Tailored Network Design

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As audience participation media experts, we help the UK media industry create an active TV experience.  We use Europe’s largest in-network call termination system to answer up to a quarter of a million televote calls a minute. Our mass call technology and tailored programmes (capped entries, loyalty points, etc) enable media companies and content owners to generate more revenue through spontaneous campaigns and exciting ‘paid for’ interactions with their audience.

Supporting your campaigns

Whether it’s by mobile voice short code, SMS or MMS, our Agilemedia service provides the platform and APIs you need to support your mobile campaigns.

Organising your voting

Our self-service online tools help you to plan, manage and launch your competition and voting events in a secure and compliant way.

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Our TV Outside Broadcast service has the largest fibre footprint at venues around the UK, including large capacity sports stadiums, entertainment venues and exhibition centres. With more than 60 years’ experience, combined with our high specification fibre, satellite and microwave connectivity, we can help you broadcast from anywhere, anytime.

Our resilient network can deliver your content in UHD/4K, HDR or HD, compressed or uncompressed and with minimal latency. We can support multiple JPEG2000 or MPEG4 visions at once, or send your feeds over digital microwave, satellite or as a data feed. This means we can get your pictures seamlessly from the venue and send them back in high quality to a designated point. You can feel safe in the knowledge that your content is secure on a network that is safe from piracy with our market leading BISS-CA encryption.

Our record speaks for itself, having successfully transmitted footage for the IAAF Athletic Championships in London, UEFA Champions League Finals, Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Royal Wedding. By continually innovating, we are helping our customers in their shift to remote production by delivering multiple HD visions across our high capacity contribution network, and of course, we helped to make ‘Project Restart’ a reality. For lower tier events, we’ve launched our Flightcase solution. Using our portfolio, we can help you customise the right solution for your needs, bringing your audience the uninterrupted, high-quality live programmes they have come to expect and love.

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Our network makes it easy to distribute your content across the Globe. We link major media hubs in Amsterdam to Sydney and on every continent in between. Through our pre-connected gateways, you can start sending video and large media files straight away. Hundreds of potential customers are within reach, with broadcasters, platforms operators, sports venue studios and satellite teleports joining our connected family. We’ve delivered high profile events across the globe, from the World Cup and the Olympics to the UEFA Champions League Final and IAAF World Championships.

We constantly monitor our Global Media Network, providing you with an industry-leading 99.999% availability. You’ll be protected from high latency, jitter and downtime and if there’s any trouble, you’ll instantly switch to a second video path to ensure your content is always delivered. When you become part of our large connected broadcast community, you can enjoy new markets for your video channels as well as sending UHD video.

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FacilityLine Plus is a high-capacity, multi-format video exchange service that lets you share standard definition, high definition and now ultra-high definition video, directly with your collaborators and customers. Our London-based, uncompressed video network connects broadcasters with a global community at BT Tower – it's perfect if you operate within a 35km radius of the tower. We can connect you directly with over 100 media partners via our digital switch infrastructure, and over 600 media production and distribution customers. As a dedicated service that bypasses the open internet, there’s no chance of video stream degradation due to a congested network so you can deliver the highest quality video.

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Route your live content to the internet so you can distribute it through any platform. You can live stream to a single platform, or to multiple online locations and offline networks. We offer Media Stream as a standalone service or as a bolt-on to linear TV channels. Use Media Stream to complement your programming on TV. Or reach people who can’t receive terrestrial television.

We’re certified for streaming copyrighted footage and we work with all major broadcast platforms on the internet. We host the service from the BT Tower, using:

• Vision mix facilities


•  Live encoding hardware


• Satellite and IP stream receivers


• Switch connectivity

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For over 55 years we’ve been providing satellite services for governments and multinational businesses. We offer satellite product across BT for managed services through our carrier-class and broadcast-grade Madley earth station in the UK, and with partner teleports around the world.

Our capabilities include:

• Satellite Broadband Pro.


• Satellite IP carrier grade services.


• Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN).


• Custom solutions.


• Broadcast satellite uplinks.

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It can be difficult to put together a new network. Even adding extra features to your existing one can prove a challenge. So that’s where our Bespoke Broadcast Network Design solution comes in.

With decades of experience behind them, our network design team excels in bringing broadcast networks to life. So if you need to design and launch one that meets your need, we can help.

Broadcast networks don’t benefit from a one-size-fits-all solution. That’s why we can create a bespoke one for you bespoke, to meet your requirements for now and the future. We’re already the network provider for some of the UK’s major broadcasters, maybe we can help you too?

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Vena, our smart broadcast network, is set to transform your business by intelligently connecting your media supply chain. From contribution to distribution, Vena gives you control and visibility. Any-time changes, real-time tracking, unrivalled availability, and 24/7 access, all making it quicker and easier to deliver your content.

Get ready to be ...

More versatile

You can select, configure and book temporary on-demand and permanent services quickly. Adding and removing services as you need them for greater control.

More efficient

Enjoy complete, end-to-end control at your fingertips, automate your workflows, and create role-based rules.

More in control

You can see your network usage and capacity across real-world maps in order to schedule bookings and make business decisions in real-time.

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It can be difficult to gather live news, especially when broadcasting on location in places like central London. But you can avoid the logistical nightmare with Media Live. It’s the simple way to get footage to your studio. Your camera team can send footage using wireless transmitters on their cameras and get back to your studio in a flash.

With Media Live, you can:

• Start straight away with no need to book satellite space or use trucks


• Send footage over your radio channel, uncontested with no reduction in speed


• Use your own equipment as it works with any camera transmitter


• Use it for occasional use with dedicated radio frequencies booked for you


• Connect directly to our BT Tower Network Switch.

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It can be difficult to put together a new network. Even adding extra features to your existing one can prove a challenge. So that’s where our Bespoke Broadcast Network Design solution comes in.

With decades of experience behind them, our network design team excels in bringing broadcast networks to life. So if you need to design and launch one that meets your need, we can help.

Broadcast networks don’t benefit from a one-size-fits-all solution. That’s why we can create a bespoke one for you bespoke, to meet your requirements for now and the future. We’re already the network provider for some of the UK’s major broadcasters, maybe we can help you too?

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Our team of experienced consultants have a strong comprehension of the historical requirements of broadcasters coupled with the knowledge of how this can be implemented using the very latest IT and telecommunications technologies. MultiCast helps our clients maximise the power of media using innovative techniques and advice to transform their business to manage future trends and the demands of the market. If necessary, we’ll question our clients’ thinking, as well as testing our own. By doing so we can start to develop a strategy – simplifying matters, making sense of the issues and defining the optimal direction to take. We will always offer solutions that are pragmatic and suit your needs and budget, while suggesting innovative answers wherever possible

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With a deep expertise, understanding, and network within the Middle East’s Media industry, Master Media provides Strategic Advice and Business Development Support to companies interested in or planning to enter the Middle East market. We have supported a number of international players in successfully building their presence in the region.

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Master Media provides a varied blend of expertise relating to Administrative, Operational, Technical, and Creative people in Broadcasting and Media:

Specialist Skill-set:  We bring our decades of experience in global Broadcast & Media and deploy similar skills and expertise from our network of specialist professionals.

Recruitment Services: Master Media’s management has recruited hundreds of highly regarded Media & Broadcasting professionals in various disciplines. Our range of recruitment services includes Search & Selection of middle and senior management, both permanent and interim, and the recruitment of complete teams for start-up and established organizations.

Training: In addition to partnerships with renowned international training providers, Master Media develops training programmes customized to its clients’ needs. This includes Technical, Editorial, Production, and Operational Training.

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Master Media supplies a full and comprehensive range of Program and Project Management services in setting up, launching, and relaunching media and broadcasting projects. We could help you manage the entire project life cycle, and our involvement could be as little or as much as you desire: from part time assistance, to full project ownership:

Professional Programme/ Project Management

Coordination & Communication Focal Point

Schedule Development and Tracking

Cost Control & Resource Allocation

Quality Control and Status reporting

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Technology Infrastructure Consulting: Facility Planning and Analysis; Budget Preparation; Architectural and Electro-Mechanical Systems Review.

Auditing and Analysis: Technology and Operational Audits; Site Survey and Analysis; Technology & Systems Analysis.

Systems Design:  Production and Post-production systems; Media Asset Management Systems; Networking Systems; Distribution and Delivery platforms, Satellite & Communication Systems.

Documentation: Workflow & Schematic Diagrams; Operation Manuals; CAD Drawings; Floor Plans.

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RFP/ Tender Process Management: Our vast expertise in this area could help you produce concise documents that yield minimum ambiguity and provide total protection of your investment, starting with requirements specifications taking into account the possibilities offered by new technologies and operating models, and the evolving business drivers in the broadcast and media industries.

Having both written and responded to countless RFPs and Tenders over the years, Master Media’s team advises organizations on how to express their requirements where vendors, contractors, and service providers will know precisely what is required. We manage RFPs through vendor selection to completion and delivery.

Contract Review and Supplier Management: Whether you are buying a product, a system or a managed service, value for money, support, Service Level Agreements, and interoperability are just some of the complex contractual issues that Master Media’s professionals can help you with, either directly with your Suppliers or in support to your own procurement team.

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For new projects or expansions to exiting operations, Master Media offers:

Feasibility Studies and Business Plan Development: Design and conduct market research and feasibility studies; Create and deliver detailed strategies, technical and business plans, and corresponding financial projections; Market and Situational Analysis, including Potential Opportunities and Challenges; Competitive Analysis.

 

CAPEX and OPEX Budgeting.

 

Commercial modelling and revenue forecasting.

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Benchmark Broadcast Systems is a consultant and technology partner for media and broadcast companies in Asia. Headquartered in Singapore, we have offices in Chennai, Delhi, Dhaka, Kuala Lumpur and Manila. We have over fifty engineers employed full time by us across these locations. Our systems integration experience spans twenty years and a collective 500+ person-years. We are focused on providing cutting edge technologies for digital media creation, management and distribution to our customers. We do this through our Consultancy, Systems Integration and Managed Services offerings as well as through software development, data integration and solutions for news, business and sports channels. We also implement and deploy Business Process Modules for enterprise MAM systems.

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Edge, is available as a lightweight functional block on a VM, container in-line with other software or on bare metal which is specified according to the required throughput.

It can either be used standalone through a web interface or in most cases connects over websockets to our control and monitoring platform called CORE (deployed on prem or in the cloud).

Typical use-cases are secure and reliable Internet transit, a monitoring probe, 2022-7 protection, Input protection and (De)Scrambling.

 

Functions that set itself apart from a native SRT implementation are:

•    SMPTE 2022-7 seamless input with per path statistics

•    SRT RTP header passthrough allowing 1+1 paths followed by downstream 2022-7 seamless protection

•    BISS-2 scrambling and descrambling with seamless odd/even key transition

•    Thumbnailing (based on ffmpeg library)

•    ETR290 Priority 1, Priority 2 & Priority 3 (fully written in house)

•    UDP and RTP output with packet pacing and launch delay offset

•    Threshold based input redundancy with support passive or active backup sources

•    CORE (CORE is the name of our control platform) - Centralised control and monitoring capable of controlling and monitoring through firewalls and presenting a northbound REST control and monitoring API

•    CORE - High availability horizontally scalable cluster based control and monitoring capable of managing tens of thousands of EDGEs.

•    CORE has a REST API with existing integrations with ATOS BNCS and Skyline Dataminer.

•    CORE supports local, LDAP, SAML and Azure AD authentication.

•    CORE - Grafana native driver for correlated monitoring of all software components

•    Floating centralised license model with both OPEX and CAPEX options

•    EDGE Debugging tools - top talkers & PCAP

•    HLS input and output

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We work closely with our clients to provide expert media technology consulting to areas such as platform architecture, linear and on-demand media processing workflows, quality of service and product development.

Our heritage is unrivalled, and over the last 15 years, our staff have served time on both sides of the fence - as engineers and evangelists developing products and solutions, and as architects in broadcasters and media organisations integrating and innovating to provide robust and reliable platforms direct to consumers.

We know that no one country or territory adopts the same approach - and operating with this knowledge has helped us grow and understand how to solve problems in many ways.

Over the years we've helped worldwide brands build class-leading video aggregation, transformation and delivery ecosystems, and developed optimal media delivery strategies designed to reduce the amount of transformation, encapsulation and encryption to best service a vast number of consumer endpoints securely and with the very best video quality.

We live and breath this world, and we'd love to help you work through your technology challenges through our relaxed and friendly approach to technology consulting.

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Media Asset Capital is a full service technology, strategy & M&A consultancy. We assist customers decide on insourcing vs. outsourcing of technical operations, to create RFPs and assess the responses, to respond to external RFPs, and to design technical implementations and efficient workflows.

We have worked with broadcasters and media companies across the world for over 15 years, with many successful projects.

In addition, MAC provides strategic consultancy around M&A activities, assisting companies to buy and sell businesses, and offers support for due diligence processes.

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WHATS’ON is Europe's most advanced platform for managing and programming radio, TV and online content channels. With modular desktop applications or web-based applications in the cloud that sit at the centre of future-proof media operation ecosystems, MEDIAGENIX help optimise and automate the life cycles of content, and drive efficiencies throughout the content supply chain from acquisition over planning, scheduling and rights management to publication and beyond. The solution supports the entire content workflow, or drives content/rights/media/EPG/finance workflows as a central system complemented with best-of-breed niche applications, to strategically run a mix of OTT, VoD and Linear business.

MEDIAGENIX started out in 1992 helping a commercial channel move away from Excel sheets and handwritten programme schedules. After decades of co-creation with an ever growing international customer community, MEDIAGENIX rank among the top of tech vendors in the international media industry, serving  customers in Europe, the Middle East, the United States, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Customers include public and commercial radio and TV stations, on-demand platforms, OTT streamers, telcos and their service providers.

Your benefits

Optimally exploit your content on any VOD services Driven by rights. Fully verified. Completely integrated with multiformat workflow management. Catch-up & preview services driven from the linear schedules.

Manage smart linear channels end to end Integrated workflows, from budget plan to fully crafted playlists. Automatically in line with rights,regulations, business rules, branding and marketing targets. Use the same toolset for your VOD operations.

Don’t leave money on the table Exploit your rights to the full. Always know the value of stock and schedule, and your ROI. Manage your commercial inventory.

Streamline the material workflow Manage and monitor the workflows for both VOD and Linear publication.

Integrate, automate & future-proof media operations Integrate with standard interfaces or with the toolkit to create your own REST API calls. Set up workflows across departments and systems.

Hit the targets and report on everything Calculate and report on statistics, quota values, financial information, content and all other kinds of information.

Effortlessly stay within legal boundaries Always be sure your scheduling is in compliance with parental ratings, and observes licence conditions and government regulations.

Build your audience Schedule promotions — automatically, manually or combined — based on ratings and targets.

 

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Media Links offers an end-to-end set of Professional Services to assist you in the design, deployment, administration and maintenance of your network. Our goal is to help you optimize your technology solutions and get the most out of your investment. Engaging our expert team can also help increase your knowledge about media over IP, the nuances of real time video/audio services and how to use your network to its full potential.

Our professional services include:

Consulting

• Systems architecture consulting


• Technical design


• Network troubleshooting


• Project management


• Lab Support


• Customized services

Installation Services

• Installation, configuration, and commissioning of sites


• Software configuration, updates and management


• System installation and setup services


• Resident support


• Staffing services / outsourcing


• Lab Support


• Staging services


• Systems integration


• Customized services


• Operational Services


• Network troubleshooting


• Network administration and management (on-site or remote)


• Periodic network health checks


• Special event on-site support


• Custom documentation


• Resident support


• Staffing services / outsourcing


• Systems integration


• Customized services

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Comprehensive Systems Integration Support:

Early Stage Consulting

Vendor RFI and RFP Support

Budgeting and Detailed Project Planning

Vendor Selection and Solution Design

System Integration and Test Planning

End-to-End Platform Testing

Operations Transition and Training

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Please contact us at mikko.saarinen@mediatrade.fi

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Deploy and manage your IT infrastructure anywhere in the world with Edge Data Center Services.

• Consultations & Solutions
  
  
  
  • Site selection based on individual needs
  
  
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  • Technical advice on hardware specs and optimal configurations
  
  
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  • Equipment purchasing
  
  
  • Transportation and delivery
  
  
  • Customs clearance assistance
  
  
  • Equipment installation and system/network configuration
  
  
  • Network provisioning (Zenlayer’s IP transit is a blended network uses best carriers in each region)
  
  
  
  


• Monitoring and Maintenance
  
  
  
  • 24/7 proactive device and network monitoring
  
  
  • Custom-built tools that utilize best-in-class network monitoring software such as Kentik and Catchpoint to provide real-time network analysis
  
  
  
  

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Embracing the human factor

THE SECRET SAUCE FOR SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATIONS

Every company has to deal with change processes frequently. New technology, enhanced solutions and improved workflows are being introduced at a breath-taking pace.

Such changes are sometimes decided on and enforced come hell or high water. The human factor is often not taken into account. The result: overburdening and demotivation on all fronts. Refusal and apathy result in increased errors. Moaners gain momentum and slow down the process; sickness rates rise. Finally, technology or workflow solutions are declared as having failed.


Companies that master these challenges secure the successful outcome of projects and the intended ROI. They act instead of reacting. They are capable of taking actions and demonstrate leadership. They know that good Change Management secures the path to success.


INTRODUCTION

Broadcasters are subject to constant change. No other term is so overused as those regarding change. And Change Management is one of them. In order for new technology or workflows to be successful, Change Management is mandatory. Change Management consists of measures and activities intended to implement planned changes in organizations. If technological transition is to be successful, new strategies, structures, systems or practices must be established and implemented. This works particularly well when the people who are involved in such processes are brought on board. Nobody is happy with a “take it or leave it” approach. Companies that are faced with technological changes but do not look out for their employees in the process of implementation are obsolete.

Whoever wants to maximize ROI brings professionals into the company. Their experience in managing change make the difference. This ensures the success of organizational change processes. New technologies and workflow solutions usually imply major changes. Many job descriptions will evolve. Executives and project managers can either sit back and let things happen passively, or be proactive and create the best outcome, thus securing the business case.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT MAKES ORGANIZATIONS SUCCESSFUL

Organizations that look for support for their change processes from the beginning have employees, co-workers and vendors on their side.
Strain, sweat and a few calluses cannot tarnish the joy of team spirit and success. Not only the strong are united on a winning team, all participants pull together. The team that best prepares for the change will succeed. When major changes in businesses are accompanied professionally and strategically from the start, problems can be identified before they arise and thus be averted.


Change Management strengthens project managers and executives. Strong leaders motivate and function as role models. They retain employees, increasing loyalty to the company.


Change Management strengthens team members and co-workers.
Strong employees take on new responsibilities and face challenges with dedication and commitment. Rather than only carrying out instructions, they engage in the change process. They become co-entrepreneurs.