Capture, Edit, Schedule, Deliver and Archive News and Music Programming.

DaletPlus Radio Suite is a broadcast and asset management system designed for digital radio operations. It streamlines the production and delivery of news and music programming by maximizing resources while ensuring reliability. DaletPlus expertly handles workflow environments with time-sensitive production demands and mission critical delivery requirements. Incorporating a set of easy-to-use production tools and comprehensive workflow management, DaletPlus facilitates every step of the process: audio and newswire acquisition, search and retrieval, production, script editing with embedded audio, planning, scheduling, broadcast, and archiving.

Highlights

Radio Suite
PROVEN
Thousands of radio stations worldwide use Dalet tools everyday. RELIABLE DaletPlus' unique distributed server architecture results in systems with no single point of failure. CUSTOMIZABLE DaletPlus OnAir offers a user interface and layout that can be configured to the needs of an individual broadcast studio or studio operator. SCALABLE Enterprise-wide deployment, highly scalable (up to several hundred workstations on a single or multiple locations). PRODUCTIVE DaletPlus offers a central, shared knowledge base across a user organization with layers of configurable security rights. FAST A few seconds after a recording has started it can be either played on the air or edited while still recording. OPEN Easy integration (XML/MOS) with Newsroom Computer Systems other than DaletPlus such as Dalet OpenMedia or ENPS. STATE OF THE ART Simultaneous broadcast over new media outlets such as DAB, the Internet and interactive TV without requiring significant additional resources.

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News
NewsEdit Scripts with embedded audio bites Journalist Studio Microphone

Rundown and Assignements

Studio-Operator Control Room

Self-Operate Mode: NewsCast

Studio-Operator Assist Mode

DaletPlus offers an end-to-end solution for radio news operations by merging the functionalities of a newsroom computer system, broadcast production system, and broadcast playout system. A flexible workflow management platform allows DaletPlus to accommodate a wide variety of newsroom workflows and operating models.

Modules at a glance

Radio Suite
General Features Integrated assignment desk offers one-stop task planning and assignment. User configurable audio/visual alerts of new assignments, important wire arrival, and story rejection/approval. Integrated instant messaging facilitates user communications and collaboration. Fully redundant design provides reliable multi-user, multi-site, multi-station, and multi-rundown support. Easy 3rd party system integration with MOS protocol. Integrated workflow management streamlines task assignment and story approval cycles. Multiple, programmable criteria-specific alerting levels. Simple Windows Explorer-like browsing. Fast keyword searching. Dynamic customizable filters to sort and organize wires. User rights management to regulate wires access. DaletPlus NewsEdit Integrated rich-media word processor designed for news script writing. Microsoft WordPad-like interface and functionality. Drag-and-drop inserts: production notes, reader changes, time reservations, and rich media titles (audio, image, or video). One-click preview and editing of audio inserts. Produce broadcast ready scripts that can be: - Placed in a rundown. - Used in another DaletPlus OnAir application. - Repurposed on websites, iTV, and other new media channels.

Key functions include: Task Assignment and Approvals Rundown Scheduling Automatic Assignment Notification Source Material Management (wires, audio bites, stories, contacts, web...) Multiple Media Editing (text, audio, image, and video) Approval Management Broadcast Operations Instant Updates of Broadcast and Rundowns
DaletPlus AudioSurfer Integrated, easy-to-use multi-track audio editor for producing news. Rundown Management Supports an unlimited number of rundowns. Create, place, and arrange rundown items (story, block, rundown, etc.) via keyboard shortcuts or drag-and-drop. Independent timing calculations and studio assignments for rundowns and blocks. One-click suspension of an item from rundown and/or timing considerations. Placement of items into multiple rundowns. Insert Breaking News at any time in any spot in the rundown. Color-coded display of story status (assigned/submitted/ approved/rejected). Display, during broadcast, actual/remaining duration, and over/under time based upon read rates and duration of embedded clips. DaletPlus NewsCast News broadcast module for managing the rundown and presenting scripts; Scrolling/Prompting Features Prompter-like view of the rundown. Self-scrolling script display with prompter line guide. Adjustable scrolling speeds. Preview upcoming scripts. Audio bites embedded directly in the script. Automatic or presentercontrolled play out of audio bites. Self-Operate Mode Presenter reads scripts and triggers audio play out. Studio-Operator Assist Mode Allows multiple people to read scripts, trigger audio play out, and make rundown/story changes. Synchronized view of latest scripts and rundowns among all users. User customizable workspaces and views. User rights management regulates access to scripts and rundowns.

DaletPlus NewsWire Integrated wire management for receiving, cataloging, and browsing wires. Support for up to 64 incoming wire feeds (internal/external). Automatic extraction of meta-data. Full indexing of all wires. Incoming wire notification via audio and/or visual alerts.

Audio Editing
Dalet's AudioSurfer is used daily by thousands of radio professionals around the globe (we don't want to imply that you need to be an audio engineer; anybody can use it). It serves as a world-wide reference in the radio industry. DaletPlus introduces collaborative audio editing, an innovative feature for radio content producers. While incoming audio and video material (DaletPlus extracts audio tracks from video) is captured, editing can begin while the feed is still being recorded. Journalists and producers can monitor all incoming feeds directly from their desktops using DaletPlus MediaWall. With just one click, they can immediately review ingested material, extract clips to the DaletPlus ClipBin, and share them instantly with other users.

AudioSurfer Single to multi-track editing

Modules at a glance

Radio Suite
DaletPlus MediaCutter Quick clip extraction from incoming feeds while recording Shared clipbins for collabortive work. One click mark-in/mark out. Simple metadata entry. Extract audio tracks from video. Save clips as a new file or export EDLs to an editor. Annotate while editing. DaletPlus ClipBin Allows easy collaborative sharing. Drag and drop for immediate sharing by others. One-click preview of clips. Simultaneous editing available to multiple users. Clip-based timeline; rearrange and save as a new file or EDL. Supports audio and video clips. Full-text search, including metadata with filters. Displays link clip to original recording. Color-coded bars display the original source recording relative to clip.

DaletPlus AudioSurfer An easy-to-use, professional multi-track audio editor. Fast, Simple, One-Click operations. Single to multi-track editing according to user preference. Mix of multiple audio formats in the same track: linear, MPEG-1 layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3). Record, import, edit, and merge multiple tracks. Edit while recording. Record audio directto-timeline. Configurable keyboard shortcuts. Graphical fade-in/out control. Track-by-track graphical gain control and volume curves. Simple voice-over recording, editing, and dubbing. Saving of edits as digital audio files or broadcast-ready EDLs. Clip time compression/expansion (+/- 5%) without affecting pitch or introducing audible artifacts. Frequency adjustment (up/down). Dynamic compression and expansion. Multi-track time shifting

DirectX Plug-in Support 3rd party DirectX effects can be applied to any output on AudioSurfer. DirectX effects include compressors, expanders, equalizers, reverbs, flangers, aural exciters etc

Audio Capture

AudioRecorder One Click recording

TrackFiler Digital transfer of tracks from CDs and Nagra Ares-P/RCX220. MediaWall Live monitoring of incoming audio and video feeds.

DaletPlus offers a variety of audio capture tools designed to capture CDs, live events, satellite feeds, Nagra recorders, digital files, and other analog signals. Even the capture of non-audio material such as news wires and video feeds are supported.

Key features include: Automatic capture via scheduled ingest or manual recording tools. Play and edit audio material while recording. Multiple audio format and bit rate support. DaletPlus fault tolerant distributed architecture with no single point of failure. Soundblaster compatible or Digigram Audio Cards (PCX 822, 924, 22, VX 222 and MixArt 8).

Modules at a glance

Radio Suite
DaletPlus AudioRecorder One-Click Recording Record up to 8 simultaneous channels per workstation. Tape deck-like controls to record, pause, and fast forward. Auto-Trim erase beginning/end silences. Set cue points and markers Set default mix parameters for auto-segues. Mono or stereo recording Multiple compression and audio formats supported. Digital File Transfer Exchange digital audio files between Microsoft Windows and DaletPlus by drag-anddrop from Windows Explorer to the DaletPlus Base Browser window. Auto-trim/Auto-normalize. Supports multiple audio. formats/definable list of formats Converts and transfers tracks from Nagra Ares-P/RCX220. DaletPlus NewsDepot plug-in Collecting field contributions by phone or ISDN DaletPlus gateway for Arbor NewsDepot server. Unattended, secure news gathering via any network, any format: phone, PSTN, ISDN, GSM, UMTS, Internet, satellite, leased lines, G.722, MPEG, and file transfers. Automatic transfers from NewsDepot to DaletPlus. Multi-channel hi-fi mail box. Automatic detection and conversion of incoming audio. DaletPlus MediaWall Live desktop monitoring of incoming audio and video feeds. Multiple feed monitoring. Video or audio waveform display. Microsoft Windows Media 9 multicasting. One-Click audio muting.

DaletPlus TrackFiler Faster than real time transfers from CDs (through CD Rom drive) or Nagra Ares Recorder (through USB) Inserts metadata directly to DaletPlus database (from www.cddb.com for CDs and Nagra titles).

DaletPlus ActiveLog Scheduled recordings and logging for large-scale ingest. Multiple bit rates, mono and multi-track audio. Immediate access to captured material while recording. Intuitive scheduling calendar to automate every detail of multiple recording sessions. Distributed and redundant infrastructure, delivering maximum reliability and guaranteeing no single point of failure during the recording process. Detects and masks failures in real-time, and provides the continuous, uninterrupted writing and reading of audio and video material. Never miss a recording. All incoming material is captured continuously in the background in a temporary storage buffer. If the beginning of the recording is missed, go back and "start" the recording in the past.

External device control such audio switchers. Optional automatic transcript generation using advanced speech-to-text engine.

Smart Scheduling

MixEditor Great sounding audio segues and voice-overs.

DaletPlus BaseBrowser Create, manage, and access rundowns and playlists.

DaletPlus Schedule View, edit, and manage rundowns and playlists.

DaletPlus includes advanced scheduling tools to create and manage music playlists and news rundowns. Easy-to-use templates enable single, multi-station and multi-site scheduling, including advanced status and notifications, and shared views.

Modules at a glance

Radio Suite
Overall Features Radio and rich media (DRM, DAB or IP) broadcasts. Scheduling of various media types (audio files, EDLs, stories, or macros). 3-level scheduling structure: item, block and rundown. Independent timing calculations and studio assignments for rundowns and blocks. Simultaneous multi-user collaboration on schedules. Controlled access through sophisticated user rights management granting permissions to view, create or modify schedules. Live Updates - Immediate reflection of schedule changes through real time synchronisation with broadcast applications. Changes are immediately reflected to all users. DaletPlus BaseBrowser Create, manage, and access rundowns and playlists. Windows Explorer-like navigational interface. One-Click schedule creation by applying pre-defined scheduling templates (patterns) to a program or block of time. Unlimited number of patterns of various lengths (show, day, week, month). Multi-station schedule access via drop-down menu. Calendar view access. User rights management regulates schedule access and permissions. DaletPlus Schedule View, edit, and manage rundowns and playlists. Tabular display of scheduled items (stories, media titles, machine commands), production, and timing information. Drag-and-drop and keyboard shortcut operations. User or group-level configurable views and display formats (fonts, color, language). Scheduling of text strings and graphics for multimedia (Web, DAB, Satellite Radio, or DRM). Flexible and rich display of timing information: Scheduled/computed start/end time, computed/planned duration, current time, guide time, aired

start/end time and duration. Mandatory time constraints: automatic application of fillers, fade-outs, or cross-fades to satisfy time constraints.

DaletPlus MixEditor User-friendly graphical interface for great sounding audio segues and voice-overs. Dynamic waveform display allows for quick and precise mixes. Mixes can be prepared/modified in advance or live during a broadcast. Multiple transition effects: fade-in, fade-out, voice-overs, gain adjustments, voice ducking, and overlaps. Gain adjustments (- 60 dB to +12dB) for track segments or overall combined tracks. One-Click mixing - pre-defined mixes can applied with one click. Easy voice track recording and trimming with innovative graphical voice ducking. Placement of unlimited number of voice-overs anywhere in the transition. Unlimited undos and redos.

DaletPlus Music Scheduling A modern music rotation system Multi-user operation incorporating music scheduling workflow control. Music Rotation Engine uses sophisticated rules respecting cross channel and day-wide separation, implementing varying recycle weights and pattern placements. Fully customizable by attribute, by genre, by channel. DaletPlus PrintForms for the customization of existing reports and the creation of user defined reports.

Workflow Management Full integration with DaletPlus workflow management features. Assignment Desk - Task/Story assignment and notification. Status monitoring: Realtime update of the status of each scheduled item. (submitted, approved, aired) Customizable workflows. One-Click approvals and annotations directly from schedule.

On Air
DAB Multimedia

Interactive TV

Carts

OnAir Player

Modules at a glance

Radio Suite
DaletPlus Carts Cart-like interface for playing out audio clips. News, music , and commercial play out. Keyboard/Mouse or Dalet Control Panel operation. Visual up/down counters. Integrated broadcasts with OnAir Player and/or Newscast. Save and retrieve cart lists. Chaining/Looping. Configurable displays: cart slots, fonts, size, color, and chain behavior. Waveform displays and scrubbing allow easy placement of begin and end cues.

DaletPlus combines over 12 years of proven broadcast reliability with a new generation of full automation and live-assist user interfaces. With a modular approach, DaletPlus can create a custom tailored studio environment. These modules have been optimized for ease-of-use and efficient station operation. There are interfaces specifically for both news and music broadcasts, over traditional AM and FM signals, as well as rich-media platforms such as DAB, DRM and interactive media channels.

The broadcast capabilities of DaletPlus share a common foundation - the Dalet Broadcast Server - managing all tasks associated with scheduling and broadcasting. It operates on a distributed and redundant infrastructure, delivering maximum reliability and guaranteeing no single point of failure. DaletPlus Broadcast Server detects and masks failures in real-time and provides the continuous, uninterrupted playout of audio material. When one hardware or software component is down or fails, the broadcast continues without any disruption.

DaletPlus NewsCast Prompter-like view of the rundown. Self-scrolling script display with adjustable scroll speeds. Audio bites embedded directly in the script with automatic or presenter-controlled play out. Self-operated and control-room-operated live assist modes. Allows last minute changes to script and audio bites. .

DaletPlus OnAir Player Automated or operator assisted playlist/rundown player. Scheduled play out of audio, scripts, EDLs and macros. Up to 4 discreet audio output channels. Autopilot mode for walk away automatic play out. External fader and GPI/O control. Drag-and-drop loading of audio, scripts, and rundowns/playlists. Multi-format play out and mixing: Linear, MPEG 1 Layer 2 and MPEG 1 Layer 3 (MP3). Customizable layout of buttons, display (fonts, colors, size), keyboard shortcuts, and fields. Up/down counters: Current Item, Radio Station, Time of Day, Current/Next Block, Current/Next Playlist, Stop Watch, Gap. Assignable rights to access and edit rundowns. Full integration with scheduling last minute changes are automatically updated system-wide.

DaletPlus Netback Backup for disaster recovery. Manual or automated backup of logs, spots and sound files. Multiple simultaneous backup sessions. Immediate fail-over to backup platforms for instant broadcast resumption. Supports a wide variety of backup schemes and models. Monitoring of log and file transfer statistics. Dalet Broadcast Server Underlying broadcast platform for all on-air applications. Supports multi-channel and multi-destination broadcasts. Simultaneous rundown/playlist collaboration among multiple users. Reliable non-stop broadcasting through a multi-tier distributed architecture allowing for no single point of failure configurations. Multimedia broadcasting of graphics, video, HTML, XML. Simplified 3rd party integration and customization with an open architecture.

Multi-Platform Broadcasting Extend playlists/rundowns to new media channels (DAB, HD Radio, DRM, webcasts, Interactive TV, etc.) Incorporate multimedia material into programming: Program Associated Data (PAD) and Non-Program Associated Data. RDS through RS-422 or TCP/IP. Synchronized delivery of media and meta-data via HTML, XML or text-based protocols. IP-streaming and webcasting (Real Media and Windows Media Compatibility) with customizable player skin. Dalet Control Panels Studio control hardware user interfaces Selection for accessing titles in the DaletPlus BaseBrowser. Carts for dedicated control of DaletPlus carts broadcast application. Navigator for dedicated playlist triggering in OnAir Player.

Group Connectivity
Journalists in the field
Internet Content Catalogue DaletPlus Servers InterWeb PC or Mac with Web browser

DaletPlus InterWeb is the most versatile web-based newsroom collaboration tool. Through Internet Explorer, journalists can access, edit, exchange and store audio, scripts, wires, and feeds in real time. Locate source materials current or archived immediately. Share information and source materials between multiple news locations or different news organizations.

Remote Sites
Central Site Regional Site

Workstations on regional site (LAN)

Content DaletPlus Catalogue Servers

InterWeb

Internet
Transfer Request

Content DaletPlus Catalogue Servers

Transfer Request

Transfer Module

File Transfer (FTP) Processed in background following rules

Users in remote sites can drag and drop material from a remote database into their local database. Administrators can define priorities for transferring audio based upon user, categories and priority flags in other to utilize the bandwidth available.

Database Replication
Radio groups with stations in multiple locations can take advantage of DaletPlus distributed infrastructure to share resources. This infrastructure integrates application data and processes by coordinating, converting, and distributing audio files and playlists via Internet. News content can be automatically replicated from regional stations to a central location. Playlists can be created in one site and automatically sent to other sites, with the associated sound files. A Remote DJ feature allows groups to extend the reach of a popular on-air personality by having him or her record voice-tracks in one location and automatically transferring it to other stations for playout.

Web Distribution

All material (text, audio, images, video) can be automatically converted and easily re-purposed for publication onto the web, interactive TV and new generation mobiles.

Managing the complete content lifecycle

A Ingest
Source AudioRecorder One-click recording. 1 to 8 stereo inputs. TrackFiler CD CD grabbing with CDDB automatic titling. TrackFiler for Nagra USB File transfer from Nagra Recorder. NewsDepot Remote contributions by phone or ISDN. MediaWall Monitoring of live audio and video feeds right on the desktop.
Remote Site

B Editing
AudioSurfer 1, 2, 4 and 8 track editing. ClipBin Storyboarding. Instant sharing of clips between users. MediaCutter Mark in/out while recording. Real-time annotations Searches on audio tracks. NewsEdit Rich text format word processing. Embedded audio bites, production notes and time reservations. Multiple readers and read-rates. RichMedia Forms Customizable user fields for cataloguing material.

C Scheduling
Scheduler News rundown, commercial blocks and music shows. Multiple sites, stations and studios. Assignments and approval cycle. Multiple views. MixEditor Easy voice track recording and segue editing. Music Rotation Music programming, Multi-station, Multiple users, unlimited constraints rules engine. Impex Interface with third-party scheduling and traffic systems.

D Broadcast
Carts Fully configurable cartwalls. Chained slots. Easy cueing and loops. OnAir Player 1 to 4 stereo outputs. Walk-away or live-assist. Customizable displays Fault tolerance. NewsCast Text prompter with audio clips play out. Self-operated or control-room/studio. NetBack Automatic backup of playlists and audio titles. RDS ASCII Exporter Automated ASCII output. OnAirNow! for DAB Multimedia broadcast. OnAirNow! for WebCasters Direct multimedia streaming Windows Media and Real.

E Distribute
Audio Conversion Server Conversion to/from MPEG (layer II and III) and Linear (BWF, RAW, PCM). Image Conversion Server Conversion to/from JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIF. Dalet Web Portal Automatic publishing in HTML, WML or XML. InterWeb Secure Web access to DaletPlus database. Distribution and Conversion Agents Rules-based format conversion and distribution.

DaletPlus is an enterprise-wide media asset management system providing radio stations with an end-to-end, turnkey solution capable of managing the complete lifecycle of audio material from ingest and production to scheduling and broadcast across multiple sites. Altogether, these DaletPlus capabilities translate into a broadcast solution that guarantees a lower total cost of ownership and provides a significant return on investment.

ActiveLog Recorder Scheduled and manual recording of multiple audio and video feeds.

F Archive
ArcLite Manual archiving on CD and DVD. HSM Interface On-Line, Near-Line and Off-Line storage.

Main features at a glance

Agency Wire feeds IPTC and NewsML text feeds. Automatic categorization.

Search One-click full-text search Advanced search (AND, OR, NOT, NEAR or Fuzzy search - words that differ by a given number of letters).

Teamwork & Workflow Tools Status Management. Check In/Out prevents simultaneous access conflicts through asset locking and notification. Version management, tracking and history. Revert, at any time, to any previous version. Instant messaging and automatic notification, with links to media assets in the database. Edit while recording. Approval Management User profiles define rights to use tools and grant approvals. Approval process is integrated into the workflow and fully configurable. Access Rights User profiles define access rights (view, edit, etc.) to the media content catalogue, meta-data fields, rundowns and DaletPlus modules. Rights assignment on a group of users and/or individual level.

J2EE Java Integration Platform with 3rd Party Systems Exchange of meta-data titles and programs through MOS or more advanced XML interfaces.

Storage and Media Asset Management Scripts, Photos, Graphics, Audio, Video, Production Logs, PDFs, URLs or files of any type can be stored in DaletPlus Highly scalable and flexible architecture. Compatible with standard storage solutions: hard disk, storage servers, SANs, and HSM systems. Automatic, rule-based transfer of files from online to archival storage. Meta-data remains online allowing archived assets to be included in future searches. Automated text, images, audio and video format conversion.

Multi-Site Support Database replication and automated distribution to multiple destinations. Workflow and User Rights across multiple sites.

Radio Suite
Easy system integration
Design Christophe Nutoni www.instinctcreatif.com

Tighter workflow management

DaletPlus improves productivity by facilitating collaboration across multiple teams. Approval management is optimized to simplify time-sensitive production and ensure mission critical delivery. With advanced security and status features, DaletPlus provides the tools to easily implement and maintain sophisticated workflows.

Reliability for fail-safe broadcasting

DaletPlus Radio Suite benefits from an advanced client/server architecture designed to ensure reliable non-stop broadcasts, from live events to fully automated schedules. If an on-air workstation client or a broadcast server experiences problems, a hierarchy of automated recovery modes ensures that broadcast continues uninterrupted.

DaletPlus can be implemented as an extension to legacy digital and automation systems. It supports multiple stations and studios, multi-lingual environments and fully exploits MOS and ActiveX technologies.

Scalability for enterprise-wide deployments

DaletPlus Radio Suite can be set up in all kinds of operations: from the smallest self-operated studios, to the largest enterprise-scale networks. Up to several thousand users can be sharing broadcast quality content across wide area networks and across multiple locations. Broadcast operations can even be monitored and controlled remotely.

Extension to Dalet 5.1 systems

DaletPlus can be implemented as an extension to Dalet 5.1 and Dalet TeamNews, operating on top of existing infrastructures. It provides enhanced functionality whilst allowing for incremental deployment and migration.

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