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Making remote-from-anywhere workflows work with Mobile Operations

Mobile-native UX technology is a natural progression of the cloud and SaaS-powered disruption we are seeing across media and entertainment over the past year as distributed workforces need the right…

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Moving Towards Sustainability through Remote Production

The broadcast industry has a significant environmental impact. The production of content requires a lot of energy, fuel, and resources. It also generates a lot of waste.  Remote production can…

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A step in the right direction for Media Operations… 

Adapting to today’s media production landscape through new and innovative approaches in the cloud   By Keith Buckley, President & CEO at Xytech Systems  We’ve seen a lot of change in…

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The Investment of IBC

The IBC Show is the world’s leading event for the broadcast and media industry. It’s held annually in Amsterdam in September and attracts over 50,000 attendees from over 170 countries.…

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The Growing Need to Automate Media Operations

The demand for content has never been higher. However, due to the economic headwinds of 2023, the budgets, and the workforce necessary to execute those budgets aren’t on par with…

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A Tale of Two Media Operations Departments

A Tale of Two Media Operations Departments  It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the economy of 2023. And while economists will continue…

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The Case for SaaS in Media Operations

In our recently released State of Media Operations Report, we learned less than 15% of those that work in Media and Broadcast are utilizing an integrated SaaS platform to manage…

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NAB '23 Highlights with Industry Expert Rich Wolf

We sat down with Broadcast and Media Expert Rich Wolf to pick his brain on the takeaways, trending buzzwords, and future industry predictions from NAB ’23. Rich’s background includes 30+…

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Keeping Up with the Pace of Production

Today, everyone is a Content Producer. You may think of newsrooms and movie sets when you hear the word producer. But the reality is the average person with an iPhone…

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A MORE ENHANCED MEDIA OPERATIONS PLATFORM: XYTECH’S GRANITE

Granite, the foundational release of Xytech’s Media Operations Platform™, is now available to all customers of Xytech who utilize the cloud. In releasing Granite, Xytech will be sunsetting the MediaPulse name. …

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5 Reasons We Loved IBC 2022

After a long two year hiatus, we were so excited to attend the 2022 International Broadcasting Conference. We’re leaving more energized than ever, especially after meeting our colleagues, industry leaders,…

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A New Era for Xytech: Media Operations

As a part of the media industry for nearly all of my 30+ year career, I’ve had the chance to watch the massive changes in how media is produced, distributed…

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A Single Media Operations Platform™ for Sky Studios

The digital landscape has drastically changed how people consume media. In just a few short decades, we went from a handful of TV and radio stations to a seemingly infinite…

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Capacity Planning

By: Terry Moss What is Capacity Planning? Capacity Planning in the broadcast and media space is the ability to measure available resource capacity and compare it to the demands placed…

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Resource Management Solutions for Small Media Companies

By: David DellaFave For many small to mid-size media companies, running a business without a resource management software can be time consuming, inefficient and prone to errors. With limited time, resources…

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Media Asset Management – Digital and Physical

By: Gregg Sandheinrich Digital and physical media assets are the essence of every Content Provider, Broadcaster and Post-Production Facility.  Having the right asset management and ERP software solution is essential…

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Resource Scheduling with Project Planning

By: Doug Gingrave What is Resource Scheduling? A simple question with different interpretations based upon experience and perspective, especially in the broadcast, media and entertainment space.  In short, resource scheduling…

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The Benefits and Challenges of Personnel Management

By: Terry Moss What is Personnel Management? Personnel Management in the broadcast and media space frequently includes management of Personal Data, Skills/Experience, Labor Agreements, Employment Contracts, Pay Rates, Payroll and…

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Delivering End-to-End Workflow Management

By: Matt Waldock It’s not difficult to find the phrase ‘workflow management’ or ‘workflow automation’ in big and bold letters on any technology company’s websites. Nowadays, it’s all about automating…

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