BTi PEG Attendant Brings Professional Automated Graphics to Public, Educational and Government Access Channels

BTi PEG Attendant Brings Professional Automated Graphics to Public, Educational and Government Access Channels

Enhances PEG Channels with Sophisticated, Continuously Updated News, Information and Scheduling Detail

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- BTi, Inc. a leading provider of automated broadcast graphics applications, today introduced PEG Attendant(TM), providing Public, Educational, and Government (PEG) access channels with an advanced, yet easy-to-use, toolset for delivering continuously updated news, information and alerts to their viewing and online audiences.

BTi PEG Attendant provides the flexibility, automation and ease-of-use needed to enhance cablecast and display applications for the PEG market. Its advanced set of features and automated background tasks enable operators to rapidly and continuously gather, update, and cablecast user-defined local, regional and national news data to television viewing and website audiences.

"Public information channels have a tremendous responsibility to inform the public, yet the tools they are using have not been updated in more than a decade," said Jay Wasack, President of BTi. "PEG Attendant from BTi enables public, education and government operators to far exceed the standard local government fare and creates an opportunity for them to elevate their ability to deliver information, all in a value-priced package that fits within any budget."

BTi's innovative, open application server design works in tandem with broadcast character generators (CG) from most major manufacturers. The BTi server manages incoming data, capturing data streams from wire services or websites and combining those elements, as needed, with manual entered data. User-friendly templates make it easy to add items such as community news and events. BTi PEG Attendant then automatically plays out the content through the existing CG. PEG Attendant also supports multiple concurrent CGs to enable output of multiple simultaneous channels, all using the client's preferred on screen look.

PEG Attendant is a complete system that eliminates the need for professional broadcast staff, training and infrastructure. Operators interact with the system via a standard PC interface and can work locally or remotely over any standard Internet connection. Once configured, PEG Attendant can be completely automated so that new information and updated scheduling is sent automatically to the cablecast with no user intervention.

PEG Attendant also includes BTi Meeting Attendant(TM). Meeting Attendant leverages the Minutes Maker application from Granicus, Inc. to enhance PEG Attendant by delivering real-time meeting information to viewers. A real-time ticker displays the current item under consideration while periodically recapping past and upcoming items. Information is also fed directly to the municipality's website for a complete record of the meeting. The entire process requires data entry only once, using a legacy Windows program. For complete product information visit www.bti.tv.

Since 1994, BTi has been focused on helping broadcasters find effective, efficient ways of acquiring data and delivering it on-air as part of a complete graphics package. More than one hundred stations in many of the top DMAs in the United States rely on BTi to streamline the on air graphics operations for News, Sports, School Closings, Elections, EAS, Amber Alert, Branding & Promotions, as well as Public, Education and Government. For more information visit www.bti.tv or call (615) 591-1900.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: evan@marcomm-on-call.com

Source: BTi, Inc.

CONTACT: Evan Sirof, Media Relations for BTi, Marcomm-on-Call, Inc.,
+1- 845-255-1909, or evan@marcomm-on-call.com

Web site: http://www.bti.tv/

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