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OTT Quality Monitoring was a Top Priority at IBC
InMedia
I
BC was abuzz with broadcasters
that
have expanded
it
their
distribution into OTT and the Actus
Digital booth became a somewhat
unexpected gathering place for those
seeking OTT quality monitoring.
While the Actus
monitoring platform has
OTT monitoring for many
overwhelmingly
provides
QoE
and
status, SCTE
intelligent
provided
years,
positive feedback
was received for its latest version that
added extensive OTT analysis with
simplicity and clarity.
Actus
has
control
created
renditions within
a
one-stop
center, monitoring all
variable bit-rate
streams. In addition to a live view
of each of the various resolutions,
HOW ACTUS MEETS THE
OTT CHALLENGE?
Traditionally, engineers have no
way to know about the quality of the
video streams received by their OTT
viewers until they " get complaints " .
The latest version of Actus provides
tremendous value with in-depth QoE
and QoS HLS stream assessment of
all renditions, returned from various
nodes throughout the distribution
chain on its way to viewers, including
source, encoders/decoders, and
multiple CDN returns... at several
geographical locations.
Operators monitor the performance
and technical aspects of the HLS
stream live through a rich dashboard
and although it evaluates quality at
the HTTP level, the Manifest level,
and the content level... part of Actus
Digital's brilliance is the simplicity
in alerting engineers
to issues
that genuinely impact the viewers'
experience...
without
overloading
them with details that do not impact
quality.
OTT MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE
LOGGING - IN ONE PLATFORM
These OTT monitoring benefits
are added to Actus Digital's already
comprehensive features for quality
alerting, compliance logging,
evaluations,
event
with
QoS
assessment, transport
statistics, current
historic
and
alarm
tracking
(showing actual SCTE message
detail), and a list of Ad-insert
opportunities
alert
notifications.
multiviewer, and
aircheck
recording. They further
condense tools
needed
by
Engineers and enable them to
do their jobs better and easier
than ever before. All of this in
one
platform that
input
surprisingly-affordable
combines
formats, at multiple
points in the video distribution
chain, for broadcast and OTT content.
The Actus platform doesn't stop
at Engineering though, competitor
analysis helps News teams improve
their ratings, integrated advanced
editing and
clipping to
Social
Media help Digital teams repurpose
content, and Ad-analysis helps Sales
teams generate actionable lead lists
for increasing ad sales
revenue.
With AI-based workflows, Actus also
serves as a fantastic
front-end for
creating or contributing to Media
Asset Management.
SEE FOR YOURSELF AT NAB-NY or ANYTIME
Actus will showcase this latest version of its media intelligence platform
in the Javitz Center at NAB-NY on October 19th
-20th
demonstration in booth 925 or online anytime, visit:
https://actusdigital.com/events/tradeshows/
Tech Update: Language Models
with Regional accents
V
oiceInteraction is a company
dedicated to Speech Processing
Technologies, with a varied product
offering for the Broadcast Industry
and other sectors. Our platforms rely
on our proprietary Automatic Speech
Recognition (ASR) engine, AUDIMUS.
Constantly
for highly
evolving, it
allows
customizable speech
processing tasks in real-time, as well
as post-recording workflows in over
30 languages.
With its
genesis in classical
methodologies, Machine Learning
and
Deep Neural
Networks,
VoiceInteraction creates and refines
different language models. These are
updated daily through an innovative
deployment pipeline, bringing a clear
added advantage to our clients. The
evolution in terms of data volume
and quality of transcribed materials,
as well
processing capacity, allows
presenting optimized
results
multiple business areas when the
technology is applied in practice.
A varied market at IBC
As the biggest
Broadcast
trade
show in the EMEA region, seemingly
back to normal levels of attendance,
IBC reminds us of the importance of
having a diverse language model
offering. With visitors from 170
different countries, including postProduction
companies
dealing
with videos in multiple languages
and
governmental
the
European
Union,
agencies
there
is
in
a
as the maximization of
for
in
varied demand for ASR in different
languages. There is also a need for
speaker recognition, segmentation
and
change of language model,
which poses several challenges for
R&D departments.
Automatic
on
relies
acoustic
Speech Recognition
and
textual
all
. To schedule an Actus
language models, streamlined
through Machine Learning
algorithms.
VoiceInteraction manages
the
entire process when creating new
models
and
refining supported
languages, by analyzing annotated
data and developing a pipeline for
daily vocabulary updates. This results
in language models
regional
for specific
accents, such as Swiss
French or Irish English. This ensures
better quality results, suited for a
diverse market. Recently, the team
has been developing Russian and
Turkish, which have been important
additions to our language offering.
IBC
also received many
visitors
coming from the APAC region, which
come with their own varied language
models. As part of VoiceInteraction's
recent ventures in this market, we
have been introducing Singaporean
and
Australian English, Malay,
Korean and Hindi.
Next IBC will surely see new models
coming from VoiceInteraction, as we
hope to better serve our clients and
partners.
https://www.voiceinteraction.ai
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