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From the joint press release with Prime Image:
“Chris Gifford, co-founder of California Media Engineering and former Chief Hardware Architect for Prime Image, is the original designer of the Time Tailor product series and co-inventor on 8 patents covering Time Tailor technology.  CalMedia and its founders were also instrumental in the creation and development of the TT3500AP and file-based prototypes. “

Time Compression for Live or
Pre-recorded Content

The industry standard for broadcast quality video time optimization. Time Tailor technology optimizes video runtime to seamlessly insert new ad spots, shrink content runtime without cutting scenes, expand content to fill program slots, and remove satellite delay in live studio-remote broadcasts. The Time Tailor 3500AP has over two decades of proven capability in meeting the stringent quality and performance requirements of leading Hollywood studios and broadcast TV networks.

The patented technology digitally processes frame accurate time optimization while maintaining synchronization and quality of the video, audio, and closed captioning. The 3500AP utilizes “micro-editing” to remove redundant information from the video and audio signals. By design, this process does not affect the pitch of the audio (other methods of time reduction work by playing a pre-recorded program faster than normal speed. That method has the adverse effect of altering the audio’s pitch and requires pitch-correction technology to prevent people from sounding like chipmunks).

Time Tailor’s time optimization occurs in real-time without pre-recording, pre-processing, video compression, or compromising the integrity of the program, using a process that is virtually undetectable to viewers.  The amount of additional time and the time duration over which it is added or removed is programmable through the Time Tailor, third party edit controllers, or play-out automation system providing maximum flexibility for customers.

Broadcasters, cable and satellite providers, post production, and other commercial program distributors can tailor the content run-time for their specific purposes while maintaining the quality of the content. The Time Tailor 3500AP is a proven time optimization solution with a 24 year history of generating high-quality results on movies, sitcoms, syndicated programs, and live broadcasts.