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www.postmagazine.com Post • June 2014 9 NYC's Trollback + Company (www.trollback.com) created the show open for the new HBO program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The open uses an hour- glass timer to establish a timeline of newsworthy events from around the world. The open concludes with the show's "hostus mostus," John Oliver, appearing in the middle of the screen, surrounded by images that reflect recent political and social happen- ings. Trollback used Maxon Cinema 4D and Adobe's After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator applications on the project. For more "Broadcast Design" work, turn to page 32. N EW YORK — Pronology (www.pronology.com), a New York-based developer of tapeless work- flow solutions, has introduced the latest version of its asset management software. The Pronology system provides users with the option of working in the cloud, via an internal intranet or via a secure Pronology-hosted net- work. By using a standard Web-browser as its primary interface, Pronology allows a limitless number of users to simultaneously and remotely perform a number of actions, including acquire, organize and transcode. Pronology's custom-designed, hardware-agnostic, ingest-control application can directly manage recording devices from the industry's leading manufacturers. In order to efficiently manage approvals remotely, Pronology enables post staff to e-mail a link to one or a group of producers/clients seeking comments and editorial authori- zation for recorded and edited content. This link is encrypted, allowing for off-site viewing, while maintaining content security. As an extension of its approval functionality, Pronology offers Web video hosting and advanced content delivery services, including multi-platform distribution and VOD delivery for clients looking to monetize their content on "other" screens. Pronology also includes a complete archive solution. Imported and/or recorded content and its associated metadata can be preserved to both LTO data tape as well as to the cloud. Pronology offers Web-based solution for tapeless workflows Pronology's latest version of its asset management software offers users options for working in the cloud.