On The IBC Exhibit Floor: Octopus

Octopus | Stand 7.A39| https://ibc.octopus-news.com

Octopus is a new, flexible newsroom computer system designed to scale with all the challenges that modern newsroom workflows present.

The system is developed to ease the work of broadcasters who are using a traditional linear TV or radio workflow and also expanding to support latest-generation mobile digital viewing devices.no support collaborative teamwork fully.

Octopus integrates smoothly with leading-brand broadcast systems such as studio automation, MAM, playout, graphics, CG and teleprompters. It also supports web CMS systems and the most popular social media sites. It is a powerful solution designed to close performance gaps and reach your digital audiences.

With its story-centric workflow based on a powerful new calendar, Octopus enables newsrooms so collaborate closely on a topic by topic basis no matter what the output format or platform. Newsrooms can reduce their running costs with Octopus by sharing content and resources between multiple teams contributing to the same topic via different platforms.

Octopus is unique in facilitating a two-way workflow: traditional linear or file-based viewer-selectable digital. This helps customers naturally transform into a more digitally oriented newsroom while providing without losing their existing strength in a linear workflow.

The Octopus NRCS system is ideal for all kinds of television and digital production, including TV or radio rundowns, sports broadcasting, website and social media publishing as well as eSports production. It is very easy to implement, simple to learn and can fit into almost any newsroom environment regardless of size, language and user experience level.

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