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Aveco Ad Juggler – Master Control Automation Innovation for Sports Play Sponsorship

Aveco’s Ad Juggler is a dynamic ad-insertion technology designed specifically for unscheduled commercial breaks. With Ad Juggler, advertisements are pooled, prioritized, and queued so that the operator can quickly and easily insert ads into important moments of a dynamic broadcast such as sport events. Depending on priority, ads can be dynamically inserted at the most or least interesting times. For example, an ad with the highest priority can be inserted with one click by the operator, just after a goal during live sports broadcast, in order to get the highest monetary value from the unscheduled ad space. With Ad Juggler, advertisements are prioritized based on how many runs the ad has already had, and the general monetary value of the ad. This prioritization allows the system to juggle through ads for the highest monetization value so that the operator doesn't have to worry about it. At the same time, Ad Juggler tracks total commercial air-time so that any air-time limit is never exceeded.

 

Until recently, all high-end master control automation systems used in sports, including Aveco’s, have included alternate playlists to use in case of rain-delays, schedule over-runs/under-runs and in times of rapid changes.

 

However, none were designed to handle play-level sponsorships. Advertisers want to sponsor different types of plays. You can’t predict what type of play will come up and the response needs to be instantaneous. Some advertisers want to sponsor a goal while others want a penalty shot, some a save or a touchdown and others a blocked shot. Multiple advertisers will want to sponsor these peaks-of-interest so traffic-derived rotational patterns are required.

 

Aveco’s Ad Juggler, co-developed with one of the world’s largest media companies, is a breakthrough. Operators hit one key to execute the proper type of sponsorship as a video and/or graphic, implementing a standing-order from traffic, posting to the as-run log, and reconciling to traffic and billing.

 

This brings significant new revenue. Selling such sponsorship is easy as viewer attention is at its highest. Aveco makes this extremely easy to accomplish.

 

Aveco’s Ad Juggler can be located within a station or network master control room, a regional or national master control centralcast room, or it can be provided as a master control room service from a teleport or network service provider. Ad Juggler can be part of a primary master control or it can be used only during sports events. And, it is part of Aveco’s award-winning ASTRA automation Suite of Tools.

 

It can easily handle alternate sponsorships for alternative delivery methods (e.g., streaming, OTT, media portals, mobile apps, etc.)

 

Ad Juggler can also be coupled with localized advertising through edge stream splicing at locations of re-transmission/translators, cable headends, DTH, etc. Aveco pioneered remote stream splicing in master control, taking responsibility for traffic interface, ingest, media forwarding, cueing, executing stream splices, returning as-run logs, and reconciling with traffic and billing. Using remote stream splicing enhances revenues with Ad Juggler as do other centralcasting Aveco solutions such as hub-and-spoke network connected designs.

 

Among other features, Ad Juggler includes Aveco’s Commercial Counter which dynamically updates — frame-by-frame — commercial duration, so networks and stations easily remain within standards and practices limits, as well as regulatory limits.

 

Aveco’s Ad Juggler is extremely versatile. It’s part of the broader ASTRA automation Suite of Tools that includes the industry’s most advanced master control platform, news/sports production automation, and local-regional-national centralcasting.

 

Aveco’s Ad Juggler can control any third-party equipment with the TV industry’s largest library of interfaces and implemented APIs across all manufacturers. The breadth of Aveco integration includes baseband and IP platforms, facilitating the broadcaster’s selection of the best hardware and software across each part of the broadcast chain – rather than accept inferior parts of manufacturer bundles.

 

Ad Juggler can also be used in a stand-alone configuration, using Aveco’s Redwood Blue (powered by Harmonic) or using commercial-off-the-shelf hardware in Aveco’s Redwood White.

 

Sports is one of the most important and fastest growing areas of broadcast, globally. It’s an area of enormous financial potential for media companies. Ad Juggler changes the game of ad optimization in sports. It is a unique and important innovation in live global sports monetization.

 

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ASTRA MCR provides master control automation in the cloud, in racks of discreet devices or in a box. ASTRA MCR controls ingest, playout, graphics, switchers/mixers, audio servers, stream splicers and a variety of ancillary devices. It manages multi-screen output and supports all major traffic systems, including those with dynamic schedule exchange. Uniquely, ASTRA MCR integrates with ASTRA Studio 3 production automation providing cue automation from MCR-PCR-MCR, ensuring each transition is frame accurate every time – no need for verbal cues and their common small switching errors. ASTRA MCR makes it easy to manage multiple channels while still responding to breaking news. The integrated media asset management speeds making schedule changes. Aveco maintains the largest library of broadcast hardware and software interfaces, facilitating selection of the best-of-class products across all parts of the broadcast chain. ASTRA MCR is easy to use and versatile in managing multiple channels, multiple screen types and multiple locations.

ASTRA MCR since 1992 has provided dynamic traffic exchange, facilitating on-going schedule updates from traffic to reflect changing conditions (airline ad cancellations after crashes, revenue optimization, priority changes during breaking news etc.) A tight integration between ASTRA MCR and your traffic system enables the sales department to sell spots throughout the day and be assured that they will play flawlessly at the right time. ASTRA MCR’s user interface also allows operators to manually make last minute changes in the playlist to delete or replace any item. Interfaces are available for most traffic systems on the market or a new interface can be easily created.

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ASTRA Studio 3 is Aveco’s third-generation news production automation system. It’s a synthesis of years of on air experience working with our users, listening to their needs today and their wants for tomorrow, studying the trends in the industry and understanding the economic demands facing our customers.

ASTRA Studio 3 controls all equipment in the production control room and studio, including graphics, camera robotics, video and audio mixer, video servers, lights, backdrop screens and more. It puts a show on air with maximum impact and minimum staff.

Being the only independent vendor of production automation, Aveco works with all industry manufacturers. This provides customers extreme flexibility in selecting the best-of-breed equipment for each aspect of operations. There’s no need to be tied to any single manufacturer.

ASTRA Studio 3 works with your existing equipment. Aveco has the industry largest library of interfaces, supporting essentially all studio, PCR and MCR hardware and software.

ASTRA Studio 3 is the industry’s only multi-studio production automation system. It not only excels in control of a single studio, but brings many benefits to designs of multi-studio facilities.

A single system can produce independent shows in different studios. It can manage complex multi-studio production scenarios as well as share devices across studios. When production runs long in one studio, a button click reassigns the next rundown to another studio. This moves control of all production switcher settings, graphics, virtual sets, camera robotics, video roll-ins, lighting and audio to the alternate studio.

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ASTRA Studio 3 is Aveco’s third-generation news production automation system. It’s a synthesis of years of on air experience working with our users, listening to their needs today and their wants for tomorrow, studying the trends in the industry and understanding the economic demands facing our customers.

ASTRA Studio 3 controls all equipment in the production control room and studio, including graphics, camera robotics, video and audio mixer, video servers, lights, backdrop screens and more. It puts a show on air with maximum impact and minimum staff.

Being the only independent vendor of production automation, Aveco works with all industry manufacturers. This provides customers extreme flexibility in selecting the best-of-breed equipment for each aspect of operations. There’s no need to be tied to any single manufacturer.

ASTRA Studio 3 works with your existing equipment. Aveco has the industry largest library of interfaces, supporting essentially all studio, PCR and MCR hardware and software.

ASTRA Studio 3 is the industry’s only multi-studio production automation system. It not only excels in control of a single studio, but brings many benefits to designs of multi-studio facilities. A single system can produce independent shows in different studios. It can manage complex multi-studio production scenarios as well as share devices across studios. When production runs long in one studio, a button click reassigns the next rundown to another studio. This moves control of all production switcher settings, graphics, virtual sets, camera robotics, video roll-ins, lighting and audio to the alternate studio.

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Aveco’s Redwood GREEN is a multipurpose video engine that provides integrated channel origination, ingest and playout features. It is a proven broadcasting solution with integrated IP and SDI interfaces, graphics, DVE effects, tofrom live switching, and support for formats up to UHD HDR for end video delivery – for applications where quality and reliability are paramount. Redwood GREEN is powered by Harmonic.

As a platform for ingest, clip playout, graphics insertion, master control switching with DVEs, subtitling, independent branding of simultaneous channels and many other broadcast features, Redwood GREEN’s hardware and software are both modular and scalable to deliver the right feature set.

Further providing a complete IP workflow using the industry standards SMPTE ST 2022-6 and ST 2110, together with the SDI interfaces, means streamlined delivery of professional content in today’s hybrid world where the adoption of IP into the existing SDI infrastructures is in progress.

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Aveco’s Redwood WHITE video engine is designed for effective playout and integrated channel origination emphasizing the best price-performance ratio as well as studio and MCR-oriented graphics engines.

Providing a  platform for clip playout, multi-layer graphics insertion including DVE, and many other broadcast features. Redwood WHITE is designed for running on COTS hardware. Deliverable as Aveco turnkey or as software-only with hardware locally provided. Redwood WHITE is fully integrated with Aveco’s ASTRA automation products including ASTRA Studio, ASTRA MCR and ASTRA MAM, providing cost efficiency and a high performance solution.

By combining the value of Aveco’s robust, industry-standard automation system with the open-sourced CasparCG platform, you can take advantage of the best broadcast technologies, even with limited financial resources.

Video processing core is powered by CasparCG open-source viable platform maintained by a large community of contributors, being proven by premium broadcasters since 2006 in 24/7 operations.

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X.mio5 Q25 SMPTE ST 2110 network interface controller (NIC) card provides 25GbE and 10GbE interfaces for multi-channel IP video I/O from HD to 4K, with zero CPU usage. The X.mio5 Q25 card features on-board multi-channel HDR conversions along with motion adaptive de-interlacing, pristine scaling, and powerful compositing engines for high-density 4K video processing.

The Matrox X.mio5 Q25 network adapter offers complete ST 2110 offload allowing OEM software solutions to provide reliable and scalable COTS based 10Ge and 25Ge IP solutions. This ST 2110 NIC offloads all packet processing required for ST 2110-20, ST 2110-30, ST 2110-31 and ST 2110-40, as well as ST 2022-7 redundancy, to free up system resources. With ST 2110-21 packet pacing built into the NIC, software solutions can provide guaranteed narrow senders (Type N) under all conditions independent of CPU load and OS interactions. The X.mio5 Q25 ST2110 IO cards also provide line rate capture allowing for wide asynchronous receivers (type A). Both the permissive wide asynchronous receivers and the ST 2110-21 packet paced, narrow senders allow software solutions to guarantee universal compatibility and interoperability at scale.

Key features Native SMPTE ST 2110 support with no CPU usage 4x UHDp60/50 inputs and outputs over 25GbE 32x HD inputs and outputs over 25GbE 256 audio flows from 1 to 64 tracks Multi-channel HDR conversion On-board de-interlacing, scaling, and compositing, Built in NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 support, 3 year warranty

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Matrox DSX LE4 BNC PCIe card offers cost effective 4-channel 3G/HD/SD SDI I/O hardware for ingest, playout, and live production solutions. All SDI inputs and outputs are fully reconfigurable and provide support for embedded audio and ancillary data. The card features full size BNC connectors to simplify wiring.

Key features

 

• Half-length PCI express card


• 4 channel re-configurable SDI IO


• Frame synchronizers


• VANC and HANC support for each input and output


• Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level)


• Live zero-frame delay video mixers


• One comprehensive SDK for all our developer cards

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The Matrox® DSX LE5 Q25 and Matrox DSX LE5 D25 SMPTE ST 2110 network interface controller (NIC) cards provide 25 GbE and 10 GbE interfaces for multi-channel IP video I/O from HD to 4K, with zero CPU usage.

The Matrox DSX LE5 ST 2110 network adapters offer complete ST 2110 offload allowing OEM software solutions to provide reliable and scalable COTS-based 10 GbE and 25 GbE IP solutions. These ST 2110 NIC cards offload all packet processing required for ST 2110-20, ST 2110-30, ST 2110-31, and ST 2110-40, as well as ST 2022-7 redundancy, to free up system resources. With ST 2110-21 packet pacing built into the NIC, software solutions can provide guaranteed narrow senders (Type N) under all conditions independent of CPU load and OS interactions. The DSX LE5 ST 2110 cards also provide line rate capture allowing for wide asynchronous receivers (Type A). Both the permissive wide asynchronous receivers and the, ST 2110-21 packet paced, narrow senders allow software solutions to guarantee universal compatibility and interoperability at scale.

Matrox DSX LE5 ST 2110 NIC cards also offer integrated, hardware-based PTP support allowing for ST 2059-2 accuracy in the nanosecond range eliminating network jitter associated with general-purpose, non-video-aware NIC cards . With built-in support for JT-NM TR-1001-1 -- including NMOS Device Registration and Discovery (IS-04) and NMOS Device Connection Management (IS-05), DSX LE5 cards provide for seamless integration in ST 2110 environments.

With access to standard network functionality, DSX LE5 ST 2110 NIC cards provide a complete comprehensive COTS solution for software applications to seamlessly transition from SDI to ST 2110 with no hassle and guaranteed success.

Key features

• Native SMPTE ST 2110 over 25 GbE support with no CPU usage


• Up to 4 UHDp50/60 inputs and outputs


• Up to 32 HD inputs and outputs


• ST 2110-21 packet pacing in hardware for narrow senders (Type N)


• Wide asynchronous receivers (Type A)


• 32x HD inputs and outputs over 25 GbE


• 256 audio flows from 1 to 64 tracks


• Integrated hardware PTP for ST 2059-2


• Built in NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 support


• 3 year warranty


• One comprehensive SDK for all our developer cards

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The Matrox DSX LE5 12G provides multi-channel reconfigurable 12G/3G SDI I/O for HD and 4K workflows. The DSX LE5 12G allows 4x 12G inputs, 4x 12G outputs and 4x 3G reconfigurable I/O to operate simultaneously on a single half length PCI express card. The DSX LE5 12G is supported by the feature-rich, field proven Matrox DSX SDK.

Key features

• Versatile 12G and quad 3G SDI for 4K connectivity


• Up to 4x 12G inputs and 4x 12G outputs with 4x 3G reconfigurable I/O


• Up to 12x completely reconfigurable 3G I/O


• Frame synchronizers


• Decimation for input preview

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Matrox DSX LE4 LP is a low-profile, half-length PCIe card that offers up to eight reconfigurable SDI I/Os—from SD to 4K. When configured with inputs, the cards are equipped with built-in frame synchronizers to generate clean SDI signals in any environment.

Matrox DSX LE4 LP is ideal for OEMs who need to create compact channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features
Low profile, half-length PCIe card
Re-configurable I/O that can support up to 8 SDI inputs or outputs
Frame synchronizers
VANC and HANC support for each input and output
Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level)
Automatic video relay bypass (optional)
Live zero-frame delay video mixers

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Matrox Xmio3 LP offers an unprecedented level of integration of both multi SDI I/O and hardware processing in the smallest form factor PCIe card.

This low-profile, half-length card offers up to eight reconfigurable SDI I/Os from SD to 4K.
Multi-channel hardware processing accelerates compute-intensive operations including motion-adaptive de-interlacing, up/down/cross scaling and mixing/compositing for all resolutions including 4K.

Matrox X.mio3 LP is ideal for OEMs who need to create advanced yet compact channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features
Low profile, half-length PCI-e card
Re-configurable I/O that can support up to 8 SDI inputs or outputs
Frame synchronizers
VANC and HANC support for each input and output
Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level)
On-board multi-channel MADI (Motion Adaptive De-Interlacer)
On-board multi-channel Up/Down/Cross scaler
On-board multilayer compositor
Automatic video relay bypass (optional)
Live zero-frame delay video and audio mixer

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Matrox M264 family of PCI Express cards features hardware-based multi-channel 8- and 10-bit H.264 encoding, decoding and transcoding capabilities. They provide an instantaneous H.264 quality and density boost offering the pristine quality needed for broadcast contribution, production and distribution. With the capability for up to four channels of 4K XAVC encoding/decoding in a single slot card, the M264 family enables OEMs to provide multi-channel 4K production servers in a PC platform. Supporting the H.264-based Sony XAVC and Panasonic AVC-Ultra mezzanine codecs, it makes live 4K production as easy as today’s XDCAM HD workflows in PC platforms.

The M264 family can encode/decode up to four streams of 4Kp60 at 4:2:2 10-bit, 40 streams of HD long GOP at 4:2:2 10-bit or 64 streams of HD at 4:2:0 8-bit. The faster than real-time encoding/decoding ability of the M264 allows multiple blazing fast transcodes for distribution on differing media platforms. With onboard multi-channel, motion-adaptive deinterlacing, and up/down/cross scaling, the M264 family can repurpose content into any resolution before encoding or after decoding, particularly beneficial for OTT workflows.

Specifically designed for high density encoding/decoding (Baseline Profile to High 10 Intra Profile up to Level 5.2), M264 cards provide the highest possible quality at the lowest power per stream (< 1.5 W per HD stream). The M264 S4, S3 and S2 cards are cloud friendly and their resources can be shared across virtual machines.

Matrox M264 cards are the ideal H.264 accelerators for channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, multi-viewers, and switchers or to create high-density encoders, transcoders and other broadcast media equipment. The Matrox M264 hardware is supported by the Matrox DSX Software Development Kit. Please refer to the Matrox DSX Developer Products datasheet for information on file I/O, software codecs and CPU effects.

Key features PCI Express Cards M264 - Gen 2, ½ length card M264 S2 - Gen 3, ¾ length card M264 S3 - Gen 3, ¾ length card, M264 S4 - Gen 3, full length card. Multi-channel, high-quality H.264 video encoding, decoding and transcoding Up to 4K resolutions supported 4:2:2 10-bit and 4:2:0 8-bit Hardware based deinterlacing and scaling Real-time and faster than real-time operation Dynamic codec control Sony XAVC compliant encoding including 4K XAVC Long and 4K Intra Class 480 Panasonic AVC-Ultra compliant Native MXF file wrapping Native MXF file reading. This includes Trim in and Trim out settings for building playlists File consolidation Time Delay Instant Replay (TDIR) support MXF file truncation and appending during live recording

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Matrox DSX Core is a complete set of 100% software-only modules for media processing in virtualized broadcast infrastructures based on Matrox DSX SDK. Modules include versatile file reading and writing, a large selection of software codecs and video effects, IP streaming and a precise system clock. OEMs can easily build IP- and file-based video applications such as ingest and playout servers, channels in a box, encoders and transcoders for broadcasters and service providers to use in media datacenters.

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DSX LE4 IP offers multi-channel, IP-encapsulated HD and 3G video I/O for SMPTE ST 2022-6, SMPTE ST 2110, and SMPTE ST 2022-7 transport protocols with hardware based packetization, packed into a single half-height, half-length PCIe card.

Key features
Multi-channel IO allowing up to 4 video inputs and 4 video outputs with redundancy in HD
Guaranteed non-bursty packet transmission with zero CPU usage
Support for multiple IP encapsulations
IP and analog blackburst timing reference
IP bypass and fail-safe mechanisms
Feature rich SDK

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DSX LE4 FH provides multichannel SDI IO in a half-length PCI express card. This card provides up to 12 reconfigurable IOs, from SD to 4K, along with support for AES/EBU, LTC and GPIO to provide for versatile connectivity.

Matrox DSX LE4 FH is ideal for OEMs who need to create channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features Half-length PCI express card Re-configurable IO that can support up to 12 SDI IO Frame synchronizers VANC and HANC support for each input and output Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level) Automatic video relay bypass Live zero-frame delay video mixers Up to16 channels of AES/EBU inputs and outputs Up to 8 LTC inputs and outputs RS422 control Single slot all inclusive option

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X.mio3 IP offers multi-channel, IP-encapsulated HD and 3G video I/O for SMPTE ST 2022-6, SMPTE ST 2110, and SMPTE ST 2022-7 transport protocols with hardware based packetization, plus onboard de-interlacing, scaling and compositing to free up CPU cycles, all packed into a single half-height, half-length PCIe card.

Key features Multi-channel IO allowing up to 4 video inputs and 4 video outputs with redundancy in HD Guaranteed non-bursty packet transmission with zero CPU usage Support for multiple IP encapsulations IP and analog blackburst timing reference IP bypass and fail-safe mechanisms On-board multi-channel MADI (Motion Adaptive Deinterlacer) Onboard multi-channel Up/Down/Cross scaler Onboard multi-layer compositor Feature rich SDK

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Matrox X.mio3 12G is a half-length PCI Express card that offers two 12G SDI inputs, two 12G SDI outputs, and two reconfigurable 3G SDI I/Os allowing for 4K and HD simulcast for broadcast production. Multi-channel hardware processing accelerates computation-intensive operations including up/down/cross scaling and compositing for resolutions up-to-4K. The card empowers OEMs to provide small-footprint, one-wire SDI solutions for 4K deployments like production trucks. X.mio3 12G also features 4K compositing and mixing to enable graphics workflows.

Matrox X.mio3 12G is ideal for OEMs who need to create advanced channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multi-viewers, switchers and other digital media equipment. This card is supported by the Matrox DSX SDK (Software Development Toolkit). Please refer to the Matrox DSX Developer Products datasheet for information on file I/O, software codecs and CPU effects.

Key features
Half-length PCI Express card
Up to two 12G SDI inputs
Up to two 12G SDI outputs
Two re-configurable SD, HD, 3G SDI I/O
Frame synchronizers on each input
VANC and HANC support for each input and output
Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level)
Onboard multi-channel 4K scaler
Onboard multi-layer 4K compositor
Live zero-frame delay video and audio mixer
Up to16 channels of AES/EBU inputs and outputs
Up to eight LTC inputs and outputs

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X.mio3 FH provides multichannel SDI IO with hardware based video processing in a half-length PCI express card. This card provides up to 12 reconfigurable IOs, from SD to 4K, along with support for AES/EBU, LTC and GPIO to provide for versatile connectivity. The multi-channel hardware processing accelerates compute-intensive operations including motion-adaptive de-interlacing, up/down/cross scaling and mixing/compositing for all resolutions, including 4K.

Matrox X.mio3 FH is ideal for OEMs who need to create advanced channel-in-a-box systems, video servers, broadcast graphics systems, encoders, transcoders, multiviewers, switchers and other digital media equipment.

Key features Half-length PCI express card Re-configurable IO that can support up to 12 SDI IO Frame synchronizers VANC and HANC support for each input and output Analog blackburst reference input (tri-level or bi-level) On-board multi-channel MADI (Motion Adaptive De-Interlacer) On-board multi-channel Up/Down/Cross scaler On-board multilayer compositor Automatic video relay bypass Live zero-frame delay video and audio mixers Up to 16 channels of AES/EBU inputs and outputs Up to 8 LTC inputs and outputs RS422 control Single slot all inclusive option

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StreamMaster PRIME is a turnkey appliance with SDI I/O that offers a flexible feature set to satisfy channel branding and simple integrated playout requirements. StreamMaster PRIME is aimed at broadcasters looking to replace legacy equipment nearing end of life whilst retaining existing automation and discrete playout infrastructure.

Designed for 24/7 operation in a transmission environment StreamMaster PRIME leverages Pixel Power’s renowned StreamMaster technology platform into a cost effective SDI connected appliance that fits seamlessly into existing infrastructure. Investment in StreamMaster PRIME is future proofed as the software licenced features can be transferred to a new architecture or deployment model as business needs evolve.

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ChannelMaker-in-a-box is a robust single-rack unit system that does the job of a traditional automation system. It has wTVision's playout automation software, ChannelMaker, that allows you to easily create, optimize and expand a TV channel. wTVision Media Playout Server (video server), a real-time graphic engine and other add-ons are also included in the package.

The advantages of this ready-to-use playout solution include easy installation, easy operation, high reliability, easy maintenance and a ready-to-ship configuration for simplified deployment and high scalable solution.

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X-Pert Channel-In-A-Box is an all-in-one bundle that includes Playout, Graphics, and Ingest. It integrates all the elements needed to keep a channel on-air by combining automation, playout, and interactive graphics. It is suitable for broadcasting single or multiple TV channels. X-Pert Channel-in-a-Box can provide SDI or IP streaming connectivity for broadcast and cable televisions as well as other applications.

Playout, Graphics and Ingest in one solution

It provides a user experience where on a single server or computer can be performed in parallel Playout with CG branding and Ingest with a possibility to broadcast currently ingested content. Furthermore, it can work in full automation with predefined events or controlled through remote API, as well as in operations in manual mode.

X-Pert Playout

X-Pert Playout is a fully automated broadcast software that can run as a standalone solution or in a Channel-in-a-Box configuration. In addition, its modular architecture makes it suitable for every professional who needs seamless content playout automation. X-Pert Playout is a 24/7 solution, available in UHD/HD/SD-SDI or IP streaming.

Main features

• Seamless Ultra HD (4K) playout with CG branding (It is hardware dependent on the broadcast board used.)


• Collapsible playlist


• User-definable interface


• Clip trimmer


• Multi parallel output (MPO)


• Multi-channel multi-language audio and subtitling capabilities


• Loudness control


• Mixing different media formats, frame rates, and resolutions in a single playlist


• Third-party device control.

X-Pert Graphics

X-Pert Graphics is a state-of-the-art on-air CG and graphics manager with a very user-friendly interface. It helps you create projects with static or dynamic objects of all kinds: rolls, crawls, multi-layered simultaneous still pictures, digital and analog clocks, animated logos, etc. Additionally, the projects could be used for direct broadcasting or could be saved as customized templates for future use.

Main features

• Simple or animated logo insertion


• On-air editing


• Slide sequencer


• Automated text rendering into graphics templates


• Dynamic data sources


• Scheduling


• Task manager


• Advanced scripting engine

X-Pert Ingest

X-Pert Ingest enables capturing multiple channels of HD or SD content from HD/SD SDI digital feeds,  MPEG transport streams, and various types of IP streams. Its streamlined interface allows you to monitor and control up to four video sources on a single screen. In addition, you can monitor and adjust audio levels if needed.

 

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Cosmos provides software based playout engines for Broadcasters, Over The Top service providers and Broadcast Services companies.

The distributive virtualised architecture of the playout engine from Cosmos provides a fast and trusted cloud based playout solution enabling broadcasters and service providers to spin up both OTT and traditional TV channels in a few minutes thus lowering the cost of ownership.

Channels can be hosted from data  centres or from your own Master Control Room over a private or public cloud. Cosmos also gives you the ability to playout both file based and live services .

Cosmos is an open system which enables all the features of a playout engine be implemented on a service basis. Cosmos reduces the need to invest in capital infrastructure. It removes the need to find space for technical equipment and the ongoing cost of technical maintenance.

Channel owners in worldwide gain the freedom to outsource practically all the technical equipment traditionally required for broadcasting.

Cosmos virtualises the process of channel management under control from a standard enterprise computer via a firewall-protected secure internet connection. Programme playout can be automated to any required extent while always retaining the freedom to insert live content.

Cosmos offers established broadcasters and content owners the ability to introduce new programme channels at very short notice, whether a permanent additional to an existing bouquet or a supplementary programme stream covering a temporary event. It can be matched to a wide variety of deployment models, enabling consistent operation across baseband, hybrid IP, and virtualised, cloud-based networks.

Cosmos also enables independent content producers to establish television channels without the high start-up cost usually inherent in such ventures.

Cosmos delivers unsurpassed flexibility in format handling and transcoding. It supports practically any technical standard in today's fast-evolving television industry, whether for terrestrial, satellite or online viewing, live, near-live or catch-up.

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Aveco’s Redwood GREEN is a multipurpose video engine that provides integrated channel origination, ingest and playout features. It is a proven broadcasting solution with integrated IP and SDI interfaces, graphics, DVE effects, tofrom live switching, and support for formats up to UHD HDR for end video delivery – for applications where quality and reliability are paramount. Redwood GREEN is powered by Harmonic.

As a platform for ingest, clip playout, graphics insertion, master control switching with DVEs, subtitling, independent branding of simultaneous channels and many other broadcast features, Redwood GREEN’s hardware and software are both modular and scalable to deliver the right feature set.

Further providing a complete IP workflow using the industry standards SMPTE ST 2022-6 and ST 2110, together with the SDI interfaces, means streamlined delivery of professional content in today’s hybrid world where the adoption of IP into the existing SDI infrastructures is in progress.

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PlayBox Technology has incorporated its most advanced playout engine which is the result of over 15 years of experience in developing playout solutions for the world's

leading broadcasters.

 

PlayBox Technology Channel-in-a-Box provides an integrated playout solution for Broadcasters and OTT service providers in a 1RU or 3RU server, regardless if you are working with IP or SDI.

The CIAB will enable you to playout an IP stream or an SDI in SD, HD or UHD. PlayBox Technology’s CIAB takes care of all your scheduling needs and uses simple, clean and engaging HTML5 for your transmission graphics needs including crawlers and rollers.

 

As you would expect from PlayBox Technology, it offers sophisticated and easy to use automation. We have designed a user friendly ingest which also gives you the ability to FTP your media straight to the Channel In A Box, saving you time.

It is available as a complete turnkey solution for single channel or multichannel HD SDI/SD. Available as both full turnkey solutions and software-only for single and multi-channel operations.

 

Channel in a Box (CIAB) is compatible with a wide range of compression types, including: MPEG-2, DV, DVCPro, DVCPro HD, AVC/H.264, HAVC/H.265, XAVC and more.

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ELIA Unity is our channel in a box TV playout solution base on 30 years experience on broadcast.

Conscious of the need for the broadcasters to reduce constantly the operational costs while keeping a high quality level, we show with the ELIA range of SGT Channel in a Box TV playout solutions our know-how regarding reliability and flexibility which few systems can supply and nevertheless essential for a 24/7 operation.ELIA Unity is the very latest generation of Channel in a Box, a cost effective TV playout system offering playout automation, ingest, branding and media asset management features, in an all in one robust video server.ELIA Unity includes an off the shelf video server, with RAID redundant storage and expandability capability, in a low cost IT standard environment. Combined with the power of our brand new playout automation software PLAY along with FLOW software for acquisition and the preparation of the contents, both profiting from SGT’s long expertise, it is one of the most powerful & hassle free channel in a box in the market.We have indeed integrated the very latest technologies to stick to the market trends and needs; the “Full IP”, while you can choose to keep the good old SDI connections for a smooth transition, with ELIA Unity as well as the choice of virtualisation with ELIA Air.

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By bringing together 20 years of experience manufacturing integrated playout solutions, PlayBox Technology live streaming solutions offer a powerful addition to our range of broadcast TV and channel branding systems – enabling content streaming and building digital programs within minutes.

We provide a full-service streaming system for direct streaming via Ethernet or mobile data via 4G or 5G to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Twitch and many more.

Eurisco is Robust, scalable, real-time, low latency and user-friendly WebRTC server, fully customizable to quickly deploy live streams

Live Streaming Features

– Versatile video streaming

– Multiple graphic layers

– Streaming direct to social media live services (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Twitch, Tik Tok)

– Video up and down conversion

– Variable bit rate & format conversion

– Captions and branding

– Multi-user access

– Supports HTTP, RTSP, RTMP, UDP, HLS multicast, unicast, RTMPS, WebRTC, ONVIF, SRT, NDIs.

– Moderated Publish Mode, where items have to be marked as approved before they are published

– Instant Publish Mode, where items are published as soon as they are selected

– Output to CG engine for On Air presentation

– Real-time ultra low latency (0.5 s) WebRTC streaming

– Adaptive Bitrate real time streaming

– Auto scale WebRTC cluster

– Voice & Video Conference abilities

– Live monitoring & security surveillance

– Free WebRTC SDKs

– iOS & Android Apps

 

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Aveco’s Redwood WHITE video engine is designed for effective playout and integrated channel origination emphasizing the best price-performance ratio as well as studio and MCR-oriented graphics engines.

Providing a  platform for clip playout, multi-layer graphics insertion including DVE, and many other broadcast features. Redwood WHITE is designed for running on COTS hardware. Deliverable as Aveco turnkey or as software-only with hardware locally provided. Redwood WHITE is fully integrated with Aveco’s ASTRA automation products including ASTRA Studio, ASTRA MCR and ASTRA MAM, providing cost efficiency and a high performance solution.

By combining the value of Aveco’s robust, industry-standard automation system with the open-sourced CasparCG platform, you can take advantage of the best broadcast technologies, even with limited financial resources.

Video processing core is powered by CasparCG open-source viable platform maintained by a large community of contributors, being proven by premium broadcasters since 2006 in 24/7 operations.

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QuickEdge offers unparalleled versatility in terms of its architecture and design. What makes it different is the flexible core engine which can adapt to a variety of workflows. Be it a simple 1 channel Playout or multiple Media server automation setup, MediaWorker engine adapts, and provides a seamless workflow.

 

QuickEdge automation solution is proven in over  50 24/7 Broadcast stations and has committed to providing the highest uptime in the industry.

QuickEdge automates MCR Operations, PCR operations, Ingest, device controls for the router, switcher, etc along with industry-standard MOS connectivity

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nxtedition is a complete production solution for video and audio - used by broadcasters, publishers, corporates and other industries to create video channels for broadcast and streaming, as well as audio for radio broadcasting, streaming and podcasting.nxtedition encapsulates all the following activities into a single user interface offering to be first, fast and accurate with the stories people want - be that news, sport, entertainment, or production.• Production Planning• Scriptwriting• Media Asset Management• Metadata Management• Reporting• Graphics• Subtitling• Prompter• Transcoding• Rundown Creation• Studio Automation• Ingest Recording• Channel Playout• Music Rotation• Live Streaming In And Out• Publishing To Web, App And Social Medianxtedition - innovative storytelling grounded in realism.

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Self-contained playout in a box for all channel types

Pebble’s powerful and compact playout in a box solution leverages our best-of-breed automation and integrated channel technology to deliver a full HD ingest and playout solution, with comprehensive redundancy options for systems up to 6 channels.

In addition to hosting your simple clip-based channels, our Playout in a Box is also capable of handling more complex, reactive channels which regularly feature late-breaking changes. Its exceptionally intuitive user interface, coupled with powerful graphics and DVE functionality, combine to deliver a 'best of breed' solution at an affordable price.

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Visual Data is a global provider of award-winning digital media supply chain services to the entertainment industry with locations in Burbank, London and Bangalore. What began as a small editing facility in 1995 has since grown into one of the industry’s leading global providers of quality-driven content management, distribution, localization and media services that enable customers to deliver premium content in any format for any screen or platform, anywhere in the world.

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AirBox Mega ICX is PlayBox Technology’s newest hybrid or cloud enabled, schedule-based playout engine. Designed from the ground up to drive playout in a modular and complete hybrid or virtual ecosystem, Mega ICX features a user-friendly control interface that allows you to effectively manage all of the components required for channel origination. With a secure web-based user interface, Mega ICX supports user operations and inputs from anywhere, at any time.

Broadcast automation is no longer exclusively focused on channel playout. It also concerns content management and delivery. The broadcasters and media companies of today must be equipped to deliver their content in a simple and effective manner, regardless of the distribution mechanism. PlayBox Technology’s Mega ICX platform is the next-level content playout workflow automation system from the #1 leading Channel in a Box manufacturer.PlayBox Technology’s broadcast automation solutions have been rigorously tried and tested across the world for over 15 years. Since 2004, the company has been designing and delivering innovative products for broadcasters of all shapes and sizes. Mega ICX is a versatile playout platform for content management and distribution, combining the benefits of virtual asset management with the efficiency of automated• SOA scalable distributed architecture• Utilizes cloud-native services (e.g. AWS or similar) to increase resilience and scalability• Control of Mega integrated audio, video, and graphics functionality• Unified, intuitive web-based user interfaces for faster functional flexibility• Hybrid IP/SDI content management and playout solution• Scalable modular solution designed to provide a tailored fit for all installations• Channel overview page provides a high-level overview of all channels• Built-in asset management and workflow tools• Easy-to-navigate clip management and channel workspaces, including advanced secondary event• Vertical timeline• Hybrid IP / SDI content management and playout solution• Geo-dispersed playout operations• Unified centralized channel management• Playout with digital asset management capabilities• Linear channel playback• Monitor by exception• Web-based applications• In-built scheduling• In-build ingest• HTML5 graphics

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Output encoded format and bit rate are programmable. It has applications in traditional broadcast, IPTV, satellite and cable TV systems.

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OASYS Integrated Playout is designed for broadcasters of all sizes from one or two channel facilities to mid-size operations with 3 to 12 channels or service providers with 50 or more channels.

OASYS eliminates the need for purpose-built devices and maximizes your investment in C.O.T.S, consumer-off-the-shelf hardware, making it easier to support and maintain. This approach also reduces your overall requirement for hardware and multiple support contracts.

The OASYS software modules provide flexibility to design a system, regardless of size, that meets your specific needs for today and the future, making OASYS fully scalable and feature rich and future-proof.

OASYS is a fully scalable, feature-rich playout solution that combines:

·       SDI, IP and UHD

·       Ingest and recording

·       Program Preparation

·       Captioning and Subtitling

·       Traffic and Scheduling

·       Switching

·       Playout and Graphics

·       Secondary Recording

·       Logging and Reporting

·       Redundancy & Archiving

·       Remote Access & Control

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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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We offer a virtualized cloud based publishing ecosystem for both linear and non-linear content. VIPE manages multi-channel operators and service providers' IP channel playout as well as their OTT and VOD deliveries.

A VIPE installation consists of a growing collection of containerized micro-services. These inbound services, as well as 3rd party outbound services, are carefully managed through VIPE’s centralized orchestration layer.

Together they automatically execute a larger workflow or process.

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Cloud-Based Management

Simplify your workflow with remote management, customizable encoding workflows, and user-permission control.

API Integrations

Create and streamline fully automated workflows with a centralized management API.

Adaptive Network Encoding

Increase reliability with adaptive network encoding, which automatically decreases bitrate in adverse conditions.

Real-Time Health Monitoring

Identify issues quickly with detailed monitoring metrics, from encoder health through first-mile network conditions.

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ACUITAS® is the world’s most reliable, feature-rich and flexible integrated playout solution for broadcasters. The system provides powerful playout capabilities with support for a large variety of codecs and resolutions in both SDI, IP and simulcast. Acuitas reduces the need for external devices by offering built-in automation, graphics, effects, conversion, switching and much more. Whether you are a single station, network, or complex hub operation. Acuitas is powered by AirBoss a comprehensive automation software that allows you to streamline your operations by automating as much as you need. Acuitas utilizes state-of-the-art software technology to ensure your system is ready for industry changes including the transition to ATSC 3.0 and the support for HDR, UHD, and 4K. Even more than that, the Acuitas system is built using industry-leading hardware that includes HP servers and Matrox video cards which provide built-in redundancy and fail-safe mechanisms adding layers of protection to your revenues.

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Software-defined integrated channel with uniquely flexible channel pipeline design

Pebble’s scalable integrated channel device offers audio, video and graphics functionality in a compact, cost-effective format to meet your ingest, channel branding and frame-accurate multi-channel playout requirements.

It replicates in software all the functionality of a traditional broadcast playout chain made up of single-purpose devices performing dedicated functions, and it can be customised for all your channel types, from tightly scheduled ‘static’ channels to highly reactive channels with multiple content formats, complex graphics, and live inserts.

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Software-defined virtualised IP channel with flexible channel pipeline design

Virtualising your playout can deliver a host of benefits, including the agility to launch and decommission channels for short term requirements, and the ability to host your operational infrastructure in a standard office environment.

Our experience of designing and delivering IP-based virtualised playout infrastructures makes us the ideal partner to work with as you contemplate making the transition, and our team of experts will talk you through the considerations and support you as you make your choice.

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VSNOne TV is VSN’s integrated playout or Channel-In-A-Box solution, designed to reduce the many parts of a traditional playout system and master control (graphics, servers and switches, routing, audio, channel branding) into one single integrated software application that operates on a generic IT-based hardware. This way, VSNOne TV allows to simplify its installation and maintenance processes, while supporting real-time multi-channel ingest to a wide range of codecs and file containers.

Fully integrated VSNOne TV Servers have on-board automation control, media storage and media DB, graphics engine, file/line/VTR ingest, clip playout, Time Shift, DVB IP/ASI TS Encoding Tools, DVB Subtitling & Closed Captioning and 4k High Frame Rate on some concrete playout configurations.

Being a part of broadcasting or live-production studio, the VSNOne TV server may be used as a multifunctional graphics design & playout station, which will tie graphics into the propagating video and format multi-layered compositions consisting of captions, scrolling text, video effects, on-screen graphics, logos, animated banners, live video fragments, Chroma Key, and 2D effects.

Each output (program) channel of VSNOne TV contains up to eight simultaneously functioning virtual channels for graphics output. Each channel contains its own playlist, with playing back graphic events. Each event may contain a multi-layered combination (without limitation on the number of layers) of text/graphic events.

Dynamic compositions technology is also available on VSNOne TV for Branding, Promo, TV News, Weather Forecasts, Economic information, Music Channels, etc. Moreover, an unlimited number of logos, captions, scrolling and crawling text can be played back on dynamic backgrounds.

In regards to live broadcasting, VSNOne TV is a server with ingest & playout application with capabilities that go far beyond other available products. Onboard media preparation tools allow the operator to define and organize content while recording is still underway. And with configurable shortcut keys, live asset and metadata updates, and built-in tool for instant navigation to key points in long pieces of media, VSNOne TV allows you to get your material on-air in record time.

Each VSNOne TV server may contain up to 8 SD-HD SDI inputs, to which signals from cameras and simple sources are sent (signals may be asynchronous), letting users apply live input sources to any object and animate the result in real-time, without the use of external scaler equipment.

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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

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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.

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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.

 

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Limelight Multi-device Media Delivery (MMD) Live is a powerful cloud-based feature for transcoding live video streams into multiple bitrates, and on-the-fly transmuxing into different formats, enabling a live event to be recorded for later playback. MMD Live reduces workflow complexity while meeting the demands of audiences for the highest quality video viewing experience on their choice of devices. This functionality allows users to stream live events to smart TVs, desktops, mobile screens, and set-top-boxes. MMD Live is integrated with the global Limelight Orchestrate Platform to deliver broadcast-quality live video to connected devices.

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Limelight Video Platform is the fastest and most intuitive way to manage and distribute online video to media devices everywhere. Engage web audiences with immersive video content. Track performance and collect valuable metrics from your viewers. The power and simplicity of Limelight Video Platform lets you manage, publish, syndicate, measure, and monetize web video with ease. Upload your source file and our transcoding services automatically handle video format conversions and publishing steps required for optimized viewing on any device, anywhere. The video platform is integrated with the global Orchestrate Platform to deliver the high-quality viewing experience audiences expect.

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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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By providing facilities for ingest and media management, titling and graphics, as well as playout and scheduling, EXEcutor™ Broadcast Servers can provide a complete “TV channel-in-a-box” solution, or be configured to provide any combination of component services using world-renowned PlayBox software, to enable very efficient, scalable, and flexible production pipelines to be created. These incorporate traditional, streaming and hybrid workflow models, even the cloud and private cloud.

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VectorBox is for the UHD, HD and SD channels that want to capture the attention of world audiences with the eye-catching power of hardware-based DVEs and frame buffers. This top-of-the line model offers to the broadcast engineer the quality and reliability of the traditional equipment and uses the software only for the tasks that are suitable for it. Crossfade, fade-to black, dynamic effects, superimposing, PIPs and crops are performed by dedicated hardware that makes the difference. Let’s get back to the classics when only perfection was allowed in broadcast but with the flexibility and automated control made possible by current technology.

All models in the VectorBox range are is fully compatible with its environment, accepting all wrappers and compression schemes used in the industry, interacting with any device in the master control room and smoothly integrating with third party traffic, scheduling and MAMs of manufacturers by XML or other standards. VectorBox is built on top of a best-in-class hardware platform and can work with any NAS/SAN accessible via LAN. Its monitoring capabilities and its ability to be stacked (with or without automation layer) in large multi channel facilities makes setting up channels simple and straightforward.

* Full branding with graphics, transitions and effects

* Support for all codecs and wrappers support

* User interface in a client for remote control

* Dynamic redundancy management

* Output: SDI, 2022 and 2110

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AutoPlay is a Media Workflow Platform, an integrated playout solution, which enable you to automate the workflow environment, maximize the value of media assets efficiently and leverage technology in line with your business plans. Ingest, quality control, editing, broadcast, graphics insert, subtitles, archive – all within a single workflow.

Features

• Playout Automation


• Workflow Process Orchestration for media content movement to video servers and other file storages


• Rundown Management


• Immediate Content Access whatever it is stored


• Automatic Files Transfers to meet Users requests and Channel Schedules


• Sophisticated Quick Search


• Manual & Automatic Media Content Archiving & Extraction


• Different Access Rights for Multiuser workflow


• Proxy Files Generation


• File Transfer Bandwidth Control


• Distributed Media Storage with quick Content Search and Access


• Advanced Embeded Cut Editor for Multiuser Network Environment


• Export XML editing projects to third party NLE systems


• Production Storage Filename Translation for NLEs


• As-Run & User activity Logs for TV Traffic management system integration


• Report Export


• Facility Monitoring and Control from any workstation on the network


• Multichannel Playout configuration with full redundancy capabilities


• Media Editing and Playout while Ingest


• Clip Quick-Cut in On-Air Rundown


• “Time-Delay” Recording, Editing&Playout


• TimeDelay Server Redundancy


• DTMF/Х31/SCTE/GPI Signal Detection&Insertion


• SCTE-104 Playout Support


• VBI in TimeDelay and Pass-Through


• Advanced Subtitling/Teletext Processing with proprietary or third party devices


• A completely New Subtitle Engine


• Proprietary .asb subtitle file format with full text formatting


• Multilingual Subtitle Support in AutoPlay Playout


• Automatic Subtitle Import and Full Logging of Subtitle Operations


• Multifeed Ingest capabilities


• Media Quality Control Option


• Broadcast Graphics Creation with Azimuth Servers or External Systems


• Integration with Carrot Broadcast CG Solutions


• Customizable Graphics Layouts


• Dynamic data manipulation (temperature sensor option, images, time/date, videos, text data)


• Digital/analog Clock Insertion


• Fill+Key Out or internal graphics DSK overlay support with Azimuth servers


• Proxy Files Preview with graphics and subtitles


• Video Processing: codecs, formats, aspect ratio conversion


• Audio Processing: normalizer (LUFS), track mapping, noise reducer, compressor/limiter


• Parallel Video and Sound Processing when Importing Media Files


• Various Studio Equipment control, inc. VTR


• Modern 64 Bit Software Architecture


• User-Friendly Intuitive Interface