MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—TVU Networks today announced it has partnered with video management and distribution software provider Vimond Media Solutions, bringing the Vimond IO cloud-native non-linear video editing tool to the TVU ecosystem where it can access live video.

With real-time access to live video, Vimond IO editors can begin editing before ENG crews return from the field to offload their footage to a server. The integration gives editors the same immediacy they enjoy with other TVU applications, the company said.

For example, using the TVU MediaMind platform, live video sources can be enriched with a variety of metadata automatically, such as the names of people identified by facial recognition AI algorithms or the types of objects in a frame.

If Vimond IO editors are producing a package on forest fires, they can create an alert that finds live footage of a forest fire from authorized sources. Using TVU MediaMind’s AI-driven metadata, Vimond IO editors can find other archived forest fire footage or expand their searches to include other parameters, TVU Networks said.

Vimond IO is a browser-based video editing and publishing tool that runs in the cloud. News and sports organizations can ingest video from live streams and file-based footage directly to Vimond IO, then publish to multiple social media and content management systems using a fast rendering engine, thereby reducing time to air, it said.

This content also can be sent to TVU Producer to be included in a mutli-camera live production, the company said.

BERGEN, NORWAY – Vimond Media Solutions is set to bring its latest version of the Vimond Platform for online video services. Version 1.8’s new features are designed for large scale multi-language regional operation, populate multiple sites from the same content store and target different audiences.

Vimond Platform 1.8

With new multi-tenancy capabilities allow Vimond Platform operators to use a single installation to power online video service for multiple clients, separating content and administration for each client. The system’s API facilitates integration with the operator’s management system for multi-tenancy scenarios.

Version 1.8 offers integration of multiple CDNs into primary and fallback configurations for increased robustness, while support for multi-publishing enables individual content contributors to curate content. Sub-standard content can be marked via a flagging feature.

The Vimond Platform helps manage and deliver multi-format OTT services from ingest and encoding, through conditional access to business intelligence reporting.