Meta enables customers to store identification, editorial, technical, rights, discovery and AI-generated content metadata for media and entertainment catalogues. It also stores additional metadata assets like images and videos that are required to complete a dynamic and compelling user experience. The VOD explosion highlights the fact that historically distinct metadata types have been managed in fragmentary ways. The volume of AI generated metadata simply compounds the problem. Meta takes the logical & elegant step of storing all types of content metadata side-by-side, in a platform optimised for performance.

Amagi is a next-generation media technology company that provides cloud broadcast and targeted advertising solutions to broadcast TV and streaming TV platforms. Amagi enables content owners to launch, distribute and monetize live linear channels on Free-Ad-Supported TV and video services platforms. Amagi also offers 24x7 cloud managed services bringing simplicity, advanced automation, and transparency to the entire broadcast operations. Overall, Amagi supports 350+ channels with deployments in over 40 countries. Amagi has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London, broadcast operations in New Delhi, and an innovation center in Bangalore.

At Dejero we know just how critical it is to stay connected when it comes to live video and real-time data. We've made it our mission to provide reliable connectivity in any scenario; from the top of a mountain, at a crowded festival, a fan-filled sports venue, in the eye of a storm, in a moving vehicle or even from home during a pandemic. Our solutions are designed to simplify the workflows of news, sports and live event broadcasts and to deliver fast, cost-effective deployment, not only for remote broadcasting but also for business continuity in disaster recovery situations. Our patented Smart Blending Technology aggregates diverse connectivity paths including cellular, satellite and broadband into a virtual ‘network of networks’ using cloud-based technology, to transfer high-quality live video and real-time data over IP from virtually anywhere. This technology delivers enhanced reliability, expanded coverage, and greater bandwidth.

In the action-packed world of live video production and delivery, The Switch is always on and always there – setting the industry benchmark for quality, reliability and unmatched levels of service. From stadium to studio to screen, The Switch offers a unique mix of senior broadcast production experience and network reach. Its comprehensive production services combine mobile, remote and cloud capabilities. Backed by an Emmy Award winning team, The Switch enables its customers to deliver seamless live event coverage. Its delivery network connects production facilities with 800+ of the world’s largest content producers, distributors, and sports and event venues to rights holders, broadcasters, streaming platforms and media outlets. The Switch’s remote production services support live event productions in locations around the globe, removing the need for large amounts of equipment and production crews on-site. Its cloud-based production-as-a-service offering, MIMiC, handles all aspects of the production workflow in the cloud, from editing and graphics creation to comms and talk-back.

Just one button changes everything with Live News & Sports Systems - LNS. LNS is the virtualized newsroom creation and control system. Designed by internationally experienced journalists on cutting edge technology. Deployed and managed in the cloud and on the ground for speed of collaboration and cost efficiency. LNS publishes multiple rundowns and updates to multi platforms, all controlled by the touch of just one button. With a powerful MAM at the heart of the LNS system, it's lightning fast for search, changes and updates. Intuitive to use, LNS returns control and creativity to the people producing the content and the branding. From story planning, through to final publishing and archive, the process is fast - and collaborative. Its inbuilt MAM controls all data, starting from ingest, to automated output, with one file per story title and/or slug. Thus all the data and details, copy and video and graphics instructions, reside in the same file throughout the process. LNS deals directly with Adobe and Blackbird cloud editing and Chyron Prime+VidiGo for tighter process inclusion. Its range of fast reacting, collaborative control and flexibility is enhanced by MOS compliance - for Vizrt etc - for ease of integration and virtually endless...

Skyline Communications is the global leading supplier of end-to-end multi-vendor NMS, OSS and orchestration software solutions for the broadband and media industry. Its flagship DataMiner network management platform enables end-to-end integration of the most complex technical ecosystems and has been deployed by leading operators around the world. The platform heralds a new generation of sophisticated artificial-intelligence-powered solutions and comprises highly innovative features, such as the brand-new DataMiner Augmented Operation concept. The company has offices in Belgium, Portugal, Singapore and the US, a permanent presence in Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, and the UK, and a vast network of local partners around the world. Founded in 1985, Skyline has decades of industry-specific NMS and OSS expertise. The company remains a 100% independent NMS/OSS software publisher even today, with over 300 employees and over 6000 systems deployed in more than 125 countries. Not only Skyline's DataMiner platform has received various prestigious awards, but the company itself has also been awarded multiple times for innovation, growth and excellence.

Dalet solutions and services enable media organizations to create, manage and distribute content faster and more efficiently, fully maximizing the value of assets. Based on an agile foundation, Dalet offers rich collaborative tools empowering end-to-end workflows for news, sports, program preparation, post-production, archives and enterprise content management, radio, education, governments and institutions. Dalet platforms are scalable and modular. They offer targeted applications with key capabilities to address critical functions of small to large media operations - such as planning, workflow orchestration, ingest, cataloging, editing, chat and notifications, transcoding, play out automation, multi-platform distribution and analytics. With the Ooyala Flex Media Platform, Dalet’s customers can deploy successful strategies to better address their audiences with agile multi-platform content distribution in a wide range of markets, such as sports for teams and leagues, brands and corporate organizations, as well as Media and Entertainment companies looking to scale up their digital offerings.

Xytech simplifies the complex operations of broadcasters, network operators and media facilities with the resource management software, MediaPulse, by integrating resource, order and asset management into a single solution. Accessed by a highly configurable web-based UI, MediaPulse can be hosted on premise or in the cloud using the Microsoft Azure platform with data centers convenient to your location. MediaPulse offers scalable solutions to meet your budget, optimizing the scheduling of valuable production resources, delivering a holistic view of feeds on your network and manages complex media-based workflows. Designed with integration in mind, MediaPulse can be easily connected to your existing eco-system. Headquartered in Los Angeles and with regional offices in New York, London, Germany and China, Xytech has successfully delivered innovative solutions to their media and broadcast customers for over 30 years and have provided over 500 software deployments in more than 20 countries around the world.

In this video, IABM CEO Peter White catches up with Seth Hallen, President of HPA to see how things have changed since they last spoke. We hear about the mission and purpose of HPA, their "The Lost Lederhosen" project showing how a short movie could be made employing remote workflows from acquisition through post.

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In this IABM TV interview, Raoul Cospen (Market Director, News, Dalet) explains how newsroom collaboration continues while staff have to remain at home.

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