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Headline	Al-Watan Television Chooses Dalet News Suite
Article	New Kuwaiti channel to implement Dalet tapeless newsroom and production system to launch first tapeless HD newsroom in the region Dalet Digital Media Systems today announced that Al-Watan Television has chosen Dalet News Suite as its tapeless newsroom and production system. The station launched September last year as the first tapeless HD channels in the region Al WATAN AND AL WATAN PLUS. “Al-Watan will the first tapeless HD channel in Kuwait and it was essential that we opt for a flexible digital newsroom computer system that can help us provide the best news coverage to our Kuwaiti viewers,” explains Mr. Ihab El Baba CTO of Al-Watan TV. “With Dalet News Suite, we will be able to combine the flexibility of our Apple Final Cut Pro edit suites with the reliability of our Omneon play-out servers.” Nearly twenty Dalet workstations will be deployed at Al-Watan TV. The Dalet News Suite platform will provide a fully integrated newsroom and tapeless news production system. From their Dalet News Suite workstations, journalists and producers will consult incoming agency wire stories, browse available video feeds, script rundowns and make shot selections. HD packages will be put together using a combination of Dalet and Apple Final Cut Pro editing tools. Gallery automation will be streamlined thanks to Dalet News Suite native integration with Omneon playout servers and a Dalet MOS gateway to a WASP3D template-based, real-time CG engine.
Company	Dalet
Date Published	8/5/2008