Harris Integrates Marquis Medway Within its Media Management Products for Greater Workflow Productivity

Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has signed an OEM agreement with Marquis Broadcast to help boost broadcasters’ workflow productivity by enabling them to seamlessly transfer digital information between their archives and third-party workstations and video servers.

The agreement enables Harris to integrate the Marquis Medway Media Highway software within the Harris® H-Class™ Intelligent Media Mover and Invenio® H-Class™ Digital Asset Management systems. Medway allows media files to flow freely between disparate, third-party nonlinear editing (NLE) platforms, all from a single user interface. By integrating Marquis’ Medway within the H-Class Intelligent Media Mover and H-Class Digital Asset Management systems, the Harris software now enables the seamless transfer of digital media and metadata assets between its own archives and third-party systems such as NLE workstations and video servers.

The solution creates a user workflow that enables broadcasters to search catalogued content within the Harris® Invenio® media archives and create instructions for moving SD/HD content from the Harris® NEXIO™ server into vertical production environments, such as when using Apple® Final Cut Pro® editors in a standalone configuration or with Apple® Xsan® storage, or Avid editors with Unity. This unified integration helps users by facilitating the access, ingest, transfer, storage and play out of media to air.

“As a leader in asset management, Harris has always pursued a product development strategy that’s dedicated to promoting a highly efficient, automated workflow spanning the broadcast and media infrastructure. The OEM agreement between our companies will provide a compelling solution for media companies looking for maximum output from their workflow processes,” said Tim Thorsteinson, president, Harris Broadcast Communications. “By integrating Medway within our asset management products, we can offer our customers powerful, transparent media workflows across all broadcasting applications.”

Marquis Broadcast has completed the integration of Medway into the Harris asset management product line, and now offers on-going product support to Harris customers. The integrated solution is available now through Harris’ global distribution channels, with product installation provided by Harris.

“Medway is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for moving digital media across the broadcast production pipeline,” said Granby Patrick, CEO of Marquis Broadcast in Bershire, UK. “Our OEM agreement with Harris will provide broadcasters worldwide with fast, efficient workflows to satisfy even the most demanding production workflow requirements.”

About Marquis Broadcast
Founded in 1999, Marquis is a leading specialist in the identification, design, and implementation of new workflow solutions for the broadcasting industry. Marquis is also a developer of project management and systems integration solutions that enable broadcasters and other digital media professionals to achieve maximum efficiencies from their workflow processes. Marquis has been instrumental in the redesign of hundreds of television stations and newsrooms worldwide. Although broadcasting forms its core business, Marquis Broadcast’s software and services are designed for all IT-based processes. Additional information about Marquis Broadcast is available at www.marquisbroadcast.com

About Harris Corporation
Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of about $4 billion and more than 14,000 employees — including more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications™ products, systems, and services for global markets, including government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and wireless transmission network solutions. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com