Canada’s National Newspaper Now Live on Escenic
Oslo, Norway, Sept 08, 2009: The Globe and Mail’s digital and mobile offerings are now driven by Escenic’s leading CMS and Mobile Solution
Escenic is pleased to announce that The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper based in Toronto, has gone live with their digital and mobile offerings on the Escenic CMS and publishing platform.
The Globe and Mail uses Escenic Content Engine and Escenic Content Studio to create, edit and maintain their online content. Their mobile sites are built and hosted by the Globe and Mail’s own resources using Escenic Mobile Solution which includes integrated technology and competences from Escenic’s partner Mobiletech.
“Escenic and Mobiletech will help form the solid foundation from which The Globe and Mail will build its online and mobile offerings for years to come. The power of the platform and the fact that it gave The Globe the ability to directly control our digital future were key factors in the decision,” said Angus Frame, the Vice-President of Digital Media at The Globe and Mail.
The Globe and Mail’s online media and mobile offerings powered by Escenic include: GlobeAndMail.com, GlobeAndMail.mobi , ReportonBusiness.com and GlobeInvestor.com.
Last year, The Globe and Mail selected CCI and Escenic to create a multimedia newsroom for its print and online properties. The implementation project has been a successful collaborative effort with Escenic, CCI and The Globe and Mail’s own resources contributing.
About The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a division of CTVglobemedia, a dynamic multimedia company, which also owns CTV Inc, Canada's number-one private broadcaster. The Globe and Mail produces The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, read weekly by more than two million people, as well as a stable of high quality magazines led by Canada’s most read business magazine, Report on Business magazine. The Globe and Mail also manages Canada’s number one newspaper website, globeandmail.com, and a suite of specialty sites and digital offerings.
About Escenic
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.
About Mobiletech: www.mobiletech.no
Mobiletech is a software company that provides scalable and flexible products and services to enable the mobile web. Mobiletech was founded in 2005 and has grown to become a leading worldwide provider of advanced mobile enabling software and services for major media companies, brands and corporations. The Mobiletech Mobile Web Framework covers all the tools and elements needed to enable an engaging presence on the mobile web and removes the technical complexity of delivering content to multiple devices, browsers and networks.
About CCI: www.ccieurope.com
Founded in the 1700’s as a newsprint company, CCI Europe is today the leading provider of editorial and advertising solutions for multi-media news environments. The CCI AdDesk, CCI NewsGate and CCI NewsDesk systems are the most robust and powerful in the industry, and are implemented in over 100 news organizations across five continents. CCI provides the platform to support evolving needs of the world’s largest news organizations, and scalable solutions to help growing media brandsoptimize business strategies. Constant innovation and strong customer commitment remain the cornerstones of CCI’s business model. CCI is an Oracle Certified Partner.
About Vizrt: www.vizrt.com
Vizrt creates leading-edge content production tools for the digital media industry - from award-winning 3D graphics & maps through integrated video workflow solutions to online publishing tools.
We propose a new vision for content creation, management and delivery with an end-to-end solution from conception to multi-format and multi-platform distribution.
Through constant innovation and a good measure of fun, we create software and services that push creative boundaries, develop new ways of telling stories while always taking into account our customer’s bottom line.
Vizrt’s product suite is used by the world’s leading broadcasters and publishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, Sky, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, the Globe and Mail, The Telegraph, and Welt Online. Furthermore, many world-class production houses and corporate institutions, including both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, utilize Vizrt solutions for the real time visualisation of information.
Vizrt is a public company traded on the Frankfurt Prime Standard and on the Oslo Main List: VIZ, ISIN: IL0010838154
For more information:
Knut I. Skeid, Managing Director, Escenic, +47 9222 0352, knut.skeid@escenic.com
Oyvind Orbak, +1 212 560 0708, oyvind.orbak@escenic.com
