Wohler Technologies has acquired RadiantGrid Technologies, whose RadiantGrid software platform boasts built-in intelligence that automates the workflow management of file-based ingest, preparation, and distribution of digital media content.
Bringing together Wohler’s modular monitoring and processing solutions and RadiantGrid’s parallel processing technology, the acquisition will enable the companies to streamline IT-centric workflows with a full range of video, audio, data and QC solutions that support the evolving needs of broadcasters.
‘Our customers are increasingly making the move to more IT-centric infrastructures and looking to file-based solutions as a way to realise increased efficiency and profitability,’ says Carl J Dempsey, President and CEO of Wohler Technologies. ‘We have assembled engineering talent to develop our own file-based solutions and the strategic acquisition of RadiantGrid – and the company’s exceptional technology and talent – expands and accelerates that program. By joining these resources, we are positioned to move quickly into new areas and to roll out innovative solutions that help broadcast organisations everywhere to deliver media efficiently, effectively, and economically.’
While there are other solutions dedicated to tasks such as transcoding and content management, Wohler and RadiantGrid technologies believe that they have the potential to move beyond stand-alone tools and solutions – whether file-based or hardware-based – with a fully integrated solution for managing content across the value chain, from ingest to delivery and back again, while employing intelligence in media processing.
By building intelligence into their systems and processes, Wohler and RadiantGrid aim to free operators for other tasks while increasing the speed and efficiency with which content can be processed for delivery. Intelligent grid processing and transcoding offers scalable, faster-than-real-time processing speeds, which can be fully automated to save both time and money.
‘Wohler products address management of audio, video, ancillary data and loudness, all with an eye toward QC-ing those signals to ensure a high quality of experience for consumers,’ says Dempsey. ‘Radiant Grid offers a file-based path to achieve the same result. We view it as highly complementary to our existing range and a logical extension of Wohler’s product offerings, from the baseband to the file-based domain.’
‘This is the most important moment in the history of RadiantGrid,’ adds Kirk Marple, RadiantGrid Technologies President and Chief Software Architect. ‘We look forward to finding creative integration points with Wohler’s strength in managing audio, video and data. Together, we have long-term plans for RadiantGrid feature and product development. Building on Wohler’s worldwide sales and support resources, as well as the company’s market leadership, we plan to follow an aggressive growth path, domestically and worldwide, and to become a dominant company in the file-based workflow space.’
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