FlipFactory

FlipFactory from Telestream is a video transcoding and workflow automation application. It enables the transfer of media and metadata files between professional video systems, including catch servers, broadcast servers, edit systems, streaming and distribution servers, storage area networks and digital asset management systems.

FlipFactory is used by News Digital Media, and Australian News Corp, to do all their video transcoding.^[1] BBDO New York also uses FlipFactory from Telestream to help them go tapeless.^[2]

Specifications

• Avid and Dolby E workflow integration
• Pass through and decoding of Dolby E for broadcast and editing
• Avid workflows ingest and deliver media files and metadata in and out of Avid TransferManager Interplay networks
• Microsoft IIS7 Smooth Streaming
• Loudness correction for ads
• HD VANC data preservation and insertion
• H.264 closed caption support for IPTV workflows^[3]

References

• Technicolor highlights broadcast services at NAB – David Austerberry – April 22, 2009
• High-Definition Ads Arrive Via IP – Robin Berger – October 1, 2008
• FlipFactory and Launch automation – Marco A. Rivera – May 2008
• Flipping over HD – Claudia Kienzle – January 9, 2008
• Case Study: Simplifying Digital Asset Management – Nancy Davis Kho – December 28, 2007
• Automating the web workflow – David Stewart – October 2007
• Telestream breaks into sports graphics arena – TVB Europe Editor – April 12, 2007

1. "News Digital Media selects Telestream FlipFactory for video transcoding".
2. "Artesia, Telestream help BBDO New York go tapeless".
3. "Telestream Demonstrates Transcoding and Workflow Flexibility".