Anystream Streamlines Broadcast Production, VOD Content Preparation in Agility 5.0; New Platform Release Extends Automation in DV, HD, MXF Workflows, Includes New Application Packaging, Enhanced Scalability and Failover Management.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) today unveiled Agility(R) 5.0, the latest version of its digital media production and publishing platform that extends the company's trusted workflow automation See workflow. capabilities to new HD, MXF (Material EXchange Format) A file format from the Pro-MPEG Forum for the interchange of video production information. MXF files include audio/video content and related meta-data (production notes, camera settings, time code positions, etc. , closed captioning and video-on-demand workflows. Agility 5.0 includes new packaging options that let clients start with single-application products and easily scale to fault-tolerant, mission-critical operations. Concurrently, Anystream and SeaChange International  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . jointly announced availability of Agility VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand (TM), a content production solution that lets small and large content providers efficiently repurpose programming for VOD distribution outlets. Agility VOD provides an end-to-end workflow for acquiring media assets from tape or file-based sources, customizing content for VOD by splicing splicing /splic·ing/ (spli´sing) 1. the attachment of individual DNA molecules to each other, as in the production of chimeric genes. 2. RNA s. in advertisements or cross channel promotions, inserting logos and program ratings, entering and validating CableLabs metadata and business rules, and creating CableLabs-compliant ADI packages for distribution to cable operators. Agility VOD is one of four application-based packages Anystream introduces with the new platform. Other Agility 5.0 products include Agility Broadcast(TM), which allows broadcasters to streamline production by automating 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. and exchange between broadcast and production systems; Agility Web(TM), the company's trademark automated Web and multiplatform publishing solution; and Agility Live(TM) all-in-one live ingest, webcasting and on-demand encoding solution. The new solutions showcase Agility's unique integrated support for live- and file-based workflows, enabling customers to efficiently span a wide range of applications via a single architecture. With Agility 5.0, Anystream also introduces tiered scalability and failover management. The options let customers with multiple systems add centralized command, control, load-balancing and failover management layers based on their scalability, performance, and redundancy requirements. Agility's scalable enterprise architecture, powerful workflow automation, and massive output and delivery capabilities give content providers a practical solution for ensuring consistent quality across an ever-growing number of IP-based platforms. "By turning repetitive media production and content repurposing tasks into hands-off, programmatic processes, Agility lets broadcasters leverage the efficiency of automated digital media production to rapidly capitalize on new opportunities," said Fady Lamaa, Anystream vice president of product marketing. "Agility 5.0's advanced scalability and high availability options, now in their fifth generation of development, build on our heritage as the most trusted enterprise software platform for automating mission-critical digital media production and distribution workflows." Agility 5.0 also includes additional support for the capabilities and workflows requested most by leading broadcasters, from HD and MXF support to integrated closed captioning and proxy file generation. Among the Agility 5.0 highlights: --Extended HD workflows - Avid DNxHD and SD-to-HD up and down conversion including 16x9 and 4x3 aspect ratio controls, smart stretching algorithms that minimize image distortion, and curtaining and letter boxing options; --Improved MXF interoperability - support for IMX IMX In My eXperience IMX Interactive Music Exchange (TV show) IMX Integrated Multimedia Exchange IMX Industrywide Mortgage Exchange IMX Intermodal Marketing Extension IMX Inverse Multiplexor codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
--Broadcast proxy workflows - automated frame and time code-accurate proxy generation for review and approval in news, VOD and asset management applications; --Tapeless closed captioning workflows - streamlines efficiency of the closed captioning process by using proxy files during closed captioning text creation that are programmatically combined with broadcast media during the transcoding or re-wrapping process; --Comprehensive DV 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, support - supports DV & DVCPro codecs for news and editing workflows. Agility 5.0 is compatible with most non-linear editing systems such as Avid(R) NewsCutter(R), Avid XPress(R) DV, Avid Express(R) Pro, Apple(R) Final Cut Pro(R) and Pinnacle Liquid(TM) Edition; --Multiple audio tracks - enables users to maintain and remap To map something for a second or subsequent time. Quite often, the words "remap" and "map" are used synonymously, even though they refer to an operation that is taking place for the first time. See map. up to eight separate audio tracks during media conversion processes. Agility facilitates broadcast digital media workflows by eliminating manual production, conversion and delivery steps. Agility automatically ingests and outputs media in leading broadcast server, editing and streaming formats for exchange between editing systems, play-to-air servers, news production systems, streaming and Web servers. Agility is also the leading choice for Web and multi-platform publishing, automating the time-consuming, specialized processes required to repurpose broadcast-quality video for optimal viewing on a variety of IP devices. Agility integrates with existing production systems to ingest content from live, tape or digital file sources; pre-process video to adjust color, size and composition for multi-device playback; encode video into different streaming formats and data rates; and deliver finished files to the Web, mobile, VOD, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. and syndication outlets around the globe. About Anystream (www.anystream.com) Anystream software automates digital media production and distribution. The world's leading broadcasters use its Agility products to automatically encode and transcode (1) To convert from one format to another. It implies conversion between very distinct kinds of data, such as from speech into text or from analog video into digital frames. Sometimes the term is used as nothing more than a fancier synonym for "convert. streaming, broadcast and production formats. Its Apreso products are used by institutions of higher education to automatically capture and publish lectures for online student review. Anystream awards include the Frost and Sullivan Market Leadership Award, Presentations Magazine's Standing Ovation Award, PC Magazine's 2003 Technical Excellence Awards Finalist and 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 Finalist, Entrepreneur Magazine's "Hot 100," and Deloitte & Touche's "Fast 50." Anystream, Inc. is funded by SCP (1) (Service Control Point) A node in an SS7 telephone network that provides an interface to databases, which may reside within the SCP computer or in other computers. Private Equity Partners, SOFTBANK Capital Technology Fund III LP, Falcon Private Equity L.P. and Citigroup Investments, Inc. Anystream is based in Sterling, Va. |
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