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  • Actus Digital powers up AI media monitoring with LiveU boost at IBC2025

    Actus Digital powers up AI media monitoring with LiveU boost at IBC2025

    MUMBAI: Actus Digital, now a LiveU company, will showcase groundbreaking advances in intelligent media monitoring at IBC2025, demonstrating how strategic investment and resources from LiveU are driving unprecedented innovation in its broadcast compliance and monitoring solutions.

    Intelligent Distributed Monitoring Architecture 

    Actus customers can experience the future of multi-site operations with Actus X’s new distributed monitoring capabilities. By providing the ability to manage multiple regional facilities from a centralized control center, while ensuring each location receives only relevant alerts and customized views, the enhanced solution enables information overload to be reduced, and operational efficiency maximized.

    Smart-Monitoring-as-a-Service (SMaaS) 

    In its new fully hosted deployment option, Actus X is delivered as a secure, cloud-based service, eliminating infrastructure headaches entirely. Customers can simply log in via any browser to access complete monitoring, recording, and analysis capabilities.  With no on-premises hardware required or IT overhead, it is easier than ever for incremental value to be created.

    AI-Powered Content Monitoring

    Actus Digital continues its leadership in AI-enhanced intelligent monitoring tools that transform compliance from a regulatory burden into a business accelerator:

    . AI-Powered Insights – Uses transcription, translation, keyword alerts, summarization, and facial recognition to support news monitoring, editorial and marketing.

    .  Schedule vs. Broadcast Comparison – Identifies mismatches such as incorrect ad placements that result in lost revenue.  

    .  Automated Content Repurposing – Generates clips for VOD or web with automatic ad removal, speeding delivery to viewers and reducing post-production work. 

    Smart Alert Management and Remote Multiviewer 

    The Actus X platform delivers alert systems that work with customers’ workflow, not against it. Each user can design their own multiviewer layout and manage just the channels they need whether on-site or remotely making large-scale, multi-location monitoring simple and efficient.

    Users can also stay in control from anywhere with the browser-based multiviewer their content, their way, anytime. Live broadcast, online, and OTT streams can be monitored side by side, all on one screen. Archived footage can be instantly reviewed for rapid issue resolution, and unlimited drag-and-drop layouts created, tailored to the specific location and workflow.  

    Actus Digital president and founder Sima Levy said “With access to LiveU’s resources, we’ve been able to accelerate our ambitions to enhance the value creation, flexibility and scalability aspects of our platform. Our new multiviewer and distributed monitoring capabilities, combined with the option to run fully as a service, are great examples of how we are helping our customers deliver more value from video. No matter where they are, they’ll never miss a moment!”

    Visit Actus Digital at IBC2025 in Amsterdam, Hall 7, Stand 7.C19 (LiveU stand), September 12-15 to experience the Actus platform. Schedule demonstrations at https://ActusDigital.com/Events/Tradeshows/ or request online demonstrations.

    For comprehensive platform information, visit http://ActusDigital.com.

     

  • LiveU Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire the Business and Technology of Actus Digital, Enhancing Video Monitoring and Analytics, and Deepening AI Capabilities

    LiveU Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire the Business and Technology of Actus Digital, Enhancing Video Monitoring and Analytics, and Deepening AI Capabilities

    Hackensack, NJ:  LiveU, the global leader in live IP-video contribution, production and distribution solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Actus Digital’s business and technology, significantly enhancing its recording, monitoring and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities and accelerating its mission to help customers improve operational effectiveness and create more value from video.

    Actus Digital, renowned for its intelligent monitoring and compliance platforms, used by premier broadcasters and media agencies worldwide, brings powerful content analysis, Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring solutions, and advanced AI enabled tools that will complement the LiveU EcoSystem, delivering workflow simplicity and operational efficiency. The LiveU EcoSystem is a set of innovative IP-video solutions, that add efficiency and shorten workflows across the entire video production chain, including multi-cam 5G contribution encoders and cloud-based ingest, production and IP-video distribution solutions, making the two solution portfolios highly synergistic.

    “We are delighted to be welcomingActus Digital to LiveU,” said Samuel Wasserman, CEO and Co-founder of LiveU. “Their exceptional, market-leading monitoring platform and AI expertise, combined with our shared commitment to reliability, quality, and customer service will significantly strengthen our entire offering in line with our overall strategy.”

    “The LiveU EcoSystem is IP-Positive, meaning it accepts all the major video protocols for maximum interoperability and ease of use for our customers. With Actus Digital, we can now give our customers the valuable ability to monitor and gain insights from all these different feeds in a single solution, so that they can always be sure of their LiveU experience,” he continued.

    Sima Levy, President and Founder of Actus Digital, added: “Joining LiveU provides our customers with easy access to a comprehensive, high-reliability IP-video EcoSystem, backed by world-class support. Combining the LiveU EcoSystem with the Actus Intelligent Monitoring Platform delivers powerful new capabilities to our customers across radio, TV, OTT and the internet. In fact, more and more of our customers have asked for integration with LiveU and we’re excited to be able to combine our resources and expertise to serve them better.”

    This latest strategic acquisition by LiveU adds a peerless intelligent monitoring and compliance logging platform with advanced AI tools to the LiveU product portfolio, enhancing the ability of content creators and storytellers everywhere to generate more value from their video.

    About LiveU

    LiveU offers a set of high-quality IP-video solutions for any live production – the LiveU EcoSystem. Built on its open, adaptable platform, the LiveU EcoSystem adds efficiency and shortens workflows across the entire video production chain, from contribution and production to distribution. Through innovative story-centric workflows, we help customers share their stories with a global audience in the most dynamic and engaging way. At the core of our EcoSystem lies LRT™ (LiveU Reliable Transport), LiveU’s pioneering protocol for IP bonding and wireless connectivity, ensuring rock-solid resiliency and low latency from any location. Our rich portfolio ranges from our portable multi-cam/compact 5G encoders for live transmission to next-gen cloud ingest, digital production and global distribution solutions. Customers can go live from anywhere with our advanced, network-agnostic connectivity solutions – combining cellular (including private 5G), fiber and satellite. With over 5,000 customers in 150 countries and world-class customer support, LiveU’s technology is the solution of choice for global broadcasters, sports, public safety and other organizations. LiveU is a multi-award winner, including Frost & Sullivan for global product leadership and Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. LiveU is an Anglo-American company, headquartered in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. For more information, please visit www.liveu.tv, or follow us on X, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn or Instagram.

    About Actus Digital

    Since 2005, Actus Digital has set the standard for intelligent media monitoring and compliance logging, trusted by broadcasters, media regulators, public sector organizations, and governments worldwide. With over 1,300 installations, Actus delivers a next-generation browser-based platform, built on its industry-leading QA Compliance Logger and enhanced with advanced solutions like Actus MV (interactive multiviewer), Actus AI Media Insight (AI-powered content analysis), Clip Factory Pro (content repurposing), OTT StreamWatch (OTT/FAST monitoring), and Actus RVM (remote post-STB monitoring). Each product can stand alone or be fully integrated into one unified, powerful platform — maximizing innovation, flexibility, and operational efficiency.
    Actus supports all broadcast video and streaming protocols, including ATSC 3.0, SMPTE 2110, and is available as a turnkey appliance, software/VM-based system, or SaaS. With global offices and 24/7 support, Actus Digital is committed to innovation, service excellence, and customer satisfaction.
    For more details, please visit actusdigital.com.

  • Actus Digital announces new platform to optimise OTA & OTT monitoring solution

    Actus Digital announces new platform to optimise OTA & OTT monitoring solution

    Mumbai: Actus Digital, a QA monitoring and compliance logging solutions provider, has announced a new version of its intelligent media monitoring platform. It will be demonstrated during online events, including NAB Amplify, the virtual event held in place of the 2021 NAB Show, the comapny said.

    Actus Digital offers a solution with its new ‘Actus OTT Synchro’ which simplifies OTT monitoring with organised multi-rendition visibility and ‘Actus OTT Synchro’ that efficiently organises many ABR renditions, providing immediate notification of quality issues as well as multi-viewer identification of those affected renditions.

    “Media and entertainment companies lose revenue when quality issues disrupt a viewer’s OTT experience, which makes maintaining quality across all devices paramount,” said Actus Digital senior VP Ken Rubin. “For more than 16 years we have consistently enhanced our platform, but this year’s new features introduce unique benefits that place Actus Digital in a class of its own.”

    The platform offers simplified but sophisticated tools for multi-viewer monitoring and quality assurance of multi-rendition OTT streams and over-the-air linear content at multi-probe points in the video delivery chain. “An extremely low cost of entry for the ultra-reliable core quality assurance monitoring and compliance logging features makes Actus Digital the M&E market value leader for engineering, while advanced options offer extended benefits for news, sales, and many other use cases,” the company said in a statement.

    At NAB Amplify, Actus Digital will showcase enhancements and expanded workflows for its platform, which includes content repurposing, content matching, light MAM workflows, AI integration.

  • Actus Digital to demonstrate all-in-one media platform at 2020 NAB Show

    Actus Digital to demonstrate all-in-one media platform at 2020 NAB Show

    At the 2020 NAB Show, Actus Digital will demonstrate how its mandatory compliance solution is part of a much larger media intelligence platform, providing cross-organizational benefits to the operations, marketing and research, and new media departments of broadcasters and media companies. The platform includes solutions for compliance, quality-of-service assurance, technical monitoring, content repurposing, rating and competitive analysis tools, advanced AI options, and more.

    "We have enhanced the Actus Digital intelligent media platform to include more functionality, additional AI options, and extended automation related to compliance, clips creation, and export capabilities for social media, with intelligent content monitoring and analysis," said Raphael Renous, CTO at Actus Digital. "Having all of these capabilities on one integrated platform gives customers the freedom to choose what makes the most sense for their business today and easily add features in the future. At the 2020 NAB Show, we will showcase how media companies can use the new platform to improve their daily workflow and reduce costs."

    A Compliance Platform That Goes Beyond Standard Requirements

    Media companies today need a solution that pushes the boundaries of compliance well beyond supporting simple tasks, such as logging, monitoring, and regulation. They require a solution that can also handle complex compliance tasks, with advanced AI options. They want a compliance solution to provide quality assurance tools, video analysis reports, advanced clip creation, OTT monitoring, and multiviewer capabilities, all from a single platform. Moreover, since the industry is changing rapidly, the industry needs flexible solutions that support a range of deployment models.

    At the 2020 NAB Show, Actus Digital will demonstrate the expansive functionalities of its media monitoring platform, which offers an intelligent approach to monitoring and support for multiple deployment environments, including on-premises, virtualization, the cloud, and hybrid combinations.    

    New Products and Improvements Include:

    • A new TS analysis solution for in-depth evaluation of transport streams, with the ability to detect ETR 101 290 priority 1, 2, 3 errors; track MPEG sections and tables (i.e., PAT, PMT, NIT, SDT); and display TS statistics in real time. The solution provides an overall view of TS health for enterprise applications via a web-based user interface, enabling global access and multiviewer display of critical errors.

     • Enhanced SCTE support, with the ability to compare multichannel SCTE messages and display live or archived SCTE messages, smart filtering for better monitoring, SCTE alerts, and the power to extract SCTE-35 and SCTE-104 for presentation on interactive graphical timelines.

    Hands-On Demo at the 2020 NAB Show

    At the 2020 NAB Show, visitors will have an opportunity to book a one-to-one meeting with Actus Digital experts. During a demo at the stand, visitors can see the efficiency of Actus Digital's platform, how it's being used in the real world by customers, and improvements on the horizon for media monitoring in the future.

  • Actus Digital appoints Jay Gedanken as vice president of business development

    Actus Digital appoints Jay Gedanken as vice president of business development

    MUMBAI: Actus Digital, a leading provider of compliance and intelligent media monitoring solutions, has appointed Jay Gedanken as vice president of business development in the US. With over 35 years' experience in broadcast technology sales, technical support, marketing, and project management, Gedanken will play a critical role in increasing Actus Digital's footprint in the United States market, developing new sales channels, and driving revenue growth.

    "Business development opportunities are booming in the US, with Actus Digital poised to fill the void left by former U.S. industry leader Volicon and its end-of-life products while also meeting the growing customer demand for compliance solutions featuring content repurposing and AI," said Actus Digital  CEO Sima Levy. "We continue to increase the scale of our U.S. office as a result of growing sales and activities, and hiring Jay will keep us on track. Leveraging his experience in broadcast sales, Actus Digital will continue to build on its 15-plus years of providing superior compliance and media monitoring solutions that solve many of the critical problems facing broadcasters today in one platform."

    Prior to joining Actus Digital, Gedanken held a variety of leadership roles in the industry, including former vice president at Scopus Video Networks and founder of the company's North American operation. His vast array of experience includes sales and management positions at Visionetics, Optibase, Adtec, and Sencore. Over the years, Gedanken has developed a deep understanding of broadcast workflows and expertise in providing simple and complex solutions for all levels of broadcasters, from single local affiliates to national networks.

    "I am excited to join Actus Digital's growing enterprise of respected industry professionals and add to their vast knowledge and experience in broadcast solutions," said Gedanken. "From day one, I have been impressed with the ease of use and the feature-rich media solutions that Actus Digital provides. Their intelligent media platforms go beyond simple compliance and monitoring, offering innovation in a variety of technologies, including content repurposing and AI."

  • Actus Digital Drives Media Monitoring Efficiency With New Artificial Intelligence Capabilities

    Actus Digital Drives Media Monitoring Efficiency With New Artificial Intelligence Capabilities

    BOSTON: Actus Digital, a leading provider of compliance and media monitoring solutions, today announced that its world-renowned media monitoring system has been enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that dramatically speed up workflows. Using Actus Digital's intelligent, data-driven platform, media companies can automatically tag, organize, and categorize video recordings to enable rapid retrieval of relevant content and clips creation for social media outlets and the web.

    "In today's media environment, companies are dealing with a massive amount of content and data. How fast they can analyze data, find relevant content, and turn that content into engaging clips is a major differentiator," said Raphael Renous, CTO, Actus Digital. "AI is a game changer for media monitoring, as it opens up an entire new range of workflows and automation options. With our AI media monitoring platform, tagging and clips creation is an instantaneous process based on comprehensive content analysis, and we're excited to bring that unique value prop to our customers."

    Actus Digital's media monitoring platform, newly enhanced with AI, allows media companies to more intelligently monitor and search for content beyond the channel name, date/time, extracted metadata (i.e., as run/EPG, closed caption), and manually entered metadata. In addition, users can use the platform to search for spoken words (speech to text), text that appears in the videos, specific faces (facial recognition), logos and logo changes, and detect advertising. The AI capabilities are among ongoing improvements to the compliance solution, which offers detailed reports on loudness, SCTE, closed captions, automatic configuration options, OTT monitoring, and more.

    AI capabilities have also been added to Actus Digital's Clip Factory clips creation workflow for increased speed and efficiency. With these new options, media companies can decrease manual labor and gain an edge on the competition.

    The Actus Digital media monitoring platform delivers an intelligent approach to monitoring and support for multiple deployment environments, including on-premise, virtualization, cloud, and hybrid.

    Actus Digital will demonstrate the latest innovations for its media compliance and monitoring platforms at IBC2019, Sept. 13-17 in Amsterdam at stand 3.C69. For more information, visit www.actusdigital.com.