IBC2005, Amsterdam, 9th September 2005 - Jutel and Ardendo have agreed to integrate their Jutel RadioMan and Ardendo Ardome solutions to create a unified professional Media Asset Management and production environment for TV and radio broadcasters. The integration will be commercially available in Q1/2006.

Jutel’s RadioMan Enterprise Edition is the most comprehensive and robust solution for critical radio broadcasting and Media Asset Management needs. With its versatile Media Asset Management (MAM), workflow management, cross-media support and multi-tier architecture, RadioMan Enterprise Edition dramatically improves all operations from scheduling and production to live assisted broadcasting and full automation of multiple output channels. The unique design of RadioMan Enterprise Edition makes it a perfect fit for any radio station format: music, news, talk, sports, national, international, satellite, public and commercial radio stations will all benefit from RadioMan Enterprise Edition.

Ardendo’s Ardome product represents the foundation and the central repository for all media process information. Integration with leading editing, scheduling, newsroom and playout automation systems is a key strength. Together with the other components of the Ardendo product portfolio (ingest, transcoding, proxy editing, file management, scheduling and basic playout tools), Ardome creates a complete end-to-end solution for broadcasters and media companies.

Together these world leading products provide an integrated environment that is especially suited for major broadcasters producing full scale TV and Radio services. The integration will provide seamless material sharing and archiving as well as a common platform for radio and TV news operations. It will also allow the use of same production toolset through all editorial processes.

IBM partnership brought Ardendo and Jutel together

Both Jutel and Ardendo are members of IBM's ISV Advantage for Industries Initiative, a program that provides independent software vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the industry-specific needs of Jutel’s and Ardendo’s customers – the broadcasters.

Initially the companies were brought together through IBM partnership and today IBM offers Jutel and Ardendo solutions to the broadcasters around the world.

About Ardendo

Ardendo is Ardendo is a software company focusing on complete solutions for the Broadcast Industry. The main focus area is media management, digital archives, browsing solutions and system integration. From headquarters in Sweden, Ardendo supports an international customer base, including early adopters in transforming broadcasters into an IT centric production environment.   A key strength of the Ardendo software approach is to build common modular components but then to provide customer-specific customisations and configurations in support of the each broadcaster’s workflow.

Visit Ardendo on the web at http://www.ardendo.com

About Jutel

Jutel is a global provider of digital content production and broadcasting systems, founded in Finland in 1984. Jutel is a forerunner in the field of digital convergence offering highly sophisticated software solutions for radio broadcast content management. The company invests over 20% of its yearly revenue in product development and over half of its personnel work in R&D. Teaming Jutel’s vast experience in the field of radio broadcasting alongside powerful partners like IBM has created an unbeatable solution for major broadcasters. Jutel and IBM have been business partners since 1995 and today Jutel is a Premium Business partner of IBM. This partnership delivers an end-to-end solution of software, hardware and industry expertise for world’s leading broadcasters like BBC, RTE (Ireland), ERTU (Egypt), KDAB (Korea) and the Finnish Broadcasting Company who know that technical excellence can make a difference. Jutel is a true believer of media convergence and is already working with mobile operators and hardware manufacturers to develop unique solutions for the mobile media. For more information, visit www.jutel.fi.

Jutel-Ardendo Press Release.pdf

For more information, please contact:

Ardendo
Erik Åhlin
VP Sales and Business Development
Mobile: +46 730 80 80 32
Office: +46 8 753 79 70
Skype: erik101
Vendevagen 87
SE-182 32 Stockholm
SWEDEN

Jutel
Antti Nevalainen
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Mobile: +358 44 730 1624
Office:  +358 207 476 200
Skype:  antti_nevalainen
Fax:     +358 207 476 210
E-mail: antti.nevalainen(-at-)jutel.fi

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