Allied Press (New Zealand) selects SCC MediaServer for central multimedia archives

September 29, 2006

ALPHARETTA, GA., (September 29, 2006) -- The Software Construction Company (SCC) is pleased to announce the sale of an SCC MediaServer multimedia content management system to Allied Press, publishers of The Otago Daily Times, New Zealand's oldest daily newspaper.

Allied Press also has a number of other daily and community newspapers and commercial printing operations throughout southern New Zealand, and also operates Dunedin's regional television station, Channel 9.

The SCC MediaServer system will serve as the a central photo desk for wire and staff generated photos and graphics, as well as a central archive of photos, graphics, text articles and complete newspaper pages stored in Acrobat PDF format.

The system will provide client access to SCC MediaGrid and Web Browser users on both Windows and Macintosh OSX workstations and will be tightly integrated with an Atex editorial system.

About SCC

SCC is based in Alpharetta, Georgia and develops and markets a suite of Windows, Linux, and Macintosh media management tools and utilities world-wide. SCC’s products are used by newspapers, magazines, TV networks, photo agencies, Internet content providers and various corporations.

In the USA, SCC's customers include The National Enquirer, Star and Globe Magazines (American Media Inc.), Sports Illustrated and People Magazines (AOL Time Warner), InTouch Magazine (Bauer Publishing), The Dallas Morning News, The Detroit Free Press, The St. Petersburg Times, The Seattle Times, The Sacramento, Fresno and Modesto Bees, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Associated Press, McClatchy/Tribune Information Services, Reuters, UPI, Dow Jones, ABC Television, NBC Television, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Television, US News & World Report, USA Today, The White House, Camp Fallujah (Iraq), the Marine base at Quantico, and many more.

Outside the USA, SCC has distributors covering Australia, Europe, the Far East, and Central and South America.


Technical Contact: SCC

Lee Funnell, Vice President
770.751.8500 ext. 145
leef@swcc.com
http://www.swcc.com

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