When news is your most important asset

Who is ATCA short profile of Newsasset Ltd parent company

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ATC – history in brief

iLab and Consulting Services

Newsasset & content

solutions

HCM solutions

ERP & Banking

solutions

Mobilesolutions

Outsourcingservices

Newasset LTDUK subsidiary

MediaAssetUAE subsidiary

Athens Technology Center (ATC) designs, develops and supports

innovative software applications , providing high technology, end-to-end

solutions to Government entities and Private sector around the globe

Multimedia technology

& content solutions

Kiev Rep

Office

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ATC - Profile

Founded in 1987, as a private company, located in Greece

Employs 200 people, incl. highly

skilled IT engineers

ISO 9001: 2000 Certified

Technology business partners

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ATC – Business Units

Business Solutions

•Manufacturing

•Distribution

•Banking

•Business Process

•Outsourcing

Media & Content Solutions

•News Management

•Document Management

•Publishing

•Web solutions

•Corporate Portals

•Digital Signage

Human Capital Solutions

•Learning, Talent & Performance Management

•Collaboration Solutions

•Web-conferencing

•Testing & Assessment

• “Off-the-shelf” & custom courseware

Mobile Solutions

•Mobile Workforce Collaboration

•Mobile social networking

•Apps Extensions

•Custom apps

Innovation Lab

•Custom application development

•Mobile application development

•EU & National funded R&D Programs

•Project Management

•Platform Integration

The suiteSolutions for the media industry

newsasset Publishing newsasset Agency

end-to-end editorial & news distribution system for Publishers

fully integrated multimedia news management system handling all News Agencies operations

newsassetA variety of choices

webasset mobileasset

advanced, flexible CMS platform for creating and managing web portals

newsreaders and other native applications

mobile web

adasset ….and much more

ad booking & account management

classified ads management

digital signage interface

newsasset

Modular, configurable, easily personalized

Easily adapted to customers environment and philosophy

Cover all aspects of activity in a media organisation

Built around powerful news content management tools,

independent of publishing channels

Journalistic approach to editorial system environment

Seamless integration with existing third party systems

Significant cost reduction & enhanced production quality

Solutions for Media

newsasset

An innovative cross-media suite covering

the overall planning, multimedia production &

workflow

content management & archiving process

cross channel publishing and distribution

needs

of any contemporary publishing or news agency

organization.

The product Suite

newsasset

Strong multimedia and multichannel publishing

capabilities

covers print, web and all mobile technologies

streamlines operations and helps reduce

production times and costs

allows users to deploy innovative new business

models and strategies

delivers a significant competitive advantage

The product Suite

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Agency Edition

Delivery channels

Newspapers/

Magazines

Web services Social Media RSS&

Podcasting

Satellite Email Mobile E-reader Digital

signage

Adaptation for Multiple Channels

Web content

management

Subscribers& Services

Real time monitoring

Content creation and aggregation

Integrated Multimedia

NewsroomMultiple Wire ServicesArchiving & Searching

Planning

> Eventcalendar

ExtendedAPI

Integration with other

applications

WebAccess

Content creation

preview, packaging

An all in one news,

digital asset

management &

content distribution

platform

Multiple receiving services

Enhanced automated reception of

news assets from multiple media,

sources and wires

Configurable engine for ingesting

news assets (files) from any source,

delivery channel and format.

Integrated serial port capability.

Supporting all standard industry data

formats (ANPA, IPTC, NewsML etc.)

Agency edition

Multiple receiving services

Configurable Notification Filters

data base scanning for incoming items dealing with subjects where

there is particular interest

popup messages for news alerting

Auto Refresh option

real-time operation extending upstream to the display of filter results

Agency edition

Editorial event management & planning

An Event driven engine enabling fully

interactive co-ordination of all Agency

activities:

managing upcoming events

planning news coverage

allocating resources & assigning events

to human resources

notifications for new or updated

assignments

calendar Monthly, Weekly or Daily

views permit efficient work plan

monitoring

Agency edition

Editorial event management & planning

Editorial planning, embedded into the

workflow, allows linkage of Events and

Editorial content

Planned News can be created by

Events

Events can be defined by

processing Unplanned News

Upcoming News Coverage and

Events can be published for the

Agency’s customers

Efficient Information exchange via

industry standards (i.e. EventsML)

between customers and providers

Agency edition

The Integrated Newsroom concept

Covering all editorial steps

planning, gathering & selecting, creating, editing & producing, publishing/distributing & archiving

via a friendly, industry-standard interface all sources of assets (internal,

user generated, web accrued, wired)

all types of multimedia

all types of workflow & news asset management activities

Agency edition

The Integrated Newsroom concept

Channel independent content & support for a

wide range of formats

Agency edition

Stories production

News Items created by journalists/correspondent

Editors review, edit if appropriate, and distribute

News Items

Agency edition

Real time monitoring

Real-time production monitoring

who is working on what,

monitor status of each one of the News

items

preview content as it is getting updated

Editorial & Work plan monitoring

departmental leaders overview all the

assignments (tasks)

top users track all currently open

assignments in the Agency

Agency edition

Searching & Archiving (DAM)

An innovation of large file volumes management

advanced functionality for storing, searching and tagging of multimedia assets, whether user-generated, web accrued, or wired.

centralized, integrated & secure electronic environment easily locate & exploit archived material, link

associate objects along with categorizing and storing new content

easy to use, flexible and smart query builder

consolidated system filters to support effective user collaboration and shorten production time

Agency edition

Searching & Archiving (DAM)

Advanced functionality for

storing

searching

management

of multimedia news assets

Flexible & smart query builder Agency edition

Searching & Archiving (DAM)

Search Filters easily composed and applied

Metadata-based filters allow discovery of assets content type (i.e. image, video, text, etc)

geographical location

subject categorization

and more

Agency edition

Searching & Archiving (DAM)

Archiving process completes the news production cycle

No additional action (work) to do in order to store items after the distribution

Agency edition News Item Created News Item Approved

News Item Distributed News Item Archived

Aggregation

Simple search to retrieve syndicated web content, i.e. news headlines, blogs and more, using an open source search engine

Simultaneous, “quick” search for content in news aggregation and internal archive by typing only a few descriptive search terms

Searching & Archiving (DAM)Agency edition

Subscribers & Services

Simplifies the process of

creating and managing

News Services/Products,

for all supported delivery

channels fully automatic, user

controlled semi-automatic,

manually

Providing flexible Services

to customers by exploring

metadata content

Agency edition

Subscribers & Services

Extensive Service/ Product configuration &

personalization

Pricing structure development

Advanced Subscription management

Advertisement and notifications’ management,

Fees calculation and integration with back office

systems

Agency edition

Broadcasters module

Broadcaster module

Integrates Radio & TV news production workflows

with print, web, mobile and tablet publishing

Put in place a true Create Once and Broadcast &

Publish to Any Channel workflow

Integrated newsroom management for all activities of

Media Organizations

Common Multimedia Database for all publishing &

broadcasting channels

A valuable addition

Broadcaster module

View Program Schedules, Programs and News Items in customizable

windows environment

Advanced text processing with estimated news reading duration and

embedded comments, hints, and production instructions

News Items include broadcast specific details (e.g. Headline, Reporter,

Presenter, Program Order, Owner)

Can integrate with news transmission automation software (e.g export

content to teleprompt devices (BDL Autoscript, etc.)

Plan a news program through an ordered set of abstract topics with

planned duration, presenters, reporters, etc. Then produce the program

by making a new script for each topic or assign an existing script to a

topic

A valuable addition

Broadcaster module

Print or send program rundowns, displaying topics,

duration, order, presenter

Easily create auto formatted copies of program

scripts, items and schedules

Separate Search Interface for Program Items Archive:

Search by channel, Program Type, Status (open or

closed) Program Date, Program Time & Patterns

MOS protocol support

A valuable addition

Broadcaster module

TV and Radio stations can create daily news

programs according to customizable prototypes

and schedule templates

Programs are displayed on a daily, monthly and

yearly basis

An open system, which supports multiple

broadcasting channels, interfacing easily with

existing 3d party autocue and newsroom systems

A valuable addition

A balanced solution

for all your needs

Multichannel content distribution

Web content distribution &

delivery

Mobile Devices and e-

readers

RSS & Podcasting

Satellite and alternative

channels

Digital Signage

Agency edition

webasset portal builder mobileasset

Dynamic Content

Management platform

Portal functionality, smart

search and Web Marketing

Popular web features and

social platforms supported

Easy to use and flexible

environment of

communication

No need for special technical

knowledge

Native applications (eReaders)

for all OS

Retrieving information from

other customer’s systems

Open API

Push / Pull model

Digital Publishing

for News & Media

Custom Mobile & Tablet

solutions

Multichannel content distributionAgency edition

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Front Page

Category Based News

Local News

Bookmarks

Articles support text, images &

embedded multimedia

Audio & Video playing options

eReadersfor extreme user experience

Multichannel content distribution

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Search

Social Media integration (email, Facebook, Twitter)

Google Analytics

Easily customizable – Can be up and running in a month!

Smartphone apps for journalists also available

eReadersfor extreme user experience

Multichannel content distribution

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Multichannel content distribution: eReaders

Stories presented in categories

• top / world news, politics , business,

technology, lawful subjects etc.

Top Stories and latest headlines

Multimedia items embedded in stories

• audio & video playing options

Online news & media applications

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Multichannel content distribution: eReaders

Share news stories by email,

Facebook and Twitter

Refresh controls to see the

latest stories and updates

Scrolling areas

Online news & media applications

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Online news & media applications

Article reader

Share news stories by email,

Facebook and Twitter

Font controls to increase or

decrease the story text size to suit

you

View list of stories of the same

category

Navigate to next and prior story

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Content offered via media eshop based on subscription plans

Exploit every new or all

past content available

Create new revenue streams

Multichannel content distribution

Why chose newsasset Agency edition

Why chose newsasset Agency edition

Multi-channel publishing from one production platform, incorporating ATC’s 15 years of experience in media systems

Unique, end-to-end multimedia solution with flexible workflow control and real-time monitoring

Efficient receiving, planning, editing, production, archiving and publishing

Short production cycles, through improved editorial process, built-in image enhancement and automatic layout

Flexible and fully configurable solution, using media industry standards and channel – neutral formats, for fast deployment of multi-channel publishing

Graphical User-friendly Interface

State-of–the-art technology and social networking

Multilingual platform, available in every language.

RoI factors on everyday operations

Substantial reduction of production processing time and

operational expenses

Creation of a unified (for all file formats) and instantly reusable

digital archive, simultaneously with the production processes

Minimization of the time needed for collaboration and

exchanging of content between different users until the final

form of the publication

Control and rationalization of the news publishing workflow,

resulting in the minimization of errors

Quick new personnel training to the new technologies

Internal meetings time reduction

Why chose newsasset

Agency edition

RoI factors on resources

Common Integrated newsroom and infrastructure for

all distribution channels

Reduction of the technical system software support

needs and operational expenses

Redirection of the Technical Development personnel

power to other “revenue driven” applications

development

Why chose newsasset

Agency edition

Customer portfolio

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Newsasset Agency edition Customers

Athens/Macedonian News Agency

LUSA - Portuguese News Agency

PAP - Polish News Agency

RIA NOVOSTI (Russia) -News Agency

Tunisian Press Agency

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Newsasset Agency – Customer testimonials

Polish News Agency

We are very satisfied with the customer-oriented attitude of ATC in our everyday cooperation. The News Asset editorial IT system allows PAP’s journalists, editors and sales staff not only to make full use of IPTC metadata, but also to develop our internal workflow with all of its traditions, habits and new ideas. ATC is always ready and eager to help us in creating new functionalities and new possibilities. When we look for new solutions - we can be sure ATC will understand our needs perfectly.

Mr Ryszard NiżewskiHead of the Operational Committee for the Tryton (newsasset) Editorial System

RIA Novosti

Being a leader in multimedia requires streamlining all content production and distribution functions. We see newsasset at the core of such integration.

Mr Maxim FilimonovEditor in ChiefHead of Integrated Newsroom

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Newsasset Agency – Customer testimonials

ANA News Agency

The new system, implemented just before the Olympic Games, allowed the Agency to support unprecedented demand for covering and delivering vast amounts of multimedia news; five years down the road, continuous system upgrades maintain its freshness and usability

Mr Andreas ChristodoulidesConsultant to the President –General Director

LUSA

newsasset Agency edition is today one fundamental tool at Lusa: its implementation really improved the efficiency of the production and distribution workflow. The system proved to be very simple but simultaneously robust and integrated. It also enabled Lusa to proceed faster in the multimedia path, a key success factor in the media industry

Mr Paulo Nogueira dos Santos

Technical Director

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Newsasset suite Customers

Publishing edition

Labrakis Press the largest publishing group in Greece (more than 30 titles)

TA NEA Daily Newspaper

TO VIMA Weekly Newspaper & Online Portal

NAFTEMPORIKI – Financial Business Daily Newspaper

KERDOS Financial Daily Newspaper

REAL NEWS – Real.gr Newspaper Web Portal

Broadcasters module

Antenna TV / RADIO

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Newsasset Suite Customers

ATHENS NEWS Weekly Newspaper

PELOPONNISOS – Newspaper Patras

MACEDONIA - Daily Newspaper

DIAS PUBLISHING HOUSE - Cyprus

FILELEFTHEROS Newspaper – Cyprus

NOVINE Newspaper – Montenegro

ESPRESSO – Tabloid Newspaper

NEA KRITI – Newspaper Crete

RETHIMNIOTIKA NEA – Newspaper Crete

EMPROS – Newspaper Lesvos

POLITIS – Newspaper Chios

Daily Newspapers Journalists Assoc. Of Macedonia – Thrace

Technical University of Patras – Department of Information Technology & Media

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