Cue Dam delivers fully integrated workflows and asset management suited for modern media operations at enterprise scale
Multimedia hybrids need a different kind of digital asset management
Deadlines never stop, channels never wait, and trust is the only currency that matters. That is why a DAM for media cannot just be storage. It has to treat assets as intelligent editorial ressources.
A media-native DAM for the editorial lifecycle
Cue Dam provides a governed, connected, and searchable platform that supports native, platform-wide AI to optimize asset storage and improve usage. Empowered teams can quickly find, trust, and repurpose assets, minimizing bottlenecks and maximizing cost per asset.
With the flexibility to scale across brands, teams, and outputs, Cue Dam transforms asset management into a competitive advantage.
Newsroom-native DAM. Unlike generic storage solutions, Cue Dam is built for the way editorial teams work. Aligned with planning, multichannel delivery requirements, and story creation needs.
Metadata with meaning. Smart taxonomy and semantic tagging keep assets contextual, searchable, and ready to use so nothing gets lost and every story is built on the best assets available.
Search and reuse, simplified. Find the right asset instantly and repurpose it across brands and channels—keeping stories consistent and driving down cost per asset.
Every newsroom runs on great storytelling, but behind every story are assets, metadata, and workflows that need coherence. Cue provides the platform where assets carry context, governance is embedded, and AI can enrich and optimize. As a result, teams work faster, reuse smarter, and scale without friction across brands and formats.
Story-centric planning
AI-driven recommendations. The coherent data model behind Cue powers thematic clustering and smart suggestions for related content, when planning new stories.
Real-time visibility. With Cue Dam integrated into Cue Hive, assets stay connected to every story plan—allowing editorials to track progress and asset relations across brands and teams, reducing friction and speeding up decisions.
Unified workflows across platform. Track edits and updates with clarity, so teams always know which asset is approved and ready to use, no matter if they wrote the story or borrowed it from another brand.
Context-rich assets. Every asset carries metadata, rights, transcripts, variants, and usage history, so editorials see full context, not just a file.
Content collaboration
Cue Dam makes it easy for editorial, creative, and production teams to collaborate on assets in real time. From task creation to approvals and rights management, everything happens in one shared space, so assets stay visible, up to date, and connected to the stories they support. Supporting smooth collaboration across stories and assets together with Cue Hive.
Notes where they belong. With Cue Hive, comments can be added directly to assets, so edits and feedback stay with the asset, speeding up creative alignment.
From draft to done. Streamline reviews with clear steps, so everyone knows what’s ready for use and what’s not.
One space. Full view. Editorial, design, and production work together in one shared, collaborative space, eliminating fragmentation across workflows and data.
Workflow automation
Manual tagging, file conversions, and rights checks slow everything down. Cue Dam automates the steps that drain time—from metadata enrichment to rights validation and format packaging. That means fewer handoffs and errors, and more time for high-value creative and editorial work.
Semantic AI tagging. Metadata is enriched automatically on upload, so every asset is instantly searchable and ready to use.
Rights validation. Built-in checks confirm rights and usage, preventing mistakes before they happen.
Distribution-ready in seconds. Assets are easily formatted for print, digital, and socials—quick to crop, simple to adjust, and ready to go without extra tools or complexity.
Asset centralization
When assets live in scattered folders or disconnected systems, production slows down. Cue Dam centralizes assets not as files, but as intelligent editorial resources. Metadata, rights information, transcripts, variants, usage history, and contextual meaning travel with assets throughout the enterprise.
Better archive discovery. Instantly find any file by tag, context, or rights. Allow AI to help find and retrieve relevant assets from past usage.
Rights clarity. Usage permissions are controlled at the source, so assets are always safe to use with full clarity.
Cross-brand reuse and long-tail monetization. Do not just use an asset once. With easy facilitation of cross-brand reuse and AI-enhanced search across archives, monetization opportunities per asset are never missed.
Multimodal production
No matter the format, Cue Dam handles it. Cue Dam brings all asset formats into one enterprise-wide repository to stay on top of assets and their related variants, adjusted to the storytelling purpose. With built-in tools for changing and re-purposing, your assets are always ready for the next channel. No extra tools. No extra steps or additional applications to use. Just one integrated workflow.
Prepare assets for any format in seconds, with channel-ready versions generated automatically.
Work with formats like images, video, audio and graphics in one place, ready for editing and distribution through Cue.
Send assets straight into Cue’s content editorial workflows – everything stays connected, no matter who works on it and at what production stage.
Ensure every output meets your standards, with built-in checks that preserve resolution, rights, and brand integrity.
Multichannel storytelling
Delivering content to multiple channels should not mean recreating the same assets over and over. Cue Dam helps teams easily adapt assets for channel specifics, while maintaining brand integrity and creative intent. With shared templates, rights-aware usage, and structured workflows, your assets stay sharp.
Shared templates. Design once and reuse everywhere, so every story looks consistent across platforms.
Rights-aware usage. Ensure channel-specific compliance automatically. Assets are cleared when added to the story and ready for multichannel delivery.
Scalable platform
As media operations expand across brands, markets, and teams, Cue Dam keeps the control of asset management within reach and at enterprise level. With modular architecture, a shared data model, and centralized governance, it is built to scale, so you can grow without losing track of your assets.
A shared data model. Cue Dam acts as foundation for the data model across all Cue platform components. Turning the archive into a living system where every asset carries meaning and governance, making workflows predictable and scalable across brands and teams.
Modular architecture. Cue is built on standardized workflows and a unified data model that allows you to plug in additional tooling like creative and analytical modules as needed, without breaking organizational structure.
How Ippen.Media uses content and data management to create a media success story
How the Hindu handles +80.000.000 assets a day, without slowing down
Enterprise-grade performance. Handle large volumes of assets and users with speed and stability in a unified, AI-ready architecture that scales efficiently and accelerates production across the modern media organization.
Central governance. Maintain control through the unified data model, where trust, permissions, standards, compliance and policy enforcement are embedded, eliminating the need for oversight, while reducing risk.
More than a tool
Cue is the modular, fully integrated media enterprise platform that connects and streamlines editorial planning, collaboration, content creation, asset management, and multichannel delivery.
CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Customer success at Stibo DX means working side by side with your newsroom. From onboarding to ongoing growth, we help you navigate the realities of today’s media, while maximizing return on every investment and build readiness for tomorrow’s demands.
Getting started
Getting started should not slow you down. With Cue, onboarding is simple, guided, and built around the way teams already work to empower organizations in their digital transformation.
knowledge base
Learn the entire Cue platform in 24 articles. From workflows to engagement, this course gives you the clarity and confidence to master modern media operations.