iQ Video Quality Monitoring Solution

For Service Providers: iQ solutions make sure your viewers are seeing your content with the quality you intended, and that the companies you are paying to store, prepare, deliver, and play your content are consistently providing the service you expect.

For OVSPs and CDNs: Your network and its underlying equipment and services must operate flawlessly to provide consistent, high-quality content. iQ solutions let you know when the video quality or network performance are degrading and help you diagnose the root cause to fix the problems as quickly as possible.

For Content Distributors: You need to be able to discover, troubleshoot and fix video problems before your subscribers tune out. iQ Solutions provide the intelligence to know what’s going wrong and what to do about it.

Acquisition: Telestream iQ Solutions are designed to allow you to tap into video and measure the right quality metrics at each point in the video chain.

Inspector® Family: Content inspection at the headend, including encoding and transcoding. Surveyor™ Family: Surveying the delivery performance across the networks that distribute your video.

Collection and Processing: Acquiring data is a critical first step to understanding your video business, but when you are gathering that data from many different points – tens, hundreds, thousands, or even millions in the case of end devices – you need tools to manage and convert that information into knowledge and insight in real time.

iQ video management solutions working with data acquisition elements for the purpose of collecting, processing, and correlating information, so that you can detect, isolate and solve problems quickly.

Business Intelligence and Analytics As an architect, manager or business analyst you may be asking questions like, “how does our video quality compare this year to last?” and “Where should we make our next infrastructure investment?”

These types of questions go beyond real time reporting and correlation. To find answers you’ll need to be analyzing a lot of data over a long period of time. The iQ intelligence and analytics solution simplifies your ability to quickly find answers by providing historical reporting and analysis for video quality assurance.

Tedial Evolution aSTORM

High-resolution media files are increasing all the time, driving the critical need for efficient storage management. At IBC 2018, Tedial will showcase Evolution aSTORM, the company’s future-proof, cost-effective content management solution for MAM. Evolution aSTORM changes the storage paradigm from the traditional HSM approach (multi-tier vertical) to a true object based storage environment (multi-site, horizontal). aSTORM transparently manages various storage tiers across departments and locations. Highly scalable and reliable, it allows users to quickly adapt their investments when technology changes or when related storage costs decrease. A multi-tier agnostic solution, aSTORM transparently and seamlessly manages online, cloud, and deep archive storage with complex algorithms based on customer-tailored business rules. It can virtualize file locations to enable multi-site operations, cloud workflows and hybrid scenarios, offering an “augmented perception” of their physical location.

Tedial HYPER IMF MAM

Tedial’s HYPER IMF, an end-to-end MAM solution that supports IMF formats for ingest, archive and delivery, will be demonstrated with a host of new features that significantly improve the content delivery and management to non-linear platforms by providing assembly-on-the-fly. HYPER IMF now includes automatic leader insertion, which incorporates all the elements required for each platform (e.g. bars/clock etc.). HYPER IMF also now includes automatic localization based on delivery profile, enabling all credits and text insertions for every language required to be added automatically. Prior to HYPER IMF, broadcasters had to manually enter this data or create complex code for every destination; a costly and time-consuming process.

Tedial’s award-winning media factory solution, Version Factory, now supports an impressive 60 additional new platforms that minimizes the challenge faced when delivering multiple content to non-linear platforms; each with a different flavor and format. Using Version Factory and HYPER IMF, Tedial can easily support existing and new platforms, delivering content in the correct format with audio tracks and subtitles in the correct language, as well as any additional components required (artwork/trailers etc.).

HYPER IMF is a highly flexible and open system with full integration to new third-party systems for delivery. As an active member of SMPTE, Tedial has access to a huge, diverse and influential network that enables the company to support new specifications and formats before they reach the end-customer.

Lightspeed Live

Enterprise-class OTT Streaming:
Superior, scalable, real-time adaptive bit rate encoding for SD, HD and UHD HDR sources into AVC and HEVC. Lightspeed Live Stream can ingest multiple baseband SDI or IP video sources (MPTS, SPTS, RTMP) and encode multiple variants or ABR packages and deploy them to multiple destinations or host the origin.

Easy to Use, Easy to Manage:
Simple, powerful web-based GUI provides complete control over all sources, encoding groups, templates and channel outputs. XML import and export for scalable system deployment. RESTful API for operational control, triggering and status monitoring.

Stream Conditioning for Frame-Accurate Ad-Insertion:
Lightspeed Live Stream will detect SCTE 35/104 and place an IDR (Instantaneous Decoder Refresh) frame at the boundary so that downstream equipment or server-side content replacement and ad insertion can take place seamlessly and cleanly without without requiring re-encoding of the existing stream; improving quality and efficiency. Lightspeed Live will condition your streams for ad-insertion on any output, including HLS, DASH and RTMP.

Screen-Ready Packaging and Delivery:
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG DASH, MP4, and CMAF packaging. Deploy via RTMP, local origin, or distribute to CDNs. Supports DRM and encryption options. Choose the output and delivery options that you need.

Simulcast to Social Media:
Drive a larger audience to your program and boost engagement through leading social media platforms. Lightspeed Live Stream has direct API integration with Facebook Live, YouTube Live, and RTMP streaming, for a complete publishing solution.

Automated Workflows, Triggers:
Built in scheduling, playlisting, branding, and event triggering features allow for agile broadcasting and channel deployment. Lightspeed Live recognizes SCTE 35/104 triggers and VANC data to allow for programmatic ad-insertion and content replacement, so you can respect content rights, and monetize more viewing windows. With our new IDR stream conditioning technology, you can be sure that all downstream content replacement and ad insertion will always begin on a full frame and be clean and seamless across all variants.

Unified Live and File-based Workflow:
Lightspeed Live Stream can be combined with Lightspeed Live Capture to record the highest-quality mezzanine files for delivery into file-based workflows. When coupled with our world-leading media processing platform, Vantage, your content can be seamlessly and efficiently conditioned (ads removed, content added, bumpers, branding, captioning, etc.) and delivered to any viewing window, with complete, end-to-end automation.

NEW! Support for Avid Interplay Check-in:
Lightspeed Live Capture allows you to check your captured assets (even if they’re still capturing) directly into Avid or Adobe-based NLE systems. Whether your editors are using Interplay or just Media Composer or Adobe CS, they can grab growing files captured by Lightspeed Live Capture and begin editing right away. No need to wait, no need to change your post-production workflow.

Growing File Record for Open Workflows
Record any source into growing files for instant, ongoing delivery to any production or processing workflow. Record and share edit-ready formats with Avid Media Central, Avid Interplay, Adobe Premiere, Switch, Vantage Social Media Connector, Apple Final Cut Pro and more. Lower turnaround times for clips, highlights or promo packages in live and post-production environments.

NEW! Compatibility with Aspera Faspex file transfer service allows you to capture growing files on-site and work on them remotely over unmanaged networks in real-time.

Tedial SMARTLIVE

SMARTLIVE, a comprehensive live sports and event solution for remote logging, PAM support and automated story-telling, leverages AI tools and provides 100 per cent compatibility with existing PAM systems like EVS and SAM. Using a unique metadata engine, SMARTLIVE automates media logging, clip creation and distribution, including social media pitches. Marrying AI to MAM, SMARTLIVE is the only solution capable of automating the event metadata ingest process and creating a production environment for teams, managing multi-camera and multi-venue feeds, providing multiple, instantaneous live searches to bring historical archives to live events, and automatically generating highlights and delivering them to digital platforms and social networks.

Vantage

Vantage simplifies media conversion in today’s multi-format, multivendor video environments: production, archiving, and multi-platform distribution. It provides scalable, intelligent workflow automation for file-based content production and multi-channel distribution. Vantage can automatically make decisions, manage content, and correct workflows based upon incoming metadata and content properties.

Telestream offers automated file-based system solutions built on the scalable Vantage media processing platform: Tempo, Post Producer, VOD Producer, VOD Producer DAI and, TrafficManager.

Vantage can run on public and private virtualized infrastructure with a proven multi-node orchestration engine that intelligently capitalizes on the flexibility of virtual infrastructure.

What Vantage Is:
The Vantage media processing platform is based on a flexible service-oriented architecture, Vantage is made up of discrete services and connectors that combine to create powerful automated workflows – all under unified system control. Vantage services provide transcoding, media capture, metadata processing, media analysis, and content assembly. Vantage connectors enable seamless, API-level integration with third-party systems.

Used By:
Content owners, producers, and distributors use Vantage to quickly, easily, and cost-effectively ingest, edit, transform, package, monetize, and distribute their media.

Scalability:
Vantage offers scalability from simple standalone systems to complex, multi-server systems to meet your growing business needs today and well into the future. Running on standard, off-the-shelf server hardware, or our GPU-accelerated Lightspeed® Server, Vantage utilizes all of the capabilities of today’s enterprise-level IT infrastructures and best practices.

The Latest Technologies:
Vantage transcoding, workflow, and systems solutions utilize the latest technologies to deliver pristine quality, exceptional processing speeds, plus the industry’s most intelligent and scalable workflow automation system. Vantage processing can be extended from on-premise systems to the Cloud – to quickly address peaks in production demand, or test new business concepts.

MPA1000

The Macnica MPA1000 4K AV over 1GbE Module merges the promise of AV over IP with the reliability and performance of ST 2110 in a module that has that has what it takes to deliver encrypted UHD 60P 4:4:4 content and control over a standard 1GbE connection.

The MPA1000 Module is field configurable for transmit or receive. Only one part number is all that is needed for delivering routable UHD video, audio, USB, and HDMI control signals (EDID, HDCP, HPD, CEC, etc) over IP.

Once connected to the network, the module’s traffic is discoverable through the RESTful NMOS protocol – an open standard for publishing and discovery of content streams in broadcast. Simple configuration and control is the core principle in the design of this module. Every module includes a built-in web server with a RESTful API and a web application that is ready for customization. Host access is provided through an optional dedicated standard interface (Ethernet or serial).

Additionally, Macnica offers the MPA1000 Development Kit for test and development. Design files available upon request (currently for limited alpha customers only). Please contact Macnica directly for price and availability.

  • 4K AV over 1GbE based on SMPTE ST 2110 standards
  • Capable of transporting HDMI2.0 4K60p 4:4:4 HDMI 2.0 AV and Control Signals (Configurable as Rx or Tx) over standard 1Gigabit Ethernet network
  • Encrypted USB 2.0
  • Sub-frame Latency
  • JPEG-XS based Visually-Lossless Compression
  • Synchronous Sources
  • Full-stack API with Web Interface and Scripting Built In

SHOTOVER M1 Camera System

Designed primarily for 2K, 4K, and 8K live broadcast, the SHOTOVER M1 camera system features fifth-generation technology, and an open platform design to accommodate the world’s rapidly changing camera technology. The M1 includes the same award winning 6-axis design as the company’s K1 and F1 camera systems, delivering unshakable stability with unmatched look down capability.

The M1’s precision machined ultra-light aircraft aluminum structure allows it to be used on a wide range of aircraft while making it lighter than legacy aerial broadcast systems. The SHOTOVER M1 can also be used on a host of ground vehicles and watercraft and is backed by world-class 24/7 service and support.

“The culmination of ten years of research and development and fresh cutting edge technology, has led to the creation of the M1,” said SHOTOVER CEO Brad Hurndell. “We are confident the system will allow our customers to keep up with the demanding requirements of live broadcast for years to come.”

Helicopters Inc, a leading provider of news gathering helicopters in the United States, operating in more than thirty-five cities nationwide, has become the first company to acquire the M1. “SHOTOVER’s customer-centric design approach has resulted in a compact and lightweight product that fits the future needs of the broadcast industry and our company,” said Tom Wagner, Vice President of Helicopters Inc. “We look forward to working with SHOTOVER and are excited to put the new M1 to work.”

The development of the SHOTOVER M1 builds upon the company’s success in designing gyro-stabilized systems for the television and motion pictures industries. The creators of the company’s flagship SHOTOVER K1 were recently awarded a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award® for the concept, design, engineering, and implementation of the system.

Alongside the latest ENG payload options, the M1 can house a range of popular cinema cameras and lenses such as the Arri Alexa Mini, RED Weapon and Canon 30-300. Other system features and options include an angled front window for brilliant imagery without flares, interfacing to moving map overlays, the ability to ship with payload integrated from the factory, and custom color schemes to match broadcasters branding.

SERVUS node

SERVUS – (latin “Slave”) is a software-only videoserver that supports a very wide range of IO-Devices as well as IP Stream and File formats as inputs and outputs. It combines the functionality from traditionally distinct products such as Decoder, Recorder, Transcoder, Playout server, Graphics server, Encoder within one engine. Due to its nature it can be deployed on premise, in a remote datacenter or at a public cloud. Therefore it addresses traditional as well as most modern business cases. Some of the obvious and tested use cases are:
•Live feed recording
•Live stream recording
•Multi-cam recording
•Tape ingest
•Studio playout/play-in
•Stream playout
•Graphic overlaying
•Format conversion
•Stream switching

Supported inputs and outputs are:
•Devices ◦Video IO cards: Blackmagic Design, AJA, BlueFish444, Stream Labs, DELTACAST, Magewell and DekTec
◦NDI (Network Device Interface developed by Newtek – SDI over IP) Sender and Receiver
◦Screen Capture, Webcam and other system devices available as Directshow Source

•File formats ◦Nearly any known Container and Codec Format (audio, video and image) is supported for decoding and encoding
◦E.g. IMX D10, XDCAM HD, H.264/MP4, H.265/MP4, MOV, DV, GXF

•Streaming formats ◦HLS, MMS, WebM, MKV, RTSP, RTMP, UDP, WMV as input and output
◦NetTecNDI as input and output
◦WebRTC as output
◦Special support for youtube URL’s as input

Various audio/video processing functions are provided:
•Logo insertion
•Lower thirds, e.g. crawls, animations, graphics
•Video up/down scaling, deinterlacing, standard conversion
•Conversion between any supported input and any output format

MFP

The Multi-Format Player is a free and widely applicable tool in file-based environments. Due to its extremely powerful decoding engine it can play the majority of SD and HD video formats. It supports camera, editing, archiving, video server, streaming and download formats. Thus it can be used for the ingest, for review purposes or for quality control.

The Multi-Format Player is equiped with the usual player controls as well as single-frame stepping and looping. Furthermore, a frame-accurate seeking and play back of video files is possible. It also displays LTC and VITC timecode. A special highlight is the ability to output the video through professional interface cards as HD-SDI signal. Another highlight is the side-by-side view. This allows a direct comparison of two video files for instance on two monitors. Thus, the Multi-Format Player is ideal for video quality comparisons.