The new ViA2 Platform version provides a more attractive user interface for all three applications and includes MPEG digitization in TvIngest, as well as the possibility of generating EDLs (edit decision lists) from the Visual Annotation Tool. Browsing video is also easier than ever, with the option of viewing it in lists, thumbnails or with the Visual Context Line (redesigned as a web service working under ASP.Net). Finally, the installation of ViA2 Platform has also been simplified, to facilitate the process of getting the solution up and running.

"This new version of ViA2 Platform offers enhanced capabilities that have been carefully designed to fulfill the needs of our clients. It incorporates the latest technology developed by Visual Century, but also keeps the tools easy to use from the final user's perspective", explains Ferran Muñoz, product manager of ViA2 Platform.

ViA2 Platform addresses the needs of very diverse companies that need to manage large amounts of video material or publish rich media content on the web. It runs over Software AG's Tamino XML Server, and is the pefect solution to easily locate, manage and integrate video with other types of documents.

About Visual Century

Visual Century is a technology company created in 2001 by a group of entrepreneurs with audiovisual and multimedia research backgrounds. Visual Century develops software products to index, analyze, store and access digital video, audio and images in asset management applications that include archiving, production, retrieval, browsing and navigation of rich media content. The Visual Century team is made up of highly qualified professionals that the quality, technology and innovation objectives of the company, and includes a fully dedicated research division. Visual Century products stand out because of their innovative vision of rich media content, and they are designed to facilitate the use, management and exploitation of video, audio and image content.