MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – March 26, 2019 – At NAB 2019 TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP solutions, will announce the new MediaMind Appliance, a metadata generation and search engine that speeds production performance and content reuse within an existing broadcast media supply chain. The system uses a combination of time-code and AI-based facial and speech recognition to generate metadata. And an open API lets users connect directly with MAM and NLE systems. TVU Networks will exhibit in booth #C1707 during the NAB Show in Las Vegas next month.

“TV stations and news agencies have considerable media assets, but how can they be considered assets if they can’t be reused and repurposed?” said Paul Shen, CEO, TVU Networks. “While there are many ways to measure the value of content in the media industry, there are ultimately only two: who gets to the audience first and what content is viewed and reused the most? The faster the content spreads, the more it is reused and repurposed, the greater the value of the content and the lower the production cost. That’s what’s driven the creation of the TVU MediaMind appliance and the entire MediaMind workflow.”

Because the MediaMind appliance utilizes both AI and time code to generate search results, it can convert audio and video into structured data in real-time. It’s capable of searching a raw asset at any stage of production – from assignment through to on-air. With the help of TVU’s AI engine, real-time speech recognition lets users find text results even faster than they would searching for images alone. Users simply type in what they’re looking for and the appropriate section of a time code appears. The real-time content search engine uses time code to identify each asset with a unique ID.

Clips can be marked and saved for immediate use. There’s no need to wait for pre-production to finish or for the video file to be entered into the MAM system. With the reporter still on scene, the clip is ready to go online or on-air.

The TVU MediaMind appliance is part of a TVU SaaS model that uses the TVU MediaMind server (dual-channel VS3500/VS3100 models) as the edge server. The servers can receive video signals from any TVU Networks’ transmission device as well as process IP streams of standard transmission protocol, SDI video, and store files in any MAM system. They are professional video hardware decoders designed for the centralized viewing, control and distribution of live video content.

In addition to the MediaMind appliance, the MediaMind ecosystem includes the following cloud-based products: TVU Producer for multi-camera live video production; TVU Remote Production System (RPS) for remote production using a broadcaster’s existing studio control room and a public Internet connection from the field; TVU CAS (Contribution Automation Solution) for the identification of all video acquisition resources on a given story at acquisition; TVU Grid - an IP-based video switching, routing and distribution solution; and TVU Grid Market, a central source for content owners to contribute and pull video enabling assets to be shared and sold on a global scale. 

With OTT now the fastest-growing method for distributing news and entertainment, the technology for streaming was everywhere on the NAB Show exhibit floor.

STREAMING/MOBILE/IPTV
ARTEL introduced ARG’s 8000 ARQ, which provides an easily configurable solution for the distribution of high-quality video over unconditioned IP networks, including wireless, internet, and satellite. It’s available as a 1RU rackmount or a small compact unit.

BROADPEAK unveiled the nanoCDN Multicast ABR 2.0 low-latency solution for live video streaming. It’s high scalable, reduces latency by employing adaptive bitrate technology, and provides support for satellite, telecom and cable networks.

COBALT DIGITAL launched its FASTSTREAM OTT (Frame Accurate SCTE Trigger insertion and enhanced H.264 Streaming) system that integrates Cobalt’s baseband SDI processing technology with the company’s compression expertise for a complete linear playout to VOD and OTT processing and encoding package.

DVEO unveiled several new H.264 HDMI encoders and decoders for streaming applications, including the single-channel Ministreamer HDMI/IP and Mini D-Streamer.

EDGEWARE has enhanced its Edge TV Repackager to allow users to repackage and re-encrypt content at the edge of their distribution networks. This reduces backhaul bandwidth requirements, as well as the amount of network-attached storage and caching required for most VOD service by a factor of two to three.

HARMONIC introduced advancements to EyeQ along with a new packaging solution designed to improve performance in constrained delivery networks, allowing operators to deliver higher-quality video and viewing experiences with DSL connectivity and 3G/4G network-connected mobile devices.

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Matrox Monarch HD

JVCKENWOOD showed its GY-HM200HW house of worship streaming camcorder that offers graphic overlays without the need for an external character generator.

LYNX TECHNIK launched the yellobrik PEC 1864 H.264 encoder, which allows users to simultaneously stream and record content. It features dual encoders, allowing selection of different quality settings for streaming and content archiving. It accepts SDI or HDMI inputs and supports a variety of streaming outputs, including RTMP, RTP/ RTSP, and records to either a USB stick or micro SD card.

MATROX showcased Monarch HD for simple installations where only a single HDMI feed needs to be webcast to Facebook Live or YouTube Live while simultaneously recording a master-quality recording for post event editing.

MOBILE VIEWPOINT featured their LinkMatrix management platform tool in conjunction with its WMT Multicam bonded transmission system for simultaneously encoding four streams simultaneously; WMT QuaddroLink transmitter for bonding up to six links; and the WMT Agile LiveLink H.265 wearable transmitter that bonds up to eight 3G/4G connections for high-quality live streaming.

OSPREY VIDEO introduced USB 3.0 HDMI and 3G-SDI versions of its Talon encoding/ decoding product line. They provide hardware scaling, status display and UI to enable streaming from laptops and are compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux.

SAM unveiled IQMIX25, a multichannel video-over-IP transceiver developed for use in low-latency and high-bandwidth Ethernet IP networks. Using RTP VSF TR-03, TR-04 and SMPTE 2022-6 encoding and encapsulation schemes, along with either Clause 74 or Clause 108 FEC, the IQMIX25 can encode or decode up to 16 SDI signals and transport them over redundant 25GbE links. The IQMIX25 is also upgradeable to support SMPTE 2110.

STREAMBOX extended its 360 HD cloud streaming service beyond YouTube to include Facebook and Twitter/Periscope. The new capability allows users to provide high-quality live video to all three major social media networks via Streambox Cloud Services.

Telestream Wirecast Gear

TELESTREAM introduced Wirecast Gear, a portable computer workstation fully configured for live event production and streaming. The system allows anyone to broadcast professional live productions in a matter of minutes with a fully-configured system built for live event streaming. Wirecast Gear comes installed with Wirecast Pro live streaming production software.

V-NOVA demonstrated Perseus 2, the next-gen version of the company’s video processing technology. The new codec release provides optimization of several parameters, including an increase in per-channel density, support for HTML5, more accessible encoding, enhanced operating efficiency, extension of H.264 support to include HEVC and VP9 base layers and more.

VERIZON DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES showed their new Live Streaming Solution for simultaneous delivery of hundreds of live events, and also announced that encoding and playback of Dolby Audio is being integrated into its Uplynk Video Streaming service.

MONITORING/QC
INTERRA SYSTEMS spotlighted their new VEGA ABR technology for analyzing, debugging, verifying and troubleshooting ABR streams and systems. It provides in-depth information all the way down to video elementary streams and compressed audio to help online video operators, cable systems and satellite enterprises deliver high-quality services.

PRIME FOCUS TECHNOLOGIES introduced the IMF Player and Mastering Automation solution as part of its CLEAR Media ERP flagship product. The IMF Player allows users to preview, playback, review and distribute over a streaming proxy a Composition Playlist (CPL) with all its essences, including video, audio and captions.

Streaming of video and audio content has grown by leaps and bounds during the past decade or so—no more low-res herky-jerky movement and “waiting, waiting, waiting for download” or “buffering” messages. Streaming is big and is going to get bigger, and there’s no better place on earth to check out the latest the latest technologies than the 2017 NAB Show.

AJA HELO H.264 standalone streaming and recording device

STREAMING/MOBILE/IPTV
1 BEYOND will demonstrate Beyond StreamMachine, which facilitates live streaming by integrating switching, recording and stream encoding into one easy-to-deploy package. Five new models offer multiple HD inputs for 1080p SDI video feeds.

AJA will showcase its HELO H.264 standalone streaming and recording device. The unit is equipped with I/O for both SDI and HDMI signals, encodes to H.264/MPEG-4 and streams to content delivery networks.

ASPERA will highlight Aspera FASPStream, an open video transport solution that enables high-quality live streaming of broadcast-quality video via internet networks thus reducing the need for satellite backhaul, transport and distribution.

AVIWEST will debut v3.0 for its DMNG StreamHub, an integrated receiver, decoder and distribution platform that accommodates 4K operation, handles up to 16 incoming streams and includes IFB, and intuitive web-based user interface and more.

BRIGHTCOVE will demo OTT Flow, which allows the quick and economical roll-out of both live and on-demand video services across multiple platforms. Brightcove Social lets users publish video to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The company’s Once provides a monetized TV-like experience across multiple platforms, and Video Cloud allows users to deliver high-quality video across dozens of combinations of formats, platforms and devices.

Broadpeak umbrellaCDN

BROADPEAK will spotlight its low-latency live video streaming solution that’s based on ARB protocol and can reduce latency by as much as 90 percent.

COBALT DIGITAL will demonstrate its new FAST-Stream system that combines frame-accurate SCTE 104 triggering with enhanced HLS SCTE 35 streaming on a single platform.

EVERTZ will show the 3606FR ultra high-density media transport/routing platform, with support for 3G and 12G SD/HD-SDI video, AES/MADI audio, Ethernet and serial data connectivity and intercom, as well as 10G/40G/100G IP networking.

JVCKENWOOD will mark the NAB debut of its ProHD video-over-IP Wireless Bridge that’s incorporated into JVC ProHD and 4KCAM products, and has a range of up to 2,000 feet. Also check out the JVC Video-cloud online and live video streaming platform for small and medium sized enterprises and includes customization tools as well as a content management system.

LAWO will showcase its V_link 4 video over IP stage box, designed to provide a one-box-solution for all the requirements of IP-based stage boxes including video and audio signal transport and processing. It includes everything from video-over-IP coding to various monitoring and processing tools.

MATROX will spotlight the Maevex 6100 quad encoder card that provides multichannel capture, encoding, recording and streaming of both HD and UHD signals.

NET INSIGHT will show its Nimbra VA 225 video transport appliance that combines MPEG encoding/decoding with video transport. Also look for Sye, designed for building live OTT services on a scalable basis. It provides a premium user experience by combining streaming with social interaction and intuitive user interfacing.

PESA will feature its XStream line of H.264 hardware encoders and decoders that deliver high-quality streaming content from live events.

Telestream Wirecast Gear turnkey streaming package

QUICKLINK will showcase its Remote Communicator, which allows users to stream audio and video content to a web browser and return signals in real-time full duplex, with minimal delay, thus providing highly engaging content contributions.

TELESTREAM will demo its Lightspeed Live Stream and Lightspeed Live Capture products, which allow users to prepare real- time content for adaptive bitrate streaming and ingest multiple channels of SD and HD content or a single UHD channel. Also look for the Wirecast Gear turnkey system optimized to run the company’s live streaming production software.

VERIZON DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES will feature its Live Streaming Solution, designed to simultaneously deliver hundreds of high-profile live events. It features cloud-based scheduling, along with an operator dashboard for provisioning encoders, inserting ads, management of live event feeds and more. Also check out the integration of Verizon’s Slicer application with Volicon Media Intelligence service. This combination provides compliance monitoring and OTT delivery in a single package.

VIDOVATION will feature VidOvation TV, a turnkey enterprise IPTV system that provides digital rights management, VOD and recording functionalities with streaming to smartphones, desktop players, smart TVs and set-top boxes.

VITEC will highlight its multisite video streaming system that’s integrated with Renewed Vision’s ProVideoServer. It allows houses of worship to easily record one or more encoded content streams from a main campus and play these streams back at satellite facilities.

MONITORING/QC
BROADPEAK will feature its Video Analytics system that allows content providers to examine viewers’ quality of experience by providing information on start-up times, stall durations, rebufferings and more. The company will also show its umbrellaCDN system, which allows content providers to instantaneously examine the quality level of multiple content delivery networks to determine the best way for delivering high quality video.

INTERRA SYSTEMS will demonstrate its software-based Orion-OTT, designed for real-time monitoring of adaptive bitrate content transmitted via the internet.

MEDIAPROXY will feature its LogServer software-driven monitoring and analysis tool for both OTT and broadcast signal sources, with support for 4K, HEVC, SMPTE 2022-6, HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, ATSC 3.0 and DVB-2. Also look for Aircheck, a native iOS and Android app that runs in conjunction with LogServer and monitors OTT streams and broadcast transmissions.

QLIGENT will demo Vision OTT, which provides virtualized end-to-end monitoring, along with compliance recording and a remote multiviewer. It includes HLS and DASH IP layer analysis, as well as full frame rate macro blocking root cause analysis. The company’s Oversight OTT service provides 24/7 access to experts to assist in troubleshooting and optimizing end-to-end OTT services. The company will also feature its Virtual Probes, which analyze IP-based streams from anywhere in the field; and present the data on a centralized Vision dashboard in the cloud.