
Cygnus Distribution is a new generation solution for primary distribution applications from MediaKind. Whether it is the professional distribution of live events such as sports matches, or the distribution of 24/7 channels, Cygnus Distribution enables this to be delivered securely, reliably and in high quality whether that be via satellite, or IP network, or a combination of both networks.
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Other products from this company:

MediaKind Aquila Broadcast

MediaKind Aquila On-Demand

MediaKind Aquila Streaming

MediaKind Cygnus Contribution

MediaKind Cygnus Distribution

MediaKind Video Storage and Processing Platform...

PRISMA
MediaKind Aquila Broadcast
Solution values
- Class leading picture quality
- Offers 10% year-on-year gain in video quality giving subscribers and viewers a more immersive experience annually.
- Flexible deployment
- Deployable as an appliance or software only, either on-premises or in the cloud ensuring any system implementation fits with all current architectures.
- Supporting an all IP workflow
- Supports the latest IP standards, including SMPTE 2022 and SMPTE ST 2110 enabling a simplified and more cost efficient solution implementation.
- Converged broadcast & OTT solution
- When combined with the Aquila Streaming solution, Aquila Broadcast provides a cost efficient broadcast and streaming platform.
MediaKind Aquila On-Demand
- Push your video quality higher leveraging MediaKind’s On-Demand Encoding technology to provide the highest video quality and guaranteed performance across multiple codec choices - MPEG-2, H.264 & HEVC•
- Enabling a better consumer experience delivering content to a wide variety of devices by leveraging MediaKind’s packager support for all major segment and manifest formats (HLS, Smooth Streaming, DASH, CMAF)•
- Faster time to market by deploying a unified solution across any network and infrastructure type (COTS servers, IT datacenters & private and public clouds)•
- Reduce operational complexity using a single interface for all services and servers’ operations•
- Optimize server footprint with an underlying micro-services design, that provides deployment flexibility, allows scalability according to demand and delivers a highly available service
MediaKind Aquila Streaming
Solution value
- Push video quality higher by leveraging MediaKind’s Encoding Live award winning technology to deliver the highest video quality and guaranteed performance across multiple codecs (MPEG-2, H.264 & HEVC)
- Enable a better consumer experience with support for a wide variety of devices by leveraging MediaKind’s packaging technology with support for all major segment and manifest formats (HLS, SS, DASH, CMAF)
- Faster time to market by utilizing a single solution to address all networks and all infrastructures (Appliances, IT datacenter & private and public clouds)
- Reduce operational complexity using a single point of entry for all media services and servers’ operations.
- Optimize OPEX and CAPEX when migrating to full IP leveraging the latest IT & cloud technologies (containers & orchestration) to significantly reduce infrastructure costs.
- Highly Available with a variety of redundancy and recovery schemes thus ensuring maximum uptime and minimizing servicing costs leading to reduced consumer churn and maintaining important revenue streams
- Aquila Streaming can be combined with Aquila Broadcast enabling a fully converged Broadcast and OTT headend
Aquila Streaming delivered as a Service
This type of solution deployment enables some further key additional benefits:
- Faster time to market for media content
- Peace of mind from proven integration with ecosystem partners to offer a full turn-key solution
- Significant cost efficiencies from the reduction of locally deployed equipment procurement or management needed since the solution leverages public cloud infrastructure
- Reduced in-house operational requirements and lifecycle management cost implications as these are handled by MediaKind
- Applications supported for 24/7 live channels, occasional use/events, and additional use cases such as disaster recovery for on premises headends
MediaKind Cygnus Contribution
This media processing and delivery solution addresses a number of different live content contribution use cases and applications such as remote / at-home production with distinct values enabling content providers/owners, Broadcasters and TV Operators to maximize their investment whilst maintaining the quality and low latencies required for professional media delivery.
MediaKind Cygnus Distribution
MediaKind Video Storage and Processing Platform (VSPP)
For cable companies, multiple service operators (MSOs), telcos and content providers who need a cost efficient, reliable solution for massively scalable video storage and recording that exceeds stringent performance requirements, the MediaKind Video Storage and Processing Platform (VSPP) is the only field proven, large scale software-based solution that provides resiliency, very high throughput, and virtually hands-off maintenance. This platform is highly optimized to minimize hardware footprint and provide the best possible TCO.
Supported use cases
Cloud DVR
Cloud based DVR applications enable service providers to offer a DVR service without the need todeploy or upgrade to expensive DVR boxes at the subscriber site. By locating the storage and streaming at the network operation center and running an RS-DVR client software at the subscriber site, operators can offer a full DVR service without the need of hardware upgrades at the subscriber.
Dynamic origin server
The origin server is a scale out media storage system that can also perform content transformation, and streaming. The origin ingests MPEG-TS CBR and ABR, and transforms them on-the-fly to RTSP and different OTT formats, thus eliminating the need to store multiple formats.
VSPP tiered architecture
Supports different tiers to address specific streaming patterns as well as content popularity.
Edge pumps
With an ongoing transformation to the full-blown Media Edge for the legacy and OTT delivery.
PRISMA
PRISMA solution enables fully unified and and standards based layer between advertising and linear rights business systems (ad-decisioning system, traffic & scheduling system) and A/V broadcast and/or IP processing and delivery chains.
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MediaKind Cygnus Distribution
LTN Cue & Connect
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Transform the future of video with LTN Cue & Connect.
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC EV
The Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC EV devices are particularly suited to a wide range of broadcast and media applications, from camera encoding to mobile wireless video systems, and contribution IRDs to live streaming encoders:
- Configurable and dynamically adjustable codec
- Integrate with a wide portfolio of Xilinx and partner IP cores such as 12G-SDI, ST 2110, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.2 etc.
- Up to 4K60 4:2:2 10-bit H.264/H.265 encode + decode
- Multichannel support up to 4K60 (e.g. 2x 1080p60 or 4x 1080p30)
- Ultra-low-latency mode of <35ms glass-to-glass
- Total device power for a single pipeline as low as 8.5W
Master Control & Playout Services
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.
Signal Transport
The Nextologies fibre network connecting Canada, USA, Eastern Europe and Asia, combined with our fixed satellite network, is the best in our region giving instant access to over 55,000 channels. The Nextologies fibre network is fully protected, geographically diverse and self-healing. Nextologies offers full-time redundant gigabit fibre connectivity to all of the major BDUs in Canada and MSOs in the USA.
Nextologies uses state-of-the-art technology enabling the utmost quality and reliability in broadcast video transmissions. Our network's fibre optic digital circuits are built with redundancy and diverse systems, which minimize latency and jitter characteristics.
Synamedia Media Edge Gateway (MEG)
Based on Synamedia’s award-winning virtualized Digital Content Manager (DCM) architecture and its PowerVu IRD technologies, the new Media Edge Gateway is ideal for video service providers that are deploying in hybrid environments, looking to test out new channels or launching point-in-time updates such as for natural disasters, and events. This new service enables cost-effectiveness, flexibility and adaptability in creating new application-specific edge gateways including an ATSC 3.0 receiver and SMPTE 2110 decoder with further commercial, function, positioning and form adaptations to be added in the future.
The Media Edge Gateway can reduce go-to-market schedules from weeks to mere minutes using automation, the resulting benefit of its software-based architecture. This approach creates more value for end customers while offering video service providers new monetization paths. Additionally, it enables customers to experiment or launch varying business models including SaaS options and subscription-based packages.
Limelight Content Delivery Services
By positioning website content in edge caches, leveraging last mile acceleration, customizing requests and responses, and ensuring appropriate and secure access, Limelight ensures content can be quickly delivered, anywhere, anytime, with the quality of experience your audience expects.
Limelight Live Push Ingest
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HEVC & H264 DEcoders, HD & 4K
PHASE - Serving the Brazilian Television Market Successfully since 1980
Limelight Realtime Streaming
Limelight Realtime Streaming features adaptive bitrate streaming for the highest possible picture quality for each viewer, even over changing network conditions. Limelight’s global private network provides the capacity, reach, and connectivity to ensure a high-quality, realtime viewing experience for audiences everywhere.