Anystream Heats up NAB 2007 with Cutting-Edge Enhancements to Industry Leading Digital Media Production Platform.File-Based HD Workflows, Live Flash, Forensic Watermarking and Graphics Insertion Make Their Debut in the Agility Product Line LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Anystream[R], the market leading provider of digital media production and management solutions, announced today the unveiling of standout additions to its Agility[R] production platform. Leading up the enhancements are faster than real-time HD transcoding, live Flash support, and applications for forensic watermarking and dynamic graphics insertion. The new features debut today at Anystream booth SL2012 at NAB in Las Vegas. "Anystream's roots are in digital media production. The exciting developments within the Agility product line showcase Anystream's dedication to innovate and improve production workflows," said Russell Zack, Anystream's vice president of products. Helping content providers serve the exploding demand for HD content, Agility offers new workflows that accelerate media ingest in·gest tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests 1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat. 2. , transformation and distribution. Rounding out its already robust HD offerings, Agility now includes broad support for file-based ingest of Avid DNxHD, DVCPro HD, HDV (High Definition Video) The high-definition, wide screen version of the DV magnetic tape format. Like DV, HDV recording moves at a constant data rate and stores data on the same DV and MiniDV tapes as SD camcorders. and Sony XDCAM[R] HD formats along with real-time capture for live and tape-based workflows. Agility reduces the time to ingest XDCAM HD media into Avid environments by as much as six times via integration with Avid Interplay[TM] Transfer, saving hours of editing time. Agility handles transcoding of native file formats from Avid[R] and Apple[R] nonlinear editing See nonlinear video editing. systems into play-to-air broadcast formats with support for Grass Valley, Leitch, Omneon, Pinnacle and SeaChange servers. With live event streaming in the Flash format, Agility expands access to live webcasts by reaching consumers on their preferred platform. Agility improves Flash video image quality and reduces processing time by at least two-fold over previous Flash codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, technologies with the integration of the On2 VP6 codec. Leveraging Agility's trademark automation, any number of live channels may be scheduled, monitored and controlled from a central management interface. Live streams are served to content delivery networks while archival versions of webcasts are created in nearly any format for on-demand viewing. Agility's new watermarking capability safeguards content by automatically monogramming video with imperceptible im·per·cep·ti·ble adj. 1. Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses: an imperceptible drop in temperature. 2. forensic watermarks during production processes. By associating a unique identifier With reference to a given (possibly implicit) set of objects, a unique identifier is any identifier which is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used for those objects and for a specific purpose. with descriptive metadata, content providers can trace pirated media assets to the original source. For content providers who need to personalize outgoing video for advertising, branding and video slate creation, Agility automates the dynamic creation of graphic overlays and animations. This application enables time-sensitive and consumer-specific content to be targeted for the intended destination and delivery mechanism. "By automating applications like forensic watermarking and dynamic graphics insertion, Agility enables branding and security without adding new, time-consuming steps to the production process," said Zack. These enhancements, as well as Anystream Velocity's new advertising inventory and management solution, are being demonstrated at booth SL2012 at NAB. Who is Anystream? As the number of outlets and devices to consume video content grows, Anystream enables media companies and educators to innovate and experiment with new media to reach their consumers and students where, when, and how it's convenient for them. With the bragging rights to over 600 media deployments and more than 125 higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions, Anystream is the known leader for on demand video solutions. The company's scalable, enterprise rich media solutions can be found from MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology to MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. and beyond. Anystream's honors include the Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award, Presentations Magazine's Standing Ovation Award, PC Magazine's Technical Excellence Awards finalist, COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Best of Show awards finalist, Entrepreneur Magazine's "Hot 100" list and Deloitte & Touche's "Fast 50." |
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