Zixi provides a cloud based and on-premise Software-Defined Video Platform that enables reliable broadcast-quality video delivery over any IP network, any protocol, any cloud provider and any edge device. The company offers technologies for broadcasters, enterprises, over-the-top video providers, and mobile service providers around the world. The Zixi Platform makes it easy and economical for media companies to source, manage, localize, and distribute live events and 24/7 live linear channels in broadcast QoS, securely and at scale, using any form of IP network or Hybrid IP environments. Zixi provides enhanced control in large complex networks with ZEN Master, a live video orchestration and telemetry control plane that provides visual tools to configure, orchestrate, and monitor live broadcast channels and events across industry protocols. Over 10+ years, the Zixi Enabled Network (ZEN) has grown to over 170 OEM and service providers and serves well over 600 customers representing most of the top media brands around the world with 10,000+ channels delivered daily.
Harmonic’s VOS® Cloud-Native Software
Harmonic’s VOS® Cloud-Native Software is the most advanced media processing and delivery software for private data centers. It runs on a wide range of COTS hardware and virtualization layers to power demanding and complex playout, broadcast and OTT systems. Through the VOS Hub connection users can move an entire video platform from a private data center to public cloud and vice versa, with ease.
VOS software makes it simple and fast to launch and manage end-to-end professional media workflows in private data centers, as well as ingest live or file-based content, including uncompressed video over IP. With VOS software, users can create schedules, play out channels and process all content for OTT streaming and broadcast delivery, with ease.
Advanced orchestration capabilities allow users to connect and synchronize all microservices for every workflow. VOS software abstracts and manages IT infrastructures using load-balancing mechanisms to optimize the use of resources and manage redundancy with minimum overhead, eliminating the need for siloed systems.
The software is infrastructure neutral, supporting a wide range of COTS hardware and virtualization layers such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, Openshift, and other bare metal configurations. This neutrality ensures complete compatibility, making it easy to align IT and business preferences. With VOS software, on-premises deployments can be backed up in a public cloud environment in just minutes.
Built-in, AI-enabled and globally deployed VOS core compression technology reduces the typical bandwidth needed for OTT delivery by about half. VOS software is built for agile, hybrid video service delivery, with capabilities for satellite broadcasting, full statmux and OTT streaming. It supports a wide range of use cases, including live streaming, time-shifting, network DVR, targeted ad insertion, packaging and origin on the fly, from one simple platform.
Harmonic’s VOS®360 Channel Origination & Distribution Platform
Harmonic’s VOS®360 Channel Origination & Distribution Platform is an advanced, fully managed, channel origination and distribution platform for total content control. The schedule-based delivery solution enables the creation of linear channels, live events and streams, direct to consumers or syndication partners, at lightning speed, through one simple platform, without deploying complex infrastructure.
Through the platform, users have creative control over sources, assets, schedules, monitoring and metrics, with real-time agility. The platform ensures fast channel origination by allowing users to fine-tune the output for each channel, including graphics, animations, captions, subtitles and embedded signaling.
Adapting and creating channel playlists is simple with the VOS360 platform. Users can build a playlist for clips and graphics manually, use built-in scheduling, or import from an external traffic system. The VOS API also gives users the freedom to create and manage with their choice of external playout control.
All in the cloud, the platform is built around docker containers and microservices using Kubernetes orchestration. With the VOS360 Channel Origination & Distribution Platform, all live streaming channels are fully managed by Harmonic’s advanced DevOps team to ensure high availability and reliability.
Using the platform, customers can seize every opportunity to create value, including creating pop-up channels based on major events, testing new markets and launch new brands, leveraging the internet to optimize syndication distribution and repurposing content to increase ROI.
Harmonic’s advanced DevOps team guarantees the highest levels of availability and reliability. All IT infrastructures, media processing and delivery applications are always fully functional, with maximum uptime. This takes the guesswork out of system upgrades and enhancements.
Harmonic VOS®360 Live Streaming Platform
Harmonic’s VOS®360 Live Streaming Platform leverages the flexibility of cloud infrastructures to meet the demanding and complex requirements of live video streaming. The fully managed solution is cloud-neutral and runs on a wide range of public cloud platforms, efficiently handling all stages of the media processing and delivery chain.
The platform is built around docker containers and microservices using Kubernetes orchestration. It offers a rich API and a range of easy to use features accessible at any time. Live streaming channels are fully managed by Harmonic’s DevOps team to ensure the highest level of availability and reliability.
The VOS360 Live Streaming Platform optimizes live video delivery with flexible and real-time scaling to handle peaks in viewership, which is extremely useful for live sports. The platform uses a range of technologies to dynamically select the best available paths between content delivery networks and caching clusters.
Supporting a range of functionalities, including live and file transcoding, packaging and origin, dynamic real-time CDN selection, targeted advertising, VOD, SVOD, time-shift and network DVR, the VOS360 platform simplifies delivery from source to screen and accelerates time to market for new revenue-generating streaming services. The platform ensures high-quality streaming through exceptional encoding efficiency and by delivering low latency, utilizing advanced compression engines to reduce bandwidth by an average of 50% along with the latest developments in artificial intelligence.
Harmonic’s advanced DevOps team guarantees the highest levels of availability and reliability. All IT infrastructures, media processing and delivery applications are always fully functional, with maximum uptime. This takes the guesswork out of system upgrades and enhancements.
Today, the VOS360 Live Streaming Platform powers millions of simultaneous streams, thousands of live channels, countless VOD requests and hundreds of petabytes of storage and delivery.
MediaPower NextGen OTT
MediaPower Next Gen OTT is an end-to-end solution for managing, producing and distributing Live and On Demand Video over the Internet.The platform, extremely flexible and modular, has been designed to meet the needs of the digital content market in which it has become imperative to reduce production costs, optimize distribution to millions of possible users, leverage data and monetize the content either directly, through subscription, or indirectly, through advertising.
MEDIAPOWER TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
CONTENT PRODUCTION
NewsAppNewsApp is a technology that assists OTT Media Services to collect the content generated by the users in order to utilize them as part of the client’s editorial stream. It enables two-way communication between publisher and users increasing the involvement and engagement of the latter.
- Receives User-Generated Content (UGC) and related feedback
- Analysis of user experience and user profiling
- Publishing of targeted video and advertising
- Could be used for video contests, marketing campaigns, or crowdfunding
ARKKI Media Asset Manager (MAM)Arkki is our Media Asset Manager used to collect any kind of video files and provides more functions to manage each stage of the asset.
- Ingestion and management of digital content, video and more
- Transcoding and video file modeling
- Addition of descriptive metadata
- Creation of playlists, catalogs, and projects
- Editing and sharing
DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM
ASTRO Flexible & Scalable Distribution ModuleMediaPower Astro is the delivery module to distribuite feeds to the Internet.
- Publication of streams in multiple formats
- On-demand and live
- Adaptive bitrate with bandwidth control
- Load balancing and user traffic control
- Integration with proprietary networks or third-party CDNs
Service Delivery Platform (SDP)Service Delivery Platform is the solution to manage users, group policy and paid subscription. We implement complex business logic around various payment models.
- Secure Join-In and Log-In
- Devices registration
- Subscription workflow and integration with the commons payments gateway
- Assets protection through IP GEO-block, User-block e Traffic-shaping
- CRM, ERP and 3rd party software integration via standard API REST
Boost and Security LayerThe Boost & Security Layer guarantees stability and security to the platform.
- Real time analysis and capacity auto-scaling
- Traffic monitoring
- Log management
- DNS geo distribution
- Redundant Data centers
- Network quality control and NOC support
MONETIZATION
LET’S SHOW Discovery EngineLet’s Show! is the powerful discovery engine to deploy contents towards any kind of device and web-browsers. Usable, professional-looking UIs for a variety of screens and devices.
- Compatible with any web-browser and iOS/Android device
- Bandwidth and screen optimization
- Enable the video browsing through categories, galleries and catalogs
- Watch-list and bookmarks per single user
- Recommendation engine and powerful full-text search engine
- Embedded Video Player cross-platform
- Share the VoD to Facebook and Youtube
OTT INSIGHT AnalyticsMediaPower OTT Insight is a powerful data collecting engine which analyses and understand user behavior. The engine provides useful aggregate data to perform business intelligence.
- Big data analysis (audience/usage metrics) and custom integration with common machine learning systems and business intelligence software
- Users profiling
- Monetization scenarios
- Ad Server and programmatic Ads Engine integration
- External e-commerce and marketplace alliance
MediaPower NewsApp
Technology has evolved in such a way that the transfer of data occurs in an instant and updates can be shared with a few swipes or clicks, in real-time. Along with this change in the communication landscape, the growth of video as a means to share, entertain, inform and educate is unrelenting — its impact on our communication undeniable.Every individual voice can now be heard, as people can easily share their opinions, thoughts and experiences through social media platforms. Countless online communities have been grown, and continue to grow, around these forms of communication — especially around video sharing, which has generated a number of modern professions such as blogger, vlogger, influencer and citizen journalist.Such professions, which could not have existed at all in the past, prove that, collectively, individual voices can be just as powerful, if not more powerful, than those of organizations who own and produce mainstream content and material. In today’s connected landscape, there is no doubt that user-generated content (UGC) is a potent tool in brand building, education and information sharing.
What Is NewsApp?
NewsApp is a powerful media sharing platform that enables two-way communications between news stations and their viewers, organizations and their user networks, or companies and their customers, primarily through a branded mobile application.NewsApp consists of a front-end mobile application for users to contribute videos and a backend infrastructure for operators (service owners) to browse, administer, and manage user-generated content and associated actions like reward mechanisms.NewsApp Mobile ApplicationThe NewsApp platform provides a front-end mobile application for user contributors, which can be customized, branded and made available in mobile app stores like Google Play and Apple App Store. It enables users to:
- Capture images and record video
- Tag and upload images or videos
- Share footage to respective organization owning the app or service
- Receive compensation depending on the owning organization’s setup (optional)
NewsApp Backoffice
The NewsApp backoffice provides web-based access to all user-generated content from mobile app users.
- Browse and preview low resolution proxy versions of all user-generated content in the entire library
- User videos are fully catalogued and made to conform to broadcast standards, complete with metadata
- Videos can be downloaded in full high resolution formats for use in corporate campaigns or to upload to website
- Only the NewsApp service owner (corporate organization or institution) has exclusive access to the backoffice system
- Customize reward or user compensation mechanisms
NewsApp for Broadcasters & News Networks
NewsApp for News Organizations aims to bring broadcasters, news networks, and ordinary citizens together into a more efficient and mutually beneficial news gathering process.Local news acquisition is a continuing challenge to broadcasters, more so in having a news crew immediately available onsite. With NewsApp, broadcasters can augment their traditional news gathering process by crowdsourcing news footage from loyal viewers and the very people who are present when breaking news happens.
NewsApp for Corporate Organizations and Institutions
NewsApp enables companies and other organizations to solicit or source media content from their user networks and/or customers, launch image/video marketing campaigns such as contests to engage users, promote products or services to build brand awareness, educate or distribute information to app users, or even organize crowdsourcing or crowdfunding campaigns.App users can, in turn, share images and videos through the mobile app, whether in response to a promotional campaign, to contribute content, contribute to a cause, provide information to other users, or to provide feedback to owning organizations.
MediaPower NewsTouch
Nowadays, news anchors are more than just pretty faces reading from a prompter; they moderate multitudes of information sources, including news clippings and images, online resources, media files, and live feeds. With standard news formats becoming increasingly complex, news teams must adopt increased control of news program components to ensure they can run their programs smoothly and engage viewers.NewsTouch is an innovative IT-based multimedia touch system created by MediaPower. It is a standalone multimedia presentation appliance dedicated to the live production of press clippings, web content, and recorded and live media files in the studio for a live broadcasting environment. For the rst time, multi-touch technology, together with a HD 3D graphic engine, enters the world of Broadcast Television at an extremely low cost.
Live and Online
NewsTouch is a complete product that provides a single graphical interface which brings you infinite power at the touch of a finger. NewsTouch is a highly advanced professional system that can handle multi-touch with up to 10 fingers simultaneously and independently. Therefore, it can be used easily at the same time, even by two operators.Using natural gestures on a multi-touch board, the news anchor or journalist is in full control of his delivery, simultaneously anchoring and presenting supporting news clippings, videos, and content. Other than being able to scroll, zoom, and rotate images to emphasize points, NewsTouch also offers a vast array of powerful illustration tools for drawing arrows, shapes and other markers on top of images and videos; these include different pen sizes (in a range of colors) and an eraser feature. This element is particularly useful for sports and weather newscasters, as they must often reference specific sections of their supporting images for clarity.Equipped with advanced graphics capabilities, NewsTouch also supports the broadcast of video fragments, freezing frames and permitting users to add comments with its instantly retrievable writing tools. Additionally, NewsTouch incorporates a web browser which allows journalists and TV presenters to outline live material directly from the web with ease, as well as providing integrated support for social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.Texts, graphics, images and multimedia material can also be visualized live or saved before the show on a local disc in order to guarantee a smooth access to the network content during the broadcast.
Compact & Complete
NewsTouch is a compact product that can be used in a stand-alone mode by a single journalist; simplicity and user friendliness are key features of this tool. Even though it is a powerful and versatile instrument, it can be used by anyone, immediately and without training. Boasting four different pre-sets for color, layout and transparency, users can easily and precisely superimpose their own notes onto the background. Furthermore, NewsTouch has “no-panic” functions to distribute the presentation content evenly to a default zoom level, complete or selective cancelling tools, customizable menus and the option to exclusively visualize the essential information required during a live show, guaranteeing maximum concentration levels, without unnecessary distraction from excessive buttons and icons.
Dynamic Possibilities
With NewsTouch, create any kind of program that features dynamic and engaging presentations: from news, sports and weather reports, to special events like an election coverage, talk shows and much more. Apart from press clippings and web material, anchors can take control of live video inputs coming from other studios or the field. Output on the presenter display and on air is HD- enabled.
Supports Professional Mobile Devices
NewsTouch now supports professional tablets, starting with Microsoft Surface Pro 2, making it more flexible and convenient to use, than ever before. By using a Surface Pro 2, journalists or news anchors can now freely move around during their presentations. Some news anchors are also already used to using tablets in their news reports, thereby making it easier to incorporate NewsTouch as another delivery tool for their compelling and dynamic reports.
Compatibility
Through its HD-SDI and HDMI outputs, NewsTouch covers all features for a video mixer, interactive graphics, web video and so much more. External secondary events can be managed via IP by means of a specific video matrix with a maximum of 16 inputs (4 standard). Available for an extremely affordable price which does not compromise its outstanding performance and smooth graphics with elastic effect, NewsTouch does not require any installation or training costs, and is operated by a single connection to LAN and video matrix.News Touch is compatible with the following formats:
- Images: GIF, TIFF, JPG, PNG, BMP, PCX
- Container video: MXF, AVI, MPG, M2P, MP4, MOV (OPTIONAL)
- Video CODEC: H264 FLV, MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG1, DV, DVCAM, RAW, DVIX, XVID
- Audio CODEC: AC3, PCM, MPEG1, MP3
- File audio: MP3, WAV
- File PDF: UNPROTECTED PDF, SINGLE AND MULTIPAGE PDF
MediaPower Arkki EVO
In this digital age, where the sheer amount and demand for content are unprecedented, and content access requires ubiquity, every organization faces the challenge of addressing explosive content growth while effectively managing libraries and adding value to their digital assets by making them available anywhere. Simply put, the proliferation of content necessitates better ways to store and manage digital content—whether that be media files, branded materials, or documentation.
MediaPower takes asset management to new heights with Arkki EVO, a powerful and innovative digital asset manager that enables you to store, catalog, share, edit, retrieve, and distribute digital assets quickly and efficiently. Arkki EVO is a global content platform that lets you manage all types of assets and asset correlations effectively.Built on a dynamic and scalable architecture, Arkki EVO lets you take control of your digital content through its data-driven and user-centered features, so that you can focus on your core business and less time on searching and managing the right digital asset.Arkki EVO provides an online proxy library of digital content with enterprise-level features and powerful tools accessible from any web browser or mobile device. Users can upload, process, edit, download and share multiple assets and projects, proofed with version history that enables monitoring and analysis of a digital asset’s updates and duplications. It is also fully integrated with blockchain standards (Merkle Tree concept) for extending security and content ownership.
Powerful and Dynamic Features
Arkki EVO incorporates a robust set of features from the types of file it supports, to unique and powerful data structures, built-in video editing capabilities, and OTT streaming capability:
- Asset Collections- Create, edit, and share collections of assets between users.
- Different File Types Supported – Full range of multimedia files, images, and documents, with OCR support.
- Graph Database and Link Object – Deep graph structures with unique Link Object for asset correlation.
- Storage Management – Store assets in different storage and archive tiers for optimal balance.
- Standalone or Cloud-based – Hosted on a single Virtual Machine for standalone or scalable cloud system.
- Semantic Search Engine – Semantic algorithm to contextualize data and find asset correlations.
- Built-in Video Editing and Transcoding – Built-in video editing and transcoding tools to handle and process videos.
- Digital Asset Management Workflows – Create workflows – from importing to delivery, with automation triggers.
- Collaboration Tools – Collaborative tools for asset creation, licensing, marketing, to distribution.
- Multi-user – Complete user management system for managing users, groups, & access.
- Sharing-friendly – Share links to projects or individual assets to internal & external users.
- Rights Management Plugin – Built-in rights management support to ensure control over licensed assets.
- Multi-tenancy – Share or distribute digital assets to user groups and external parties.
- Resource Optimization – System resources are balanced and made available for all services.
- GDPR compliant – Supports GDPR with tokenization, cryptography & advanced data management.
- OTT delivery – Deliver video assets via OTT connector to IPTV, Web TV, or Social Networks.
- A.I. Integration – Integrates with Google, AWS, Microsoft and IBM A.I. infrastructures.
- Flexible and Configurable – Customize and control to a simple MAM, large DAM, or archive libraries.
From DAM to Archive Manager
Arkki EVO’s graph database, Link Object, advanced tagging and the robust processing engine work in tandem to create complex nested data collections and customize and control the entire platform as appropriate—from a simple MAM, or large DAM, to archive libraries.
Cloud PVR
With Broadpeak’s Cloud PVR solution, your subscribers can watch their favorite TV show anytime, anywhere, on any device.
Broadpeak’s Cloud PVR brings Cloud Time-shifting, Start Over, Catch-up TV and Cloud PVR services to subscribers, for all their devices without deploying new hardware in the households. Subscribers can record an unlimited number of content at the same time, switch from one screen to another whenever they want.
And you ease your maintenance and support costs while increasing the engagement of your subscribers with your company.
nanoCDN multicast ABR
Broadpeak’s nanoCDN resolves the two principal issues explaining why HTTP Adaptive bitrate (ABR) still struggles to replace Broadcast TV: scalability and quality of experience. By adding the efficiency of multicast to the new multiscreen and personalized experience of ABR format, the solution offers a unique opportunity to elevate IPTV to the next level. With this new full-ABR generation of IPTV, viewers can seamlessly navigate between Live and Time-shift, from their main screen to any mobile devices and get personalized content, all this with no compromise on the quality of their experience and at no extra cost for the operator.
nanoCDN has been specifically designed to avoid any kind of regression compared to traditional Broadcast. In particular, it implements optimizations for ultra-low latency such as HTTP chunked transfer encoding and CMAF chunking, bringing down the latency after encoding to a negligible amount.
In summary, nanoCDN is the opportunity for TV operators to finally unify delivery to the main screen and to all other screens into one single full-ABR IPTV system.