Video Workflow Storage Evolution: The Sequel

Get your summer of 2020 “Sequel” fix with 5 Tiers of Storage for New Video Production Workflows: The Sequel on August 4.

Broadcasting from home, the myriad of reunion shows, canned crowd noise and fake fans in seats; the output of the creativity of producers and broadcasters is evident during the pandemic. What isn’t evident for most viewers is what’s going on behind the scenes. Processes established over many years to decades were disrupted without warning. This forced organizations to weigh what needed to be done to ensure content creation continued.

What Underlying Infrastructure Should Organizations Prioritize?

For many, recording devices and editing processes took precedence in the recent past. But, as we settle into our new normal, innovative organizations are now looking at underlying infrastructure (like storage) to ensure efficient and cost-effective content production. This is why we decided to update our 5 Tiers of Storage for New Video Production Workflows webinar.

Past, Present and Future of Video Production Workflow Storage

The premise of the webinar is to give a high-level overview of the storage technologies currently available and discuss where they fit into the broadcast and video production process. Nick Smith, VP of Technology for JB&A, and I discuss all tiers of storage—not just the archive tier. When the webinar first debuted in December 2018, no one could have predicted where we would be today. In this “Sequel,” we will look at how requirements have evolved in the past 18 months and how storage tiers map to those requirements and we will make our predictions for the next 18 months.

Save Your Seat for the Webinar

So, for those of you disappointed that Top Gun: Maverick and A Quiet Place: Part II have been delayed until 2021, don’t fret! You can get your summer of 2020 “Sequel” fix by registering for 5 Tiers of Storage for New Video Production Workflows: The Sequel, broadcasting live on August 4 at 11 AM Pacific. If you can’t make it to the live broadcast, the same link will work for the on-demand version. If you have questions either before or after the webinar, feel free to email us or contact us.

In Conversation with Ownzones, Pebble Beach, Red Bee and Telstra

In this IABM TV Panel, IABM Members Ownzones, Pebble Beach Systems, Red Bee Media and Telstra discuss the impact Coronavirus & the lockdown has had on their companies.

Panellists include:

  • Dan Goman (Founder & CEO, OWNZONES)
  • Alison Pavitt (Marketing Manager, Pebble Beach Systems)
  • Steve Nylund (CEO, Red Bee Media)
  • Nick Collins (President of the Americas, Telstra)

In Conversation with Take 1

In this IABM TV interview, Dom Bourne (Founder & President, Take 1) talks to IABM TV about what Take 1 does, how they have been affected by COVID-19, and what’s next for the company.

In Conversation with CGI, Clear-Com, Signiant and Zixi

This IABM TV Panel session looks at the effects the Coronavirus Outbreak is having on CGI, Clear-Com, Signiant and Zixi.

Panellists include:

  • Alexandra Maier (Marketing Director for Media Solutions, CGI)
  • Bob Boster (President, Clear-Com)
  • Jon Finegold (Chief Marketing Officer, Signiant)
  • Eunice Park (Vice President of Global Sales & Revenue, Zixi)

Secure content packaging with ExpressPlay DRM and AWS Media Services

In today’s OTT video streaming universe, the number of service contenders has risen dramatically with the latest entrants like Disney+ and NBC Universal’s Peacock service. With so much choice, competition for eyeballs is higher than ever. These days viewers of course expect access to content anytime and on any device, with limited patience for operators that do not meet such expectations. This makes it challenging for operators to effectively monetize their services while also protecting the content against piracy in various forms.

We are seeing an increased eagerness in migration of packaging and content preparation workflows to the AWS Cloud. To help OTT service providers along, Intertrust Technologies and AWS Media Services have authored a joint solution brief outlining how to achieve secure content packaging with cloud-based multi-DRM service. ExpressPlay DRM™ is a cloud-based multi-DRM service interoperable with AWS Elemental MediaPackage and AWS Elemental MediaConvert, leveraging the Secure Packager and Encoder Key Exchange (SPEKE) interface to protect premium content for live and on-demand OTT streaming services.

AWS developed the SPEKE API, which provides a simple and secure interface for delivery of keys and DRM signaling to the content encryption device. Learn more by reading this AWS Media blog, Secure content packaging with ExpressPlay DRM and AWS Media Services, written by guest author Gadi Ittah, director of product management at Intertrust.

About Intertrust Media Solutions

Intertrust Media Solutions provides robust content protection solutions for media and entertainment. Our ExpressPlay Security Suite protects content delivered to any screen, any time. ExpressPlay DRM is a cloud-based multi-DRM service with proven scalability in the largest OTT streaming platforms globally, complemented by watermarking and anti-piracy services. Visit us at www.intertrust.com/drm

COVID-19 Impact on the Hotel Industry Panel

We hear from Ivonne Prugnaud (Managing Director, EMEA at Guest Tek), Aziz Fassassi (Senior IT Solutions Architect and Technology Leader, Accor) and Natalia Shapkina (Sales Director, Anevia) about how COVID-19 has affected the hotel industry.

We hear how Anevia have helped with the new challenges that the hotel industry is facing by providing free virtual channel licences to enable delivery of health & safety communication into guests’ rooms. We also hear examples of how hotels have used virtual channels and internal channels to promote additional services that generate extra revenues.

In Conversation with Dalet

In this IABM TV interview, Raoul Cospen (Market Director, News, Dalet) explains how newsroom collaboration continues while staff have to remain at home.

Q1. How have your customers handled the consequences of the confinement period during the COVID pandemic?
Q2. How has your technology helped Dalet’s clients?
Q3. How can newsroom collaboration continue while staff have to remain at home?
Q4. Will there be a “”before”” and “”after”” COVID in our industry?
Q5. Do you have new functionality announcements coming up?

In Conversation with The Switch

In this IABM TV interview, Robert Szabo-Rowe (SVP Product Management, The Switch) discusses cloud-based production and why it is now coming to the fore for TV productions.

Q1) Rob, you have recently joined The Switch. Can you tell me a bit about why you joined and what your role is?
Q2) What is cloud-based production and why is it now coming to the fore for TV productions?
Q3) How is The Switch driving cloud-based production technique?
Q4) What are the key benefits of a cloud-based TV service?
Q5) What are the optimal use cases of a cloud-first approach?
Q6) Where is cloud-based production taking live broadcasting?

In Conversation with Elevate Broadcast, CNA & LiveU

In this video, Dennis Breckenridge (CEO, Elevate Broadcast) invites guests from the Singapore Region to discuss how they are helping Elevate Broadcast bring new technologies to the market during the current climate.

Guests include:

  • Soo Teck Goh (Sales Director, SEA, LiveU)
  • Sophian Yusi (Vice President, Channel News Asia)
  • James Hollis (Vice President, Channel News Asia)

In Conversation With Latakoo

3-part discussion with Paul Adrian (Co-Founder and CEO, Latakoo), Jade Kurian (Co-Founder, Latakoo) & Luke Hanrahan (Award Winning Reporter & Broadcast Specialist, Latakoo).

Part 1 – Discussion on the change in usage and adoption of Latakoo during COVID-19

Part 2 – Scalability – In what areas will broadcast companies investing to scale

Part 3 – Technology’s role in the Creative process of Production – are we now experiencing the catalyst for change?