PROVYS is Romantic

Romantica – the only channel dedicated to love – is scheduled in PROVYS TVoffice.

Since the year 2005, both feeds of Romantica channel started to make use of Zone Vision’s channel management system PROVYS TVoffice. Schedulers in London and Warsaw work together to prepare schedules starting with the initial outline of the strategic schema, going through transmission planning, commercial schedule import, and promotion scheduling, down to the final touches before sending the schedule to playout.

Given the multi-territorial nature of Romantica channel, it makes good use of PROVYS’ ability to handle commercial schedules from multiple sales-houses for a single channel. With its vast amount of telenovelas, Romantica benefits from features for automatic management of chains of episodes provided by PROVYS, including episode knock-on’s and automatic repeats. The ability to handle multiple programme versions offered by PROVYS is ideal for Romantica programmes, which are fully localised to cater for its vast audience of 6 million subscribers spread across 20 territories in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Automatic channel branding helps to maintain the brand-awareness, so typical of Romantica and its viewers.

Apart from Romantica, PROVYS TVoffice is also used for scheduling the Reality family of channels and the Horror Channel in Zone Vision. Users appreciate easy usage of the system, comfortable user interface and automatic functions doing the tedious parts of the work for them. Channel managers are gaining from instant access to up-to-the-minute information about their schedules on all levels. Despite the geographical distance of thousands of miles, managers, schedulers, and editors work together to deliver the irresistible programming mix to their viewers.

Andreea Buga, Zone Vision’s Vice President Operations and Studios, says: "With only 12 users, PROVYS is used for scheduling 6 distinct channels in Zone Vision. The use of PROVYS, which is integrated with our broadcasting centre, allowed us to increase workflow automation, add details to our transmission schedules, speed up traffic management, and increase quality of our broadcasting by a level recognised by both our staff and our audience. As an immediate effect of utilising this integrated solution the management obtains instant access to all relevant information regarding work progress related to these channels across Europe at any time."

 

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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.

 

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Romantica channel takes viewers to a captivating world of passion, intrigue, glamour and high drama. The channel’s programming mix, featuring popular telenovelas, fascinating movies, and refreshing concerts, is specifically designed to entertain, challenge and inspire women everywhere. Romantica provides a heady mix of passionate affairs, power struggles, love, jealousy and betrayal which makes for addictive viewing. It has won the hearts of audiences worldwide - and has the most dedicated and committed viewers of any channel.

 

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Based in London, Zone Vision Networks is a leading international broadcaster and distributor of thematic television channels. The company was founded in 1991 and today has 18 offices and studios throughout Europe, the United States, Asia and Latin America.
Zone Vision Networks owns and operates four thematic channels: Reality TV, Europa Europa, Romantica and Club, which are broadcast in over 125 countries in 18 languages, with over 135 million paying subscribers. ZVN are also equity affiliates in the studio blockbuster movie entertainment channel, Showtime (Turkey). In addition, Zone Vision has a successful channel representation business and currently represents over 30 international channels from such companies as Discovery, Viacom, Turner, Hallmark and Eurosport, managing over 60 million subscribers. Zone Vision also has a program distribution business and continues to acquire formats, series and specials from leading producers around the world.
Zone Vision Networks is 87.5% owned by chellomedia, a division of Liberty Global, Inc. Liberty Global is a leading international broadband communications provider of television, broadband internet and telephony services). For more on PROVYS, see http://www.provys.com
For more on Romantica, see http://www.romantica.tv
For more on Zone Vision Networks, see http://www.zonevision.com