April 2017 MANAGEMENT 31
Creating the elusive media factory
by julián fernández-campón
A progression of the company ’ s solutions , Evolution Version Factory has been productised and standardised based on Tedial ’ s philosophy of development to meet the changing needs of the market .
effective workflow , which supports millions of file input-to-output configurations , a media factory can be managed from a single operator screen . Designed to interface to content management / rights management / traffic / work order systems for automated operations , it stacks chosen media engines — transcoders , quality control , DRM , content delivery networks ( CDNs ), and so on — and employs SMPTE-standardised IMF definitions for future-proof “ N-input to N-output ” operations . It provides the maximum flexibility and scalability for over-the-top ( OTT )/ video-on-demand ( VoD ) platforms , network operations and media companies focused on managing their brand across all distribution formats .
Last year , Tedial unveiled its Evolution Version Factory . A progression of the company ’ s solutions , Evolution Version Factory has been productised and standardised based
Since the late 1990s , media companies and broadcasters have been searching for the elusive media factory , an all-encompassing workflow where media files enter and thousands of versions exit with little or no labour required .
The concept of a media factory was conceived to simplify and auto mate content delivery to multiple platforms , focusing on non-linear issues due to their inherent complexity . Instead of building a new workflow for each new media distribution requirement , a media factory provides a special workflow design to initiate , manage and control thousands of configurations automatically .
To create a ‘ true ’ media factory , media processing tools need to be stacked in a unique looping design so that a single workflow can connect to any of the customer ’ s third-party vendor systems : transcoders , audio level controls , caption management , digital rights management ( DRM ), content distribution network interfaces ; everything that is required to process media needs to be part of the stack .
The final piece of the puzzle in building a true media factory is the requirement to define thousands of distribution instruction sets and the ability to save these varying instructions as profiles so that triggering a workflow becomes as easy as requesting an asset , or a group of assets , in a particular profile .
Providing a single , efficient and coston Tedial ’ s philosophy of development to meet the changing needs of the market . An integral element of Tedial ’ s Evolution Version Factory workflow is its Business Process Management ( BPM ) engine .
When an operation is struggling to manage an ever-growing number of workflows per day , hour or second , a BPM provides a cost-effective foundation to operate business practices efficiently . It also enables day-to-day media production , packaging and publishing processes to be automated wherever possible and allows the use of available resources and workloads to be optimised accordingly .
Tedial has revolutionised the market , and the dream of a fully auto mated media factory and media-centric truly scalable workflow engine have finally been realised . Both are light years ahead of traditional workflow solutions and provide customers with an exponential measure of efficiency , and a path to profitability .
These innovations are a major breakthrough in cost-saving design , driving the current technology of multiple workflows in support of media format and configuration packages to a single system that can be fully automated through interconnection to existing back office systems and third-party tools .
Julián Fernández-Campón is Solutions Director , Tedial . eVUE-TV protected by multi-DRM solution
Conax ’ s multi-DRM ( digital rights management ) solution is now integrated with Evolution Digital ’ s eVUE-TV platform , a fully managed service that enables operators to cost-effectively deploy IP video services including IP video-on-demand ( VoD ), IP linear , mobile and nDVR ( network DVR ).
Conax offers multi-DRM technologies using PlayReady , Widevine , FairPlay and Nagra PRM , as well as the next-generation Conax Connected Access security client , which combines conditional access / IPTV / DRM functionality in one , said Conax .
With Evolution Digital , the Conax Contego unified security backend is integrated with the eVUE-TV platform in two operating models — hosted and on-premise .
To address the rise of streaming services for premium content , Conax also provides an end-to-end watermarking architecture combining NexGuard forensic watermarking technology and antipiracy services . This , Conax added , enables opera tors to meet MovieLabs Enhanced
Content protection requirements for 4K / Ultra HD ( UHD ).
Brent Smith , president and chief technology officer , Evolution Digital , commented : “ As cable operators move to IP distribution and begin offering a widerange of content that can be viewed anywhere , Evolution Digital is committed to delivering content securely , and providing operators with a low-cost and hassle-free solution that eliminates complexities of technology integration .”
A key focus for Conax , said Rohit Mehra , SVP of Americas at Conax , is to guide operators in finding the best ways to ensure device reach , as well as to make it easier for consumers to access premium content securely .
“ Conax is uniquely positioned as a holistic content security specialist for operators in the US market , tapping extensive experience in the global market and benefits from technology collaboration and R & D initiatives of the complementary companies within the Kudelski Group ,” he concluded .
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