ABSTRACT
There are many business processes that are part of the lifecycle of media and media management. The creation or acquisition process begins the media handling part of the media management process. Acquisition is the capture of essence and adding metadata to make it into content so it can be ingested into the IP-and fi le-based workfl ow. The acquisition piece of the puzzle is going to address the technologies, workfl ows, and processes related to remote and studio production, as well as all the various forms of contribution that bring media into the broadcast production facility.
