With our CMS, we offer a scalable system for the administration of dozen of websites and hundreds of thousands of documents, allowing more than 100 editors to work simultaneously, perfect for a demanding client like the NDR.    

And the NDR lost no time or productivity during installation and staff training. Sophora is extremely user-friendly and learning the system is quick. The web pages of TV shows such as Landpartie, NDR Talkshow, Kulturjournal, Extra or Nordmagazin could be efficiently maintained thanks to short training periods. A comprehensive broadcaster like the NDR needs to publish via several channels. This complex task is easy for Sophora. Publishing on various media such as intranet, mobile phones, RSS, teletext and podcasts is a key feature of the CMS.

It is important to the NDR that the layouting of individual areas is editable at high speed and that they have a barrier-free website. These challenges are not a problem for Sophora. Thanks to the structured programming of our Sophora libraries, NDR’s webmasters are able to set-up their websites quickly and easily and are able to establish a direct link to the TV software infrastructure.

“subshell developed Sophora in 2006 upon our request and therefore it was developed to directly suit our needs. The system is easy to use for our editors and, due to its inherent flexibility, was smoothly integrated into our existing infrastructure.”

Niels Rasmussen, Leiter Programmbereich Online & Multimedia, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), September 2011

At a Glance

Background

About NDR

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (North German Broadcasting) is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. NDR is a member of the ARD consortium.

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The portal integrates a large number of videos and images from over 50 years of the song contest and must be prepared for high traffic and quick updates. In May of every year, as Eurovision fever grows, so do the number of page hits until they reach the double-digit millions range on the night of the final contest. And Sophora’s performance is flawless.

Sophora can easily handle the editorial staff updates posted as soon as results are in. Efficient teamwork is essential and the CMS posses no limits. When a newsflash is ready, it is written and published by another editor in real time on the Eurovision homepage. Our CMS also easily integrates media content from different sources. Uploaded content can be quickly linked with a wide range of documents by multiple editors working simultaneously.

At A Glance

Background

About Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual competition held among many of the active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and radio and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. The contest has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1956 and is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. It is also one of the most watched non-sporting events in the world, with audience figures having been quoted in recent years as anything between 100 million and 600 million internationally.

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About NDR

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (North German Broadcasting) is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. NDR is a member of the ARD consortium.

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At www.ndr.de/mediathek, users can even arrange their individual program. Sophora operates smoothly, providing a built-in search function as well as TV reports, audio, live streams and programs from NDR. Our CMS is also suitable for planned extensions of the NDR’s media library. 

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www.ndr.de/mediathek // Since April 2009 // Integration with video-production system // Integrated search // Flash-connection per XML // Download and combination of different content // Extensions friendly

About NDR

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (North German Broadcasting) is a public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR transmits for the German states of Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. NDR is a member of the ARD consortium.

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The CMS allows the scheduling of publications with up-to-the-minute precision as well as an automatic delivery of news feeds.  Since Sophora also utilizes output channels such as newsletters, SMS, RSS, WAP and podcasts, we can support Radio Bremen optimally in its areas of strength: daily and regional news coverage. 

At a Glance

Background

About Radio Bremen

Radio Bremen (RB), Germany's smallest public radio and television broadcaster, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state of Bremen (which includes Bremerhaven). With its headquarters sited in Bremen city, Radio Bremen is a member of the consortium of German public broadcasting organizations, ARD.

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wdr2.de is the online presence of news and information focussed radio program WDR 2. WDR 2 is one of the most successful radio programs in Germany, with the most listeners in Germany’s Nordrhein-Westfalen province, and is one of the 5 most popular radio programs in Germany.

The re-launch of www.wdr.de on August 10.2011 was the first step in the gradual conversion of the online offerings of the WDR to Sophora. The new CMS offers the WDR a uniform and user-friendly basis to support a busy website. The switch to Sophora started with the WDR 2 website and was then followed by a staged rollout to the WDR’s other offerings. The technical processes progressed smoothly and were supervised along the way by subshell.

“The technical standardization within the WDR is crucial for the development of our online content. Sophora is the basis for the harmonization of the entire WDR online presence, since it can integrate various digital formats, and is very user friendly.”

Stefan Moll, Leiter des WDR-Programmbereichs Internet – WDR

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WDR // wdr2.de // Since 2010

About Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR, West German Broadcasting) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD. As well as contributing to the output of national television channel Das Erste, WDR produces the regional television service WDR Fernsehen (formerly known as WDF and West3) and six regional radio networks.

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