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InMedia

Xstream Launches
Cloud MediaMaker
Loading Dock
X

stream
has
launched
its
MediaMaker Loading Dock service,
powered by Xstream MediaMaker,
an award winning cloud based video
management platform.
The MediaMaker Loading Dock
solution
enables
telcos,
cable
operators, networks and broadcasters
to reduce time spent on the content
supply chain, thereby decreasing time
to market and allowing them to scale
their offerings both faster and wider.
Offering consumers the right content
across multiple devices is essential for
success and one of the biggest hurdles
operators experience today when
launching an OTT or TV Everywhere
service.
Managing the complexity of the
OTT supply chain is challenging,

with a growing amount of content,
fragmented supply chain deliveries
and continuously varying distributor
requirements. Therefore, content
operations can often become a
problem area resulting in increased
costs, quality issues and time delays.
MediaMaker Loading Dock is a
cutting-edge content supply chain
management tool designed to solve all
the complex challenges in the content
supply chain.
These include: continuously varying
distributor requirements; support for
large amounts of content; fragmented
supply chain vendor deliveries;
ensuring quality of assets (video and
metadata); bridging the gap between
legacy STB/IPTV and OTT / TVE;
screening and rating of assets for

parental control; and reducing the cost
and time spent managing assets and
ingest.
Lightbox CTO Mike McMahon said:
"Xstream MediaMaker connects all the
dots in the OTT ecosystem, from preingest to playout.
"The integrated MediaMaker Loading
Dock module enabled us to automate
and streamline our content supply
chain. The level of orchestration of
the workﬂow and automation of it,
including depth of integration into
suppliers is unique to the industry, in
particular for OTT."
Importantly, MediaMaker Loading
Dock solution is pre integrated with
Xstream MediaMaker, but applies
equally well with other deployments
and video management systems.
Xstream CTO Peter Holmelin said:
"We pride ourselves on being at the
forefront of the evolution of OTT
and TV Everywhere technologies,

delivering ﬂexible and scalable
technology designed to streamline,
automate and empower our customers
to deliver their premium content,
personalised to their consumers,
wherever and whenever consumers
want it.
"MediaMaker Loading Dock is
designed to meet all the fragmented
and complex challenges in the content
supply chain operators face when
launching an OTT/ TVE service.
"MediaMaker Loading Dock is
remarkable and will enable telcos,
cable operators and broadcasters to
increase their speed to market while
at the same time reducing cost and
expanding consumer reach on multiple
devices."
Xstream works with a wide range of
customers like Fuhu (nabitablets.com),
Pathé, Canal Digital, SBS Belgium, SBS
Discovery, Telenor, Altibox and Spark
New Zealand with Lightbox.
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