EM-TECH Seminar Series #3 - Media Asset Management Software

          The third seminar is about Media Asset Management Software (MAMS) of GMA with Jay V. Fuentes. This type of software was actually the first time that I have heard about it. As discussed this type of software focuses on organizing the media records in their company into one whole storage system with a hi   can fit only about an hour of recording. I don't know if the speaker said the wrong thing but as I thought about it maybe that much space was needed for the high resolution copy of a show. The seminar was very detailed. I actually like how the speaker presented what where their objectives on making this software before it was approved by the management. You can really see how important this software was for their company because all their profit are stored here since all their recordings and media to be broadcasted are being organized by a single software.

I have never really thought about a TV station keeps their media files. Initially, I actually though that they have one big room full of tapes stored with the required temperature but since technology is really advancing and we can find such storage through technology, I guess this was really what was supposed to happen. What actually shocked me in the seminar was that it was mentioned that only GMA and ABS-CBN uses such software so I am a bit curios on how other stations keep their media recordings or if they keep it at all. All in all, I learned a lot from this seminar since this was a field in technology that I haven't heard about. It would have been better if we were able to navigate through the software as well so that we would see more of its features.