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Ad Insertion Platform's DAIConnct SSAI platform functions as an enhanced solution to manage server-side-ad-insertions for live and on-demand content. Our technology enables dynamic and personalized insertion of video advertising via HLS and Mpeg-DASH protocols, guaranteeing a best-in-class end-user experience without buffering or latency issues.

DAIConnect Suite is composed of 4 independent components working together to fulfil exact customer needs.

• Ad Break Composer


• DAI Manifest Manipulator


• DAI Optimizer


• DAI Insight

The Ad Break Composer:

The Ad Break Composer is the core component of the solution.

It is in charge among other features to:

• Create, edit and apply rules for each ad break and each user based on multiple parameters.


• Mix ads coming from one or more ad server/SSP combined with optional ad bumpers, interstitials or promos


• Add external and contextual data to target your audience


• Validate creatives and adapt creatives video formats, apply or change tags/categories


• Benefit from the various ad inventory split features (volume, device, SCTE35 event ID ...)


• Adapt the insertion workflow as needed day per day or minutes per minutes without interruption or downtime


• Manage dynamically ad parameters from player query parameters or with default values, per channel, time period, VOD catalogs


• Configurable Ad server prefetching

The DAI Manifest Manipulator:

This component is the processor in charge of the manifest manipulation for SSAI. It is executing the following tasks: 

• Manipulate the HLS or MPEG-DASH manifest for each user to enable one-to-one targeting ad insertion; the Ad Pod created by the Ad Break Composer is inserted for each user session


• Manage multiple HLS tags for ad insertion (#EXT-X-CUE-OUT/IN, #EXT-OATCLS-SCTE35, #EXT-X-DATERANGE-)


• Support HLS versions v3 and higher


• Push on storage ad trackers information for server-side ad tracking


• Insert additional information in the manifest (for client-side tracking for example)


• Provide a monitoring interface to detect any issue coming from the sources, the system itself or third components like ad servers

The DAI Insights

Data is critical for customers and our DAIConnect is the bridge between these two words. This position is ideal to be able to store, analyze and process data coming from the Adtech components or the video delivery part.

DAI Insight provide so features like:

• Validate / Analyze your ad insertion number regarding ad servers


• Get insights on your ad performance and fill rate


• Analyze data regarding audiences even if the CDN delivery is not done by yourself


• Easy dashboard to get insights on audience, device split, ad insertions, etc.


• Transparent data view, available to different parties (Device Manufacturers, Broadcasters / Publisher, Content owner…)


• Allow data storage activation to be able to generate graphs and reports

DAI Optimizer

The main function for this component is to provide services allowing:

• Optimizing the value of the ad inventory by enabling unified header bidding auctions with AIP ad Network.


• Connections to multiple demand sources to retrieve the highest revenue for each opportunity.


• Work with multiple ad partners to sell your unsold inventory at the best price.


• Increase programmatic revenues and fill rate.

Why we are different

For broadcasters and video content providers, an inherent tension exists between the need to deliver a premium viewing experience – complete with start-over and time-shifted TV functionality – and to monetize streaming video offerings and services. The challenge of monetizing over-the-top (OTT) video content will only continue to grow as viewership on connected devices increases.

Ad Insertion Platform goes beyond SSAI and offers an end-to-end solution to meet market demands:

• User Interface, many SSAI solutions are API managed. At AIP, we decided to provide a full-feature platform. It can of course be managed by API, but it has a user-friendly interface allowing not only technical DevOps to work on the platform but also staff coming from the Adtech universe.


• Workflow and orchestration management through the “Ad Break Composer” application. All SSAI have quite basic features, managing ad bumpers, one call to an ad server and a final filler. Our solution provides a workflow editor to create events on a calendar. Each event contains the workflow that the SSAI will do when detecting an ad break. Many features are included as for example Volume Split, that allows to do a specific action or call for x% of the simultaneous viewer and another process for the rest. Or device split, to define what to insert for mobile users for example and what to insert for CTV users that will be different.


• Monitoring: DAIConnect includes a monitoring view allowing to detect any issue on production regarding the input streams, the platform itself or the third parties’ elements like ad servers.


• Statistics and data: Our DAI Insight component allows our customer to retrieve data and statistics about their service. All data can come from the video delivery part (like audiences) or from the Ad tech third parties, like the number of ads inserted, fill-rates, number of missed opportunities, etc.


• One solution for FAST and AVOD. The platform is managing from a simple interface live and VOD offers allowing the customer to have a central solution for both services


• Complex encoding workflow. The solution is natively multi-CDN, DAIConnect proposes a user interface to define the encoding workflow and ad delivery processes.


• Ad reviewing, as the system can call multiple ad servers and can also add ads coming from programmatic, if the customer wants to guarantee that the ads are compliant with their rules, the platform can block non-reviewed ads and is providing an interface to make a visual validation by the user.


• Multi-cloud deployment. The solution runs on multiple public cloud infrastructures like AWS and Google Cloud Platform but can also be deployed on-premises for operators willing to do SSAI on their own infrastructure and CDN.


• Simplicity: we take care of the complexity of ad insertion and bridge the gap between the video delivery infrastructure and the AdTech components, so you can focus on your content.


• Fully agnostic: as we serve as an abstraction layer, we can work with major ad servers, SSPs and DSPs assuring retrieval of all the market demand for your inventory.


• Independency: with our DAIConnect platform your ad pod management is not linked to your ad server, giving you flexibility for the ad break composition rules and logic.


• Transparency: instead of using the “blackbox” SSAI component from your ad server, you can have full control and transparency.


• Cost optimization: changing parameters if your inventory sales are not performing is easy and does not require additional technical integration costs


• Monitoring: we offer full insights and access to aggregated data regarding audiences and ad insertion statistics to analyze your KPI.

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Solid State Disks Ltd  - The Industrial Division of the Reactive Group.We deliver innovative system solutions to defense, commercial and industrial customers worldwide. SSDL specialises in the design, development and integration of advanced storage systems.

We design and manufacture the CF2SCSI SCSIFlash and FLOPPYFlash CF based solid-state drives integrating proprietary FPGA based technology which provides further storage future-proofing for critical legacy computer applications.

Store » File-based & Object Storage » On-Premise Storage » Off-line/archive storage »

Kumulate makes video storage and content management simpler, more intuitive and cost effective. With a modular design Kumulate users start with the core storage management functionality and add modules at their own pace, adapting to new revenue streams.  Integrations with Avid MediaCentral and Adobe solutions make Kumulate one of the most flexible and well integrated storage management options. Working with AI and Machine Learning solutions from cloud providers adds cognitive services including speech-to-text and facial recognition into standard Kumulate workflows. Kumulate’s next-generation interface enables intuitive drag-and-drop functionality for easier platform configuration and storage location control.

Manage » Manage & Orchestrate » Data & Metadata Management » (Meta)data aggregation and management »

Benchmark’s PIPE|Bridge is an interface system, which receives financial data from agencies like Bloomberg/Reuters in realtime and pushes to broadcast graphics engines. The data will be stored in local database for while dumping to PIPE|Bridge database for processing.  The product has different modules as explain below:

Pipe Failiover: Enables redundancy for Reuters / B-PIPE©data. It monitors the data feed and in case of Main feed failure, it switches to backup feed.

 Pipe Feed Handler:  The Feed Handler application is used to define and manage the securities (stock code), for which the realtime data is need . The Feed Handler service will pull the data from the data provider, and dump it to the database. The system enables smooth real-time data stream between the data provider and the database

 Pipe History Archive: The history archive enables users to extract massive historical data of subscribed securities for processing and display them as graphs/Charts

 Pipe History Scheduler: History scheduler ensures daily market data of each security Is captured on the database

 Pipe Viz Updater: Viz updater, pushes security values to graphics & ticker engines on request by the systems.

 Pipe RSS Feed :   RSS module listens and process the RSS feeds and enable them to be displayed in the graphics engines

 

Publish » Linear Signal Distribution » Terrestrial Distribution Equipment » Digital TV transmitters »

The new Maxiva UAXT/VAXT Multi-Compact family of UHF & VHF solid-state Transmitters, Transposers (Translators) and on-channel Gap Fillers expands upon the proven foundation of GatesAir low-power systems and PowerSmart® high-efficiency technology.Today’s broadcasters and network operators are continually searching for more efficient and economical approaches for providing reliable  over-the-air transmission.  When several DTV channels can be consolidated into one common transmission site, the cost and space requirements for individual equipment per channel can often be very significant. The innovative Multi-Compact architecture allows the possibility of many configurations, with up to 8 independent low power transmitters, transposers or gap fillers, to be configured into a single space-saving chassis. The Maxiva Multi-Compact provides pre-filter power levels up to 15W per module, in a compact and convenient 4RU 19” rack mount package.

Designed for digital or analog broadcasting, the Maxiva Multi-Compact is a platform available in Transmitter, Transposer or SFN Gap Filler configurations for DVB-T/H, DVB-T2, ATSC, ATSC-MDTV, ISDB-Tb and analog networks. The Maxiva Multi-Compact can be configured  for up to 8 independent systems, or as N+1, N+2 or N+1/M+1 configurations.Instead of investing into several separate transmitter units, as well as complex and costly redundancy management systems, broadcasters or network operators can now simply invest into a single 4RU Multi-Compact transmitter and operate up to 7 channels with +1 redundancy in a single compact unit.

Main Features of Maxiva™ UAXT Multi-Compact / VAXT Multi-CompactMaxiva Multi-Compact Platform:

• Up to 15 Watts average power per module


• High efficiency broadband amplifier technology


• Extremely compact 4RU 19” rack mount chassis


• Single chassis configurable for up to 7+1, or 6+2 redundancy configurations


• Several Input interfaces for each transmitter module:
  
  
  
  • 1 x ASI input (TS, BTS, T2MI, SMPTE-310M)
  
  
  • 1 x GbE input (TS over IP)
  
  
  • Optional:  1 x DVB-S/S2 Satellite Receiver input  per slot (including CAM interface and multi-stream capabilities)
  
  
  • Optional: 1 x RF receiver input for repeater/gap-filler configuration
  
  
  
  


• DVB-T/H/T2, ISDB-T/Tb, DAB/DAB+/T-DMB, ATSC and analog modulations fully supported


• Embedded ASI and RF Matrix for redundancy management of each transmitter module


• Embedded Re-Multiplexer/Layer Combiner/TS to BTS (188 to 204 byte) converter for ISDB-Tb


• Adaptive pre-correction circuits


• 2 x hot swappable high stability GPS / GLONASS receivers with battery


• 2 x hot swappable power supplies


• SNMP, Web Interface and Touch Screen display

UAXT / VAXT Multi-Compact – Primary Components

• Multi-Compact Chassis, 4RU, with 8 slots, to be fitted with plug-in transmitters/transposer/gap filler modules for N+1 or N+2 configurations.  Includes 1 power supply, 1 GPS / GLONASS receiver and RF output matrix.


• 15 W UHF Digital TV transmitter plug-in module., with 1x ASI, 1x GbE inputs and ASI matrix (up to 8 per chassis)


• 15 W UHF Digital TV transposer/gap-filler plug-in with echo cancellation

Standard Options & Accessories

• Redundant power supply option (Hot-swappable unit)


• Redundant GPS / GLONASS receiver option (Plug-in board)


• 26 dB LNA GPS / GLONASS antenna. includes mounting kit and 25 meters coaxial cable


• DVB-S/S2 integrated receiver board per slot, single and multi-stream, with CAM slot


• RF integrated receiver board for transposer/gap-filler operation


• DVB-S/S2 integrated input matrix for N+1 or N+2 configuration


• RF integrated input matrix for N+1 or N+2 configuration


• Software option for ISDB-Tb Remux/Layer combiner/ TS to BTS (188 to 204 byte) converter


• Dual-cast software option, adds DVB-T modulation


• Dual-cast software option, adds DVB-T2 modulation


• Dual-cast software option, adds ISDB-T modulation


• Dual-cast software option, adds ATSC modulation

Connect » Real-Time Signal Transfer » Intra-Facility Connectivity » IP networks and switches and SDVN »

The DARK16I is a versatile box for converting analogue audio inputs to an AoIP system utilising the Dante and AES67 audio over IP (AoIP) protocols.

In total there are 16 audio input channels, all being simultaneously converted to the AoIP network via high quality low noise analogue to digital converters.

For ease of cabling audio inputs are balanced circuits on Neutrik XLRs.

Being designed for resilient broadcast applications, the DARK16I features both redundant power supplies and redundant Dante network links with link status GPOs (general purpose outputs (solid state relays)). Both primary and secondary network links are provided with both magnetic (copper RJ45) and fibre (SFP) interface connections. The Dante system itself provides a completely transparent redundant link system which means that if the DARK16I lost its primary link circuit the secondary link would automatically take over with no loss of audio.

The primary and secondary network interfaces are routed internally via a network switch.  It is possible to set this switch to work as a traditional network switch instead of the default redundant mode.  This means that there would be just one link to the Dante/ AES67 network and the other connections of the switch could have other Dante or network devices connected to them. As with all Dante devices, once set up, DARK16I units can be directly connected with each other with no external network hardware.

Support » Monitoring, Control & Communications » Audio Monitoring » Loudspeakers »

The HRS-1S provides self-powered, full-fidelity audio monitoring of 2 analog channels in the smallest space possible (half-width 1 RU). This unit contains two high performance transducers driven by two power amplifiers: one amplifier/driver combination handles midrange and high frequency information, while the second handles summed low frequency information below the 500 Hz crossover point.

The unique design allows this unit to fit almost anywhere, and provides optimally focused sound for operators in an ultra near field (1 to 3 ft.) working environment. This provides for a higher SPL for the operator while reducing overall ambient sound and adjacent bay crosstalk.

Extended HF response reveals potential problems with audio whine or hiss. Electronic rather than acoustic cancellation of bass frequencies provides positive audible detection of out-of-phase (reversed polarity) audio feeds. A headphone jack is provided on the front panel, usage automatically mutes the speakers. Output limiter circuits are incorporated to protect the speakers, and extensive magnetic shielding allows placement immediately adjacent to video monitors with no color impurities.

FEATURES:

• Premium quality subwoofer and midrange speaker


• High quality AMP Series internal amplifier


• 2 balanced analog Inputs with loop-through (1 stereo)


• 95dB SPL at 2 feet (0.6m)


• Premium quality drivers and power amplifiers


• Headphone jack mutes speakers

BENEFITS:

• Thorough magnetic shielding for placement next to sensitive equipment.


• Extended frequency response and low distortion


• Electronic cancellation of bass frequencies provides audible indication of phase/polarity problems.


• Incredibly compact, fits almost anywhere, 1/2 rack wide (8.5”), 1RU high.


• Quick and simple installation


• Focused sound reduces adjacent bay crosstalk

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Monetize » Analyze Data » Data Analytics » Consumer data analysis »

VSNExplorer Business Intelligence (BI) module transforms all metadata related to any media file into information capable of creating real value for a company. This solution presents all the information and data in a simplified way so that they can be easily analyzed and used to propose actions to increase efficiency and content ROI. VSNExplorer BI generates reports, graphics and detailed analytics, both automatically or manually generated, based on the information detected from media assets available in a MAM system, analyzing the performance of a specific company and assisting in the decision-making process.

VSNExplorer Business Intelligence (BI) module has been specifically designed for broadcast and media environments. Thanks to VSNExplorer BI module, users can extract all the information related to media assets, media quality control processes, traffic, transcoding, and many others, presenting all the selected data in a wide variety of graphics and analysis reports. This way, companies can count on reliable information for their decision-making processes and business performance analysis, no longer needing to create those reports manually or through third-party systems, saving time and resources.

These reports can be customized according to each user or department’s needs, combining both automatically generated reports with customized graphics, thus accessing the precise information they need with information related to overall company performance segmented by geographical area. This system also allows users to monitorize their company’s performance from one single dashboard, granting users and managers more control over its evolution and corporate history.

Thanks to the clean and attractive presentation of data detected directly from any broadcast system, VSNExplorer BI module thoroughly analyzes the real performance of any content, media file, workflow, or use of any resource available for a specific broadcast and media company. All this information represent a real value for any company or corporation willing to improve its business processes and identify new business opportunities.

Produce » Post Production » Ingest » Post-production ingest »

The redesigned R&S®VENICE incorporates Rohde & Schwarz’s decades of experience in the broadcast & media industry, our customer feedback and the latest IP technologies. R&S VENICE can be flexibly adapted to your requirements thanks to its software architecture and scalability. For channel playout, studio and live applications, the latest application is just a software license away. The foundation comes from our new R&S®VENICE microservice core paired with commercial off-the-shelf hardware and a video I/O board designed by Rohde & Schwarz.