Tapeless Tops Wish List

摘要

What is CBS's No. 1 engineering project for 2004? Creating a program-origination system in its New York studios and replace aging cart machines with video servers. After evaluating automation software over the past year, the Tiffany net is close to tapping a vendor to control the servers, says Bob Ross, senior vice president of East Coast Operations. Hardware decisions will come later. "We can go with whatever hardware we want," says Ross. "These software systems are really hardware-independent. They are focused on our workflow, as custom applications. We don't do the stuff a local station does at the network level."