News Room Automation

OCTOPUS 6

OCTOPUS6 is a platform-independent newsroom computer system enhancing the key strengths of OCTOPUS5. It brings the convenience of the OCTOPUS newsroom system to MacOS and Linux users. In Windows, OCTOPUS6 performs better and more intuitively than the previous version.

Is your environment Windows, Mac, or Linux? Or a mix of any of these? It doesn't make any difference anymore. OCTOPUS6 is platform independent. It runs on multiple platforms simultaneously, reaching free operating systems as well as Apple Final Cut Pro.

Various key-shortcuts and procedures for actions known from other applications are now available in your newsroom computer system. There is no need to check the manual for shortcuts they're the same as elsewhere.

In OCTOPUS6 you don't have to open a dialog window for every single data update. Inline editing the tools to focus on their craft and let the technology run in the background.

Every change done in OCTOPUS6 is seamlessly remembered with the user profile. There's no need to think of saving your profile or layout when you're leaving. Everything stays as it was when you start OCTOPUS again.

Searching and filtering data are the most used functions in newsroom. Why not make them easier? Whenever you're viewing the data, simply start typing your search-word. The word is automatically located in the list of data and pressing next takes you to relevant lines further down the list. Even in rundowns.

ENPS is the world's most popular broadcast news production system. Used by journalists in almost 800 newsrooms in 60 countries, ENPS fits the needs of demanding news environments by including powerful, easy-to-use features to give journalists the tools to focus on their craft and let the technology run in the background.

ENPS is the one screen through which our journalists will access all types of content, collaboration, and production tools. As we work harder to build on our unique competitive advantages, there's great excitement about how it will help drive the production processes, interface with other strategic systems, enable enterprise content sharing, and reduce dependencies on non-standard or proprietary components. For newsrooms of all sizes, ENPS is the ideal solution, featuring scalable, dependable architecture that can be tightly integrated with third party products.

There is no better way to understand if a product is the best solution for you and your company than via a live demonstration. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your requirements and to talk through the features within ENPS.

So, take the opportunity to meet AP ENPS at the advertised upcoming trade events or, if we are not attending a trade event locally to you, complete the online Live Demonstration form and we will schedule a time to demonstrate ENPS live. Alternatively, contact your local ENPS sales representative. We needed a new system that would give our journalists an easy way to share information, whether in a bureau or in the field, and a better way to manage news resources. We chose ENPS because we were convinced by AP's commitment to understanding the needs of our business and the advantages it would mean almost immediately to our operation.