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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 4 | April 2022
InNews
TVU Networks and
InPlayer Partner
USA: TVU Networks, the market
and technology leader in cloud and
IP-based live video solutions, has
announced a strategic partnership
with InPlayer, the leading
monetization platform for content
owners.
Imagine Communications
introduces Imagine Aviator
A
s
media companies
challenged
Communications
are
to meet growing
demand for content on any screen
and
announces
introduction of Imagine Aviator™
, the
first truly cloud-native platform that
enables broadcasters, MVPDs and
digital-first providers to plan, make
and monetize premium-quality linear
and OTT content from a single, unified
platform.
The ground-breaking platform -
and
Through the partnership, existing
future
TVU customers
can
benefit from InPlayer's Pay Per View
and Subscription tools to create a
complete production, streaming and
monetization workflow. The InPlayer
platform can be used with any TVU
product or service.
With InPlayer, content owners can
generate significant pay-per-view and
subscription revenues
direct
from
the fanbase. The scalable InPlayer
technology manages all aspects of
the monetization process including
authentication, entitlement, payment
and customer support.
" This
our customers
customers
produce
into
partnership enables
and
to turn content
direct,
a
integration breaks
revenue
stream, " said Paul Shen, CEO, TVU
Networks.
" This
down
barriers for our clients and creates
new business opportunities for them.
Our relationship with InPlayer is at
the heart of TVU - to empower content
creators. "
The InPlayer solution provides a
variety of tools that help customers
maximize their transactions, such
as: discount and access codes, free
trials, merchandise, syndication,
live
chat
and
fan
engagement,
gift vouchers, and donations. The
InPlayer platform is
providing flexibility
to clients
customization and
API-driven,
for
white label
options.
" Within the sports world, it's
becoming more commonplace for
content owners to take their video
and other assets direct to the fan, "
said
Edit
Kovács, Chief
Officer InPlayer. " With the
Product
TVU
Networks/InPlayer combination, any
owner, event or organization has
a complete workflow to bring that
content directly to the viewer. "
prospective
they
designed to enable media companies
to extract the maximum revenue
potential from their assets - will make
its debut at the 2022 NAB Show
(24-27 April, Las Vegas Convention
Center, booth #C2122).
Aviator
raises
the
bar
deliver profitability, Imagine
the
companies to continue
to deliver
and monetize content no matter how
consumer viewing habits change.
Aviator combines
capabilities
of
for
monetization of content across all
screens, enabling media companies
to optimize ad delivery, significantly
improve the revenue of otherwise
under-monetized OTT content and
generate greater profitability
from
their media assets. Architected
for an ever-evolving future, Aviator
offers
flexible subscription and
SaaS purchase options that suit new
business models and an agile, cloudbased
design that
allows media
management, channel
live events,
the critical
scheduling, rights
origination,
VOD, ad sales, ad
placement, ad serving, campaign
management, and more into a single
cloud platform. It creates a converged
solution that
delivers
and video quality on all outlets and
supports the demands of premium
services.
Running
in
the
public
cloud,
linear
programming and video-on-demand
content with ads and triggers for local
and dynamic ad insertion, making
it easier for media companies to
successfully
monetize broadcast,
OTT, FAST, pop-up and VOD content.
Providing fully automated operation
of
thematic
channels, the new
platform also guarantees high audio
Aviator requires only a web browser
and internet connection to securely
access and operate all aspects of
the platform, placing control at the
operators' fingertips wherever they
are based - at the office, a remote
location or when working from
home. It can run either in a media
company's own cloud account, or
in Imagine's
SaaS
by
customers
of
to
operational
reap
environment,
where it is monitored, managed and
maintained
Imagine, allowing
the
efficiency, while
maintaining control of all creative
aspects of their content.
VidOlink Reacher II family now shipping
V
idOvation has announced the
availability of its new family of
low-cost professional wireless video
and audio transmitters and receivers,
the VidOlink Reacher II family, for
video production applications where
it is not possible or it is impractical to
run cables and wires, or where cables
would be a hinderance.
Besides offering high performance
at a low cost, the VidOlink Reacher
family delivers state of the art picture
quality, uses industry standard power
and video interfaces, and provides
simple setup with plug-and-play
operation. The wide range of features
across the product line provide
solutions
for everything
from broadcasting and film
production to corporate,
military, and
houses
applications, from full
professional
and sports
of
worship applications.
" There are more and more
on
broadcasting
broadcasting to
pro AV, where laying down cable runs
has become inefficient, impractical,
cost-prohibitive, or in some cases
just physically impossible, " said Jim
Jachetta, Executive Vice President
and
Chief
Technology
Officer,
VidOvation.
" Our new Reacher II family opens
up a lot of possibilities to deliver
quality productions across a wide
range of applications. "
The family currently includes six
models: the VidOlink Reacher II
600, 2300, 2500, 4000, 4200, and
the Quad. All models support video
resolutions up to 1080p60, and
feature zero latency in line-of-site
transmission.
benefits
The VidOlink Reacher II 600 is
suitable for applications
requiring
relatively short distance video and
audio transmissions, up to 600 feet.
The 2300 and 4000 models support
audio and video transmission and
extend the distance to 2,300 feet and
4,000 feet, respectively.
In addition to audio and video
transmission, models 2500 and 4200
add intercom and tally at affordable
costs, with distances of 2,500 feet
and 4,200 feet.
The final member of the Reacher
II family, the Quad, is comprised
for four small transmitters with
a 1,600-foot range, one for each
camera in the production setup,
along with one receiver that can be
positioned in the control room.
The Quad is
designed
as
more cost-effective alternative to
employing four Reacher II 2300s.
" All in all, the VidOlink Reacher
the most
II family
delivers
comprehensive quality-for-the-price
wireless solutions of anything else
on the market, " said Jachetta.
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