Produce » Post Production » Editing and Finishing » Non-linear editing »

 Hive content management Plug-in to Adobe After Effects
 Search / query by various metadata
 Preview Hive clips
 Import clip to Premiere Project as direct access to Hive storage (by link).
 Single click to trigger Adobe media encoder rendering premiere sequence and register the rendered clip back to Hive content management via Hive Plug-in
 Save and share Adobe AE project in Hive

Produce » Post Production » Editing and Finishing » Non-linear editing »

 Hive content management plug-in to Adobe Premiere
Search / query by various metadata
Preview clips by Source Viewer
Import clip to Premiere Project as direct access to Hive storage (by link). All clip markers with metadata are inherited and displaying on premiere timeline
 Efficient editing workflow with Hive Content management Plug-in
Single click to trigger Adobe media encoder rendering premiere sequence and register the rendered clip back to Hive content management via Hive Plug-in
Register consolidated files to Hive Rundown and to Hive central storage
Save and share Premiere project in Hive for collaborative editing

Manage » Manage & Orchestrate » Content & Workflow Management » Archive and preservation management »

 Support multiple archive mediums, e.g. HDD storage and Sony ODA Library
 Flexible archiving policy to achieve variety of archiving workflow
 User can set customized archive policy based on metadata to trigger automatically archiving workflow in Hive system, e.g. archiving by clip created date, archiving by certain folders, archiving only high-res and so on
 Support manual retrieving by Web Content Management or Hive Material List
 Support auto-retrieving while rendering

Produce » Post Production » Editing and Finishing » Non-linear editing »

 Mixed editing with variety of formats
 Most of the industry’s broadcast native media support, from 4k to virtual reality to smartphone including XAVC 10bit
 Share programs with 3rd party NLE system via AAF, FCP xml
 Seamless working with MBH Material List
 Customized keyboard shortcut
 Edit efficient with great workflow
 Edit while SDI ingesting
 Edit while file importing
 Single click to register timeline to a Story
 Automatic retrieving clips while starting to render
 Variety of default effect templates
 Open to integrate with 3rd party graphics, e.g. VizRT, Ross (requires custom integration)
 Flexible to switch local rendering or background rendering

Produce » Post Production » Editing and Finishing » Non-linear editing »

 Connect In-House system via VPN
 Search and preview both In-House and Local clips
 Mixed Editing both In-House and Local clips
 Manually select to synchronize field editing sequence back to In-House
 Automatically uploading the corresponding local clips used in the
sequence back to In-House system. (Only upload the partial pieces used
in the sequence)
 Download In&Out piece of clip from In-House system to local field editor
 Transfer clips back to In-House
Support local rendering and send the rendered clip back to In-House system by FTP transferring

Connect » File Transfer » File & Object Delivery » File transfer and delivery »

 Open API for 3rd party system to integrate
 Direct importing and exporting files with 3rd party system by hot folder
 User can choose non-transcoding or transcoding for the importing / exporting policy

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

 Support multiple professional devices, e.g. SxS / XDCAM / P2 / XDS
 All import tasks can be monitored and controlled by Task List window
 Multiple importing modes
 Import all clips on one medium to be one clip in Hive
 Import all clips on one medium to be separated clip in Hive
 Partial importing
 Multi-selection importing
 Support to preview clip(s) before importing on Import Terminal
 Synchronize NRCS planning information and use for importing metadata
 Open to integrate with 3rd party NRCS, e.g. iNews, ENPS and Open Media
(requires custom integration)
 Write NRCS planning information to XDCAM dics to be XMPilot and then all
imported clips are inherited with the XMPilot metadata

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

 Provide virtual panel to control A/V Router on ingest terminal  VTR batch digitizing  SD / HD mixed recording  Growing file workflows end-to-end. Any feed ingest to content can be used by production editing and rundown broadcasting as quickly as possible  Generate High / Low-res simultaneously while recording  Multiple ingest modes, e.g. Crash recording, Scheduled recording, Periodic recording and Loop recording  Support to import excel file to create batch of scheduled ingest tasks  Live streaming signal monitoring  Preview recording clip by Clip Trimmer  Synchronize NRCS planning information and use for ingest task metadata  Open to integrate with 3rd party NRCS, e.g. iNews, ENPS and Open Media (requires custom integration)  User-friendly operations of Ingest Terminal

Publish » Linear Playout » Linear Playout Systems » Playout automation »

 Fast to AIR
 Playout while transferring
 Playout while ingesting
 Playout mode for Rundown
 Auto/Manual channel assignment
 Loop playback the whole Rundown
 Flexible story playback mode
 Replay story while On-Air
 Go to play any story while the rundown is On-Air
 Openness for 3rd Party NRCS
 Capability of integrating with any NRCS, e.g. ENPS, iNews, OpenMedia and
other 3rd Party NRCS ( by MOS protocol)

Publish » Internet Distribution » Internet Distribution » Internet distribution platforms (incl. social media) »

 Publish to Social Media  One clicking to transcode and publish to multiple platforms, e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and 3rd party CMS or Website (requires custom integration)  Multiple aspect ratios (1:1,9:16,16:9) and formats publishing

Support » Monitoring, Control & Communications » System Monitoring & Control » Network management, monitoring and orchestration »

Monitoring the system from metrics to insight
 Dimensional data
 Cluster (Hive core) status
 Cluster performance
 Tasks status
 Services status
 Database transactions
 File statistics
 Storage usage
 Windows server status
 Great visualization
 Simple Operation
 Precise Alerting
 Mail notification
 Infinite Expansibility
 Easy log collection

Produce » Real-Time Production » Video Production » Newsroom production management and automation systems »

Hive’s omni-media content platform takes care of the storage, management and sharing of content. Using the most appropriate tools this unified content environment is key to generating efficient, productive and streamlined workflows.

With the latest HTML5 editing tools and the ability to integrate other best of breed toolsets onto the platform, Hive delivers an unparalleled user experience to rapidly process any content for any medium and deliver it whenever, where ever and how ever it is needed.

HIVE has been built on a cloud native distributed services architecture, therefore it is quick to deploy, easy to maintain and cost-effective to provision as workloads change. HIVE can be deployed on premise, in private or public cloud, or as a hybrid mix of all three, enabling ultimate commercial flexibility in the business.

Uniquely for a broadcast production system HIVE has been architected, from the ground up, on data centre class technologies that are not yet capitalised on in the media broadcast industry.

HIVE utilises the advantages of data centre focused and open source technologies (object storage, containers, NoSQL) as opposed to traditional industry configurations of dedicated systems running resources in silos. Thanks to this HIVE leverages internet methodologies to deliver a dynamically scalable, highly scalable and highly available system which can be deployed either on premise or in off-site data centres. See figure 1 to show the architectural differences and key benefits.

Hyper Convergent Node technology enables HIVE to grow (or shrink) with the business performance required. Complex broadcast systems can, for the first time, be designed for a customer’s current level of performance, secure in the knowledge that additional storage and processing can be added at any time in the future whilst the system is live. No down time. No significant project expenditure. No investment in under-utilised assets.

Future expansion of the system into new production areas with different applications is also supported through the use of a common Platform/Toolset architecture with a highly scalable core and industry standard APIs.

With these core technologies embedded in the Network Production platform it is not difficult to see the opportunities:
• Acceleration of the Capex to Opex trends
• Outsource of commodity IT practises – data centres or on premise service
• Centralsiation of multi tenanted platforms
o Either as a SAAS model
o Or a National Broadcaster providing a platform as a service to local
broadcasters
As an omni-media network production system, HIVE, supports the fast and efficient creation of content for Internet, VoD and Broadcast applications. Key integrations with a number of market leading Newsroom Computer Systems and Graphics Platforms ensure that the journalists and operators work within the tools they are used to.

Key customer benefits include:
• Streamlined camera-to-archive production workflow
• Fully Integrated solution to support efficient planning to publish operation
• Internet/mobile first workflows that flex with digital trends
• Common content management platform with the ability to optimize the
repurposing of assets through a single system
• A recognized toolset designed for journalists/users
• Proven and future proofed ROI with tested, delivered and improved workflows
following ten years of experience
• Dynamic “pay-as-you-go” system for scaling and functionality
• Ability to flex with the business requirements - scales down as well as up
• Adaptable and Open solution that can be expanded into new production areas

Manage » Manage & Orchestrate » Content & Workflow Management » Media asset management (MAM) »

 Browser-based tool to make user access to preview contents anywhere and anytime
 Manage all materials in Hive
(Video/Audio/Image/Document/Project/etc)
 Metadata modification
 Basic operation on material(s), e.g. Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete
 Upload local files to Hive
 Powerful searching / querying function
 Boolean search
 Condition search
 Support customized metadata for different types of materials
 Clip preview and simple editing by Clip Trimmer
 Preview clips
 Trim clips
 Create and modify markers
 Easy to distribute clips to multiple platforms
 To broadcast rundown
 To 3rd party archive system
 To hot folder for sharing with 3rd party system
 To social media (Facebook, Twitter and Youtube)
 Flexible Content Access rights management
 Friendly user experience

Produce » Post Production » Editing and Finishing » Non-linear editing »

 Browser-based workflow to allow users editing anywhere and anytime
 Direct distribute videos to broadcast Rundown , and social media
 Unlimited video and audio tracks editing
 Editing while ingesting
 Voice Over recording and graphics templates e.g. Adobe After Effects integration
 Repurpose video in multiple formats including 1:1 and 9:16 video with text on video
 Timeline exchange with Hive editor, Adobe Premiere with markers and metadata

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The DataMiner® NMS/OSS platform manages absolutely every aspect of your entire operational ecosystem, both on-premises and off-premises. That includes standard & legacy technology, commodity & industry-specific hardware and software, and much more. Our award-winning solution guarantees a true end-to-end integration in every single case, across any vendor and technology boundary, from service origin to destination.

DataMiner is the most advanced end-to-end multi-vendor NMS, OSS and orchestration software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telco and mobile industry. The platform offers a plethora of functions including unlimited web access, alarm monitoring, email and SMS notification, long-term trending, professional reporting, advanced automation, intelligent correlation and root cause analysis, service management, real-time SLA monitoring, user-definable key performance indicator dashboards, spectrum monitoring, mobile access, powerful CPE management, inventory and asset management, and much more. One interface to manage your entire operational ecosystem, across any vendor and technology boundaries, results in a significant reduction of operational expenses and increased quality of service. This award-winning solution is integrated with more than 5500 devices and systems from more than 600 different key industry suppliers. It enables end-to-end integration of the most complex technical ecosystems and has been deployed by leading operators around the world.

More info: www.skyline.be / www.dataminer.co

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Enable Agile and Orchestrated Services

Enhance business and operational agility across traditional and virtualized networks, modernizing your OSS with an open, multi-domain, service fulfillment, and cross-layer orchestration solution.

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The broadcast landscape is transforming. The influx of content, the growing audiences, and the rising consumer demands are driving the need for flexible and efficient delivery networks.

NOVELSAT FUSION, a new take on processing and delivering today’s media, innovates to provide the best experience to any device, anywhere, anytime.

NOVELSAT FUSION is a powerful end-to-end live linear platform for broadcast and broadband content connectivity and delivery. Expanding flexibility and scalability, FUSION delivers optimal video processing, delivery, and security solutions by technology innovation across the media network. Facilitating holistic delivery across broadcast and broadband platforms, FUSION addresses a wide range of use cases and deployment scenarios.

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V-Stack is the next-generation cloud management software developed by Aperi for managing the A1105 platform. V-Stack offers powerful tools to manage your chassis, SDMP microservers, and all of your apps.

As a single point of view for chassis management, V-Stack manages all of the microservers, Aperi Apps logistics, and provides dynamic information about the operation of a chassis. With V-Stack, Aperi SDMP microservers are automatically configured for use and kept track of within the software. Aperi Apps can be easily imported via V-Stack from the Aperi App Store, and then launched directly to installed microservers with just a few clicks.

V-Stack also offers an intuitive web-based user interface that adheres to standard design principles, along with a documented REST API for developers to automate their chassis management.

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Monitoring the system from metrics to insight
 Dimensional data
 Cluster (Hive core) status
 Cluster performance
 Tasks status
 Services status
 Database transactions
 File statistics
 Storage usage
 Windows server status
 Great visualization
 Simple Operation
 Precise Alerting
 Mail notification
 Infinite Expansibility
 Easy log collection

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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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• Seamless standard-based ad insertion, playback and tracking on all platforms


• Let us manage all the complexity of ad playback for you and reduce your time to market


• Get the best playback experience and a fully efficient ad management to maximize ad revenue and business return

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• All-in-one SDKs fully API-compatible with Android ExoPlayer, iOS AVPlayer and HTML5


• Including built-in QoS analytics and diagnosis tools for playback session details and field troubleshooting


• Available DRM and AdFlow modules for bundling


• Adding outstanding features while still fully compliant with the native components’ original interfaces


• Pre-tested and validated for ready production


• Flexible support packages backed by hundreds of years of accumulated multimedia experience

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OnStream MediaPlayer+ provides a set of highly optimized multimedia codecs and a rich set of video & audio formats and streaming protocols supporting all kinds of media servers.

The flexibility of our SDK ensures seamless integration, reduces the cost of deployment and accelerates the time to market, with the best playback quality.

OnStream MediaPlayer+ is available for Android, iOS, tvOS, PC and Mac (NPAPI and PPAPI plugins for browsers, Standalone apps), Smart TVs, STBs

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• Give your users the smoothest in-browser experience, with outstanding playback quality and unique features


• Reduce time to market and costs with object configuration


• Monitor and monetize your service with VisualOn Analytics and Ad management with VisualOn AdFlow


• Get the support, reactivity and timely deliveries you expect from an industry leading provider

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The VisualOn WatchParty™ is our co-watching solution to change the way viewers engage with video content. Allow viewers to enjoy real-time text, audio, and video chat while watching online LIVE and VoD with friends and family. WatchParty ShowTime™ feature empowers viewers to interact in real-time with celebs, musicians, commentators, athletes, and other VIPs and enhances events commentary and live streaming experience.

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iOMedia Group announces another world first. LNS Cloud 9 – cloud native, custom built for efficient and accurate journalism, and lightening fast publishing to any platform available today or in the future.

LNS Cloud 9 provides the first powerful software and workflow tools for live news and sport planning, input, output, story centric collaboration, OTT and digital publishing. End to end simplicity, efficiency and reliability. With the success of deep culture change experience to harness new technology.

Like our On Premises and Hybrid/ SaaS systems, LNS Cloud 9 workflows have been developed by software savvy journalists and producers who wanted something “better”. iOMedia Group announces another world first. LNS Cloud 9 – cloud native, custom built for efficient and accurate journalism, and lightening fast publishing to any platform available today or in the future.

LNS Cloud 9 provides the first powerful software and workflow tools for live news and sport planning, input, output, story centric collaboration, OTT and digital publishing. End to end simplicity, efficiency and reliability. With the success of deep culture change experience to harness new technology.

Like our On Premises and Hybrid/ SaaS systems, LNS Cloud 9 workflows have been developed by software savvy journalists and producers who wanted something “better”.

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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.

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Pulse-IT enables you to translate, optimize, execute and monitor your business and broadcast processes and workflows. Pulse-IT includes simple tools for complex situations built with bundled task templates or extended with minimal code that can be performed immediately or as scheduled jobs. All execution is managed via a comprehensive, real-time, secure dashboard accessible from anywhere in the world.

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Share-IT simplifies the creation and publishing of static and motion Adobe graphics to Avid MediaCentral and Avid based systems.

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Skylark is the video platform solution that empowers businesses to build and scale world class streaming platforms, with ultimate flexibility.

Publishing tools were built for written content, video is different. Skylark was developed by a team that's been creating innovative video streaming products for over 15 years. It’s video first and has the tools that you'll need now and as you grow.

According to PWC only 12% of consumers say they are able to find content on streaming platforms easily. With Skylark you can schedule streaming content to appear to the right audience at the right time, maintaining relevance for existing users and making new ones feel right at home.

When it comes to standing out, differentiating yourself in a saturated market can be challenging. With Skylark you have creative control, you own your UI. So, you can build your front end in house or with an agency.

Skylark also enables you to expand without boundaries. You can meet the needs of your growing audience at a pace that suits your business. Deliver authentic experiences to your users no matter where they are or how they're watching.

 

Talk to us about your video platform challenges and see what Skylark can do for you.

 

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Topic Distillery ™ enables topic-based discovery for all live broadcast content, allowing viewers to find content impossible to discover before, access the right content faster through chapter-markers and offer more relevant content recommendations.

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Capacity Management Center (CMC), manned by a team of highly trained engineers, provides dedicated 24/7 support to all the customers on Es’hailSat satellites. CMC has incorporated the latest and most advanced automated monitoring and control systems to carry out monitoring of services on the satellites in RF, baseband and transport stream levels. Additional layer of visual monitoring enables quick action to identify and resolve any potential issue on the fly and maintain the agreed SLA for the satellite services.

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Elecard Boro is a multifunctional solution to monitor UDP, RTP, HTTP and HLS streams and measure a spectrum of QoS and QoE parameters with signaling on issues. A flexible software architecture concept allows integration with an already existing fault management system or creating your optimal monitoring solution tailored to your needs.

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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

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