Media Object Server

The Media Object Server (MOS) protocol allows newsroom computer systems (NRCS) such as Ross Video Inception, Octopus Newsroom, Dalet, ENPS, Open Media or AQ broadcast to communicate using a standard protocol with video servers, audio servers, still stores, and character generators for broadcast production.

The MOS protocol is based on XML. It enables the exchange of the following types of messages:

MOS was developed to reduce the need for their development of device specific drivers. By allowing developers to embed functionality and handle events, vendors were relieved of the burden of developing device drivers. It was left to the manufacturers to interface newsroom computer systems. This approach affords broadcasters flexibility to purchase equipment from multiple vendors. It also limits the need to have operators in multiple locations throughout the studio as, for example, multiple character generators can be fired from a single control workstation, without needing an operator at each CG console.

MOS enables journalists to see, use, and control media devices inside Associated Press's ENPS system so that individual pieces of newsroom production technology speak a common XML-based language.

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