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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 10 | October 2022
Fonn Group invests in visualisation
experts everviz
B
ased
in
native charts
Bergen,
Norway,
everviz offers innovative cloudvisualisation
tools
as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The
everviz solution lets users create
and publish charts, maps, tables and
layouts onto multiple platforms from
one user interface, all from a web
browser application. The software is a
true SaaS, following best practices for
deploying platforms in the cloud with
scalability in mind.
" everviz has seen strong organic
growth over the last few years, and
we believe Fonn Group´s investment
will benefit our customers by allowing
us to scale our product development
to another level, launching new killer
features, " says
everviz
and CEO Håvard Tveit.
He adds, " We are very excited about
this next phase of our company's
growth and know it will
result
in
incredible benefits for current and
future everviz users. "
CEO of Fonn Group,
They
have in-depth
to
lead
the
Haavard
Myklebust, said: " The everviz team
are global experts in the future of
visualisation.
knowledge in the field and are not
only well-positioned
market but can support clients from
single users to big enterprises. It is
exciting to partner with the everviz
team and welcome them into the
Fonn Group family. "
everviz
has
co-founder
agreed
on an
investment and capitalisation plan
with Fonn Group. everviz adds to
the Fonn Group's portfolio of cloudnative
production and journalistic
tools
designed
the media and
industry
challenges. everviz
other innovative media technology
companies within Fonn Group,
all
serving customers with solutions that
deliver efficiencies throughout every
step of the media content lifecycle.
everviz is a leading technology
offering cloud-based
company
tools
for data visualisations. The
to overcome
entertainment
will
incorporate the same workflows and
development methodologies as the
company is a spin-off of Highcharts,
one of the world's most widely used
development frameworks for online
data visualisation.
Customers are, amongst others, The
Telegraph, The University of Chicago,
S&P Global, Norwegian Climate
Foundation, and Informa.
From left: Håvard Tveit, CEO everviz and
Håvard Myklebust, CEO Fonn Group
Fonn Group is a technology group
from Norway. The group invests in
companies delivering production and
journalistic tools for the media and
entertainment industry. In the Fonn
Group portfolio, you find software
companies Mjoll and 7Mountains,
cloud workflows
and
partner Kunnusta, and
integration
Nordics
professional equipment reseller and
systems integrator, Mediability. Fonn
Group's majority owner is the familyowned
Rieber & Søn.
Visit Fonn Group on Booth #1938.
https://fonngroup.com
Actus Adds New OTT Analysis to OTA QoS/QoE and Compliance
Advanced OTT Analysis and Multiviewer Enhancements
in new Version 8.5 Fuel Increase in Actus Popularity
Actus
popularity
broadcasters
soars
as
discover extensive
features and fantastic value in its
Intelligent Monitoring Platform.
The new Actus
OTT analysis
features are typically only found in
dedicated systems costing 2-3 times
more. By combining OTT and OTA
quality alerts and multiviewers on
the same multi-purpose platform,
Actus has once again raised the bar.
" There's no better value in our
industry
as
Actus
includes
many sophisticated features
so
in a
surprisingly-affordable application
that now includes advanced OTT
analysis and low-latency
-based Multiviewers " ,
said
browser
Actus
Senior Vice President, Ken Rubin.
Limitless users
unrestricted
number of
customized Multiviewers
can set up an
easilyto
serve
many use-cases but specifically for
engineers, Actus Synchro, enables
them to drill down to multiple probe
points in a channel or streams
distribution workflow to quickly
pinpoint the precise origin of issues.
This saves them time and improves
their quality.
" Part of the Actus brilliance is how
it alerts engineers to issues that
genuinely impact viewers
Engineers
consider
without
overloading them with details that
don't " , Rubin commented.
While many
Actus to be their secret QoS/QoE
lifesaver, the same investment is
leveraged throughout a facility as it
unifies what were previously silos of
technology on its shared platorm.
TV News teams view competitive
news next to ratings graphs, analyze
programming and collaborate with
notes and bookmarks to help talent
improve and raise ratings.
alerts
Many also set up Actus keyword
for notification when
competitors air 'Breaking News'.
Ad-Sales teams
use Actus
to
maximize PPM and increase revenue
by generating lead-lists based on
automated competitive commercial
advertising analysis.
Digital Media teams are 'first-todigital',
by using exclusive Actus Clip
Factory Pro to make advanced edits
quickly and automate social media
publishing. Many
also produce
VoD assets and clip from Actus
back-to-air.
MVPDs dial into any of hundreds
of post-Set Top Box
channels
to troubleshoot
at
geographically dispersed hub sites/
headends
audiovideo
issues in real-time and verify
timing and accuracy of regional adinsertion,
using Actus RVM (Remote
Video Monitoring).
Asset Management teams
use
Actus
to enrich metadata with
automatic data extraction and AIbased
metadata generation to create
Actus
systems.
See Actus version 8.5 in booth 925
at NAB-NY or online anytime:
https://tinyurl.com/ActusDemo
libraries and/or feed MAM
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