Escenic launches major upgrade of core CMS software
Oslo, Norway, October 23, 2008: Norwegian software Company, Escenic AS announced today that the largest upgrade ever of their core CMS Escenic Content Studio and Escenic Content Engine will be officially launched at IFRA Expo in Amsterdam. The version 5.0 features a long list of new functions, and takes the professional media organizations into the real multimedia era of work-saving tools for reporters and editors.
Escenic Content Studio 5.0 enables writers and editors to complete all work,
including more peripheral tasks within the same work space. Advanced
personalized search and information panels are also integrated, enabling
each individual writer or editor to have continuously updated external or
internal feeds and information directly on their own screen.
“The new focus of allowing the writer and editor to complete all their tasks
without having to leave the Escenic Content Studio work desk has been
strengthened. To extend this even further for the multimedia specialists,
editing in dedicated expert tools have become a seamless operation. For more
advanced editing of e.g., images in Photoshop, simply click on a button in
Escenic Content Studio 5.0, edit the image, and the changes are
automatically saved back into the work space”, says Tom Skolbekken, Senior
Vice President Sales, Escenic.
New features in Escenic Content Studio 5.0 also include:
- Improved section/index page editing
- Full restructuring and regrouping of section page layout
- A new rich text editor with embedded spell checking
- A greatly improved image editor
- Drag and drop from anywhere to anywhere in Escenic Content Studio 5.0
- Full undo-redo support
- Roaming user profiles
- Improved search
Escenic Content Studio and Escenic Content Engine are used by 600 news media websites worldwide, including some of the most advanced and most visited news sites. Escenic is the core internet publishing tool for news publishers like: UK-based News International (The TimesOnline, The Sun, News of the World), The Daily Telegraph and The Independent). As well as, German Axel Springer Group, Scandinavian Schibsted, Bonnier and A-pressen, Dutch De Telegraaf, PCM, NDC, and Wegener, South African Avusa and Canadian Globe and Mail.
Escenic Content Studio 5.0 will be demonstrated live at IFRA Expo in Amsterdam, October 27-30, Hall 9, Booth 9004.
About Escenic (www.escenic.com ):
Escenic is strategic content management software for digital media publishing. Escenic technologies drive over 600 of the most dynamic and exciting news media websites in the world. Escenic has been closely tied to the media industry since 1997. Today we are proud to be considered industry leaders in our sector. With Escenic, competitive commercial enterprises gain access to the same robust technologies that professional publishers have preferred for years. In July 2008, Escenic was acquired by Vizrt. Vizrt creates leading-edge content production tools for the digital media industry - from award-winning 3D graphics & maps to integrated video workflow solutions.
About Vizrt (www.vizrt.com ):
Vizrt offers a new vision for content creation and delivery with an end-to-end
solution from ingest to visualization. Our solution combines Vizrt’s true
2D/3D graphics tools with Curious Software’s World Maps and Ardendo’s Asset
Management. Running on non proprietary software, the combination of these
unique cutting edge products ensures a seamless workflow from conception to
multi-format distribution. The latest addition to the Vizrt product suite is
Viz|3G for hand held devices.
Vizrt’s product suite is used by the world’s leading broadcasters including:
CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, Sky, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, TV Today, CCTV and NHK. Also,
many world class production houses and corporate institutions, including
both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, utilize Vizrt solutions. Vizrt
is a public company traded on the Frankfurt Prime Standard and on the Oslo
Main List: VIZ, ISIN: IL0010838154.
For more information:
Tom Skolbekken, SVP Sales, Escenic, +47 9513 5687, tom.skolbekken@escenic.com
Tom Handegård, CTO, Escenic, +47 9521 0226, tom.handegard@escenic.com
Knut I. Skeid, Managing Director, Escenic, +47 9222 0352, knut.skeid@escenic.com
