Interra Systems
IBC2024 Exhibitor Preview
September 13-16, 2024
Amsterdam
Stand 7.C11
Interra Systems, the leading provider of end-to-end quality assurance solutions to the digital media industry, will showcase its latest innovations in content-aware QC, monitoring, captioning, and analysis at IBC2024, from September 13-16 in Amsterdam. Attendees can visit Interra Systems in Hall 7, Stand C11, to explore the newest features of the company’s BATON and BATON Captions solutions, alongside its award-winning ORION content monitoring solution, designed for comprehensive monitoring of linear/IP and live/VOD streaming content. The company’s VEGA media analyzer, offering detailed analysis and compliance validation of compressed video, and the new Relay Workflow management tool will also be on display.
“At IBC this year, we are excited to showcase our BATON Captions solution, which harnesses the power of machine learning, automatic speech recognition, and NLP to significantly reduce the need for human intervention while providing accurate captioning enhanced with QC checks. Multi-language support is critical for broadcasters and service providers, especially in Europe, so we’ve improved our captioning product further to support a range of languages, including Spanish, French, Finnish, Polish, Portuguese, and many others,” said Penny Westlake, senior director of Europe at Interra Systems. “We will also demonstrate how our solutions are consistently being developed in response to key trends in the evolving media and entertainment environment. For example, our ORION suite of solutions addresses the monitoring needs of next-gen media workflows, driven by cloud infrastructure, automated error handling, ad-insertion checks, root cause analysis, and high-quality video output, and designed for compatibility with CMAF, SRT, and SMPTE’s ST 2110 standard.”
Interra Systems Solutions on Display at IBC2024:
Streamlining QC Workflows With BATON
At IBC2024, attendees will get to experience the latest version of Interra Systems’ BATON solution in action. Featuring advanced AI and machine learning capabilities, this updated version continues to lead the industry in automated QC platforms, meeting the highest standards for quality and compliance. The solution includes several new enhancements, such as the new BATON 9 series, which offers significant framework updates, enhancements in performance of video quality checks for 4K files, support for RDD59 specifications, and direct analysis of image sequence formats, apart from optimized MXF file verification, advanced diagnostic tools for system health monitoring, and API improvements.
Interra Systems will also reveal new features added to its BATON Captions. Leveraging cutting-edge ML and automatic speech recognition technology, new features of BATON Captions include web-based player enhancements and new correction options, including segmentation and shot boundary correction. In addition, BATON Media Player will be on display, which simplifies how media professionals can play, inspect, and verify audio and video content.
Improving QoS and QoE With ORION Content Monitoring
Today, media companies handle a significant volume of complex content. Programs may undergo re-encoding, transcoding, and multiplexing, which can negatively impact content integrity and user experience. At IBC2024, Interra Systems will showcase new capabilities featured in the company’s ORION suite of solutions, which support a wide range of deployment scenarios in hybrid and cloud environments. These enhancements cater to linear broadcast, IP-based delivery, and live/VOD OTT content.
ORION-OTT — Interra Systems’ software-based OTT monitoring solution for checking content integrity and related network performance of ABR content for multiscreen service delivery — now includes localization support, certification for the latest OS releases, and Dolby Atmos integration. Significant updates improve dynamic ad insertion (DAI) and server-side ad monitoring, low-latency stream monitoring, and provide support for the latest DRM solutions, solidifying ORION as a comprehensive content delivery and management solution.
Future-Proofing IP Monitoring With ORION 2110 Probe
Interra Systems’ ORION 2110 Probe, which supports the SMPTE ST 2110 standard and enables broadcasters to future-proof the end-to-end monitoring of video quality in IP environments, will also be one of the key solutions on display at IBC2024.
Gaining End-to-End Video Visibility With ORION Central Manager (OCM)
Interra Systems’ ORION Central Manager (OCM), which offers comprehensive, end-to-end insights into video operations and centralized management of IP and OTT probes, will be showcased at IBC2024. Recent enhancements include end-to-end ad insertion monitoring, support for audio alerts, and user group permissions for precise access control.
Elevating Media Analysis With VEGA Media Analyzer (VMA)
VEGA — Interra Systems’ industry-leading media analysis platform for standards compliance, debugging, and interoperability of encoded streams — will be exhibited at IBC2024, offering the latest support for the highest number of industry compression standards, such as AVS, HDR, AV1, GIF, VVC, Dolby Vision, ATSC 3.0, and more.
Company Overview:
Interra Systems stands at the forefront of ensuring end-to-end quality assurance for the ever-evolving media landscape. Meeting the needs of media professionals for every stage of the content lifecycle — including in-depth video analysis, media QC and monitoring, and captioning — the company’s extensive one-stop shop of advanced tools is engineered to streamline content preparation and delivery across all stages of both IP and OTT workflows.
Widely adopted globally, Interra Systems’ solutions power mission-critical operations for leading broadcasters and streaming service providers across the world. The company’s suite of award-winning products includes the enterprise-class BATON automated QC system; BATON Captions solution with live captioning and machine learning (ML) scoring capabilities; ORION content monitoring platforms for 24/7 quality assurance; and VEGA media analyzers for in-depth video inspection, debugging, and standards compliance.
As the dynamics of the media industry continue to shift, Interra Systems remains a pioneer in quality assurance — staying one step ahead of the evolving media landscape with solutions designed to meet the industry’s critical media QC and monitoring, captioning, and video analysis needs.
For additional information, visit www.interrasystems.com.
