Introducing: A Unified Architecture for Premium, High-Density, and Cloud-Based Infrastructures
At the 2015 NAB Show, Thomson Video Networks will showcase the key innovations in its Behind Every Screen® approach, designed to enable media companies, video service providers, and broadcasters to maintain their high standards of video quality and to evolve seamlessly, cost-effectively, and profitably as new live video delivery paradigms emerge. Behind Every Screen relies on Thomson Video Networks’ award-winning compression solutions for encoding of high-value content. These include:
• MediaFlexSUITE, a unified, service-driven management solution that gives operators unique capabilities for monitoring, configuring, and dynamically changing their channel lineups for both broadcast and multi-screen services.
• Premium broadcast and multi-screen video quality with the ViBE™ EM4000 eight-channel SD/HD premium encoder — which includes new SD MPEG-2 to HD MPEG-4 switching features — and the ViBE VS7000 cloud-enabled multi-screen encoding system. These solutions enable a hybrid architecture for deploying services on video-optimized hardware or using software-based encoding running on generic physical servers, virtualized servers, and cloud infrastructures.
• World-class video contribution with the market-leading ViBE CP6000, featuring an unprecedented eight HD channels per 1-RU chassis and a modular implementation of the optimal MPEG-4 contribution codecs for industry-leading compression performance in contribution applications.
• High-density compression of long-tail content with the award-winning ViBE XT1000 Xtream Transcoder, an all-new video transcoder for OTT, cable, and telco applications that enables media companies, video service providers, and broadcasters to launch new turnaround services rapidly and cost-effectively.
Virtualizing OTT and Multi-Screen Applications for the Cloud
At the 2015 NAB Show, Thomson Video Networks will highlight the ViBE™ VS7000 multi-screen encoding system operating in virtualized mode to deliver all of the economic benefits of the cloud while ensuring the broadcast-grade performance required by today’s media environments. Driven by the MediaFlexOS video operating system, the ViBE VS7000 is able to create a cluster of servers, manage automatic load balancing and failover, and simplify integration of new software modules. From the operator’s standpoint, the complete environment can be managed with a single product, drastically reducing operational expenses.
New: FUZE-1 Playout Infrastructure for Channel Origination and Manipulation
Thomson Video Networks will unveil the FUZE-1 Playout System, a unique, versatile, and cost-effective solution that takes the channel-in-a-box concept to the next level. Focusing on channel origination and manipulation, FUZE-1 offers a rich set of features for playout applications such as linear TV channel playout, ad insertion, branding, mosaic channel playout, time-shifting, disaster recovery, censorship, and EAS insertion. Based on the Thomson Video Networks MediaFlexOS video operating system, FUZE-1 features a best-of-breed 1-RU IT server that combines advanced graphics, sophisticated built-in automation, and an integrated asset manager with premium software transcoding capabilities.
New: Live Ultra HD Encoding and Playout Solution
At the 2015 NAB Show, Thomson Video Networks will unveil its newest live Ultra HD HEVC real-time encoding solution, designed to offer the optimal video experience to consumers. The new ViBE™ 4K solution complements the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen and HEVC video encoder, which has already been deployed successfully by major global satellite operators as a file-based HEVC encoding and playout solution. With the VS7000, those customers have been able to provide a rich UHDTV picture at up to 60 frames per second (fps) and in 10-bit color. Also, as part of its NAB UHDTV demonstration, Thomson Video Networks will display premium HEVC UHD content protection using watermarking technology as mandated by the MovieLabs consortium.