Aftenposten A/S selects SCC for historic digitization and archive project

August 22, 2008

ALPHARETTA, GA., (August 22, 2008) -- SCC is pleased to announce the sale of a second SCC MediaServer multimedia content management system to Aftenposten A/S, publishers of Norway's second largest newspaper.

This latest SCC MediaServer system purchase is part of a project to scan from microfilm, and subsequently digitize and convert into PDF, approximately 1.6 million newspaper pages and approximately 32 million newspaper clippings dating back to 1860.

Each converted page and article PDF file will be saved and automatically inserted into the SCC MediaServer system with each page automatically linked to the relevant article files.

Users of the SCC system will be able to perform full-text searches against all words contained in the page and article database and easily retrieve related documents via a simple click on the link icon beneath any single record.

The Aftenposten A/S digitization and archive project is performed in co-operation with the National Library of Norway.

About SCC

SCC is based in Alpharetta, Georgia and develops and markets a suite of Windows, Linux, and Macintosh media management tools and utilities world-wide. SCC’s products are used by newspapers, magazines, TV networks, photo agencies, Internet content providers and various corporations.

In the USA, SCC's customers include The National Enquirer, Star and Globe Magazines (American Media Inc.), Sports Illustrated and People Magazines (AOL Time Warner), InTouch Magazine (Bauer Publishing), The Dallas Morning News, The Detroit Free Press, The St. Petersburg Times, The Seattle Times, The Sacramento, Fresno and Modesto Bees, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Associated Press, McClatchy/Tribune Information Services, Reuters, UPI, Dow Jones, ABC Television, NBC Television, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Television, US News & World Report, USA Today, The White House, Camp Fallujah (Iraq), the Marine base at Quantico, and many more.

Outside the USA, SCC has distributors covering Australia, Europe, the Far East, and Central and South America.


Technical Contact: SCC

Lee Funnell, Vice President
770.751.8500 ext. 145
lee.funnell@sccmediaserver.com
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