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Amarin TV Upgrades LiveU
Fleet For Thai Election
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hai broadcaster Amarin TV
TV station Amarin TV selected
reinforced its live coverage
LiveU's HEVC units for its
capabilities ahead of March's
election coverage and ongoing
general election with LiveU's
newsgathering expansion," said
LU600 and LU300 HEVC live
Yaal Eshel, VP Sales, LiveU.
video transmission solutions.
Amarin TV has been using
Multiple units were deployed
LiveU for two years, covering
around the country to follow
major news stories, such as
the campaign trail and cover
2018's Thai boys cave rescue
all aspects of election day
in the Chiang Rai Province.
Amarin TV uses Live U's LU600 and LU300 solutions Enhancing its fleet with LiveU's
itself. The deal was overseen
by LiveU's local partner in Thailand, the boys' rescue effort in the North, hardware-based HEVC technology
Smart Broadcast Solution.
for example, we could get to places takes the broadcaster's live coverage
Cheewapat Nathalang, CTO, Amarin around the cave which would have to the next level, ensuring the highest
TV, said: "LiveU has transformed the been impossible with a satellite truck."
video performance while using
way we cover news, enabling us to be
"Thailand is a key market in Asia for available bandwidth in the most
far more flexible and mobile. During us and we're delighted that leading efficient way.

Synamedia Partners with Astro
For Video Services

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ynamedia and Astro have partnered
to deliver a seamless premium
video experience to Astro subscribers
across all devices.
Synamedia's cloud-based Infinite
video platform enables Astro to
secure, distribute and monetise
premium video experiences across
all screens while deepening viewer
engagement. Infinite will deliver the
same high-quality viewing experience
on one-way and two-way connected
devices, while Astro customers will
continue to have access to all stored
and scheduled recordings on the new
platform.
Yves Padrines, CEO, Synamedia, said:

"We understand how important it is
for Astro to embrace the cloud
while protecting its existing
hybrid broadcast technology
investments and ensuring the
customer experience remains
second to none. Our experienced
systems integration team is doing just
that - delivering a smooth transition
path that will allow Astro to embrace
the myriad new opportunities that
Infinite offers."
The partnership has improved
the user experience (UX) across the
existing DVR and Astro Go video
streaming services. Astro customers
can enjoy the next-generation UI/UX

VITEC Partners With Digistor
In Australia & New Zealand
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ITEC has agreed a distribution
partnership with Digistor, which
will provide VITEC's full portfolio of
streaming solutions across Australia
and New Zealand.
Known for delivering product,
design, installation, and technical
support to companies that include
ABC, Disney, Foxtel, Warner Brothers,
and Endemol Shine, Digistor is the
respected provider of technology
solutions to the VFX, post-production,
broadcasting, and digital media
industries in the region.

"In this particular territory, more and
more organisations are demanding
reliable, high-quality, low-latency,
and bandwidth-efficient streaming
capabilities that are the hallmark of
VITEC's end-to-end video streaming
solutions," said Aurélie Albert,
Marketing
And
Communication
Manager, VITEC. "This partnership
not only brings our broadcast-quality
solutions to customers in the region
but also provides them with Digistor's
extensive knowledge and technical
expertise that are an invaluable part of

The user
experience
has been improved

which includes a uniform look-and-feel
across multi-devices, enhanced search,
enriched metadata, and instantaneous
playback using Synamedia's adaptive
bitrate streaming.
Customers can upgrade to new
hybrid DTH and IP enabled 4K UHD
set-top boxes with the new UX and
cloud-based recording features.

achieving the best workflow to deliver
a superior video experience."
As a local verified partner, Digistor
will expand VITEC's growing presence
in the APAC market.
Digistor works with a select group
of leading vendors to help bring
integrated solutions to its customers,
carefully selecting and ensuring
that the company has the expertise
to specify, deliver, and support the
products. In addition, the company
ensures
technical
performance,
pricing, policies, resources, and
commitment to superior performance
of every product.

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 5 | May 2019

MediaKind
Expands
Alliance
With Inspur
Digital Media
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ediaKind has expanded its longterm alliance with Inspur Digital
Media to help current TV Service
providers shift towards cloud-based
delivery.
By harnessing Inspur Digital Media's
cloud-based virtualised servers and
software running on Inspur Digital
Media Openstack cloud, MediaKind will
provide an end-to-end solution to TV
service providers in APAC.
Sven Bolthausen, Senior Vice
President, Head of APAC, MediaKind,
said: "By deepening our long-term
alliance with Inspur Digital Media,
we are bringing solutions to our
customers in APAC and empowering
them to choose a TV platform that
delivers the highest quality media
experience to their consumers.
We are continuously evolving our
industry leading ecosystem partners
and developing solution elements
that ultimately enhance the value
proposition for TV service providers
and deliver immersive consumer
experiences."
"MediaKind is a long-established and
trusted partner of Inspur. MediaKind's
global scale and expertise, and awardwinning MediaKind Universe is a
great fit for our extensive portfolio,
capabilities, and local know-how,"
added Cui Wei, Head of Digital Media
Business Unit at Inspur.
The expanded collaboration between
MediaKind and Inspur Digital Media
will enable current Mediaroom
customers to leverage their existing
hardware
and
infrastructure
investments by migrating to the nextgeneration, cloud-agnostic MediaFirst
TV Platform, part of MediaKind's Orion
family.
Sven Bolthausen,
Senior VP,
Head of APAC
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