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Changes flagship newsroom computer system to story-centric model
As broadcasters increasingly produce content for new platforms, including the Internet and mobile devices, The Associated Press (AP) is changing the underlying architecture of its ENPS (Electronic News Production System) newsroom computer system to keep pace.
In recent years, AP has gradually been adding enhancements to ENPS, which is utilized by some 58,000 users across 700 newsrooms in 57 countries, to match stations' evolving workflows. But the company is now in the midst of a more complete overhaul of the system; it has been underway for the past 18 months and should be completed by late 2010. ENPS is moving from a traditional rundown-focused model, where the user interface is based on arranging stories in the order they will appear in a 30- or 60-minute newscast, to a story-centric model that makes it easier to simultaneously produce content for multiple platforms.
"It's not just about producing for the TV screen, it's about taking a story anywhere," says Lee Perryman, AP's director of broadcast technology.
At the NAB Show in April, AP demonstrated components of the new version, ENPS 7.0, that will be available this summer and can be "bolted-on" to ENPS Version 6.0. The new software tools make it easier to repurpose stories from a traditional newscast rundown for the...