1. •Multi user and cross platform

  2. •Two column television scripting

  3. •Wire capture (ANPA/RSS) with indexed searching and attachment

  4. •Show rundown creation with timing and story information.

  5. •Archive for scripts, rundowns and wires.

  6. •Server for Mac or Windows.

  7. •No per seat licensing

  8. •User rights for read/write/create of almost every task.

CAN NCS (Newsroom Computer System)

  1. • Macintosh client or server running OSX 10.1+

  2. • Windows client or server running XP/2000/Vista

  3. • serial wire subscription for ANPA service (AP)

SCRIPT WRITING

  1. • True two column television script writing, with visuals on the left and spoken copy on the right.

  2. • Standard insert macros, VO, SOT, PKG, Fonts etc. from the keyboard or toolbar.

  3. • Wires can be attached to a story for reference.

  4. • Spell checking

  5. • Script status automatically displayed in scripts overview and rundowns.

  6. •Upon final release will be Unicode savvy


WIRES

  1. • ANPA wire parsing via serial connection and RSS feeds via internet

  2. • Admin defined categories based on slug or full text matches

  3. • Full indexed text search

  4. • Attach wires to scripts






RUNDOWNS

  1. •Auto TRT and Backtiming

  2. •Drag and Drop reorder

  3. •Automatic Page numbering

  4. •Skip items to ignore timing

  5. •Marco inserts of standard items like opens, commercial blocks etc.

  6. •Scripts linked to rundown items will show script status in rundown

  7. •Changes to rundown instantly mirrored to teleprompter.


TELEPROMPTING


  1. • Stand alone application prompts plain text files or can be tied to the newsroom rundown

  2. • White on Black / Black on White / Mirrored output

  3. • Outputs on up to three discreet screens

  4. • User configurable speeds

  5. • Prompting order can be changed up to seconds before an item begins either from the NRS or from a manual prompting order list

  6. • Uses standard video cards so clients can distribute as VGA or video signal or combo.


ARCHIVE

  1. •Scripts, Rundowns and Wires can be Archived based on a user defined schedule

  2. •Archive searches have a discreet interface that allows for a full text search in addition to date ranges

 

  1. • The suggested retail price is $25,000 with educational discounts available

  2. •Contact IMC for more information International Media Consultants Broadcast News Journalism