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MVTV Deploys PlayBox Neo Solutions
T
hai satellite platform operator
MVTV has
updated
to
latestgeneration
broadcast television
playout resources from PlayBox Neo.
Based at headquarters in Bangkok,
MVTV
playout
provides
services
turnkey
for a portfolio
broadcast
of
television channels and its own 24-hour
entertainment station. Transmitting
in HD, the MVTV channel offers its
viewers an eclectic mix of content
including news and
documentaries,
music, fashion, sport and coverage
of the theatrical arts. MVTV is also
establishing a new OTT service
called MV Hub. The company's latest
investment includes the Capture Suite
multi-channel live ingest plus TitleBox
Neo-20 graphics and text creation
running within an AirBox Neo-20
operating environment.
A core element of the PlayBox Neo
Channel-in-a-Box system, AirBox Neo20
is a fully scalable playout engine
which allows media files of various
types to be combined in one playlist,
including live inputs. It provides
multiple
SDI/IP
streaming
outputs
simultaneously in all commonly used
video standards at UHD, HD or SD
resolution. Content can be trimmed,
edited or repositioned at any time
before playout. Changes to the playlist
can also be made while on-air. Playlist
scheduling can be performed hours,
days or weeks in advance. Gaps and
overlaps are automatically resolved
to ensure continuous operation even
when conflicting timed events are
present.
Special facilities ensure
uninterrupted operation if content
files or even entire schedules are
missing or misplaced. Live production
is supported by the ability to insert or
trigger various events or live streams
into the schedule. AirBox Neo-20 can
be installed on-site under local control
or accessed entirely via the cloud.
Capture Suite allows television
station management staff to control,
via a single graphic interface, multiple
ingest channels spread across multiple
servers. Functions such as input
selection, ingest presets, file naming,
file assignment and auto-transfer can
be performed with a single click. It
integrates closely with the PlayBox
Neo Channel-in-a-Box or can be used
standalone to support the production
PlayBox Neo Playout control suite at MVTV Thailand
workflow at any media publishing
house, post-production facility or
playout service provider. External
control can be performed directly from
AirBox Neo-20 automation including
the ability to assign time zones to each
ingest instance for scheduled playout
across specific regions.
TitleBox Neo-20 is a fully interactive
4K UHD/HD/SD graphics, titling
and text display engine for use in
broadcasting, education, hospitality
and the wider business sector.
Designed to operate as a standalone
hardware or software module, or
as part of the PlayBox Neo system,
it provides the tools needed to
perform high-profile visual branding.
Administrator-controlled
templates
can be deployed to maintain a
consistent graphic theme.
Creative features include unlimited
layering of static and animated
images, still or moving text, plus a
wide range of
digital video effects,
under automated or live manual
control. Dynamic data from external
text feeds or an ODBC-compliant
database can be linked to any text
object and updated on-screen.
MEO deploys MediaKind's low-latency
streaming solution
ediaKind has announced that
Altice Portugal's MEO has
deployed MediaKind's low-latency
streaming solution to enhance its live
coverage of the Union of European
Football Association's (UEFA) European
Championship this summer. MEO,
Portugal's leading Pay-TV service
by market share, has enhanced its
existing deployment of MediaKind's
media processing and delivery
solutions, including its Video Storage
and Processing Platform (VSPP), to
reduce the end-to-end video latency
of its live streaming content. The
solution now enables MEO to deliver
its premium live sporting coverage
with
significantly
reduced
latency,
meaningfully improving the viewing
experience for all customers watching
via Android TV devices.
MediaKind's pre-integrated low
latency solution enables broadcasters
and operators to deliver live content
to consumers using ABR technology
for OTT or streaming services. MEO
recently deployed the MediaKind
M
solution
to
deliver
low-latency
coverage of the UEFA Champions
League final on May 29th 2021.
José Pedro Nascimento, Engineering
Operations
and
Director,
Altice
Portugal, said: " For live events such
as football, low latency is crucial to
ensure that TV viewers can enjoy
all the action first hand, being the
first to celebrate the goals scored by
their favorite teams. Working with
MediaKind enables us to continually
enhance live sports content delivery
such as the recent UEFA Champions
League final. "
The MEO service, which has run
on MediaKind's world-leading
IPTV platform Mediaroom for over
a decade, recently expanded its
premium video storage and processing
capabilities via
MediaKind's
VSPP
solution. The latest enhancements to
MediaKind's processing and delivery
portfolio include features which
enable an evolution to Common Media
Application Format (CMAF) delivery
along with HTTP 1.1 Chunked Transfer
Encoding (CTE) for MPEG-DASH, which
significantly reduces the minimum size
of a delivered segment down to an
individual chunk to allow for this much
reduced latency.
Damien Montessuit, SVP,
Global Sales, MediaKind,
said: " Our longstanding
partnership with Altice
Portugal and the
experienced team at MEO
have already advanced
the existing deployment
and helped drive exciting
innovations in reducing
end-to-end video latency
for live sports streaming. UEFA Euro
2020 is one of the most coveted and
anticipated live sporting events on
the European calendar, and we're
proud to be supporting broadcastquality
coverage on MEO's
streaming platform.
" We look forward
to continuing our
collaborative partnership
with Altice Portugal and
delivering the live sports
experiences its customers
expect. "
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