(arvato Systems) Cologne/Gütersloh/NewYork – arvato Systems was selected by America’s newest cable network, REVOLT, founded by renowned artist and entrepreneur Sean Combs, to deliver its VPMS system for central management of media management.
The REVOLT TV channel launched on October 21st 2013, and is targeting the “millennial” audience of young adults 18 to 34 with a mixture of music videos, live performances, news, and interviews. In addition to its cable distribution, REVOLT uses social media to enable artists to engage with viewers through its web site, REVOLT.tv.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has partnered up with MTV veteran Andy Schuon, and the REVOLT founder has described it as “the first channel created entirely from the ground up in this new era of social media. We’re building this platform for artists to reach an extraordinary number of people in a completely different way.”
arvato Systems’ VPMS media asset management system is a modern and sophisticated solution that allows media companies to manage and automate the movement and processing of media. VPMS is an “enterprise-class” MAM, and is in daily operation with thousands of users in the largest private and public broadcasters in Europe and the Middle-East.
“We were thrilled to be chosen by REVOLT for the launch of their new television channel,” says Manfred Heinen, Managing Director of arvato Systems S4M, “With resources from our US and Cologne-based teams, we delivered VPMS and provided our services expertise to set up our first US-based Media Asset Management customer.”
“With a very tight deadline from project start to launch, arvato Systems worked closely with our internal teams and other vendors to deliver the central MAM for REVOLT,” says Josh Hatter, CTO of REVOLT. “We chose arvato Systems because VPMS- functionality, flexibility, and their ability to build up the system we needed for a successful on air launch.”
Find out more about professional IT solutions for the media industry at www.s4m.arvato-systems.com.
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