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X-PLATFORM
August 2017
Amagi’s cloud-based platform allows
Dim Sum TV to scale rapidly in SE Asia
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For the past several years, Dim Sum
TV, a Hong Kong-based Cantonese
satellite TV channel, had been us-
ing a traditional managed playout
service to handle its entire playout
workflow. As the channel began
to scale up, it found the existing
solution both cumbersome and
unsophisticated.
For example, it was not possible
to discern any errors in schedule
or failing assets using a single
dashboard. This severely strained
operations as each activity had
to be manually performed with a
limited, consolidated view of the
actual status of the feed at any
given point.
To successfully expand opera-
tions without being restrained by
these limitations, Dim Sum TV
began the hunt for a new playout
solution that was not only more
scalable, but also technically ad-
vanced enough to handle dynamic
graphics and complex playout.
The goal was to make the
broadcast operation agile and
sophisticated enough to launch
additional feeds in new regions
both rapidly and economically, and
with a better viewing experience
for its audience.
Eventually, Dim Sum TV chose
Amagi CLOUDPORT, a cloud-based
platform that allows Dim Sum TV
to run and control its broadcast
operations round-the-clock, and
from any remote location.
Using CLOUDPORT, Dim Sum
TV can support its entire playout
workflow, from content ingest and
preparation, storage and archival,
and playlist management