AKAMAI ADVANCEMENTS Akamai has introduced new developer APIs that aim to increase operational efficiency for organisations that need to manage numerous live or linear streams, often simultaneously. These APIs have been designed in order to simplify the process of provisioning Akamai’s Media Services Live and Adaptive Media Delivery. Media Services Live now includes a live clipping feature, which simplifies the creation and archiving of highlights. Another new feature called Instant TV enables streaming providers to define the beginning of a live programme and allows viewers to utilise the Restart TV functionality in the event they want to start an in-progress programme from a start time of their choice. In the past, Akamai has supported initiatives such as low-latency DASH that reduces end-to-end latency so customers can deliver streaming experiences that are in sync with traditional broadcast. As part of its updates, Akamai has announced the support for low-latency HLS (LL-HLS). In addition, Akamai has built out capacity across the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, which now includes more than 300,000 servers in 4,000 locations and nearly 1,500 networks around the globe. akamai.com AKAMAI
EFFICIENT INGEST Playbox Neo has added a major development to its product line with the announcement of Capture Suite, an ingest solution that is designed to increase the efficiency of television networks, post-production facilities and playout centres. Capture Suite has a client-server architecture that can be scaled up and accommodate an unlimited number of channels. “Broadcasters have to deal with receiving content from multiple live sources on a daily basis. Capture Suite elevates ingest to an entirely new level. It is a multichannel multiserver live ingest solution supporting a wide range of codecs and containers. The ingest operator controls all available ingest servers from a single user interface, ensuring very high efficiency,” commented the Playbox Neo CTO, Stanislav Petkov. Capture Suite allows users to handle the entire ingest process from a standard web browser. All necessary operations needed to control multiple ingest channels and multiple servers can be performed quickly. playboxneo.com PLAYBOX NEO
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IN ITS PRIME The latest iteration of ChyronHego’s graphic solution, Prime 3.7, has been released. ChyronHego’s Prime is in use throughout the world and is resolution and format agnostic, capable of outputting high pixel density. The platform is flexible, supporting multiple use cases: Prime CG, Prime Clips, Prime Video Walls, Prime Touchscreen, Prime AR and Prime Branding.
Prime also integrates easily with any major NRCS, switcher/ vision mixer or automation control system. Now operators can save .psk and .dsk files to keep, recall or transfer their preferred shortcut key settings for playout and design. They can also save graphics as .tiff, .png, or .jpg for reference or use off the system. Prime 3.7 users also benefit from new file zipping and file management functionality. Operators can also easily tab to different areas
of the user interface. Configurable highlights allow them to see at a glance the active area of the UI. “With this release of Prime, the global community of operators who are familiar with ChyronHego’s Lyric CG will find that they can now drive Prime with the same special keys and keyboard shortcuts that are already ingrained in their muscle memory,” stated Louis Garvin, vice- president of product and engineering at ChyronHego.
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