Doha, Qatar – March 17, 2011 – SEDCO, a leading provider of specialized IT solutions in the MENA region, has recently signed a contact with Qatar News Agency (QNA) to upgrade their current media monitoring system to the latest edition of Fileworx CMS from SEDCO. The upgrade will empower the agency with new functions and features that will further extend its news management capabilities.
 
As a news organization, Qatar News Agency streams live and recorded videos on its website for its subscribers and viewers. Fileworx solution provides better control over the quality of the streamed video. The agency will be able to stream videos in different qualities for its viewers, who will in turn be able to select the quality that best suits their internet speed, eliminating any chances for computer freeze or slow video buffering. The new release of the system also supports the live streaming of videos on mobile devices, such as iPad, iPhone, blackBerry, and Nokia. Subscribers and viewers will be able to watch live and recorded videos on the agency's website wherever and whenever they want.

"QNA's eagerness and commitment to provide top notch services to their users is inspirational. We are pleased to partner with them," said Hani Jaber, Fileworx product manager at SEDCO. “With the growing demand for prompt content delivery in the media sector, SEDCO is continuously revolutionizing its technologies in order to provide a comprehensive solution for news agencies that would leave their subscribers totally satisfied," he added.
 
The upgrade will enable Qatar News Agency to capture content from a bigger number of video channels, which will remarkably enrich its content output. The system supports the latest high quality video formats, in addition to the standard ones. And with the speech-to-text feature and automatic translation, it will be much easier for the agency's staff to search the news archive and locate the desired news material. The system automatically translates the recognized text to many languages and saves the translated text in the agency's repository, allowing the agency's staff to reach the relevant material quickly and efficiently.

Doha, Qatar – March 17, 2011 – SEDCO, a leading provider of specialized IT solutions in the MENA region, has recently signed a contact with Qatar News Agency (QNA) to upgrade their current media monitoring system to the latest edition of Fileworx CMS from SEDCO. The upgrade will empower the agency with new functions and features that will further extend its news management capabilities.
 
As a news organization, Qatar News Agency streams live and recorded videos on its website for its subscribers and viewers. Fileworx solution provides better control over the quality of the streamed video. The agency will be able to stream videos in different qualities for its viewers, who will in turn be able to select the quality that best suits their internet speed, eliminating any chances for computer freeze or slow video buffering. The new release of the system also supports the live streaming of videos on mobile devices, such as iPad, iPhone, blackBerry, and Nokia. Subscribers and viewers will be able to watch live and recorded videos on the agency's website wherever and whenever they want.

"QNA's eagerness and commitment to provide top notch services to their users is inspirational. We are pleased to partner with them," said Hani Jaber, Fileworx product manager at SEDCO. “With the growing demand for prompt content delivery in the media sector, SEDCO is continuously revolutionizing its technologies in order to provide a comprehensive solution for news agencies that would leave their subscribers totally satisfied," he added.
 
The upgrade will enable Qatar News Agency to capture content from a bigger number of video channels, which will remarkably enrich its content output. The system supports the latest high quality video formats, in addition to the standard ones. And with the speech-to-text feature and automatic translation, it will be much easier for the agency's staff to search the news archive and locate the desired news material. The system automatically translates the recognized text to many languages and saves the translated text in the agency's repository, allowing the agency's staff to reach the relevant material quickly and efficiently.