Corus Entertainment selects Siemens as technology partner

Canadian integrated media and entertainment company Corus Entertainment has selected Siemens IT Solutions and Services to be its technology partner in making the transition into the new Corus Quay headquarters in Toronto.

Corus said that the move will be completed and Corus will be live on air by the end of 2010. The project will bring more than 10 separate offices and more than 1,100 Corus employees together into a technologically and architecturally significant broadcast and production facility on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Siemens will be responsible for developing and implementing a detailed design of the broadcast system, resulting in more than 20 standard and high definition broadcast signals going live from Corus Quay. The system will include such core broadcast technology as ingest, play out, master control, and scheduling systems.

Scott Dyer, chief technology officer of Corus Entertainment, said: "Siemens has already shown that it can complete a media integration of enormous size and complexity. To go live in a new, integrated media environment we needed a partner with the capability, experience and innovative thought leadership to help guide our integration and relocation efforts."

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