Skytel, a Mongolian telecom company, has seen an increasing number of viewers on its Skymedia OTT service. As such, it’s selected Ateme’s video-delivery technology – complete with a Titan encoder, NEA Cloud DVR and CDN VIEWER-RECORDED VIDEOS
solutions, as well as an EDS system – to store user-recorded content. “Viewers in Mongolia increasingly demand to watch video on their terms,” says VP of Ateme’s APAC team, Gautier Vandomme. Via Ateme’s EDS solution, a video recorded
just once will be available to everyone on that server – ‘anywhere, at any time, on any screen.’ This helps not only to advance the viewer experience and simplify the system’s infrastructure, but also cut down environmental impact.
COMBINED CONTENT
WELL-VERSED VEHICLES
Unified Streaming has launched Unified Virtual Channel, an OTT solution combining VOD and live content into a single, traditional TV-like experience. Users need only upload their desired mixture of prerecorded and live content – Unified Virtual Channel does the rest, transforming it into a ready-to-stream format. By using Unified Virtual Channel, production companies can accelerate the channel-creation process, diversify and curate content offerings, target ads and – most significantly – stay relevant by adopting a hybrid model. Unified Virtual Channel also uses less energy, with less time spent on encoding and decoding, while video quality goes uncompromised.
PER-MINUTE PRICING
Gcore has launched a simplified price plan for its streaming platform, starting at $0.001 per minute. Businesses across a range of industries – education, entertainment, e-sports and more – have trusted Gcore to stream content to end consumers. Working with global clients means dealing with high traffic volumes, unstable internet connections and other technical difficulties. Gcore manages these concerns by offering low-latency streaming and adaptive bit rates, with its infrastructure simultaneously supporting up to 100 million viewers. Whether for live streams, group calls, video hosting or machine learning, Gcore promises high performance. It offers a 14-day free trial, plus a pricing calculator and personalised customer service to prospective clients.
Broadcast Solutions is providing new production vehicles to SRG (Swiss Radio and Television Company) as part of a fleet renewal project for several Swiss broadcasters. Broadcast Solutions came up with new UHD-capable units called PaaM (Production as a Module) to advance operations. Each vehicle includes a truck box-body, weighing 25 tonnes and measuring 11 metres long. Inside, there are eight to ten Sony HDC- 5500 cameras and 12 workstations, which can be extended and rotated as needed, depending on the purpose of use. The vehicles are climate controlled for optimum air purification, and all light sources are adjustable in brightness and colour. In terms of tech, PaaM includes Riedel’s MediorNet MicroN UHD router system, with 16 units distributing AV signals and acting as an intercom. The vehicles also include two EVS XT-VIA servers and Broadcast Solutions’ own HI (human interface) control system. Impressively, the vehicles are the first in Europe to support Dolby Atmos audio, enabled by acoustic isolation and noise suppression. Two of an eventual three PaaM vehicles are already being used for news, sports and other events.
ONE STEP AHEAD
AJA has helped businesses across the world simplify workflows and stay ahead. Focal Point Productions, based in Baltimore, provides live, often large-scale event services. Its projects typically require several cameras, monitors, projectors and so on – in other words, extensive SDI cable runs. To significantly reduce set-up time and provide more flexible equipment placement, Focal Point uses AJA FiDO and Hi5-Fiber converters. Singaporean company VStream Media provides similar services, with attention given to virtual events. It uses the AJA Ki Pro Go multichannel H.264 recorder to send SDI feeds, which are then converted
and uploaded to the cloud. VStream integrates other AJA products and solutions, including the Kona 4 I/O card, the U-Tap SDI and HDMI capture devices and the Fido-2T-12G fibre transmitter. “We need all equipment to perform well,” says VStream co-founder Adarsh Mohan, “and AJA products provide that.”
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