect interfaces, Liberty stations are purchasing redundant DMG Servers for each station, providing them with the benefits of redundant content.

Pathfire's Digital Media Gateway(TM) (DMG), is the content distribution platform for providers such as Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Sony Pictures Television, Paramount, Kingworld and Viacom Video Services. The IP multicast distribution platform, distributes and manages content and metadata to over 1,300 broadcast stations. In addition to Pathfire's DMG distribution platform, Pathfire's suite of station Connect solutions enable hands-free movement of all Pathfire-delivered content throughout broadcast facilities.

"A large percentage of the content our stations receive is arriving via Pathfire's DMG," said Steve Smith, Vice President of Engineering/Technology for Liberty Corporation. "We're looking to Pathfire's Connect solutions to help us not only receive content easily, but to get it to air without manual intervention. By adding these solutions to our stations, we're ensuring the content will remain in its original digital format, increasing the quality on air, while eliminating costly preparation steps."

"Pathfire's Station Connect solutions will significantly streamline the workflow process for the Liberty stations," said Jamie Meyer, Pathfire's Broadcast Stations Product Manager. "The tight integration of Pathfire's Connect solutions into broadcast environments directly interfacing with the facility's existing infrastructure eliminates errors, while significantly reducing the time to process. We are very excited that Mr. Smith recognizes the value in this content handling. We look forward to a very successful project with Liberty."

About Pathfire (http://www.pathfire.com/)

Pathfire is the leading provider of digital content distribution and management solutions for the broadcast television industry. Through the company's advanced digital IP store-and-forward technology, Pathfire distributes and monitors news stories, syndicated programming episodes, commercial spots, and video news releases to broadcast stations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

A private technology company with headquarters in Roswell, GA, Pathfire provides innovative digital distribution solutions for news networks, syndicators, broadcasters and other media companies.

Liberty Corporation - A major group broadcaster, Liberty owns 15 network- affiliated television stations, including eight NBC affiliates (WAVE-TV, Louisville, KY; WIS-TV, Columbia, SC; WLBT-TV, Jackson, MS; WFIE-TV, Evansville, IN; WSFA-TV, Montgomery, AL; KCBD-TV, Lubbock, TX; WALB-TV, Albany, GA and KPLC-TV, Lake Charles, LA); five ABC affiliates (KLTV-TV, Tyler, TX; KTRE-TV, the satellite affiliate of KLTV in Lufkin, TX; WLOX-TV, Biloxi, MS; WWAY-TV, Wilmington, NC and KAIT-TV, Jonesboro, AR); and two CBS affiliates (WTOL-TV, Toledo, OH and KGBT-TV, Harlingen, TX). In addition, Liberty owns CableVantage Inc., a cable advertising sales subsidiary, and Broadcast Merchandising Company, a professional broadcast equipment dealership.

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