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InMedia
OTT Updates cont'd...
Business
intelligence services
provide in-depth analysis of how
and where content is being stolen;
automated monitoring enables realtime
detection of illegal distribution
of
live and on-demand premium
content, supported by a variety of
enforcement activities; and forensic
watermarking identifies the source
of the stolen content, enabling OTT
platforms to disable access to the
source content.
Callum Elsdon, Product Marketing
Manager, M2A Media
Linear television is going through a
James Caselton,
Head of Product, Friend MTS
With the rise of OTT services, the
accessibility
of
and
high-value, highquality
digital content has driven up
the number and quality of pirate IPTV
services. Traditional broadcasters
and OTT service providers face losing
their
revenue from distribution on
OTT platforms to the tune of millions
of dollars if their premium content is
not duly protected.
The money that pirates save on
the production and/or licensing
of
content
illegal
goes
straight
into
acquisition, distribution
development
of
security
circumvention technologies.
Fortunately, there are a number
of tools available to OTT platforms.
As a content protection and antipiracy
specialist of over 20 years,
with the most widely
forensic watermarking and classleading
automated global
monitoring, Friend MTS has
visibility
world
aggressively
of
innovate, and
renaissance. Whether it is FAST, popup,
or OTT, these linear-like channels
are taking the industry by storm, with
the capability to extend content value
well beyond its original broadcast
date.
deployed
content
realhow
pirates
the
solutions and services that we create
for all OTT and linear broadcasters
effectively detect, deter and disable
pirate activities.
M2A Media recently
is
designed
channels
launched
the VOD to Live feature within its
M2A LIVE product.
This new feature
from a playlist
programming, interspersed
to create linear-like
of VOD
with
ident, and interstitial content. As with
M2A LIVE, which is used by global
OTT platforms to stream live video
at scale, the VOD to Live feature can
disguise unleashes vx 4+
V
isual
storytelling technology
a new era of infinitely
platform disguise unleashes
scalable,
immersive entertainment with the
release of their new flagship media
server: the vx 4+. Purpose-built for the
world's largest and most technically
demanding productions, installations
and shows, the vx 4+ is designed to
ensure maximum content
quality
and playback performance, enabling
productions to push boundaries and
captivate audiences like never before.
Today, requirements
productions
to
virtual
is
Film studios
are turning
and
improved
and
content within their productions.
All
these high-stakes
environments
production
have one thing in
common: they need a rock-solid
solution supporting high-performance
video processing at
scale with
for
spectacular visual content in shows
and
skyrocketing.
broadcasters
extended
reality
production process
production for an
for
creating compelling filmed and live
entertainment. Museums and theme
parks want to wow audiences with
larger, immersive and more interactive
attractions. Live events
including
music concerts, esports events and
theatre productions
are requiring
high-quality video playback and are
even pioneering the use of real-time
minimal latency.
With the capability to handle twice
the amount of video layers versus its
award-winning predecessor, the new
disguise vx 4+ machine ramps up
storage performance and significantly
improves video throughout, with up
to 100GbE in bandwidth for higher
resolution live video.
" Production teams are perpetually
seeking to push the boundaries
of what
is
workflows, using real-time
possible, with many
experimenting with new technologies
and
content or using video content at
unlimited scale and complexity. As
these ambitions grow, playing back
large-scale content reliably without
latency
explains
remains a challenge, "
disguise Chief
Officer Raed Al Tikriti.
" disguise vx 4+ addresses
pressing need for an ultra-reliable
Product
the
of
distribute these channels on a directto-consumer
basis or, utilising our
cloud acquisition and distribution
product, M2A CONNECT, these
channels can be distributed to OTT or
pay-TV aggregation platforms.
VOD to Live allows rights owners to
increase audience engagement and
reach, as well as improve the return
on their original content investment
without the costs associated with
traditional playout - something that
wouldn't have been possible prior to
cloud adoption.
Expect
even greater numbers
of rights owners to embrace the
FAST or linear-like trend across all
programming types in the months to
come.
Callum Elsdon
high-performance server
capable
handling the
most demanding bandwidthhungry,
data-rich video
processing. Built on our
team's deep understanding
of the needs of today's productions,
installations and large-scale shows,
the vx 4+ offers
and
our customers
cutting-edge technology, that works
with the disguise modular ecosystem
of solutions and offers the most
reliable and effective solution for your
production. "
Integral
ecosystem and
to the disguise modular
working with
disguise VFC cards, rx render nodes
and preconfigured network switch
fabric, the vx 4+ is designed for
projects in need of a robust and
scalable solution. The inclusion of
two 100GbE network ports and 12G
video capture as standard enables
the vx 4+ to be used for 4K xR
compositing alongside a cluster of
rx render nodes. The integration of a
new PCI-Express 4.0 motherboard,
CPU, GPU and RAID storage, ensures
that the vx 4+ video playback
compositing performance is
unrivalled. When combined, the vx 4+
enables additional capacity to meet
performance expectations whilst also
keeping video latency to a minimum.
As disguise continues its mission
next-gen
to ensure that
experiences
are delivered
visual
to
audiences everywhere, the vx 4+ is
compatible with disguise's upcoming
IP Video Format Conversion (VFC)
cards to be released in the second
half of the year. IP-VFC is an industryfirst
and patented technology that
enables users to change the video
output
signal
from their disguise
media server to a SMPTE 2110 video
output.
Existing disguise vx 4 owners also
have the capability upgrade their
existing machine to the vx 4+ to
future-proof their productions.
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