PROVYS TVoffice project completed in TNT
The members of the joint team of PROVYS and TNT have successfully completed the PROVYS implementation project covering all crucial planning, scheduling, promotion, media, production and rights management process of TNT. Implementation of an integrated software solution based on PROVYS brought many positive effects into the life of every role involved in the planning as well as rights management and operations departments of TNT.
Based on acknowledgements of the TNT's Head of System Integration Department Elena Sakharova, the most important change has happened in coordination of many roles and activities in the planning, scheduling, production and reporting process. Compared to Excel based workflow originally utilized by TNT PROVYS has provided an integrated environment to share and exchange information and coordinate work of tens of roles. There are no more hassles created by different versions of Excel files with plans, schedules and rights and the people involved in the process have more time to concentrate on the planned content instead of its formal correctness.
Many activities and steps in the planning and scheduling processes were automated with the help of customized functions and screens of the PROVYS implementation. E.g. major improvements were achieved by the self-promotion department using highly improved and accurate data regarding quality of the promotion process and campaigns. Similar results are reported from the play-list editing department as well as production department taking advantage of integrated media and content data and media workflow tracking implemented by PROVYS.
As TNT is not only a broadcaster but also a rights distributor and sales house the distribution and multi-territory/language/distribution/product licensing support has been implemented during the project. These features are now regularly used by the TNT staff in favour of many broadcasters in Russia as well as in its neighbourhood.
The technology and openness of PROVYS has provided the TNT staff with tools to extend the standard PROVYS implementation with many additional features and extensions. Specific popularity is paid to end-user screen extensions and customization options based on user preferences and needs. These customizations provided the users with optimized screens to enter data, color and iconized warnings, additional fields, on-screen reports and e-mail notifications. All of these extensions increased the comfort of the users as well as their reliability by supporting them with accurate information at the right time.
TNT is the most popular TV Channel among the Russian youth and all those, who consider themselves young. Bold and progressive, TNT is among the top five leaders on the Russian TV market. It has consistently demonstrated a steady growth of audience and income, and also remains the fastest-growing channnel in the country. TNT Broadcasting Network works hand in hand with over 500 partners in 922 cities and towns of Russia and owns 22 broadcasting stations. In 2009 the channel audience was 101 million viewers.
PROVYS® TVoffice is an integrated software solution for broadcasting organisations. It is designed and developed by broadcasting and software development professionals to meet all requirements of various broadcasters. The solution supports key operations in programming, scheduling, asset management, production management, self-promotion management, and transmission evaluation. PROVYS® channel management system has been helping broadcasters in Europe since 1997.
