Session 1: Deployment overview

Preparation

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Description

This video tutorial provides an overview of the suite of software and its integration in the environment.

Session specific objectives

The main objective of this tutorial is to present an overview of the newsroom and infrastructure suite of applications – platforms – and their relationship to each other and the wider broadcast environment:

1. NRCS ActiveX and MOS Gateway application uses and users
2. Repository uses and users
3. MediaWatcher uses and users
4. DataServer uses and users
5. SwiftCG and Swift CG+ uses and users
6. SwiftLive uses and users
7. MediaStore rationale

Chapter 1: General Description

• Swift News and broadcast infrastructure platforms
• Critical installation paths and locations

Chapter 2: Editor platforms, projects and templates

• The Swift CG and Swift CG+ editors
• What is a project and what is a template?

Chapter 3: Repository platform

• Repository principles and rationale
• Distribution

Chapter 4: ActiveX platform

• ActiveX principles and rationale
• Updating and previewing new data

Chapter 5: MOS Gateway platform

• MOS Gateway principles and rationale

Chapter 6: DataServer platform

• DataServer principles and rationale

Chapter 7: MediaWatcher platform

• MediaWatcher principles and rationale

Chapter 8: MediaStore platform

• MediaStore principles and rationale
• Specified distribution folders

Chapter 9: Swift Live platform

• Swift Live principles and rationale
• Control with a Chrome-based web browser

Video duration

12 minutes

User Level

All new users