News Media IT Services

Since Oakleaf was founded, it has been heavily involved in the News Media industry, providing software consultancy, development and support services to the German Press Agency (dpa), one of the largest news agencies in the world.

We have in-depth experience of designing and implementing computer systems, of all scales, to work within a press agency environment.

 
• Detailed knowledge of International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) news transmission standards.
• Ability to construct fault-tolerant software to provide maximum possible system availability for the fast-moving news business.
• Understanding of the types of work-flow required by the modern editorial floor.
• Extensive knowledge of issues relating to international delivery of news e.g. character sets.

The services we provide include:

 
• IT consultancy focused on News Agencies and other organisations within the news industry.
• Bespoke development of tools and computer systems for use within news organisations.
• Design and construction of large-scale databases for storage and retrieval of news items.
• Management and support of IT systems.
• Computerisation of existing manual processes.