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X-PLATFORM
October 2016
Catch a flick with FLIK TV
by lavesh samtani
FLIK TV is the only premium
Indonesian HD movie channel
in the world. The channel, which
was launched earlier this year, has
an unmatched and vast library of
Indonesian movies across various
genres. All the movies in FLIK TV’s
library have been remastered in
high-quality HD resolution, providing round-the-clock premium
content for viewers.
Prior to deployment, FLIK TV
considered multiple delivery mediums. While satellite is traditionally
used for television distribution, we
wanted to explore the economic
benefits and scalability of cloud
delivery.
After reviewing various playout
solutions available in the market today, we selected Amagi’s CloudPort
channel playout platform.
While there were several factors that led to our decision, one
of the key reasons why we chose
CloudPort is because its edge
playout solution does not require
large upfront capital investment, unlike traditional models.
CloudPort also gives us the control to scale operations on an asneeded basis.
Hosted on the Amazon AWS
cloud infrastructure, CloudPort
allows us to support the entire
playout workflow — from content preparation to storage and
archival, playlist management and
scheduling, graphics insertion,
playout, delivery and monitoring. Furthermore, by augmenting
the CloudPort platform with its
round-the-clock managed playout
service, Amagi helped us go live
in just a few weeks at a fraction
of traditional satellite delivery
costs.
We have partnered with TV operator Telkom Indonesia , where the
CloudPort edge server is installed.
The edge server plays feature-rich
graphics, audio and video based
on our playlist. We can manage
the entire workflow on a secure
cloud network from any remote
location by using a Web-based
user interface. We especially like
this feature as it gives us tremendous flexibility to manage our
operations without having to set
up a dedicated physical infrastructure.
Another motivating factor for
us to deploy CloudPort was the
ease of integration. The platform
offers seamless integration with
third-party scheduling, automa-
tion, and asset
management systems, thus speeding
up the deployment.
As all of our content assets have
been migrated to the cloud, we can
now easily broaden our footprint
into non-contiguous geographies.
Additionally, over-the-top (OTT)
multi-screen playout is a viable
option with CloudPort, when the
need arises.
CloudPort has certainly simplified FLIK TV’s entire broadcast
workflow so that we can concentrate on what’s most important —
delivering a world-class entertain-
Amagi’s CloudPort
channel playout platform
allows Indonesia’s FLIK TV to
support the entire playout workflow
— from content preparation to storage
and archival, playlist management and
scheduling, graphics insertion, playout,
delivery and monitoring.
ment experience to our subscribers.
Choosing a cloud channel playout
platform over satellite, we got off
the ground quickly and we now
have the financial freedom to
launch feeds in new regions in less
than four weeks.
Lavesh Samtani is COO at FLIK TV.
ADB enhances content accessibility
The online graphyne2 Multiscreen UX offers optimised user interfaces for a
range of device technologies with common business logic, connecting the user
experience between mobile devices, tablets, PCs, smart TVs and set-top boxes.
graphyne2, ADB’s next-generation personal TV software platform, is now enhanced with the Multiscreen
UX function. The new capability is designed to help
operators simplify the delivery of content, along with
key service features such as search and user personalisation across multiple devices.
The online graphyne2 Multiscreen UX offers optimised user interfaces for a range of device technologies with common business logic, connecting the
user experience between mobile devices, tablets, PCs,
smart TVs and set-top boxes (STBs) — as well as a
roadmap for the TVs supporting operator apps, which
can be added to the HbbTV 2.0 specification. The
result for operators is reduced integration costs and
less need for ongoing investment, according to ADB.
The graphyne2 Multiscreen UX is also fully customisable and gives connected operators, including
IPTV, two-way cable and over-the-top (OTT) providers, much more flexibility in managing the look and
feel of their interface remotely through the App
configurator.
Wojciech Doganowski, VP product marketing,
personal TV at ADB, said: “Subscribers want to enjoy
content through whichever device they prefer, along
with access to extended features such as search,
personalisation and recommendations in a consistent
platform that takes advantage of the strengths and
overcomes the weaknesses of each device.”
The problem for operators, he pointed out, is that,
with an increasingly fragmented assortment of STBs
and customer-owned-yet-service-supported devices,
they need a way of reducing the cost burden while
paving the way for the enablement of new revenue
generating services and third-party products.
“Our Multiscreen UX approach addresses both of
these issues by delivering a set of unique presentation layers for each device category, along with a
unified back-end that helps operators to offer consistency and reliability across the entire device estate,”
Doganowski concluded.