Solutions / Asset Management


Proximity is an innovative rich media asset management and creative production workflow provider delivering products and solutions to the television, film and post-production industry.

Their mission is to develop and market advanced rich media asset management (RMAM) and workflow optimization software for the broadcast, creative-production, gaming and corporate industries, focusing on significantly improving the way media assets are managed, moved and archived delivering compelling operational efficiencies in the management and transaction of media and rich media assets.

Proximity is widely considered to be the quintessential industry standard for the management and storage of broadcast rich-media assets. Proximity's flagship product is artbox, a complete end-to-end video asset management and workflow optimization solution.


 
artbox is designed specifically for Broadcast and Post Production users who want to maximize creative time and minimise administrative overhead.

artbox can catalog and store all media content in a station or studio, irrespective of format, and simplifies creative production workflow with tools that allow users to track their projects, associated media and outstanding tasks.

Key Features

A single searchable media catalog with thumbnails, proxies and metadata of video and stills along with full resolution content in their native format.

Extensive format support, including graphics and video file formats like TIFF, TARGA, VPB, Pinnacle, Chyron RGBA, PNG, Photoshop, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, IMX, DV25, DVCPro, AVI, GXF, LXF, Quicktime, Media100, Avid Meridian, and more.

Workflow tool that allows users to create new projects, take requests from external requesters (producers, journalists etc), add requests for media (video, graphics, script, audio), track progress of requests, deliver finished content and group all related media assets.

Newsroom system integration for broadcasters providing producers and journalists access to the media catalog from within iNews or ENPS.

Drag and drop of content between Artbox and third party creation, editing and character generation tools.

Optional Tape I/O subsystem and additional storage.

Benefits

Save time in creative production with the power to search, locate, transfer and transcode content across multiple graphics creation, editing and playout systems and formats from one application.

Ease the project management burden through use of configurable workflow tools to track jobs, requests and media.

Reduce costs by removing the need for tape based transfer and by using reliable but economical platforms.

Streamline newsroom workflow for broadcasters by tight integration with MOS compliant newsroom systems and third party templating/CG systems such as Chyron Lyric and Pinnacle Deko.

Artbox is delivered on a powerful server - all you have to do is plug it in to your network and configure it. No complicated