Background
With the rapid growth of the mobile internet, CCTV.com had built up a huge body of quality content while facing the challenge of bringing together material from other media, self-publishers, and Party and government publicity bodies. Demand for content was exploding and the media environment was complex, so it needed a flexible, efficient system of short-video reporters and an intelligent newsgathering platform.
Key Requirements
- Build a short-video reporter system and a new newsgathering workflow
- Collect, store, search and manage huge volumes of material intelligently
- Connect content production, task management, review and publishing end to end
- Build a secure, stable and extensible technical platform
Solution
On tsanCenter, tsan.ai built a reporter platform for CCTV.com that combines a unified operations portal, a mobile newsgathering app, a short-video editing system and live-streaming services.
Core Capabilities
Smart Leads
Monitoring of trending topics across the web, with AI-recommended story leads
Mobile Newsgathering
Shooting, editing and real-time captions on a phone
Task Coordination
Intelligent task assignment with real-time progress tracking
Live Links
Multi-camera switching with real-time interactive effects
Use Cases
tsanCenter's use on the CCTV.com reporter platform shows its capability and flexibility. With its functional modules working together, the platform supports newsgathering, material management, task collaboration and live streaming intelligently.
Material Collection and Processing
Intelligent collection, storage, search and management of huge volumes of material, stored by category
Task Management and Collaboration
End-to-end task management, intelligent task recommendations and instant messaging so reporters and editors can work together in real time
Mobile Live Streaming
Go live quickly, with multi-protocol streaming for smooth playback and live links with the command center
User Services
User profiles and a points system, with personalized training resources
Operations Support
Content publishing and repurposing, distribution analytics and security gateway protection
Impact
tsanCenter's success on the CCTV.com reporter platform has made newsgathering and resource management markedly more efficient and offers valuable lessons for the industry's digital transformation. The platform will go on helping more organizations upgrade digitally.