Reliable 24/7 monitoring and aircheck, recording a variety of inputs from baseband (SDI, HDMI, etc.) to Transport Stream (ATSC/ATSC 3.0 via antenna, IP, ASI, and QAM) and IP (2110, 2022-6, RTMP, RTSP, SRT, ZIXI, NDI, HLS, MPEG-DASH, Smooth) to assure compliance and quality of both linear OTA and OTT broadcasts with alerts sent on Audio and Video issues such as missing video, frozen image, low or no audio, pixelization, and more.
The HTML-5 platform includes an advanced player with fast-forward, fast-backward, slow-motion, scrubbing and pause, as well as Search via CC, EPG, AsRun and PlayList to easily find the content you are looking and stop options.
The Actus platform provides proof-of-airing with bookmarks and clip-sharing, evaluation of original transport stream and easy transcoding to any format, exporting to any destination or publishing to Social.
The low-latency browser-based and software multiviewers display any combination of channels with must-have compliance logging for things such as missing closed captions/DVB subtitles and loudness violations. Additional engineering features like SCTE 35/104 and NAVE detection, TS analysis, playlist to as-run log discrepancy reporting, and many QoE/QoS alerts are all standard on the Actus platform.
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Actus – MVPD Remote Video Monitoring
Actus RVM provides MVPDs with an organized dashboard that provides constant compliance-logging and quality monitoring for higher-value channels with the ability to dial in to their entire lineup at hundreds of geographically dispersed locations to see what their viewers see Post-STB and troubleshoot issues in real time.
It is also used to verify local ads are inserted and timed correctly, and ensure services are running properly.
RVM provides Penalty Box and traditional Multiviewer views and sends proactive alerts 24x7 for channels that violate user-set quality thresholds.
BY IDENTIFYING ISSUES BEFORE THEIR CUSTOMERS, REMOTELY TROUBLESHOOTING THEM, AND QUICKLY REMEDYING THEM, OPERATORS REDUCE TRUCK-ROLLS, SAVE MONEY, AND IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE.
Actus Advanced OTT Monitoring and Analysis
As the global over-the-top (OTT) services market keeps growing, so to does the demand for OTT quality of service and quality of experience monitoring and analysis.The Actus intelligent monitoring platform can combine OTA and OTT analysis on the same platform or can be implemented as an exclusive OTT monitoring solution, supporting any internet-based protocol, such as HLS, RTMP, RTSP, SRT, ZIXI, NDI, MPEG-DASH, Smooth, and others.
Content can be recorded at several points in distribution chain to compare content ant points before and after various CDNs, with alerts sent on any audio and video issues, including low or missing audio, blue screen, black screen, frozen image, pixelization, missing closed caption, and more.
The Actus Alert Center constantly monitors all renditions of OTT streams in real-time, alerting on any technical issue that impacts the viewer’s quality of experience as well as segments where closed captions or SCTE triggers are missing.
Any exception is logged and reported via multiple methods, including e-mail, SNMP, dashboard, multiviewer, log files and popular group-texting applications.
Actus AdWatch – Auto-Commercial Detection & Sales Lead Generation
Actus AdWatch uses advanced audio-fingerprint technology to monitor yours and your competitors' channels to detect commercials and generate reports including the New Commercial Report highlighting new Advertisers in your local market and the Delta Report that lists Advertisements aired more on competitor channels than you own.
The process begins by defining the reference commercials, either by marking them from the recorded feeds or by importing sample files.
The system automatically computes one specific fingerprints for each of the marked commercials.
AdWatch monitors the live feeds of all selected channels, and compares the fingerprint of the live feeds to the fingerprints of all the marked commercials (ads) or any other content stored in the database.
Adwatch can also detect new ads that have not been fingerprinted and alerts the operators with all the new ads for confirmation.
At the end of the process, AdWatch creates a database of all certified detections.
The user may produce a large set of reports from this database, by date, channel, brands, campaign and many other attributes.
For further analysis, there is a possibility to export any report to excel (.csv)
AdWatch is the optimal solution for Sales Lead List generation, Ad verification with video verification, and competitive ad analysis.
Actus Compliance Logging and Quality Monitoring
Reliable 24/7 monitoring and aircheck, recording a variety of inputs from baseband (SDI, HDMI, etc.) to Transport Stream (ATSC/ATSC 3.0 via antenna, IP, ASI, and QAM) and IP (2110, 2022-6, RTMP, RTSP, SRT, ZIXI, NDI, HLS, MPEG-DASH, Smooth) to assure compliance and quality of both linear OTA and OTT broadcasts with alerts sent on Audio and Video issues such as missing video, frozen image, low or no audio, pixelization, and more.
The HTML-5 platform includes an advanced player with fast-forward, fast-backward, slow-motion, scrubbing and pause, as well as Search via CC, EPG, AsRun and PlayList to easily find the content you are looking and stop options.
The Actus platform provides proof-of-airing with bookmarks and clip-sharing, evaluation of original transport stream and easy transcoding to any format, exporting to any destination or publishing to Social.
The low-latency browser-based and software multiviewers display any combination of channels with must-have compliance logging for things such as missing closed captions/DVB subtitles and loudness violations. Additional engineering features like SCTE 35/104 and NAVE detection, TS analysis, playlist to as-run log discrepancy reporting, and many QoE/QoS alerts are all standard on the Actus platform.
Actus Digital – Clip Factory Pro
Increasing the viewers’ engagement is a challenge for any content owner. Clips generation and publishing to the online platforms must be efficient, fast, simple, cost-effective, automated, and accessible to anyone, from anywhere, anytime. No need for professional video editors or dedicated workstations. This is exactly what Clip Factory Pro is for. It can be deployed as an on-premise solution, Virtual Machine, Cloud, or as a Hybrid solution.
A COMPLETE WORKFLOW FOR CONTENT RE-PURPOSING
It's an enhanced HTML5 clips generation workflow for digital media and news teams. It includes the recording, advanced editing and metadata enrichment options, a built-in transcoding engine, and direct publishing to social media, OTT, VOD, Web, Catch up TV, etc.
ADVANCED EDITING
It allows you to mark in/mark out multiple segments manually or automatically by using external data such as As run log files, EPG, closed caption, or AI engines. You can easily include or exclude segments, choose to add specific subtitles and audio language, or add a thumbnail. The metadata can be easily customized, pre-defined, or imported.
EFFECTS AND GRAPHICS
Enrich the clip with logos, graphics, animations, mute or blur specific parts, add pre or post-roll, crop a part of the video, and split the screen as a few examples.
EXPORT IN ANY FORMAT TO ANY DESTINATION
It records from any input, including IP, SDI, QAM, HLS, SMPTE 2022-6, ASI, SRT, RTMP, NDI, and Zixi, from any format and resolution, including SD, HD, 4K, 8K. The frame accurate clips are exported in any format. The clips can be exported to social media, such as Facebook, YouTube, OTT platforms, VoD, and more, and integration with third parties transcoding farms is also supported.
AUTOMATIC CONCATENATION AND CLIP CREATION
Automatic export of specific programs, scheduled clipping, automatic ads removal, clipping based on EPG, As Run logs or other external metadata, and automatic AI-based clipping are some examples.
Actus Mosaic – Broadcast Multiviewer
Monitor any number of live OTA and OTT channels from any combination of inputs on browser-based and/or SW application Multiviewers...then use Actus Synchro to drill down and pinpoint where in the video delivery workflow issues are introduced to quickly and efficiently improve your QoS and viewer QoE.
With unlimited configurable layouts and a variety of widgets, unlimited users easily specify the size and position of each channel, with related clock, label, metadata, captions, VU meter, alerts, TS analysis, penalty box and more.
What's more, every channel is being recorded, so you can use Actus Digital's comprehensive suite of tools to research the history of issues and make changes to preempt future issues.
Actus Rating Graphs and Competitive Analysis Collaboration
Efficient Actus ratings graphing and analysis tools provide a clear graphical view of ratings alongside the video broadcast on each channel that earned those ratings.
This is a great tool for News to work with graphics and talent and improve performance, as well as for sales to prepare Advertiser Sales Pitches perhaps researching demographic performance as it applies to them. The easy to read graphs are based on data received from rating and audience measurement companies such as Nielsen, Comscore, Kantar, IBOPE, TNS, AGB, BARC, GFKGallup and/or any others data source that relate to performance per channel over time.
The result is better program planning, ad placement, program scheduling and performance. This helps improve your ratings which can significantly increase revenues.
Actus Technical Monitoring – Alert Center and TS analysis
Actus Alert Center checks feeds from TV, Radio, and OTT for any audio or video issues, such as no/low audio, frozen image, blue screen, black screen, pixelization, Loudness violations, missing SCTE, missing captions/subtitles, NAVE and more.
When defined thresholds are violated, alerts are seen on-screen, sent via email, and/or SNMP traps are sent.
A history of alerts can be seen on-screen and exported with reports and graphical representations. When used in a system with multiple locations, alerts can be shown locally as well as remotely from a Central Server and centralized multiviewers.The transport stream analyzer (TSA) highlights TR-101-290 priority 1, 2, and 3 errors from any transport stream source and alert on any QoS issues that may affect viewer QoE.
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Matrox X.mio3 LP
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Matrox M264 Family
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Cosmos
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Channel owners in worldwide gain the freedom to outsource practically all the technical equipment traditionally required for broadcasting.
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AirBox
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AirBox enables playlist scheduling for weeks ahead for automated playout. The associated gaps and time overlaps are overcome dynamically to ensure smooth service even when timed activities interfere with each other. If content files or even entire schedules are missing and misplaced, special facilities guarantee continuous operation.
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- K8 with EX-2 adds LTC I/O, RS-422 control and Analogue audio I/O
The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design
KRONOS K8 has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.
Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline
- 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards
- Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material
- 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel
- 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!
Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV
- Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions
- Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering
Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility
- Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production
- Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options
Low-latency video keyers
- 4 x Low latency hardware video keyer
- Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay
- Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay
- Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data
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Bluefish444 Epoch | 4K Neutron
Epoch | 4K Neutron is Bluefish444’s fully-featured 4K/UHD, 2K/HD & SD video and audio I/O card for professional video workflows on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.
Capable of up to 3 independent and simultaneous channels of 3G/HD/SD-SDI input or output, 4K Neutron also features 4K/UHD HDMI monitoring, AES Digital Audio IO, Analogue Audio Output, RS-422 Control, and auxiliary Reference Input. 4K Neutron is also available as a low-profile configuration compatible with compact installations or devices.
Cross-platform support with industry-leading 3rd-party software
Adobe Creative Cloud | Assimilate SCRATCH | Avid | Avmeda | Brainstorm | BTi | CasparCG | ChryonHego | ClassX | Dataton | Drastic Technologies 4KScope & VideoQC | DVBControl | Etere | Foundry Nuke | Libero Systems | Marquise Technologies MIST & ICE | Masterplay | Media 5 | Media-Alliance | Medialooks | Metus | MOG | NewTek | Nverzion | Resolume | Ross Video | Streamstar | Telestream Wirecast | Touchdesigner | Unity | Unreal Engine | Unreal Streaming Technologies | Vizrt Viz Engine & Viz Arena | vMix | VRi | Xdream Media | Zinemath zLense
All Bluefish video cards are Thunderbolt compatible, work with the free Bluefish acquisition application IngeSTore, the Bluefish cross-platform SDK, and leading 3rd party content creation tools.
Bluefish products are deployed globally throughout the broadcast graphics, post-production, live event and entertainment, immersive graphics, proAV, corporate, military, government, medical and education markets, including integration into digital intermediate, mobile production, QC and compliance, Video Over IP and video streaming workflows.
FREE multi-channel capture tool, IngeSTore
- Capture up to 3 channels of video
- Wide range of codec options
- Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage
- Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer
- REST API to control remotely
- RS-422 Controller
- Encode for live production, post production, archival and streaming workflows
MAJOR FEATURES
Bi-directional I/O’s provide unrivalled flexibility
- 3 bi-directional BNC video connectors supporting 3G/1.5G SDI I/O
- Up to 4K UHD 30p playout or capture via Dual Link 3G-SDI
- Each BNC is completely independent
- Third BNC can be set to Reference input instead of standard video signal
Maximum connectivity
Included breakout cable provides:
- RS-422 machine control for control of VTRs and other serial-controlled devices
- 8 channels of AES EBU audio input and output for 7.1 surround sound monitoring. Capture and playout digital audio signals in crystal-clear quality
- 2 channels of Analogue Audio for quick and simple high quality audio monitoring
- Auxiliary Reference (Input) connector frees the 3rd BNC for 3G/HD/SD video I/O
The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design
4K Neutron has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.
4K/UHD HDMI monitoring
- Cost-effective 4K/UHD monitoring via HDMI 1.4
- Simultaneous SDI and HDMI playout
Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline
- 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards
- Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material
- 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel
- 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!
Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV
- Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions
- Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering
Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility
- Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production
- Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options
Low-latency video keyer
- Low latency hardware video keyer
- Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay
- Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay
- Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data
Bluefish444 Epoch | Supernova CG
Epoch | Supernova CG is Bluefish444’s 2K/HD & SD video and audio I/O card for professional video workflows on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.
Capable of up to 4 independent and simultaneous channels of HD/SD-SDI input or output, Supernova CG features a flexible combination of multi-channel SDI I/O, and a dedicated Reference input BNC.
Cross-platform support with industry-leading 3rd-party software
Adobe Creative Cloud | Assimilate SCRATCH | Avid | Avmeda | Brainstorm | BTi | CasparCG | ChryonHego | ClassX | Dataton | Drastic Technologies 4KScope & VideoQC | DVBControl | Etere | Foundry Nuke | Libero Systems | Marquise Technologies MIST & ICE | Masterplay | Media 5 | Media-Alliance | Medialooks | Metus | MOG | NewTek | Nverzion | Resolume | Ross Video | Streamstar | Telestream Wirecast | Touchdesigner | Unity | Unreal Engine | Unreal Streaming Technologies | Vizrt Viz Engine & Viz Arena | vMix | VRi | Xdream Media | Zinemath zLense
All Bluefish video cards are Thunderbolt compatible, work with the free Bluefish acquisition application IngeSTore, the Bluefish cross-platform SDK, and leading 3rd party content creation tools.
Bluefish products are deployed globally throughout the broadcast graphics, post-production, live event and entertainment, immersive graphics, proAV, corporate, military, government, medical and education markets, including integration into digital intermediate, mobile production, QC and compliance, Video Over IP and video streaming workflows.
FREE multi-channel capture tool, IngeSTore
- Capture up to 4 channels of video
- Wide range of codec options
- Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage
- Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer
- REST API to control remotely
- RS-422 Controller
- Encode for live production, post production, archival and streaming workflows
MAJOR FEATURES
Bi-directional I/O’s provide unrivalled flexibility
- 4 bi-directional BNC video connectors supporting 1.5G-SDI I/O
- Up to 2K/HD 60p playout or capture via Dual Link 1.5G-SDI
- Each BNC is completely independent
Maximum connectivity
- Dedicated Reference Input BNC
The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design
Supernova CG has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.
Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline
- 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards
- Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material
- 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel
- 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!
Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV
- Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions
- Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering
Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility
- Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production
- Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options
Low-latency video keyer
- Low latency hardware video keyer
- Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay
- Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay
- Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data
Bluefish444 Epoch | 4K Supernova S+
Epoch | 4K Supernova S+ is Bluefish444’s fully-featured 4K/UHD, 2K/HD & SD video and audio I/O card for professional video workflows on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.
Capable of up to 4 independent and simultaneous channels of 3G/HD/SD-SDI input or output, 4K Supernova S+ also features a fifth BNC for SDI monitor output and a dedicated Reference input BNC.
Cross-platform support with industry-leading 3rd-party software
Adobe Creative Cloud | Assimilate SCRATCH | Avid | Avmeda | Brainstorm | BTi | CasparCG | ChryonHego | ClassX | Dataton | Drastic Technologies 4KScope & VideoQC | DVBControl | Etere | Foundry Nuke | Libero Systems | Marquise Technologies MIST & ICE | Masterplay | Media 5 | Media-Alliance | Medialooks | Metus | MOG | NewTek | Nverzion | Resolume | Ross Video | Streamstar | Telestream Wirecast | Touchdesigner | Unity | Unreal Engine | Unreal Streaming Technologies | Vizrt Viz Engine & Viz Arena | vMix | VRi | Xdream Media | Zinemath zLense
All Bluefish video cards are Thunderbolt compatible, work with the free Bluefish acquisition application IngeSTore, the Bluefish cross-platform SDK, and leading 3rd party content creation tools.
Bluefish products are deployed globally throughout the broadcast graphics, post-production, live event and entertainment, immersive graphics, proAV, corporate, military, government, medical and education markets, including integration into digital intermediate, mobile production, QC and compliance, Video Over IP and video streaming workflows.
FREE multi-channel capture tool, IngeSTore
- Capture up to 4 channels of video
- Wide range of codec options
- Records direct to shared storage, including Avid shared storage
- Growing file support with Edit-While-Record in Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer
- REST API to control remotely
- RS-422 Controller
- Encode for live production, post production, archival and streaming workflows
MAJOR FEATURES
Bi-directional I/O’s provide unrivalled flexibility
- 4 bi-directional BNC video connectors supporting 3G/1.5G SDI I/O
- Up to 4K UHD 30p playout or capture via Dual Link 3G-SDI
- Each BNC is completely independent
Maximum connectivity
- Additional BNC for SDI monitoring
- Dedicated Reference input BNC
The industry's lowest latency I/O, by design
4K Supernova S+ has, by design, the world's lowest-latency providing access to captured fields or frames to on-board card memory event before the whole field or frame is complete, thereby reducing the latency to sub on field or frame. During a capture or playout, each process can occur at less than or equal to 1 field for interlaced modes, and less than 1 frame for progressive modes.
Maintaining a 12-bit processing pipeline
- 12-bit image processing is standard on all Bluefish video cards
- Allows 8, 10 & 12-bit SDI video signals to be produced from 8, 10, 12 & 16-bit pixel formats providing the highest image quality available from your source material
- 4096 discrete values of red, green & blue are maintained per pixel
- 4 times the colour precision of a traditional 10-bit processing pipeline!
Maintaining the highest quality RGB <=> YUV
- Fully programmable 4 x 4 x 33-bit colour matrix providing the highest quality colour space conversions
- Reduces colour space conversion errors and ensures the highest quality colour accuracy during capture, monitoring and mastering
Thunderbolt expansion chassis compatibility
- Compatible with Sonnet, One Stop Systems Magma, Netstor, and AKiTio Thunderbolt devices for multichannel mobile production
- Visit Bluefish's website for a full list of qualified 3rd-party chassis options
Low-latency video keyer
- Low latency hardware video keyer
- Allows video layers to be combined in hardware with microseconds of delay
- Enables animated logos, captions, tickers, and more to be keyed over live video feeds at full 12-bit precision, and with minimum input to output delay
- Can also function as an image pre-multiplier to assist in previewing images with alpha data
Bluefish444 KRONOS Optikos
The KRONOS optikós offers future-proofing connectivity with 3 SFP+ cages in addition to 2 HD BNC connectors for 3G/HD/SD-SDI I/O. These SFP+ cages provide limitless connectivity options exposing greater than 3G SDI, IP connectivity across 10Gb Ethernet, and flexibility to choose from numerous physical interfaces.
Bluefish444 KRONOS Elektron
KRONOS will offer the choice of SDI I/O connectivity with the KRONOS ēlektron, featuring 8 high-density BNC connectors capable of 3G/HD/SD-SDI. Each HD BNC connector is fully bi-directional, enabling numerous configuration options, including 8 input, 8 output, or a mixture of SDI input and output connections.
MonitorIQ
Equipped with the technological power of AI, Digital Nirvana’s MonitorIQ 7.0 provides new capabilities for compliance logging and monitoring. Known as the industry’s most reliable, secure, and easy-to-use broadcast monitoring and compliance logging platform that allows operators to record, store, monitor, analyze, and repurpose content quickly and efficiently with a minimum of clicks. MonitorIQ enables broadcasters to collect and use knowledge about their broadcast content to meet a wide range of regulatory and compliance requirements. Version 7 of the Digital Nirvana platform gives broadcasters access to valuable next-generation content processing and analysis tools.
