With the support of Vocas, Omroep Brabant has modernized its video production environment by moving from Avid to Adobe Premiere Pro in combination with Helmut4. For the largest regional broadcaster in the Netherlands, this was not merely a technical replacement, but a strategic decision.
As a digital-first organization, Omroep Brabant primarily produces for online channels, with radio and TV acting as internal consumers. This requires a flexible, platform-oriented workflow in which content can easily be exchanged between teams, formats and channels. This was exactly where the old environment was increasingly reaching its limits.

The move was driven by two main factors. On the one hand, there had been growing demand within the newsroom for working with Adobe products. A new generation of editors and journalists is trained at school using the Creative Cloud suite, making Adobe Premiere Pro a logical and familiar working environment for many new colleagues. On the other hand, the existing Avid environment was becoming less aligned with today’s production requirements, particularly when it came to multi-format workflows in native resolutions.

Bottleneck

Omroep Brabant had worked with Avid Interplay and Media Composer for more than ten years. The platform was stable and offered strong media management capabilities. At the same time, the organization was locked into the in-house XDCAM HD format in 16:9. For vertical productions, editors had to work with crops and overlays in the timeline just to properly see what they were creating. In addition, the old setup was limited to a height of 1080 pixels. For an organization producing daily content for multiple platforms and aspect ratios, this became an increasingly significant operational bottleneck.
When selecting a new environment, Omroep Brabant explicitly did not want to compromise on the level of control it was accustomed to from Avid Interplay. It was essential that all media within projects and timelines could continue to be properly managed. At a minimum, the new environment needed to register where media was being used, by whom and in which context, while also supporting automated media management.

Project management

For that reason, a project group was formed to shape the transition away from the Avid ecosystem and to standardize the Adobe-based production workflow. During this process, several PAM and MAM solutions were evaluated. Key requirements included strong project management for collaborative production, asset tracking at project level, support for a digital-first model with extensive exchange of projects and media, integration with the existing Dalet Galaxy 4 MAM, and broad automation capabilities.
Through Vocas, Omroep Brabant was introduced to Helmut4. This was followed by an extensive proof of concept together with MoovIT, during which Helmut4 was tested against Omroep Brabant’s real-world requirements. Based on the results, the decision was made to implement Helmut4 as the new Production Asset Management layer within the video production platform.
With Helmut4, Omroep Brabant gained a central environment for project and asset management, aligned with an organization in which productions no longer “belong” to a single editor but are shared between newsrooms and departments. Especially in combination with Cosmo, a component of Helmut, Helmut4 makes it easy to take over timelines from one another and convert them for other platforms. In doing so, the system directly supports the online-first strategy in day-to-day operations.

Reliability

A second major gain lies in automation. Whereas many media management tasks were previously performed manually, Omroep Brabant can now use Helmut4 to build and tailor workflows itself according to the needs of each department. This is already happening within Adobe Premiere Pro and will later be expanded further to After Effects and Audition. Among other things, the organization is automating tagging, archiving and other forms of media management, reducing the number of manual steps and increasing operational reliability.
Within Premiere, strong emphasis has also been placed on standardization. Editors log in via Active Directory, allowing rights and settings to be centrally managed. In Premiere, they work with predefined templates in which the correct timeline settings, graphics and exports have already been configured. Motion Graphic Templates are made available per production via Helmut4, while export destinations and Media Encoder settings are also predefined. In practice, this immediately saves time: users have faster access to the right elements for their edit, make fewer mistakes and deliver more consistent final outputs.

Flexibility

What truly differentiates this setup is its support for multi-format workflows in native resolutions. From day one, the environment has been configured so that multiple formats can be handled within a single project. In addition, a 4K proxy workflow has been built between Vantage, Dalet and Helmut4. As a result, vertical videos, for example, can be produced in the highest possible quality, while editors in Premiere retain the flexibility to create different framings within shots. Moreover, the process from ingest to final output is now fully progressive, whereas previously the workflow often still ended up using an interlaced codec, resulting in quality loss.
Integration with Dalet Galaxy 4 was a hard requirement. Omroep Brabant had decided to first acquire a new PAM and only then, in a separate project in 2026, reassess the MAM landscape. Precisely for that reason, Helmut4 had to connect seamlessly with the existing Dalet environment. Through middleware, Helmut4 has been linked to Dalet Galaxy, ensuring that production and project workflows are properly aligned and making it visible which media is still in use within projects. This gives both Helmut4 and Dalet better insight into what needs to be retained and where automated cleanup can take place.

Adoption

The transition naturally involved risks as well. From a technical perspective, the implementation proved manageable, because it had been clearly defined in advance what the new environment needed to deliver and because it could be built alongside the existing Avid environment. Ultimately, the biggest challenge was not the technology, but adoption. Not all colleagues had previously worked with Adobe. An internal team therefore spent several weeks providing intensive training and guidance. That approach proved successful: even employees who were initially apprehensive about the transition ultimately responded positively to the new way of working. With the new environment, Omroep Brabant now has a production platform that is better aligned with the reality of modern content production.

We’re heading to NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas. NAB is one of the industry’s key meetups for media, broadcast, and technology — the right place to talk real-world use cases, sanity-check trends, and kick off what’s next.

Meet the Helmut US team at Booth N2870 (North Hall) and let’s talk about your next steps — from workflow optimization to scalable solutions for production and distribution.

Use our free guest code NS4386 to claim a FREE Show Floor Pass (as shown on the banner).

See you in Las Vegas 😎

Learn how the Philadelphia Eagles used Helmut4 to transform project workflows and editorial visibility. The American Football team modernized their entire media and editorial stack—and Helmut4 was the orchestration layer that made it operational. A hybrid-cloud setup around Adobe Premiere Pro, Mimir, and Helmut4 delivered project-level visibility across 500+ TB of active storage, eliminated “shadow” project folders, and enabled ingest and delivery to run in parallel so teams could publish at game speed.

We’ve expanded Helmut4 with powerful new features, fixes, and optimized logic—delivering more stability, control, and efficiency to your workflows.

• HK Tasks: Added a search field for easier navigation

• Web Upload: Jobs can now be canceled mid-process

• AD Tasks: Cron jobs now show correct status indicators

• File Replace Content: New option for literal replacements

• File Support: .jfif registered as IMAGE MIME type

• Security: Introduced an encrypted variable store

• Imported Assets: CO panel now includes metadata & proxy path

• Premiere Pro: Adopted DVA Cache node and updated Premiere Path Settings for CC25

• VidiCore: Create Collection returns parent/child IDs; Import File Into New Item reworked

• Project File Upload, Stratus Transfer, and 7-Zip Extract nodes stabilized

• Resolved issues with 7-Zip Extract, Helmut Confirm, Premiere Confirm, and JavaScript nodes

• Fixed UI bugs with metadata display, multiselect commas, project imports, resizing, and dark UI with Okta

• Restored USER_GLOBAL connection after login

• Dashboard filtering, FX/groups “All” switch, and Medialoopster Test button now work as expected

• Fixed issues with SRT path handling, Linux client copy errors, and ProTools project imports

• AD user logins now correctly update in the FX dashboard

• Cosmo panel Back button remembers last page; iFrame metadata sizing reworked

• Watchfolder scanning and Web Upload CPU usage optimized

• Updated logic for AME job handling, HTTP/XML parsing, and backend/frontend user sync

• “Send Message” options refined; stream duplication retains triggers

• Adopted DVA Cache node for latest Adobe Premiere Pro updates

Post-production at Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg is undergoing a profound change. Adobe Premiere Pro is replacing the previous dual system as the central editing solution – supplemented by the workflow management tool Helmut from MoovIT. This is accompanied by organizational and technical restructuring that is noticeably changing the way the broadcaster works.

Together with partners Netorium and Hiscale, MoovIT invites visitors to Booth 1.D07 to discover its software and services destined to simplify and accelerate video workflows. MoovIT will also present Helmut4, their flagship software for project management and automation in large-scale video environments, now featuring a new integration with Avid Pro Tools. This integration streamlines audio workflows in post-production, allowing editors and audio engineers to seamlessly work and manage projects together within any kind of production infrastructure.

Helmut4 seamlessly integrates the live recording workflow with just:in mac 2025 or just:in linux to Adobe Premiere Pro — making the process easier than ever!

No matter whether you start from the Workflow or the Capture side, this seamless bidirectional integration ensures a smooth and effortless experience.

just:in mac 2025 or just:in linux trigger Helmut4. Helmut4 triggers just:in mac 2025 or just:linux. One side starts the workflow, the other takes over and completes it effortlessly, ensuring a smooth and reliable operation.

❌ No endless coding.

❌ No annoying scripts.

❌ No expensive project management.

✅ Low-code workflows.

✅ Set up in a matter of hours without the need of dedicated development team.

Normally, development takes days and may result in a rigid workflow. With Helmut Stream Designer Studio, you gain maximum flexibility and control.  Stay in the application you’re comfortable with while enjoying complete transparency.

MoovIT – the workflow specialist and Adobe SI partner – and CHESA – the US-based video solution partner and system provider for the media industry – are increasing their presence in the USA. To that end, both companies will once again be exhibiting together at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Booth SL5129. The focus will be on new additions to the Helmut4 project management toolset for video, audio, and graphics post-production, as well as helmut.cloud – an interconnected collaboration platform for media and content production. In Europe, MoovIT is widely known and established as a service provider and software development partner for broadcasters, video production houses, and international sporting events. CHESA, meanwhile, is a successful and well-connected systems integration specialist and solution partner for professional media workflows in the USA.

Helmut-US: new distribution channel for Helmut4 and helmut.cloud

“We know that the USA is a major growth market for our products, and we are in the process of establishing a distribution channel to support our growing dealer network. Anyone with a networked post-production environment should be interested in Helmut4 – especially those using Adobe Premiere. Our multi-tenant platform helmut.cloud also holds appeal for a huge number of companies – from media houses to production enterprises across diverse industries. To ensure our commitment to the US market is fully visible to the outside world, we will market Helmut4 and helmut.cloud under the Helmut-US domain,” explains David Merzenich, Managing Director, MoovIT Software Products. “NAB is the key industry event for us. We look forward to engaging directly with potential partners and customers.”

Video Project Management with Pro Tools Integration

Helmut4 is the standard software for managing, automating, integrating, and orchestrating Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects in connected post-production environments. The toolset consists of several web-based applications and various Adobe panel extensions. Together, these tools guarantee efficient and automated management, editing, and control of all post-production processes – particularly for project-based workflows. Today, almost all major broadcasters in Germany – and many others in Europe – have opted for Helmut4 and Adobe Premiere, paving the way for coordinated workflows, simplified communication, clear overviews, and greater creative freedom thanks to secure, automated routines. As a result, these companies benefit from cost savings, fewer errors, and complete control of all processes – both in remote and on-premises environments.

“Our next step is to introduce a comprehensive Pro Tools integration for the connection between Helmut4 and Avid audio post-production at NAB. This fulfills a key desire of the industry: to unlock the benefits of Helmut4 when working with Pro Tools, in exactly the same way as with Premiere and After Effects,” explains Rafael Gala, Helmut4 Product Manager. Pro Tools sessions can now be fully created, searched, sorted, duplicated, indexed, imported, and exported. File transfers between applications and Pro Tools are automated and API-based – without even needing to open the Pro Tools application. Entire sequences, including video and audio files, can be imported directly from Premiere into Pro Tools sessions, and then further edited using Helmut4. Each edit is automatically registered, saved, and assigned to the subsequently stored process. Furthermore, it is possible to automate the clean-up and deletion of sessions, files, and folder structures. From planning to housekeeping, Pro Tools can now be seamlessly integrated into the post-production process, eliminating all manual steps – except for the creative ones!

Philadelphia Eagles Leverage Helmut4 & Integrate helmut.cloud

In the US market, the Philadelphia Eagles are a key customer for this system. The American football team utilizes Helmut4 as a project management tool. Based on the helmut.cloud platform, with High5 deployed as integration and orchestration software, systems integration specialists CHESA was able to create all the necessary configurations and integrations in line with the customer’s specific requirements.

helmut.cloud, which was first unveiled at last year’s NAB, is a multi-tenant platform consisting of a network of centralized media applications and services. It was developed with the goal of collaboratively connecting the media world – whether deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or via a hybrid approach.

Its core component is the High5 application, which transforms helmut.cloud into an iPaaS (integration platform as-a-service). High5 combines an evolution of the Helmut4 Stream Designer Studio application with a high-performance execution engine that executes all workflows and integrations via the helmut.cloud agent model. Severin Siebertz, Head of Software Architecture, explains, “As the first application on the helmut.cloud platform, High5 is a milestone for anyone who wants to freely design, orchestrate and network their media workflows, regardless of the software they use or the hardware components in their production environments.”

helmut.cloud news

At this year’s NAB, additional features for creating, controlling, managing, and monitoring workflows will be showcased for the first time. These will include an AI-powered code assistant that allows users to specify custom nodes in Stream Designer using natural language. These nodes are then created automatically.

Moreover, it is now possible to integrate helmut.cloud into Helmut4 as a workflow engine by enabling Helmut4’s Stream Designer to ‘talk’ directly to helmut.cloud. As a result, Helmut4 customers can write their own nodes, giving them greater independence in their work.

“As a Systems Integrator, Helmut4 and helmut.cloud are essential for delivering comprehensive solutions to creatives.”, explains Lance Hukill, CHESA’s Chief Commercial Officer.  “Helmut4 automates and orchestrates Adobe-based post-production, while helmut.cloud ensures seamless integration with third-party and cloud-based applications. Together, they enable us to efficiently meet the complex needs of the creative industry.”

Come and See

Visit MoovIT and CHESA at Booth SL5129, where practical examples of both product areas will be presented and displayed. We will also provide information about our sales expansion plans in the USA. MoovIT and CHESA will be collaborating at the stand with Hiscale, the scalable transcoding specialists.