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BFE
Markets & Industries
Media & Telecommunication
Content Creation
Intelligent IT Solutions for Content Management
The digital media landscape is changing rapidly. The ever increasing convergence of media and changing user habits are posing new challenges for editorial teams: Big data, social media, digital storytelling, marketing automation, personalization, new end devices. In the field of online publishing in particular, ever more innovations are taking root, and changing editorial workflows. Here supportive IT solutions for reducing workloads are required in particular.
On the one hand, to create up-to-date high-quality content, and on the other to ensure a consistent user experience across all channels — be it websites, social media, PCs, tablets, or smartphones. To this end, you need to be able to analyze, process, and visualize extensive data volumes from a variety of sources. Only in this way can you generate relevant information.
Are you ready? Have you analyzed and optimized your work processes? Are your IT solutions able to meet all the new editorial challenges? Do you use traffic analyses, CRM data, and real-time information from social media?
Trust in our BFE as your experienced partner to manage these tasks. We have years of experience in planning and implementing customized, production-supporting IT solutions for a wide range of applications. Our competencies include analyzing existing work processes as well as designing new, modern workflows in the production process.
Our scope of services includes:
Workflow analysis
Design, implementing and service of solutions in
Media asset management systems
Bulk storage and archives
Content management systems for editing of multimedia content
Playout and automation for linear content, OTT and social media platforms
Production infrastructure (servers, cameras, mixers, matrices, etc.)
Software solutions for controlling (KSC CORE, KSC SILKNET) and monitoring ("SinAlarm")
Design and implementation of necessary audio and IT infrastructure
Design and production of individual furniture with highest quality for production and editorial departments
Based on your individual specifications, we develop IT solutions that are precisely tailored to your requirements. Our project implementations focus on product neutrality, maximum quality, and optimum durability, while also keeping a close eye on deadlines and costs. Do you have high expectations? We will meet them!
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Performance capability in the smallest Space
Radio Bremen, founded in 1945, is ARD's smallest regional broadcasting agency. Halving ARD's financial compensation reduced the broadcaster's revenue annually by a third of the budget. Because of this, a package of measures was developed which included combining radio and television on a shared site. Introducing file-based television production also meant that it was necessary to enhance program material usability, as well as processes regarding central administration, archiving, and trimedial use. This project, along with the later upgrade of the networked production systems, was implemented by BFE.
Bayerischer Rundfunk
State-of-the-art studio for Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) is a public-service broadcaster located in the Free State of Bavaria, with its headquarters in Munich. The BR has been an active public-service broadcaster in Bavaria since 1949, and is a member of the ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland — Consortium of public broadcasters in Germany). When the project began, the broadcasting technology in studio FM2 had already been in operation for 16 years. The increased tri-medial orientation of BR and the integration of real-time graphics, studio automation, online content and social media, as well as high demand for hardware and software, required an innovative and holistic concept.
Deutsche Welle
New studio with modern graphics system
The broadcaster Deutsche Welle is the state overseas broadcasting service of the Federal Republic of Germany and a member of ARD. Its German locations are situated in Bonn and Berlin. At these locations, people from 60 countries produce multimedia, journalistic content in 30 languages. Since BFE had already successfully completed projects for Deutsche Welle in the past, the decision was taken once again to enter into collaboration for the renovation of Studio 3 in Berlin.
MBC Group
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The Middle East Broadcast Center (MBC Group) in Dubai operates 24 TV channels and several radio stations. With more than 1,500 employees worldwide, programs are broadcast to over 150 million Arabic-speaking viewers and listeners. In 2010, MBC decided to introduce a completely tapeless system environment with file-based workflows for program and transmission planning, editing, broadcasting, and archiving. The project also included migrating from SD to HD without interrupting transmissions, as well as migrating the existing taped material to a new long-term archive. Following an international tender, BFE was chosen as the partner to oversee the entire project.
TopVision
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Al Kass
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The Al Dawri & Al Kass sports channel, located in Doha (Qatar), reports mainly on national sporting events such as football along with the Asian Games, AFC Asian Cup, the Gulf Cup of Nations and more. New HD-based TV studios and production control rooms had to be planned and implemented to accompany the transfer of the broadcast production environment into new buildings.
SRG SSR
Broadcast vans with compact media power
The Swiss radio and television corporation SRG/SSR is the largest electronic media company in Switzerland. An additional broadcast van was required for outdoor television broadcasts in order to reinforce the media fleet. BFE was tasked with this project due to its comprehensive experience in developing and equipping broadcast vans for international broadcast customers.
ProSiebenSat.1
Tapeless workflow for material pool and playout center
The ProSiebenSat1 Group is the leading private television broadcaster in Germany, and one of the leading television service providers in Europe. As a technical service provider, ProSiebenSat1 Produktion (PSP) is responsible for the playout of its free and subscription TV channels in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. PSP manages all production units of Sat1, ProSieben, and Kabel Eins, including concept development for OnAir design, advertising, and audio design, as well as production of trailers and marketing. As part of the broadcaster’s expansion, all tape-based processes had to be switched to file-based processes to increase the efficiency of broadcasting operations, and transferred to a highly-automated environment. The foundations were laid in two subprojects – the material pool and the playout center. The new tapeless workflow was used for the first time in these areas.
RTS\RSI
New multifunctional production room and studio refit
Radio Télévision Suisse is part of the SRG SSR Group, and the public broadcaster for the French-speaking area of Switzerland. RTS produces four radio stations and two TV channels, which are broadcast nationwide. The planned switch from SD to HD also required the production room to be upgraded to HD production.
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