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Easy to use tool for creating delivery format Audio Description files. Options are available to produce Premix WAV file, Mono WAV, DTT pair (Mono on one track, control track on the other), Premix video (creates a media file with Premixed audio track) and new M4A output.

QC report option provides a detailed report from checking a number of ESEF file parameters. This is available in a number of formats including a human readable formatted report.

The Compiler process can be automated using an XML driven batch complier service.

 

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Pass and Fail watch folders. Generates human readable reports of detailed file analysis. Configurable for multi-supplier workflows.

 

Header Checks

·         Check all 3 header blocks are present – Header, Author and Thread Descriptor

 

Compare Actual Data with Header

·         Check that the first description IN time matches the First Content Timecode in the Thread Descriptor

·         Check that the last description OUT time matches the Last Content Timecode in the Thread Descriptor

 

Check Data Blocks

·         Check for empty file (no data blocks)

·         Timecode Range check – all descriptions are within specified timecode range

·         Verify description numbers ascend through the file (gaps are allowed)

·         Verify that OUT timecode is greater than IN timecode

·         Overall times overlap – descriptions timecodes must not overlap

·         Check for minimum interval between descriptions

 

Check Individual Descriptions

·         Verify that every audio file has a filename

·         Check that every description has an associated WAV file

·         Verify that timecodes are valid numbers (not spaces, letters etc.)

·         Check overall duration is not negative

·         Check minimum audio duration – if selected

·         Check maximum audio duration – if selected

·         Check that Fade and Pan data is present and correctly formatted

 

Check Audio Files

·        Check WAV duration matches the description duration

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The industry standard Audio Description product. It is part of an extensive range of products that can configured to create a sophisticated AD workflow.

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Input 'watch' folder'. Files are automatically processed and moved to either a 'Pass' or 'Fail' folder with an associated, detailed, human readable file analysis report.

Option for File Comparison Service to confirm if a set of individual subtitle files are associated with the same programme.

 

 

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Configurable for multi-channel applications with automated redundancy. Options for  + Hour time delayed outputs, logo insertion, subtitle processing, RTMP streaming, RTP/UDP Unicast for streaming content directly to cloud media services, and flexible third party equipment control. Can also be configured for content insertion (ad insertion, content replacement and slating).

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SDI input, SDI output or multi-format encoded outputs with local content insertion for advertising insertion or regional TV applications.

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Runs on generic Windows Server hardware and supports network or ASI delivery

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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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Software solution for sophisticated transport stream splicing. Runs on generic enterprise grade Windows server hardware. Scalable and flexible configuration. Low propagation delay and avoids full steam decoding when operating in frame accurate mode,

Applications include Ad Insertion, Slate insertion (covering content) or live content replacement.

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Scalable multiple channel transport stream switching running on generic enterprise grade Windows servers. Flexible control options and auto redundant configurations

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In a constantly evolving media landscape, sales teams are perpetually challenged to generate multi-platform proposals quickly. Inaccurate or outdated information and inefficient workflows can slow execution time while siloed sales systems add excessive complexity.

WO Media Sales empowers TV advertising sales teams to build both linear and digital proposals by leveraging real-time account information, inventory availability, audience research, and delivery metrics. Your teams will have the ability to efficiently construct and submit orders to WO Traffic, as well as post ratings information against orders.

WO Media Sales allows you to:

• Improve efficiency by creating proposals for multiple markets, properties, and media types on a single order and submit to WO Traffic in real time


• Reduce risk by analyzing current and historic sales data to optimize pricing, placement, and programming decisions, and post orders against ratings and impressions data to manage campaign commitments


• Turn research into revenue by building trend and audience composition reports with ratings data, including the ability to create custom time blocks for detailed market reports

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Advertisers now demand that their campaigns are planned and delivered using both linear TV channels and digital outlets to reach their target audiences. TV, VoD and Social Media each have their own complexities which make effective campaign planning for improved ad sales and delivery too slow and expensive.

AdStore unifies content monetization from any platform, including Internet; TV; VOD; etc, together into a shared marketing solution. With AdStore, you can use a single process to create complex customer campaigns across multiple channels and you can offer customers powerful invoicing choices with unified and customized billing.

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S4AdOpt, Arvato Systems' spot- inventory- and revenue optimization tool, is the solution when it comes to commercial inventory monetization. Through configurable rules and objectives, modelling and automated processing, the system ensures the best possible placement of ad spots in order to increase revenue generation and also customer satisfaction.

Publishers and advertisers can define objectives such as "fill unsold inventory" (plotting), "maximize revenue" or "rating points", and can set and adjust flexible parameters for rights or business rules.

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Today’s media environment is challenging, particularly from an advertising sales perspective. Advertisers want placement across myriad multimedia delivery modes — traditional broadcast, digital, new media, mobile, and more. Campaigns are becoming increasingly complex, advertisers are demanding new levels of accountability — and at the same time, you are charged with maximizing revenue and optimizing the use of inventory. One system — Landmark™ Sales — can help you manage the challenges and experience the rewards of this multifaceted selling environment.

Landmark Sales manages billions of dollars of advertising inventory for leading media companies around the world. The system — which is also available as a cloud-based, fully managed service — executes advertising campaigns across multichannel, multimedia environments and provides total control over available inventory to ensure efficient and effective time utilization. Whether you are a nimble cross-media sales operation, regional network or large-scale multichannel operator, the powerful campaign-led approach provides automatic spot placement for audience-, line-, and spot-based ad sales.

Landmark Sales provides a comprehensive solution to monetize audiences across platforms, with the tools and visibility to strategically drive revenue growth and streamline operations.

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The cutting-edge inventory optimization tool that expertly delivers audience targets to multiscreen devices while consuming the minimal amount of commercial airtime. Cloud-based and ultra-scalable, xG GamePlan provides computer-generated scenarios from real-time analysis to increase both ad efficiency and, most importantly, revenue.

xG GamePlan is the only cloud-based application on the market that leverages battle-tested inventory optimization tools that have been successfully managing billions of dollars of advertising inventory for leading media companies for over two decades.

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TV and radio broadcasters are faced with increasingly complex challenges as the media industry continues to evolve. New technologies, platforms, and consumption behaviors present new revenue opportunities even as they make selling media more complicated than ever before.

WO Traffic is an end-to-end solution built for the changing local landscape, providing a solid foundation from which stations can manage, execute, and scale ad sales both today and into the future. Even the largest ownership groups can leverage new revenue streams by unifying station operations on a shared technology infrastructure, one that provides a single system of record and that offers integrated solutions to drive efficiencies, reduce costs, and maximize revenue.

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With the continuous evolution of content consumption patterns, national broadcast and cable TV networks must adapt their delivery, management, and monetization processes to keep pace. The pressure to maximize diverse revenue streams while addressing operational complexities is greater than ever.

WO Network simplifies every aspect of network ad sales and commercial operations, from proposals and planning, to deal maintenance, stewardship, and billing. With accurate inventory and revenue accounting for all ad types, WO Network is the cornerstone of your growing sales and commercial operations, empowering users to sell with confidence, reduce liability, and improve efficiency by automating and centralizing operations across properties and media types.

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The audience for digital audio is growing exponentially but publishers and sales teams struggle to fully monetize their valuable listener communities. At the same time, brands and agencies increasingly look to secure inventory quickly and at scale with programmatic marketplaces.

 

WO Ad eXchange helps publishers automate ad transactions, while allowing buyers to efficiently aggregate and purchase audio inventory. With advanced targeting and support for both publisher-direct sales and real-time bidding, WO Ad eXchange provides access to new demand for inventory, increasing overall yield for sellers.

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By bringing sellers new demand that can be evaluated alongside current sold inventory, WO Marketplace allows broadcasters to accept only the offers that best meet their needs. Embracing the digital-style buyer who may not have previously bought local broadcast TV, WO Marketplace opens access to new demand from buyers seeking near-to-air inventory, increasing competition which in turn increases inventory value. And broadcasters retain full control over whether to accept an offer, with complete transparency into the client, the offer, and the creative.

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WO Payments Suite helps media finance teams automate order-to-cash processes to improve both efficiency and accuracy. The result is increased on-time payments, improved cash flow, and reduced operating costs.

Purpose-built for the media industry, WO Payments Suite is more than just a payment portal, extending automation throughout the entire accounting cycle to save both time and money by reducing manual effort and associated errors. WO Payments Suite’s robust cash application, lockbox, and treasury reconciliation tools will enable you to go from order-to-cash fast.

WO Payments Suite offers:

• Streamlined collections: Support for online payment processing means you can say goodbye to paper checks and payments by email, fax, or phone


• Direct cash application: Direct API Lockbox technology provides fast, secure, accurate, and timely payment posting


• Intuitive Buyer Payment Portal: Easy self-serve payment options improve client adoption, minimizing collections efforts to improve efficiency and increase client (buyer) satisfaction/useability


• Increased Security and Compliance: Keep your clients’ personally identifiable information (PII) data safe with full PCI-DSS compliance


• Traffic System Integration: Seamless data synchronization with WO Traffic and WO Network improves accuracy by ensuring every payment is automatically associated with the correct client and invoice


• Flexible Workflows: Supports centralized and decentralized business models, with customizable workflows to eliminate redundant effort and save your team time


• Cloud Based: Secure, 24/7 remote access from anywhere, on virtually any device, with automatic software updates – no hardware to buy or support


• Improve Your Customers’ Experience: WO Payments Suite provides a positive customer experience, with single sign-on, access to all related invoices, historical payment data, and the ability to set-up recurring payments

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SDI input, SDI output or multi-format encoded outputs with local content insertion for advertising insertion or regional TV applications.

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AdsValU is a Yield Optimization tool built using Data Science techniques for achieving Revenue Goals. The solution leverages Predictive Analysis based upon historical trends of Audience Measurement to ensure alignment of Channel Performance to Advertiser Objectives

 

The system enables the Sales Teams to manage their Ad Inventory optimally using mathematical algorithms, and enhancing the value proposition to the customer.

 

While maintaining complex Sales Hierarchies of Enterprise Networks, AdsValU also enables multi-tiered approval mechanisms.

 

Key highlights of the system include:

 

·         Lead Generation (Pre-Sales)

o   Leverage viewership data to identify Potential/Untapped Advertisers

o   Compare time spent by advertisers in competition networks v/s own network

 

·         Sales Target

o   Setup Targets across Channel / Sales Group / Sales Office / Sector / Advertiser and track real-time progress

 

·         Viewership / Ratings Data

o   Churn repetitive Ratings data with a few clicks allowing sales teams to spend time on what they do best!!

 

·         Reporting

o   AdsValU provides rich reports referencing data across Target, BARC, BMS, Servicing, etc.

 

·         Workflow

o   Full sales cycle is managed in a single system providing a view into dwell times through the various stages from Proposal until Deal signing.

o   Supports complex approval process including corporate governance

 

AdsValU encapsulates the End-2-End “Proposal to Deal Lifecycle” by automating aspects of crafting a Proposal as well churning voluminous data to provide insights.

 

Trusted by industry leaders globally for over two decade, U-TO has constantly innovated and re-invented its solution offerings with scalable technology to provide cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency. Reach us at sales@uto.in

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Accedo Play - Sports enables sport organizations to launch, manage, and monetize a video-centric service and deliver a tailored fan experience. It is an out-of-the-box solution that has been pre-integrated with a selection of third-party vendors to enable rights holders, federations, and sporting clubs to create a video-centric hub for their brand where they fully own the relationship with fans.

More information: https://www.accedo.tv

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Promethean has a vision to ignite video commerce. The team has created and wholly owns a platform that delivers interactive overlays into any live and on-demand video. Our value proposition is simple: only with Promethean can a broadcaster generate measurable return and optimised engagement through a contextual call to action.

Powered by Promethean, any broadcaster can serve intelligent commerce and engagement opportunities to viewers in real time, so the audience can watch, click, and buy while never leaving their screen. Imagine watching your favourite sports team, ordering pizza, getting live fantasy updates, buying your favourite player’s jersey…all while never missing a moment of live action.

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

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

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

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

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With more than 25 years of experience in the business, MISTV® MIRA is our brand-new generation of integrated solutions built to meet today’s complex demands and needs for the operational administration of your TV station and/or advertising sales house. Our system will lead you to the maximization of your revenue and minimization of the operational costs.   MISTV® MIRA is strongly focused on automatization and optimization of all processes in the TV business, offering a fully customizable environment according to the client’s needs, powered by Microsoft® .NET Framework and Oracle® RDBMS. It is a user friendly, scalable, efficient, and powerful tool for the administration of your media business.

Advertising sales and traffic

• Multiplatform Inventory - TV, online, OTD


• Pricelists, Coefficients, Discounts, Bonuses, Variable price modifications per client


• CRM, Budgeting, Contracts, Invoicing, Ratings, Campaigns fulfillment evaluation

Scheduling

• Daily plans, Playlist, Post transmission log (As-run log)


• Breaks, Jingles and Secondary events


• Automatic scheduling and Alternative schedules

Rights management

• Acquired rights and Own production


• License contracts and conditions, Runs, Costs, Payments


• Amortizations and Impairments, Dubbing, Used music / Royalties

Automatic booking

• Advertising sales campaigns and ON-AIR self-promotion campaigns


• Optimization of delivery and inventory use


• Adjustable booking targets and conditions

Reporting, Interfaces and Jobs

• Playout, Research, Finance and Production, MAM, VOD, WWW, EPG, OTT, CGI


• RESTful API, FTP, DB views, XLS, XML, Printed


• Server based scheduled jobs, DB links

Professional service

• Helpdesk, Ticketing system, 24/7/365 technical support


• Fast and flexible on demand customizations


• User training and Consulting services

MIS is a long-established, leading player

on the international market providing complex solutions for advertising sales, rights, content and broadcast management. The company, with headquarters in Prague, has been specializing in the development of software solutions for TV broadcasters since it was established in 1995. Using innovative technologies and an exceptionally client orientated approach with outstanding flexibility, it is a partner you can rely on.

Currently, we are delivering for over 35 clients and more than 1000 users in countries across Europe, America, and Africa.  Our software solutions ensure easy to manage and uninterrupted broadcasting of hundreds of TV channels and networks. Our clients range from big TV stations (networks) running tens of channels with national coverage to smaller regional single channel TVs. The software is designed with flexibility in mind, so that without changes in structure, it can manage TV station of any size, complexity, and specificity of individual requirements. This is thanks to its extensive functionality across all areas that a broadcasting company may need, coupled with custom made configurations and settings. We offer the market a comprehensive All-in-one solution, with the precision and professional standards of the best of breed approach, delivered with our modular approach.

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With more than 25 years of experience in the business, MISTV® MIRA is our brand-new generation of integrated solutions built to meet today’s complex demands and needs for the operational administration of your TV station and/or advertising sales house. Our system will lead you to the maximization of your revenue and minimization of the operational costs.   MISTV® MIRA is strongly focused on automatization and optimization of all processes in the TV business, offering a fully customizable environment according to the client’s needs, powered by Microsoft® .NET Framework and Oracle® RDBMS. It is a user friendly, scalable, efficient, and powerful tool for the administration of your media business.

Advertising sales and traffic

• Multiplatform Inventory - TV, online, OTD


• Pricelists, Coefficients, Discounts, Bonuses, Variable price modifications per client


• CRM, Budgeting, Contracts, Invoicing, Ratings, Campaigns fulfillment evaluation

Programme planning

• Multi & cross channel/network planning, Linear and non-linear (VOD) broadcasting


• Automated changes and series planning


• Content-needs planning and schedule cost analytics

Scheduling

• Daily plans, Playlist, Post transmission log (As-run log)


• Breaks, Jingles and Secondary events


• Automatic scheduling and Alternative schedules

Title & Content library

• Titles-Programs, Films, Series & Episodes


• Title description and categorization, Metadata and MAM integration


• Media management, Shipping, Clip versions, Formats, TCs and Breaks

Rights management

• Acquired rights and Own production


• License contracts and conditions, Runs, Costs, Payments


• Amortizations and Impairments, Dubbing, Used music / Royalties

Automatic booking

• Advertising sales campaigns and ON-AIR self-promotion campaigns


• Optimization of delivery and inventory use


• Adjustable booking targets and conditions

Self-Promotion (OAP)

• Promo library and production requests


• Scheduling rules and conditions, Promotion campaigns management


• Promo inventory views and booking

Reporting, Interfaces and Jobs

• Playout, Research, Finance and Production, MAM, VOD, WWW, EPG, OTT, CGI


• RESTful API, FTP, DB views, XLS, XML, Printed


• Server based scheduled jobs, DB links

Professional service

• Helpdesk, Ticketing system, 24/7/365 technical support


• Fast and flexible on demand customizations


• User training and Consulting services

MIS is a long-established, leading player

on the international market providing complex solutions for advertising sales, rights, content and broadcast management. The company, with headquarters in Prague, has been specializing in the development of software solutions for TV broadcasters since it was established in 1995. Using innovative technologies and an exceptionally client orientated approach with outstanding flexibility, it is a partner you can rely on.

Currently, we are delivering for over 35 clients and more than 1000 users in countries across Europe, America, and Africa.  Our software solutions ensure easy to manage and uninterrupted broadcasting of hundreds of TV channels and networks. Our clients range from big TV stations (networks) running tens of channels with national coverage to smaller regional single channel TVs. The software is designed with flexibility in mind, so that without changes in structure, it can manage TV station of any size, complexity, and specificity of individual requirements. This is thanks to its extensive functionality across all areas that a broadcasting company may need, coupled with custom made configurations and settings. We offer the market a comprehensive All-in-one solution, with the precision and professional standards of the best of breed approach, delivered with our modular approach.

Your media business under full control

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M.I.S. is a software and TV solutions company that produces and sells complete solutions to media sellers and TV broadcasters. Our product MISTV is a complex, highly-integrated software solution designed for efficient management of TV stations. Above efficient handling of standard daily operations, MISTV is focused on two main goals which are the economical keys for a successful TV station.

1. TV station operations (Station Management system):Help you make your station efficient. Control the broadcasting plan costs and effective use of library, which is undoubtedly the greatest asset that a TV station has.

2. Air-time sales (Advertising sales):Help you maximize your revenue from air-time sales. Get the maximum revenue possible from the available inventory.

The two basic modules are accompanied with an additional basic module called OnlineBussinessAnalyzer which is a highly sophisticated, efficient, and user-friendly reporting tool.