WABC-TV Selects MTD Systems Advanced Monitoring For It's Server Based Electronic Newsroom

MTD Systems announced today that WABC-TV joins WLS-TV in using MTD Systems to monitor their News NLE/Server systems.

MTD Systems is pleased to be involved with WABC and WLS helping insure performance from key equipment. In both systems, MTD Sentry monitors more than 100 separate devices consisting of PCs, video servers, Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches, raids, etc. from various manufacturers. More than 5000 parameters are collected and trended. The system watches scores of equipment logs for trouble, it collects SNMP data and traps, watches PC event logs, and more. The MTD System has been in operation at WLS for more than two years.


"Imagine going to each piece of equipment in the system and checking thousands of lines of log files, connectivity, processor use, memory use, and general system health every few minutes, that is the function of MTD Sentry," said Dave Tansek CEO of MTD Systems. "The bottom line is early alerting to potentially catastrophic conditions can keep on-air disruption and transmission losses from occurring."


About WABC
WABC-TV is licensed in New York City to ABC7. It began operating on August 10, 1948, and celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1998. ABC7 is owned by the American Broadcasting Company, Inc. The Walt Disney Company owns ABC, Inc. Over a four-week period, WABC-TV will be viewed in over 6.4 million TV households. ABC 7 broadcasts can be seen 24 hours each day, 365 days per year. It offers a diverse mix of programs: live local and national news, talk/variety and game shows, soap operas, information and entertainment, sports, movies, children's and public affairs.

About WLS
WLS-TV, ABC7 Chicago, is the ABC owned-and-operated television station in Chicago. It began operation in 1943 as WENR, changing to WBKB in 1953 and to WLS in 1958. It transmits from the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago. WLS is a news leader in Chicago. WLS-TV broadcasts can be seen 24 hours each day, 365 days per year. It offers a diverse mix of programs: live local and national news, talk/variety and game shows, soap operas, information and entertainment, sports, movies, children's and public affairs.

About MTD Systems
MTD Systems specializes in facility and enterprise wide monitoring of complex, multi-vendor systems. These systems can be hard-to-monitor legacy systems as well as the newer IT based systems. MTD Systems focuses on remote monitoring, remote troubleshooting, complex hybrid system analysis, and consulting. We provide individual or centralized monitoring solutions for IT based distribution/broadcast/newsroom and Digital Cinema systems. As these systems become more complex and IT oriented, Technical Support personnel require new tools. MTD Systems monitors each element of the systems, tracks trends and searches for failures continuously. MTD Systems creates clear and concise views of hardware, software, and media. For more information visit http://www.mtdsystems.com