Telestream play-back plays spy: MAPreview designed to monitor competing newscasts. (Newsroom Operations).(broadcasters can record, organize and review multiple video feeds)(Brief Article)

Telestream is introducing a product designed to help a station keep closer taps on competing newscasts. MAPreview uses the Windows Media 9 format, a PG server and a media-management-service directory to help broadcasters record, organize and review multiple video feeds. It can also be used to repurpose content for the Web.

"There are a lot of high-end newsroom systems that let the user get in and work with raw content," says Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, David Heppe. "But no one has focused on really just playing back what went an-air and comparing that to other stations."

Heppe adds that stations currently use VHS or TiVo to record …