Interoperable Master Format (IMF)

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PFT offers the Academy® Award winning Lowry Digital technology — one of the finest tools in the world for Remastering, Upconversion and Restoration. This unique technology helps content owners re-purpose their legacy content for high resolution viewing across all devices — VoD, OTT and traditional linear television broadcasting up to 4K-UHD. Using complex algorithms based on motion estimation, the ‘Lowry Process’ effectively reduces visual noise in motion pictures. This makes it possible to carry out other forms of restoration on the content, such as removing dirt and scratches, reducing flickers, replacing lost details and sharpening the quality of the existing images. It is the only process in the world to offer control of grain (noise) as well as sharpness. To date, more than five hundred classic films have been restored and preserved for posterity using Lowry Digital technology, including Singin' in the Rain, Star Wars Trilogy, Casablanca, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Simpsons, and the James Bond film franchise, to name just a few.

Lowry Digital Offerings

 Software solutions — The proprietary ‘Lowry Process’, may be used for: o Upconversion to HD and 4K-UHD o Image enhancement o Noise Reduction o SD to HD o HD to UHD o De-interlacing o Analog video artifact removal o Frame-rate conversions o Converting 4:3 SD source to 16:9 full frame HD image  Hardware solutions o Alchemist, Tachyon  A fully accessible and integrated cloud-based asset management delivery system  Archival scanners (scans @ 2.7 fps - 4 fps)  Commercial scanners (scans @ 12 fps - 24 fps)  Shot-by-Shot Pan & Scan facilities  Transform all physical video tapes to digital (VHS, Digibeta, 1", 2", U-matic and other formats)  Transform all physical audio tapes to digital (Spools, cassettes and 78 RPM Records amongst other formats)  A color grading setup at the client’s doorstep  Restoration capabilities to tackle nagging errors present in content  Custom filters for scaling images that use spatial frames to fill in details and re-interpolate to avoid aliasing (jaggy lines or ringing)  A dedicated Research & Development (R&D) department for image & video signal processing  Experience of more than 8 years in large scale restoration and enhancement of content from SD to 4K resolution

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CLEARTM, PFT’s award winning Media ERP Suite, offers a new way of Archiving precious content — a fully secure, no risk and easy-to-access method of storing priceless content on the Cloud, during production and/or post-production. Our intelligent Cloud-based archival solution enables content owners to make heuristic searches across their archive quickly and efficiently.

Here’s what we offer:  Heuristic search and intelligence capabilities  Diverse options for storage of multiple copies: o One + One archive storage: One copy in a latest, secure enterprise LTO vault solution, which is always online and available in real-time. A second LTO copy is stored at an earthquake and fire proof Disaster Recovery (DR) location such as Iron Mountain, located in a different seismic zone One + One + One archive storage: Two concurrent copies saved in two different LTO tape libraries which use hardware from different vendors to ensure extra security. A third copy is stored at a DR location o An additional copy can also be stored in an online disk-based storage system controlled by a customizable set of rules. This ensures quickest possible retrieval time  The CLEARTM Advantage: o Manages multiple copies of stored content and helps retrieve the quickest accessible copy, saving valuable time o Enables users to digitally deliver retrieved content to a chosen location based on workflow rules o Provides specialized archival functionality for multiple formats, as well as asset related essences such as dubbed audio and mezzanine files o PrimeAssureTM: A unique algorithm within CLEAR provides Archive Assurance o Offers a hierarchical archiving system, where any content which is unused for a certain time period goes into a deep archive o Integrates with third-party systems (such as Oracle DIVArchive) to enable a seamless and efficient archiving workflow  Secure deep archive infrastructure: Peta-bytes of storage in temperature controlled, robotic tape libraries for long term storage  Immediate notifications for customers via email to confirm receipt of content  Support for time-based restore: Restored content is deleted once the client has taken a copy

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A fully secure, no risk and easy-to-access method of storing priceless content on the Cloud, during production and/or post-production. Our intelligent Cloud-based archival solution enables content owners to make heuristic searches across their archive quickly and efficiently. Here’s what we offer:  Heuristic search and intelligence capabilities  Diverse options for storage of multiple copies: o One + One archive storage: One copy in a latest, secure enterprise LTO vault solution, which is always online and available in real-time. A second LTO copy is stored at an earthquake and fire proof Disaster Recovery (DR) location such as Iron Mountain, located in a different seismic zone

One + One + One archive storage: Two concurrent copies saved in two different LTO tape libraries which use hardware from different vendors to ensure extra security. A third copy is stored at a DR location o An additional copy can also be stored in an online disk-based storage system controlled by a customizable set of rules. This ensures quickest possible retrieval time  The CLEARTM Advantage: o Manages multiple copies of stored content and helps retrieve the quickest accessible copy, saving valuable time o Enables users to digitally deliver retrieved content to a chosen location based on workflow rules o Provides specialized archival functionality for multiple formats, as well as asset related essences such as dubbed audio and mezzanine files o PrimeAssureTM: A unique algorithm within CLEARTM provides Archive Assurance o Offers a hierarchical archiving system, where any content which is unused for a certain time period goes into a deep archive o Integrates with third-party systems (such as Oracle DIVArchive) to enable a seamless and efficient archiving workflow  Secure deep archive infrastructure: Peta-bytes of storage in temperature controlled, robotic tape libraries for long term storage  Immediate notifications for customers via email to confirm receipt of content  Support for time-based restore: Restored content is deleted once the client has taken a copy

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CLEAR Ingest & Distribution provides ONE
software to simplify end-to-end workflows for
Satellite and Terrestrial distribution. It integrates
and automates ingest, prep, QC and distribution
workflows, while providing real time dashboards
and notification alerts to operations teams. The
solution enables users to review proxies of the
content moving through the system, as well as
manually transfer content to local affiliates via
Signiant, Aspera or similar file transfer utilities.
Leveraging CLEAR’s in-built Business Process
Management (BPM) engine, it automates file
processing and generates real time dashboards
to drive underlying distributed workflows within
ONE user interface. CLEAR Ingest offers
extensive interoperability and comes
pre-integrated with systems like PitchBlue,
CatchBlue, IDC-XD, CompuSat and Nexio.

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Do you have MAM that can't extend beyond BO&E department? Do you have multiple applications within your company and yet can't get them to work together? Does your MAM work well across the enterprise? Do you still have to manage workflows manually in spite of multiple systems? Is your CFO worried about never ending CAPEX and high AMC? Are you being asked 'why not Cloud'?

We believe MAM systems cannot function in isolation anymore – it has to manage not just content, but all activities across the Broadcast enterprise & ecosystem. However, is it possible with just ONE software? We think so.

With Broadcast Cloud, you have access to a Media ERP Suite that enables workflow orchestration across the enterprise, supply chain and partner ecosystems. It provides ONE software on the Cloud for all departments across the enterprise – be it Programming, Legal, Marketing, Syndication, Traffic, Broadcast Operations, Digital, or Promos, along with partner and stakeholder ecosystems. Broadcast Cloud is a one-stop-shop to manage, review, process and publish content across all the platforms and devices of the broadcast universe.

Comprising of Cloud MAM & Operations Cloud modules, Broadcast Cloud is driven by a Hybrid Cloud architecture – you have absolute peace of mind that your content is with you always while the applications run on Cloud – how convenient! No more exclusive dependency on 'on premise applications' – you realize lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). Our aim is to let you focus on what you do best – creating compelling content. Leave the rest to us.

It's time to embrace Digital Transformation!

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Do you have MAM that can't extend beyond BO&E department? Do you have multiple applications within your company and yet can't get them to work together? Does your MAM work well across the enterprise? Do you still have to manage workflows manually in spite of multiple systems? Is your CFO worried about never ending CAPEX and high AMC? Are you being asked 'why not Cloud'?

We believe MAM systems cannot function in isolation anymore – it has to manage not just content, but all activities across the Broadcast enterprise & ecosystem. However, is it possible with just ONE software? We think so.

With Broadcast Cloud, you have access to a Media ERP Suite that enables workflow orchestration across the enterprise, supply chain and partner ecosystems. It provides ONE software on the Cloud for all departments across the enterprise – be it Programming, Legal, Marketing, Syndication, Traffic, Broadcast Operations, Digital, or Promos, along with partner and stakeholder ecosystems. Broadcast Cloud is a one-stop-shop to manage, review, process and publish content across all the platforms and devices of the broadcast universe.

Comprising of Cloud MAM & Operations Cloud modules, Broadcast Cloud is driven by a Hybrid Cloud architecture – you have absolute peace of mind that your content is with you always while the applications run on Cloud – how convenient! No more exclusive dependency on 'on premise applications' – you realize lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). Our aim is to let you focus on what you do best – creating compelling content. Leave the rest to us.

It's time to embrace Digital Transformation!

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CLEAR Cloud MAM is a single, holistic MAM solution, which enables Media & Entertainment (M&E) companies to build a truly connected enterprise with digital workflows. With work order automation to manage tasks, resources, assets and workflow orchestration efficiently across the supply chain, Cloud MAM offers much more than a traditional MAM. It is a single MAM with media management capabilities across global sites, that integrates production, distribution, broadcasting and OTT related business activities. What’s more, it extends beyond the Technical Operations teams and is usable by creative, marketing, legal, operations, sales and senior executive leadership teams. It helps content enterprises digitize media management processes (Mastering, Compliance etc.), handle clip-based workflows, distribute screeners, manage & version On Air Promos, and collaborate seamlessly across with multiple stakeholders. The solution’s Hybrid Cloud architecture gives content owners the peace of mind that their content is secure with them while the applications run on the Cloud. Cloud MAM is ready-to-deploy and pre-integrated with industry standard applications and expert implementation support. Equipped to facilitate seamless orchestration between manual and automated tasks, it powers ingest, metadata and digital library management, and also enables easy content discovery.

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PFT’s flagship product, CLEAR is the world’s first, proven Hybrid Cloud-enabled Media
ERP Suite that automates the content supply chain. CLEAR helps M&E companies drive
creative enablement, enhance efficiencies, realize new monetization opportunities and
reduce Total Cost of Operations (TCOP) like no other. With work order management
embedded with Media Asset Management (MAM), CLEAR is now more powerful than
ever. It enables broadcasters, studios and service providers to seamlessly manage
human led tasks and machine enabled tasks, facilitating faster decision making and
quicker time to market.
With CLEAR, all you have to do is BUILD ONCE — One infrastructure; one platform, one
process. You can innovate on ONE platform, rather than on multiple silo’ed platforms -
no more duplication and repetition.
PFT’s flagship product, CLEAR is the world’s first, proven Hybrid Cloud-enabled Media
ERP Suite that automates the content supply chain. CLEAR helps M&E companies drive
creative enablement, enhance efficiencies, realize new monetization opportunities and
reduce Total Cost of Operations (TCOP) like no other. With Work Order Management
embedded with MAM, CLEAR is now more powerful than ever. It enables broadcasters,
studios and service providers to seamlessly manage human led and machine enabled
tasks, facilitating faster decision making and quicker time-to-market.
With CLEAR, all you have to do is BUILD ONCE — One infrastructure, one platform, one
process. You can innovate on ONE platform, rather than on multiple silo’ed platforms

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Are you unable to deliver 'TV Everywhere' due to lack of capacity? Are you not using Cloud resources because they need manual intervention? And you don't have additional people to manage that? You have transcode farm on the cloud, yet can't package & deliver? Is the total cost of servicing these making the deals unviable for you? Do you find yourself lacking professional help on how to leverage Cloud?

Don't cloud your mind with such worries. Get Cloudified.

With Operations Cloud from CLEARTM, you don't just store and transcode, but perform end-to-end Content Operations on Cloud. It is ready-to-deploy with a wide range of preset robots (TVE, Customer portal, Netflix, YT, DPP) – you enjoy faster time-to-market at lowest costs. All this with pre-defined SLAs and timely counsel.

ONE Cloud software that does everything, including workflow orchestration – now that's liberating!

It's time to virtualize your content supply chain!

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At PFT, we believe that if AI has to work for M&E players, then it has to deliver accurate and actionable data which can solve unique business challenges. For this to happen, solution providers have to be open and committed to work with any AI/ML engine, have the data science talent pool to interpret the data and its subtle nuances, and tweak it to suit the needs of the enterprise’s content.

Hence, we offer a combination of Technology and Consulting to deliver accurate and actionable data that can solve specific M&E challenges seamlessly.

• Accurate Data – This is the only expectation from the industry currently



• Actionable Data – We have gone beyond the current expectation to create Action Toolkits

We make AI work for you. And that is our promise.

PFT’s CLEAR Vision Cloud is a Media Recognition AI platform that integrates best-of-breed AI engines like Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services, IBM Watson, and home-grown AI models along with a unique Machine Wisdom layer that is focused on harnessing the best quality data. Along with Technology, PFT offers bespoke strategic Consulting services to ensure AI works for the customer, taking into consideration their specific business challenges and unique content.

CLEAR Vision Cloud comprises of

• Data



• Action Toolkits

Modular Data Packs include those for Basic Metadata, Advanced Metadata, Premium Metadata, Video Comparison, Compliance and Transcripts.

Action Toolkits, as the name suggests, are ready-to-use to address specific M&E use cases. The Action Toolkits include – Discovery, Segmentation, Content Moderator, Language Tools and Video Comparator.

These are enveloped by PFT’s unique Machine Wisdom layer that imparts cognitive benefits to CLEAR Vision Cloud. Think of it as an AI platform with a human brain!

CLEAR Vision Cloud does not just produce accurate data but also actionable data.

Making AI Work For You

With a decade of experience in the M&E industry, nobody understands the unique business requirements of content enterprises – broadcasters, studios, production houses and D2C players – like we do. PFT is working round the clock to solve real world M&E business problems and build additional use cases to showcase how it can deliver AI-led business outcomes.

Accurate data and Actionable data are the hallmarks of CLEAR Vision Cloud. While other AI models available today in the market can offer data accuracy to some extend, none are capable of presenting accurate data that is actionable too.

CLEAR Vision Cloud. Making AI work for you.

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PFT’s CLEAR Digital Lab automates the content
supply chain, connects the production
ecosystem, and acts as the Media Universe for
secure content operations from content
acquisition through distribution and archiving.
CLEAR Digital Lab brings together the various
stakeholders and suppliers engaged in the
production and post production processes with
supply chain vendors for various tasks, such as
editorial, VFX, post production, sound,
localization, mastering, and downstream
distribution to connect the entire ecosystem.
Built around CLEAR Media ERP’s Primetime
Emmy® award winning DAX® Production Cloud
and Cloud MAM software modules, CLEAR
Digital Lab is well equipped to handle scripted,
unscripted, short form and digital content
genres. It has the capability to handle files of
different resolutions, content types, help review
and collaborate, track jobs and manage media
logistics including distribution of varied content
types across the production supply chain.

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CLEAR™ Media ERP’s Content Acquisition
Portal serves as a secure entry point for all
media and ancillary files remotely from any
geographical location across the global supply
chain, without the need of a VPN. Once
ingested onto the portal, users can either trigger
further downstream actions manually, or
automate these actions based on business
rules. Powered by Work Order Management, the
solution enables users to perform work orderbased
ingest, assign tasks to relevant
resources/vendors and track the status of all
tasks conveniently through a unified dashboard.
It is equipped with best-in-class tools for content
acquisition operations like file transfers (via
Aspera/Signiant), auto QC (pre-integration with
Baton/Cerify), full QC (pre-integrated with
Adobe® Premiere Pro), content enrichment
(cataloguing/subtitling) and archival. CLEAR’s
Content Acquisition Portal can seamlessly
integrate with other, existing IT systems like
Rights Management, BMS, MAM etc.

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CLEARTM Media ERP Suite provides end-to-end workflow orchestration for digital packaging and delivery – right from content ingest to final delivery.
Here’s what we offer:
 An automated process, using an extensive data model to create packages, transcode in multiple formats and deliver to
different OTT platforms
Over 450 ready-to-deploy preset robots for broadcast and new
media publish
 Support for all OTT related services, including digitization, QC,
image enhancement, localization, cataloging, metadata
creation and transcoding
 Stringent quality control using a combination of manual and
auto QC
 Supply chain management using ONE system
 Data-led mastering
 High end tools for QC and transcoding
 Compliance Data Model: A fast and accurate solution to fulfill different compliance regulations
 A DMS CoE (Digital Media Services Centre of Excellence) with over 20 people working on packaging and delivering content
across multiple formats and devices
 Strong Cloud MAM with BPM (business process management)
 Onboarding: we get it right the first time
 Over 17 years of rich experience in digitization, QC and
mastering
 A proven background with over 10 MN assets published to new media annually

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PFT provides high quality Digitization services for the conversion of analog content (video and audio) into digital form. We undertake source-agnostic digitization for all formats and transcode digitized content into suitable format(s) for delivery. Our stringent quality
control throughout the content lifecycle includes both manual and Automatic QC. Here’s what we offer:

A team of experts well-versed in industry standard formats and broadcast guidelines
 20+ years of experience, with specialization in bulk digitization
 Ability to digitize up to 200 hours per day across multiple
formats
 Ability to handle legacy video formats including U-matic,
DVCAM, Betacam, Digibeta, D5, HDCAM SR, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C, as well as audio from gramophones, audio spool players, vinyl records, etc.
 End-to-end supporting services for cataloguing, bulk
digitization, audio and video correction, restoration, metadata tagging, archiving, mastering, and delivery
 SLA-driven deliveries
 Future-proof formatting using the highest possible quality of encoding
 Global delivery model supported by a worldwide network of in-house studios
 Ability to execute work from within client premises
 Watertight security: ISO 27001 & SOC2 certified
 Best in class infrastructure:
• Digital Rapids and iCR encoders
• Dolby® certified QC rooms
• RTI video cleaning machine for cleaning tapes
• Baton and Cerify for Auto QC
• EMC Isilon for storage

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IMF support within CLEAR includes the ability to create deliverables for different platforms (Netflix, iTunes etc.) and specifications (like DPP) from an IMF package. CLEAR also includes the world’s first IMF Player that provides the ability to preview, playback, review and distribute over a streaming proxy a Composition Playlist (CPL) with all its essences including video, audio and captions. This enables collaboration and decision making in the workflow using proxies without having to necessarily access the original IMF package in high-res each time a CPL has to be played back. The IMF support in CLEAR is built using the product’s native Hybrid Cloud architecture that supports distributed workflows, and allows packaging and delivery of IMF packages from remote locations, public cloud infrastructure (Amazon/Azure) and customer premises.

Key Features

Ability to create deliverables for DPP (AS-11) and iTunes from an IMF package
Future-readiness with support for SMPTE’s upcoming Applications (beyond 2 and 2e) based on RDD 44 specification
Supports ingest of Complete IMF packages and Supplemental IMF packages
Provides users the ability to work with IMF Compositions created using any of the desktop CPL edit solutions (Clipster, Color Front, Gray Meta and Netflix CPL Editor, among others) over streaming proxies
Allows users to perform:
Search
Playback
Upload (Complete Packages, Partial/Supplemental Packages, only Updated Essences)
Download (Complete Packages, Partial/Supplemental Packages, only Updated Essences)
Distribution of IMF packages (Complete Packages, Supplemental Packages)
Distribution of Rendered and Transcoded Output (Video Files instead of Packages)

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Implementing a Localization strategy for an international Media and Entertainment (M&E) company is often challenging, with an ever-increasing variety of shows, volume of content, and number of platforms for distribution. PFT has been providing high quality, cost-efficient Localization services for the past 15 years, in over 60 languages. Our strong global network of partnerships and native translators ensures that we deliver the brand and style of your content to a worldwide audience. In addition, our flagship solution, CLEARTM Media ERP, enables you to ingest, track, store, transcode, and deliver assets securely and conveniently.

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CLEAR’s Mastering Automation solution makes domestic and international syndication across linear and non-linear platforms more efficient and cost-effective, thanks to automation by leveraging CLEAR Compliance Data Model, Caption Re-timing feature and Profanity Check tool for compliance auto QC for captions & subtitles.

Key Features
CLEAR Compliance Data Model: A feature that enables one time cataloging on the Source Master, thereby reducing S&P (Standards & Practices) efforts as well as edit time
Caption Re-timing: Auto re-sync of captions/subtitles and dub files for new edit versions of an asset, thereby eliminating the process of manually captioning and dubbing content repeatedly
Compliance auto QC: Automated blocking out of objectionable language from captions/subtitles for compliance adherence

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Using our flagship product, CLEARTM, PFT undertakes new metadata
creation as well as the enrichment of existing metadata. Our
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) spread around the world collaborate
to deliver genre-specific cataloging for episodic TV content, feature titles, news, sports and documentaries, in addition to country
specific and culture specific content. In today’s fast paced digital era, we help our clients future proof their content.

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PFT’s industry-first solution for OTT Distribution
addresses these challenges through an
automated process, using an extensive data
model to create packages, transcode in multiple
formats and deliver to different OTT platforms.
Built on Work Order Management, it includes
450+ API bots for delivery to popular platforms,
advanced tools for review & approval, a unified
dashboard for tracking task status, and
seamless integration with Scheduling and Rights
Management Systems. With OTT Distribution,
users can manage all tasks and operations
involved in OTT Distribution from start to end,
securely, on ONE system.
The solution facilitates quicker fulfilment, and
lowers Total Cost of Operations (TCOP) by
reducing the amount of manpower and
infrastructure involved in OTT Distribution
operations.

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Promo Operations, a module of CLEARTM Broadcast Cloud, offers a
never before functionality to automate the entire promo
operations workflow. It provides end-to-end process orchestration
for promo creation through delivery including automation of
rendering of versions, thereby enhancing efficiencies and reducing
costs.

Features of Promo Operations Module:
 Work order administration for the entire promo creation and delivery workflow, including versioning
 End-to-end workflow orchestration using a BPM-based workflow engine, ensuring seamless integration with the BMS
 A simple grid-based interface to define promo work orders for creative and versions of promos. Extended ability to import and export work orders from MS Excels and BMS
 Review/Approve tools to support collaboration during the promo creative development process
Tracking and content logistics for various versioning elements
and track receipts of various media materials for versioning
 An administration module that lets you configure the
following for a versioning ‘template’:
o Audio files from multiple sources (for different languages
etc.) in Stereo/5.1
o Begin and End Pages
o Text elements in different languages with UTF (Unicode
Text Format) support
o Effects and transitions for text and images
o Sponsorship logos
o Layer groups to handle combinations of ‘Text’, ‘Image’ and
‘Video’ elements
 A versioning appliance that allows to ‘render’ promo versions for the creative automatically. This is based on pre-configured, metadata driven dynamic versioning templates that can be assigned while defining work orders.
o The appliance triggers jobs on Adobe® After Effects and Adobe® Premiere Pro CC to render all the different versions based on the template definition
o Provides options for multiple template selection, facilitating easy cross channel promotion and changes in branding
 A promo process monitoring dashboard that provides a progress view across all stages of the promo lifecycle
Standard library functions like search, preview, publish to various distribution outlets, including new media and social networks etc.
 Ability to preview promos prior to play-out, along with a timeline view
 Text Support: Extensive text rendering capabilities for multiple languages and special characters like New Line, Superscript, Subscript
 Image support: Ability to squeeze, re-center and re-position images and videos
 Ability to dynamically resize and position sponsorship logos using metadata
 Automatic generation of daily/weekly/monthly reports based on the number of promos created and played out
 Dynamic/automated mixing of voice over tracks

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PFT provides stringent, multi-pass QC. We undertake QC not just
for adherence to technical specs, but also to regulatory guidelines
(like a broadcaster’s S & P) as well as the identification of creative
glitches (like a boom mic showing in a frame). Here’s what we
offer:
Manual and automated file based QC analysis under the
following categories:
 HD/UHD Master QC: A thorough technical evaluation of movies, scripted dramas/comedies, non-fiction series, documentaries etc. Often involves re-QC and re-delivery of rectified versions.
 IMF/4K Master QC: Rigorous QC, involving the use of software like Clipster, Colorfront and Transkoder.
 Third Party QC (HD/UHD/IMF): Part of the mastering process for high value content, this involves double checking the QC done by a primary vendor.
 7.1 Complex Audio QC – Audio QC for theatrical and premium broadcast/OTT platforms. Often offered in parallel with UHD/IMF Master QC.
 Acquisition QC – QC for long form content that has already been through Master QC.
 Audio Asset QC - Audio QC of multiple audio stems, typically synchronized with a picture master. Involves delivery of mixes in multiple configurations (7.1, 5.1, 2.0), M&E, dialog, music, effects stems etc.
 Master Asset/Image Sequence QC – Involves restoring Master DI image sequences like DPX/EXR and Cinema DCDM TIFF sequences from drives or LTO tapes, screening content and verifying check sums.
 Library / Catalog QC – QC for general quality and technical attributes of legacy content, typically performed as part of migration, restoration or redistribution projects.
 Spot QC – Spot check of content at 3-5 different points. Typically involves checking a minute at beginning, middle and end; along with verification of slate and file metadata.
 Watch Down QC – Involves a linear watch down of content from start to end, only stopping to list major issues. Typically performed as a precaution on content which has already been through QC in the past.

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It automates the end-to-end process of defining,
assigning and executing work across the content lifecycle.
Leveraging this, Media & Entertainment (M&E) enterprises can track every incoming work request across the entire content supply chain down to its associated processes, tasks and deliverables, till completion. In addition, the assets required during each stage of work are conveniently available on the same system.
With BPM driven tasks, smart resource allocations, due date-based work order dashboards, in-depth data analytics and reporting, Work Order Management is a vital ingredient that helps content enterprises improve output quality and maintain on-time delivery alongside increase in scale. It lays the foundation for streamlining content operations and helps enhance efficiencies across core processes like Acquisition, Review & Approval, Cataloguing, QC, Mastering, Distribution, Promos and Localization

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Vimond VIA is a cloud based , modular and scalable Video Content Management system (Video CMS) that grows with your needs, to serve your OTT audiences wherever they are. Content can be streamed from local or external and remote sources.‍From media ingestion, through asset management, content curation and distribution, VIA ensures a great viewer experience and efficient workflows for your users and editorial teams at a global scale. Vimond VIA scales automatically to accommodate peak viewing volumes, keeping infrastructure costs efficient.

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Nextologies' customizable turn-key IPTV & OTT solutions enable media companies and service providers to rapidly serve new platforms. This allows you to manage, distribute, syndicate and monetize your content cost-effectively with minimal risk. The result is an improved personalized cross-device TV experience for consumers seeking either VOD, live, or catch-up TV.

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Our playout facility helps with originating and manipulating content to your specific needs. The Nextologies Transmission, Distribution and Content Delivery Network (CDN) for IPTV and linear television broadcasts, gets your channel or content around the world in the shortest amount of time, at the most competitive rates, while assuring the best quality of service. Using our custom solution for automated playout, we have the ability to provide a full 24/7, 365 channel playout from a file based solution.

Nextologies master control and playout operators have the ability to insert commercial spots and programming into any of our content partners live channels ensuring your schedule stays accurate and profitable.

Using our custom designed time shifting module, we can time shift your signal 24+ hours and into multiple time zones.

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Virtual Channel Creation helps broadcasters and content providers to increase relevance and reach both for their viewers and advertisers by creating regionalized and customized online channels in a cost-efficient manner. The solution has proven especially valuable when adding regional news or weather to national channels or to provide regionalized ad insertion.

Virtual Channel Creation is based on a unique technology where content is stitched together from various sources into a channel. Compared to the needs typically posed by other systems, it does not require the significant investments in production, encoding and storage capacity.

Regional channels are often encoded and stored as full channels, meaning the national content is encoded and stored multiple times – once per regional channel. With Virtual Channel Creation, national content only needs to be stored and encoded once. Regional content can then be stitched into the national channel to create each full regional channel. As a result, encoder and storage needs are reduced. If using cloud-based encoders, the cost savings enabled by this is significant. Similarly, the need for NAS storage, which is required to create Live to VoD content, is reduced.

Virtual Channel Creation also provides an option to use lower bitrate options of the regional content, reducing the encoder and storage need even further. Use cases demonstrate a 95% encoder capacity saving for national channels and an 89% encoder saving for regional channels when using the option to use a lower bitrate variant for the regional channels.

It can also be used to insert public safety messages, as well as efficiently manage restrictions in content distribution rights by inserting replacement segments, programs or providing a blackout solution, even for time-shifted content.

Virtual Channel Creation resides within StreamBuilder, providing broadcasters and content providers with segmentation, packaging and subtitling functionality needed for internet-based distribution.

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VIA Live allows you to manage linear and event based live streams, automating the creation of VOD assets for distribution to OTT platforms and multimedia services. This significantly reduces the amount of manual work, making the process more efficient and cost effective.By combining the broadcasters' channels and electronic program guide (EPG) data, VIA Live is a one stop shop for channel planning and monitoring. Monitor inbound live feeds on a streamlined timeline, and use imported EPGs as a basis for program creation, complete with content ingest and scheduling.

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VIA Orchestrate is a workflow engine to help you manage your video pipeline from ingest through transcoding and DRM encryption, to playout. VIA Orchestrate makes video workflow management simple,  and does not require editorial staff to be video processing experts.  Video can be ingested from live and VOD content and transcoded.

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Adaptive NightVision enables low-light or dark scenes to display more clearly for a superior viewing experience directly on subscribers’ mobile devices, which fulfills the promise of a high-quality, TV Everywhere viewing experience – on any screen. Adaptive NightVision is built on an advanced algorithm that analyzes the video, in real-time, for contrast, brightness, color saturation and key metrics.

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MultiStream Sync feature can be used to display multiple camera angles all synchronized on a single screen, in which the viewer is able to freely move streams around based on their preferred experience. VisualOn partners with KDDI to stream the FIVB Volleyball World Cup Japan 2019 broadcast by Fuji Television, pioneering the use of ultra-low latency CMAF and multiple camera angles for live sports in Japan. VisualOn supports multi-stream playback; decoding is done via hardware, software or both, depending on device capabilities – on 5G and other high bandwidth networks. South Korea's KT, the world's first commercialized 5G services, also partners with VisualOn on 5G and Multistream playback. KT’s Olleh TV Mobile, powered by VMP, provides low latency, time-synchronized playback supporting multiple streams/camera angles for live streaming, 360-degree, HDR and UHD support, for the best over the top (OTT) video experience.   Besides, VisualOn will present its technology to take advantage of multiple devices. For example how to play one or multiple video streams on multiple devices while keeping frame-accurate synchronization across devices.

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Edgeware’s StreamBuilder does the preparation of live and VoD content that is necessary for OTT distribution to any device. Accurate segmentation of streams, storing content for time-shift services, just in time ABR packaging to any format and any device (HLS, DASH, MSS) including encryption are all offered in the StreamBuilder product family. Add to this our innovative technology to create tailor made channels and live streams using the Virtual Channel Creation, our Ad Insertion technology, OCR-based transcoding of Subtitles and the possibility to deploy and run the whole lot on a wide range of cloud platforms or on regular COTS machines!

StreamBuilder includes the following products:

• Ingest and Segmentation


• Time-shift TV


• Packager and Protection


• Ad Enabler


• OCR Subtitling

Publish » Linear Playout » Linear Playout Systems » Integrated playout (channel-in-a-box) »

A cohesive, highly scalable, micro service for delivery focused Media Asset Management. Due to the tight integration with the VIPE publishing platform, it reduces complexity in the infrastructure, resulting in a simple and reliable supply chain.

In the era of multichannel playout, file-based workflows and existing channel management systems, the specific delivery requirements often result in a complex infrastructure. VIPE MAM is designed to offer transparent (automated) workflows, resulting in increased control, reliability and efficiency.

VIPE MAM manages both primary as well as secondary media files. It handles all aspects of the workflow from ingest, QC, Soft parting, subtitles/audio management to enhancing/modifying any asset data. All metadata is fully indexed and searchable. Usability experience is powered by elastic search, particularly useful for large volume databases.

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Scalable and smart, M2A LIVE, provides some of the world's largest sports broadcasters with highly reliable, low latency, highest quality live streams across a huge number of devices.

Consume » User Experience » Apps & Platforms » Consumer apps and platforms »

With Vizzi, users get an end-to-end solution that covers every aspect of the OTT chain, adapting to every specific requirement: Media Preparation, Management, Distribution, and Consumption, with no loose ends.

VIZZI is a powerful, robust, and cost-effective end-to-end video platform that combines in one place all the flexible and scalable tools that Media companies, Broadcasters, Mobile Service Providers, Telecoms, ISP´s and Pay TV operators to need, for the dynamic delivery of Live TV and VOD services across any IP-based device, deployed on the cloud, on-premises or using a hybrid architecture.

Media Preparation: 

• Record, Ingest, Transcode, Playout, Stream, Encode, Decode, Packaging, Catch-up Storage, Metadata enrichment;


• Live Channels Ingest;


• EPG Ingest.

Media Management:

• Intuitive CMS Backend;


• User Management;


• Rights Management;


• Catch-up, nPVR;


• Assets and Metadata Management


• Analytics


• Flexible Monetization Models;


• DVR Scheduler;

Distribution:

• AOS and CDN;


• Encryption DRM


• Packaging

Consumption:

• White-label Player;


• Multiple Devices Support and OS Support

Experience:

• Catch-up;


• Piracy Protection;


• Visual Designer.

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Goose is the most affordable OTT SaaS platform in the global market, and we help you to monetize your VOD + Live channnels with SVOD, TVOD, AVOD by providing a self-serving white label platform, using which you can launch your own branded video streaming service in a most efficient way.

Highlights:

1)Live TV and VOD in one platform

2)streaming service across multi devices

3)Develop your offline reseller distribution network

4)Quick time to market (30 days)

5)No setup fee and upgrade fee

6)Zero-coding maintenance

7)Flexible user acquisition options

8)Vcoin exchange/promotion

9)Pre-paid and post-paid payment supported

10)Abstract special content and recommend(e.g.Sports, Live to VOD)

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This product is intended for Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product, Product Manager, Business Head, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Strategy Director, Head Of Strategy, Owner, and Founder.

Manage » Manage & Orchestrate » Content & Workflow Management » End-to-end supply chain solutions »

OpenTV Video Platform is the next level, operator grade, business centric, streaming video solution, that delivers dynamic sports, media & entertainment content, in the home or on the go, returning exceptional ROI through its content & services management console (OpCon). We have created a solution that can be packaged to excite consumers, keep them consuming, thus reducing churn & creating paths for revenue growth opportunity. A cloud-based platform for operational efficiency where disparate services can be merged to streamline operations, get the out of the plumbing and back to the business of keeping and growing subscribers. OpenTV Video Platform allows operator to design out complexity, in order to launchpad future innovation and build new and interesting consumer offers. Under the hood the analytically driven operational & business engines enable fine-tuning of content campaigns, content promotion, targeted advertising and video-commerce to develop the business offers. The (UI-UX) user experience and personalisation elements can be focus group trialled and if this delivers on the intention (e.g. increase VOD, download to go etc.)  and be implemented instantly on the fly. Choose OpenTV Video Platform to usher in the next level of exciting sports, media & entertainment consumer video services with a cost-effective, secure, intelligent, revenue generating, video streaming solution for your future.

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The Experience Cloud- a low code SaaS platform that helps Media Publishers & Content Creators globally to manage their content in one central location, create intuitive apps across multiple devices, engage with users on a personal level and monetise content in various models.

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Thi product is intended for Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product, Product Manager, Business Head, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Strategy Director, Head Of Strategy, Owner, and Founder

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Build your own branded content apps, distribute your content everywhere and manage all your apps from one central system. Quickly preview & test before you deploy and make unlimited changes at no extra cost. This product is intended for Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product, Product Manager, Business Head, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Strategy Director, Head Of Strategy, Owner, and Founder.

Better UX = Better ROI

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Get a 30K ft. view of your content portfolio and access performance insights. Leverage a comprehensive headless CMS that allows you to import, create and manage flexible content structures and manage metadata all in one interface. "This product is intended for Chief Technology Officer, Head of Product, Product Manager, Business Head, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Strategy Director, Head Of Strategy, Owner, and Founder."

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Content Delivery Network, CDN, accelerates delivery of content to users worldwide.

• Connectivity
  
  
  
  • <10 ms latency in major cities
  
  
  • <30 ms latency around the world
  
  
  • Intelligent routing with high network redundancy
  
  
  • Rich API support
  
  
  
  


• Security
  
  
  
  • HTTPS secure cloud acceleration
  
  
  • Back-to-source verification
  
  
  • Referrer anti-theft chain
  
  
  • Support for TLS 1.3, certificates, black and white lists
  
  
  
  


• Reliability
  
  
  
  • Zero packet loss between nodes
  
  
  • Multi-server and route redundancy for load optimization
  
  
  • Real-time monitoring and analytics
  
  
  
  

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StormGeo Studio provides a low-cost and flexible solution for media outlets to create custom weather content. Developed with award-winning Singular.Live technology, the platform is cloud and subscription-based.

Key features and benefits:

• Access to world class weather forecasting and data intelligence.


• A cloud and subscription based software built with award-winning graphics from Singular.Live.


• Requires no dedicated hardware or upfront investments.


• Easily integrates into your existing SDI, NDI or streaming media workflows.

Workflow and easily accessible:

• Built on common web standards.


• StormGeo Studio API’s for interaction, templates and rendering capabilities are easily integrated into your workflow.


• StormGeo Studio runs across all bowser enabled devices without the need for 3rd party plugins.

StormGeo Studio opens a lot of possibilities for publishers, such as on-demand weather data for over the top (OTT) playouts, adaptive graphics across different devices and the possibility to offer regionalized weather data to their users and viewers.

Leslie Kajomovitz

Product Manager Consultant for Media Production tools

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Skype for Content Creators is a feature that is native to the Windows 10 Skype App that allows you to simply turn your group video calls in to content such as live streams, podcasts and video. Any NDI® enabled software such as Wirecast, Xsplit & Vmix will be able to natively see the Skype callers as an audio/ video input. In addition, Skype TX for Broadcasting has become an Emmy® award winner and a staple across Tier 1 news organizations such as ABC, CNN & BBC. In 2018, Skype TX was integrated natively across the Village of Nations at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, establishing itself as a solution that demonstrates scale, affordability and quality at one of the most prominent sporting events in the calendar.

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Media supply chains have traditionally been built with the focus being on servicing linear content, with digital workflows added after the fact. These dual linear and digital chains create duplication, slow agility and increase OPEX. Fuse Publisher gives broadcasters and content owners the ability to bring these siloed systems and workflows together, delivering a unified, digital first supply chain, lowering latency, duplication, operational costs and TCO, while increasing agility, productivity, speed to market and revenue. This shared infrastructure enables the ability to automatically syndicate content to a defined set of endpoints and distributors, maximizing advertising revenue and delivering content when, where and how end users want it.

Using Fuse Publisher for….

Improving operational efficiency and quality

Fuse Publisher orchestrates and automates asset management workflows so that operational staff can simply manage by exception based on the step validation and alerting Fuse provides. Operational expertise on repetitive tasks is reduced and can be focused on quality enhancements.

Decrease Time to Market

Fuse Publisher's script driven workflows combine with out of the box integrations to major asset processing systems, such transcoding, stitching, QC, encryption, fast file transfer. This combination enables complex workflows orchestrations to be quickly configured thus enabling new business opportunities to be implemented at pace. Fuse open API’s, provide a means to implement integrations with all your existing systems in order to integrate into the data and event driven workflows.

Scale at Speed

Fuse’s Cloud native architecture and auto-scaling delivers the necessary on-demand scaling to meet new business challenges. Fuse seamlessly manages all aspects of scaling thus removing the headache and freeing up cycles from the Operations team.

Timely Delivery

By Integrating Schedule metadata, Fuse can drive workflow automation and enable alerting for management by exception. These aspects help ensure that the necessary asset packages and metadata files are prepared, validated and distributed aligned to the schedule.

Monetize » Sell Content & Advertising » Advertising Systems » Advertising sales systems »

Introducing EMSSThe Enriched Media Streaming Solution (EMSS) standardises the interaction between a Server Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) server and the video player.

The exchange of metadata is not standardised, resulting in multiple proprietary systems. This means that custom integrations for SSAI are almost always necessary for each SSAI solution, which then leads to vendor lock-in.

EMSS SpecificationThe specification discusses the standard for metadata, how that metadata is transported in HLS or DASH, and how the metadata should be processed.

This specification touches on announcing and annotating ads to the viewer, modifying UI during ad playback, enforcing business rules for skipping over ads and beaconing.

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What is HESP?

HESP is an HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) streaming protocol that enables streaming services to be delivered with sub second latency, with a significantly reduced streaming bandwidth, at scale. An impressive list of improvements, further augmented by significantly reduced zapping times, pushing viewer experience and engagement to the next level.

HESP allows you to stream with, on average, a latency that is 7 times lower than current industry standard low-latency HAS approaches. An end-to-end latency of up to 400ms can be achieved. Low enough to enable new interactive TV formats and services. When using the HESP protocol the average zapping time is 20 times faster than with industry standard low latency streaming approaches. With a zapping time of less than 100ms, the channel change will happen in the blink of an eye.

What is the HESP Alliance?

The HESP Alliance was launched on the 1st July 2020. The HESP Alliance was launched by founding members; THEO Technologies and Synamedia. With the aim to bring together streaming video vendors and media companies to provide superior online video quality of experience at reduced cost through standardising and advancing the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) and marketing of HESP solutions.

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THEOplayer is the Universal Video Player that enables hundreds of leading payTV and OTT service providers, broadcasters, and publishers worldwide including CNN, NBC, Telenet, KPN, and Swisscom. Through its feature-rich SDKs and wide video ecosystem pre-integrations, THEO enables video service providers to quickly bring a consistent video playback experience across any device and platform.

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IMF support within CLEAR includes the ability to create deliverables for different platforms (Netflix, iTunes etc.) and specifications (like DPP) from an IMF package. CLEAR also includes the world’s first IMF Player that provides the ability to preview, playback, review and distribute over a streaming proxy a Composition Playlist (CPL) with all its essences including video, audio and captions. This enables collaboration and decision making in the workflow using proxies without having to necessarily access the original IMF package in high-res each time a CPL has to be played back. The IMF support in CLEAR is built using the product’s native Hybrid Cloud architecture that supports distributed workflows, and allows packaging and delivery of IMF packages from remote locations, public cloud infrastructure (Amazon/Azure) and customer premises.

Key Features

Ability to create deliverables for DPP (AS-11) and iTunes from an IMF package
Future-readiness with support for SMPTE’s upcoming Applications (beyond 2 and 2e) based on RDD 44 specification
Supports ingest of Complete IMF packages and Supplemental IMF packages
Provides users the ability to work with IMF Compositions created using any of the desktop CPL edit solutions (Clipster, Color Front, Gray Meta and Netflix CPL Editor, among others) over streaming proxies
Allows users to perform:
Search
Playback
Upload (Complete Packages, Partial/Supplemental Packages, only Updated Essences)
Download (Complete Packages, Partial/Supplemental Packages, only Updated Essences)
Distribution of IMF packages (Complete Packages, Supplemental Packages)
Distribution of Rendered and Transcoded Output (Video Files instead of Packages)

Manage » Manage & Orchestrate » Content & Workflow Management » End-to-end supply chain solutions »

GO Live solution consists of Contego CAS/DRM,  GO Live back-end, pre-integrated partner equipment for encoding and streaming, secure client and apps. The end-to-end solution enables deploying the service within 30 days! The GO Live multiscreen solution will enable you to: • Stream live-TV to iOS and Android devices• Expand TV offerings outside a fixed network footprint• Obtain new customers and create new revenue streams• Retain customers and increase loyalty• Increase revenue of existing customer base• Improve customer satisfaction• Improve understanding of customer viewing habits with our monitoring system

The most important features of GO Live are: • Live-TV, Start-over TV, Pause live-TV, Trick play and Catch-up• TV guide with catch-up support• Personalized channel listing & EPG• Fast channel zapping• Intuitive and user-friendly interface• Support for native language & subtitling• Customizable to fit operator branding• Google Cast and AirPlay support

Publish » Linear Playout » Linear Playout Systems » Integrated playout (channel-in-a-box) »

Easel TV OTT delivers a complete streaming media/OTT cloud video service to the world's leading consumer devices.

The Easel TV OTT Dashboard provides a rich set of cloud features in an extensive suite of management tools; a powerful CRM and CMS management system which provides content and user management, promotional tools and reporting, all through a single portal.

Our award-winning template-driven consumer applications provide a feature-rich, intuitive and cohesive user experience across web, TV and mobile devices.

We avoid expensive multi-partner solutions by having a ready-made horizontal systems integrated OTT service. In this way, we look to minimise the risk and increase the return on your investment by using an OTT VOD platform that is already up and running, tried, tested and approved.

Built on Amazon and Microsoft cloud technology, and the world's largest CDNs, Easel TV OTT provides an immediate low-cost route to market, using a stable, scalable cloud service.

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Easel TV OTT is a multi-tenant streaming media video platform supporting film, TV, lifestyle or Brand entertainment services on the world’s leading consumer devices (PCs, tablets & mobiles, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung TVs, Roku, Virgin TiVo etc.).

Easel TV's underlying OTT eco-system includes content upload, encoding, hosting, formatting, content protection and distribution across a multi-CDN architecture to offer the highest possible quality service, globally.

Our suite of editorial, marketing, administrative and analytical management tools support all aspects of an OTT service, from content ingest, product pricing, packaging, promotion, device and consumer entitlements, usage analytics, wholesale billing and more, and are operated through a single intuitive user interface; one supplier solution, one complete administrative dashboard. Making Suggested TV one of the simplest and most comprehensive carrier-grade OTT SaaS services on the market.

We are all about providing affordable, high-quality stable OTT services, fast, with the most complete, easy-to-use, full suite of management and editorial tools on the market.

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With Harmonic’s award-winning VOS360 media processing SaaS, content and service providers can move their offerings to the cloud and quickly launch new OTT services, without investing heavily in infrastructure. Harmonic’s solutions support the entire media processing workflow from ingest to distribution, increasing efficiency and cost savings; provide elastic capacity to support new services or peak events; and offer pay-as-you-grow pricing, boosting monetization.

Recently, Harmonic enhanced VOS360 SaaS with channel origination in the cloud capabilities for file-based and live streams. These new functionalities provide operators with support for graphics, branding, and digital video effects (DVE) for both file-based and live workflows in addition to pre-existing capabilities such as encoding, encryption and distribution.

By adding channel origination capabilities to VOS360 SaaS, Harmonic is helping drive the transition to software-based and cloud workflows, allowing video content and service providers to launch OTT offerings faster, increase their operational efficiencies and reduce opex and capex.

Unique playout capabilities and benefits include:

Live and file-based playout: Beyond just processing of live streams in the cloud, VOS360 SaaS allows video content and service providers to deliver file-based content from clips and graphics that augment the live streams. With other key processes (i.e., traffic, billing, asset management) already integrated or present in the cloud storage environment, operators can deliver complete channels that are comprised of live and file-based content all within the cloud infrastructure, without the need for conventional playout solutions. This opens up new monetization opportunities for operators.

Streamlined control: Harmonic offers seamless integration for control systems in the cloud to streamline playout management. An API and user-based controls for the playlist enable users to manage channels, as needed. With the control system present in the cloud environment, users can focus their attention on other important tasks as opposed to continuously checking the playlist status.

Reduced operational costs: Service operators using cloud solutions for OTT delivery would normally perform playout operations on-premises (i.e., playback of video clips, graphics and branding) and send a live stream into the cloud, where they would then apply different delivery platform profiles for broadcast and OTT. Now that VOS360 SaaS includes playout capabilities, operators can run entire channels in the cloud. This dramatically reduces operational costs, because operators no longer need physical infrastructure on-premises. Pay-as-you-go pricing for VOS360 allows operators to realize ROI in the shortest time possible.

Orchestrated management: Playout functionality is built into the VOS360 SaaS solution. There are centralized services for management, profiles, tracking of user accounts, billing, DevOps, interfaces, and more.

Maintenance and monitoring: Harmonic’s VOS360 SaaS is fully maintained and monitored by Harmonic to keep services operational, resulting in better quality of experience for end customers.

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Brightcove Player delivers a rich, cross-platform playback experience and includes built-in support for advertising, analytics, and content protection. It automatically updates players when new fixes are deployed and management APIs make it easy to control configurations and to push updates across online properties and viral embeds. Brightcove Player supports HLS across all major mobile and desktop platforms for a simplified workflow.