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  • Tedial launches SMARTLIVE MULTI SPORT Configurations at IBC 2019

    Tedial launches SMARTLIVE MULTI SPORT Configurations at IBC 2019

    MUMBAI: Tedial, the leading independent MAM technology solutions specialist, is launching SMARTLIVE MULTI SPORT configurations at IBC 2019 on stand 8.B44. This sophisticated addition to Tedial’s cutting-edge, award-winning sports and live events solution allows users to generate automatic highlights or auto-clipping for ANY SPORT quickly and easily.

    At IBC, visitors will see a dramatic increase in the number of highlights that can be produced in a multi-sports environment with SMARTLIVE.  This is a key addition to the list of the solution’s fast-growing capabilities. Totally agnostic to all data feeds, Tedial’s metadata engine makes it simple to add new SPORT configurations to the system as and when required.

    In addition, SMARTLIVE and Tedial’s Evolution MAM now includes a new module that allows all types of content to be published to any social network in just one click.  Enabled by the system’s capability to create social media campaigns directly inside the MAM, publishing to social platforms has become really easy, quick and efficient.  This will be demonstrated on the stand throughout the show.

    Tedial will also demonstrate its technology partnership with Speechmatics. By integrating Speechmatics’ industry-leading Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) technology with SMARTLIVE, operators can seamlessly search for comments made by the commentators during a sporting match or live event. 

    Providing operators with faster access to content, Tedial is showcasing its new SMARTLIVE bundled solution that can easily be deployed on top of the customer’s existing production environment.  This is key as it provides sports broadcasters with a highly efficient solution that can be up and running very quickly. As well as these new features, Tedial will highlight the financial and operational benefits of operating SMARTLIVE both on premises and in the cloud.

    Esther Mesas, CSO/CMO, Tedial says, “We are delighted to announce the new SMARTLIVE MULTI SPORT feature that will continue to assist media companies with further enhancing their story-telling capabilities. As sports rights become ever more expensive and fans expect more insight and more analysis, SMARTLIVE is the most comprehensive, most productive way to create additional content to satisfy consumers and increase revenue opportunities.”

    Built on open standards,  SMARTLIVE is agnostic to the equipment around it. It can be added to any production infrastructure. Its virtualized software architecture can be implemented on premises, in the cloud, or as a hybrid. As well as generating its own metadata it connects to existing archive asset management systems, using examples from the past as a way to illustrate today’s news.

  • IBC 2019: Synamedia to show how it helps direct-to-consumer providers win top billing for live and VOD streaming services

    IBC 2019: Synamedia to show how it helps direct-to-consumer providers win top billing for live and VOD streaming services

    MUMBAI: At IBC 2019 Synamedia will shine a spotlight on how its offerings help media companies and sports rights holders deliver a new generation of direct-to-consumer (D2C) services centred increasingly around live assets.

    Synamedia’s video network technologies, security offerings, and Infinite cloud-based platform are designed to help customers cut through the three major obstacles to delivering premium D2C services: streaming broadcast-quality live programs cost-effectively and at scale; the scourge of streaming piracy; and the desire to build a sustainable, profitable business faster. With live streaming, every second counts. Synamedia’s video network technologies deliver close to broadcast-equivalent latency and quality for live streaming. With its glass-to-glass portfolio, Synamedia is continually refining its technologies to reduce latencies at every stage of the workflow – and meet the industry goal of synchronized latency across broadcast and streamed content.

    Synamedia also supports D2C operators’ efforts to control streaming costs. The firm’s Smart Rate Control encoding algorithms minimize bandwidth requirements, while its private CDN platform gives customers the option of reducing, or removing entirely, their dependency on more expensive third-party public CDNs.  Synamedia also offers on-premise, public cloud and hybrid deployments to realize the benefits of cloud elasticity while being able to adapt to specific deployment, operational and cost constraints.

    Also integral to Synamedia’s D2C offering are market-leading security solutions and services that preserve the value of premium content rights and prevent revenue decimation. These include: the Streaming Piracy Disruption managed service; the world-leading Operational Security (OpSec) service; and Credentials Sharing Insight.

    Synamedia’s Infinite platform, which already underpins direct-to-consumer OTT services from major pay-TV customers, provides a frictionless path for D2C providers upgrading first-generation solutions, as well as supporting new market entrants. It allows customers to quickly launch, scale and monetize D2C services cost-effectively across borders, accelerating the time to profitability. Infinite supports advanced cloud-based content aggregation and search and recommendations for a highly personalized user experience. It also allows service providers to operate multiple franchise and brands, making it easy to give each service its own distinct look and feel while benefiting from the economies of scale and operational efficiencies of a single platform.

    “The D2C streaming market is in a massive state of flux. Big names are entering the fray, intensifying competition for eyeballs. And premium live streaming services are growing in importance, inevitably attracting the attention of pirates set on stealing these assets. There is also financial pressure to nurture profitable streaming business models that have longevity. At IBC we will showcase how we can help customers build a profitable streaming business that scales effortlessly across borders and devices – and will outlast the competition,” said Jean-Marc Racine, chief product officer, Synamedia.

    Synamedia is one of the anchor exhibitors in the Content Everywhere hall (hall 14, stand C.41).

  • IBC 2019: Synamedia unveils new solutions and services to combat piracy

    IBC 2019: Synamedia unveils new solutions and services to combat piracy

    MUMBAI: At IBC 2019, Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, will unveil enhancements to its security portfolio that help combat the evolving threat from hyper-distributed piracy in the age of infinite entertainment.

    Synamedia’s Streaming Piracy Disruption managed service features a single workflow across both broadcast and IP streaming for easy and comprehensive security management on any distribution and delivery network. Also new is the ability to disrupt leaks immediately without waiting for third-party takedown.  Synamedia also offers an effective way for its Infinite customers to convert viewers of pirated content to legitimate subscribers by replacing basic takedown warnings with notices that encourage viewers to sign up, resulting in new revenue streams.

    “Often, consumers are unaware of what constitutes an infringement, and will see their video provider in a much more positive light if offered the carrot of a legal alternative, rather than a stick in the form of a shutdown,” said Steve Hawley, Managing Director of Piracy Monitor.

    Another highlight from Synamedia will be Intelligent Piracy Monitor for Streaming Piracy Disruption customers. Unlike other analytics services that only use standard web site crawling techniques, Synamedia offers deeper intelligence about piracy from its world-class Operational Security (OpSec team). This gives customers a detailed analysis of the nature and scale of the problem and the impact of anti-piracy initiatives.

    Also new from Synamedia’s OpSec team is an anti-piracy service for any content owner wishing to deepen its understanding of pirates’ activities. This new service leverages significant investment in Synamedia’s forensics lab with a focus on reverse engineering, as well as an expanded team that comprises psychology and criminology experts working alongside engineers, intelligence analysts, cyber- and  field-investigators.

    Synamedia is also unveiling enhancements to its award-winning Credentials Sharing Insight, which helps combat both casual and for-profit credentials sharing and turn casual account sharing into incremental revenues. New security responses for compromised accounts are tailored differently for the account owner and the accounts sharers.

    At IBC, Synamedia will also highlight its platform-agnostic approach by showcasing deployments on RDK, Android TV and Synamedia Evo. Synamedia has pre-integrated its security software into set-top boxes from Android TV ecosystem partners including Sagemcom and Arris, helping customers accelerate their time to market. Synamedia’s security software is also deployed on Vodafone Deutschland’s GigaTV service running on RDK devices, and on its Evo platform at a large number of customers worldwide.

    “Our holistic view of the ever changing piracy threat ensures our products and every customer deployment has security hard wired into it, benefitting from our technology leadership and insight gleaned by our top notch OpSec team” said Jean-Marc Racine, chief product officer, Synamedia. “The next chapter in our battle with piracy is to double down on our efforts to ensure the entire video ecosystem works together to reduce consumer confidence in pirated services so demand falls away fast.”

    Synamedia’s VP Intelligence and Security Operations, Avigail Gutman, will be speaking on the topic of ‘Protecting Content Distribution’ at the IBC Cyber Security Forum on Thursday, 12th September at 15:00.

    Orly Amsalem, Senior Product Manager, Security, Synamedia will be on an IBC Content Everywhere hub panel ‘Securing content to protect revenues and the eco-system’ on Tuesday, 17th September at 11:00.

  • Planetcast to launch it’s new and improved cloud platform (cloud.x turbo) for sports & live events at IBC 2019

    Planetcast to launch it’s new and improved cloud platform (cloud.x turbo) for sports & live events at IBC 2019

    MUMBAI: Planetcast media services limited, a global leader in Digital Media technologies announced the launch of its brand new cloud platform CLOUD.X TURBO, which simplifies the roll out of a TV channel in just 48 hours. The Planetcast design team has consolidated the experience of more than two decades of digital media origination in its latest version CLOUD.X TURBO. Planetcast will hold an exclusive preview of CLOUD.X TURBO at its booth number 1.F65 in hall 1 at IBC 2019 along with a live demo for the visitors at the show.

    CLOUD.X TURBO offers complete visibility of the entire digital media origination process to all the stakeholders in the digital media value chain.  CLOUD.X TURBO has developed an intuitive common template that enables users to control storage, media, playlists, graphics, playout and even the cloud delivery. Planetcast has outshone the capabilities as true cloud solutions for complex workflow for digital and legacy media technologies.  It provides a complete eco-system for Digital Media direct to the customers.  The highly sophisticated software product CLOUD.X TURBO is the first on the planet to support live sports TV channels and various other formats for other mobile and device application.

    Commenting on the development Sanjay Duda, Chief Operating Officer, Planetcast said “Our Cloud platform has been designed to help Digital Media transition to cloud with ease.  CLOUD.X TURBO empowers Digital Media and broadcasters to expand into new markets and makes the best use of the cloud technology”.

    Planetcast provide Infrastructure as Services, Platform as Services (cloud playout, cloud OTT, Cloud Recaster) for distribution and service delivery platform specifically designed for Digital Media.  Planetcast provide media transits in various formats SDI/ASI, IP, Satellite etc.

  • IBC 2019: Synamedia to highlight how operators can win in the age of Infinite Entertainment

    IBC 2019: Synamedia to highlight how operators can win in the age of Infinite Entertainment

    MUMBAI: At IBC 2019,  Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, will highlight how broadcasters and operators can use its solutions and services to benefit from the infinite opportunities arising from the fast-changing video market.

    As one of the anchor exhibitors in the Content Everywhere hall (hall 14, stand C.41) which focuses on industry transformation, Synamedia will unveil a broadened portfolio with a flurry of new and enhanced solutions and services across video networks (formerly video processing), platforms and security. Under the banner of Infinite Entertainment, these announcements underline Synamedia’s unique role in helping customers transform, secure and monetize their services.

    Synamedia is revamping its video network portfolio and announcing a new range of carrier-class Content Delivery Engines for its CDN that offer customers unrivalled streaming scalability, speeds and reliability – essential for the delivery of personalized entertainment. To help traditional cable/satellite operators transition and scale smoothly to OTT content delivery, Synamedia is also launching five compute node variants that come pre-installed with updated applications for its world-class Digital Content Manager (DCM).

    Another addition to the video network line-up is Synamedia DCM/Virtual DCM support for Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) with Remote PHY, an important building block for cable operators as they modernize their hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) networks and evolve to IP by virtualizing and decentralizing  headend and network functions.

    Building on its hybrid broadcast/OTT heritage with traditional pay-TV providers, Synamedia will showcase Infinite as the video platform of choice for D2C providers looking for a next-generation platform that excels at live streaming, helps to create stickiness and drive revenues with real-time analytics that power actionable insights.

    Another way to drive revenues using Infinite is with Synamedia Targeted Advertising. Visitors to the stand can explore how to maximize audience value across all services and delivery platforms with an integrated advertising capability.

    Synamedia will also flex its market innovation credentials with a unique hybrid common/unique copy solution for its world-class Cloud DVR, building on its market-leading private unique copy.

    Turning to security, Synamedia will showcase the fruits of its R&D investments in anti-piracy services and solutions and will use the show to call on the entire technology value chain to work together with rights holders and content owners to raise the bar in detecting and disrupting piracy.

    The firm will announce updates to its Streaming Piracy Disruption managed service for broadcast and streaming, as well as enhancements to its world-leading Operational Security service. There will also be new functionality added to the award-winning Credentials Sharing Insight, which helps streaming providers combat for-profit illegal password sharing and also drive incremental revenues from casual account sharing.

    “The industry is undergoing a period of profound and rapid change as the move to IP accelerates, opening up infinite opportunities for traditional and new pay-TV providers to change the way we consume content. At IBC we will be showcasing numerous innovations that support customers wherever they are on their IP journey. We can help them deliver and monetize highly immersive IP viewing experiences cost-effectively and securely – and stay one step ahead of their competitors,” said Jean-Marc Racine, chief product officer, Synamedia.