Broadcast World Buzzes about Sony Acquisition of Crispin

As we recently announced, we’re excited about Sony’s recent acquisition of our company and are looking forward to what the future holds for us and our customers.

The announcement has generated buzz throughout the industry:

From Sony’s announcement: “Sony and Crispin again recently collaborated to develop a new solution, Managed Media Distribution Center. The integration of Crispin into Sony’s family will accelerate this type joint development, with Sony leveraging Crispin’s expertise in high-level software to provide end-to-end solutions and managed services in new and existing professional markets.”

From Sports Video Group: “The acquisition allows Crispin and Sony to combine their respective expertise in broadcast-and-production workflow applications to offer customers a turnkey source for content distribution and management. Sony has previously worked with Crispin on several projects, most notably the Public Media Management master control and cloud-based distribution service for PBS and Tegna’sĀ Media Clearinghouse project, which automated the process of distributing syndicated programs across its entire group.”

From TVNewsCheck, “The announcement comes after the successful completion of joint project by Sony and Crispin to create a cloud-based ingest operation for Tegna, called the Media Clearinghouse, and an earlier project, Public Media Management, which provides master control and cloud-based distribution service for PBS.”