ARMONK, N.Y., Sept.
9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced
today that Aspera, an IBM company, together with EVS, a leading
provider of broadcast and media production systems, and Elemental,
the leading supplier of software-defined video solutions for
multiscreen content delivery, deployed the first large-scale system
for high-resolution live video streaming via the cloud to enable
viewers to watch live HD media and sporting events from their
connected devices.
Demand for coverage of international sporting events continues
to increase, with more and more viewers turning to the Internet for
live match streaming. The challenge for many broadcasters is the
ability to quickly transfer and distribute match content across
smartphones, tablets, laptops and connected TVs. To support this
growing online fan base, EVS integrated Aspera FASP high-speed
transfer and Elemental video processing technologies to create a
revolutionary cloud-based content delivery workflow that scales to
stream the world's most watched sporting events to a global fan
base.
The collaboration resulted in a unique end-to-end production
system that is capable of near-live distribution of live action
sporting events to streaming networks. This provides regional
broadcasters with access to all live camera feeds directly from
sporting venues rather than from a single central live stream feed,
giving them far greater speed and flexibility in the content they
distribute:
- Through its C-Cast technology at the heart of the workflow, EVS
captures video of multiple cameras angles from on-location live
production feeds.
- Embedded Aspera FASP high-speed transfer software is used to
transfer the video feeds in real-time across continents from sports
venues directly to an Aspera On Demand server software running in
the cloud. The new Aspera Auto-Scale platform manages transfer
server instances to meet demand when workloads spike.
- Elemental Cloud video processing ingests the mezzanine format,
converting it into the multiple bit rates, resolutions and
streaming protocols required to serve a full range of fan
devices.
- The final output of high-quality, high-resolution live content
is delivered to regional broadcasters and streamed to online
viewers across the globe.
"On the world's biggest stages, Aspera's high-speed file
transfer technology helps to push the boundaries of content
streaming to sports fans worldwide," said Michelle Munson, CEO of Aspera. "The close
collaboration with EVS and Elemental gives sports broadcasters and
content delivery networks the freedom to reimagine how to broadcast
events in radically new ways. This is only the beginning."
"Just like on the field, it takes the best players to come
together in a team effort to broadcast a premier
international sporting event, which is why we collaborated with
world-class partners like Aspera and Elemental," said Joop Janssen, CEO of EVS. "With Aspera's
industry-leading high-speed file transfer software and Elemental's
industry-leading video processing solutions, we were able to create
an innovative service that surpassed the expectations of the
broadcast industry."
"Elemental is thrilled to partner with Aspera and EVS to enable
broadcasters to offer a complete range of multimedia and
interactive services and provide entirely new perspectives on
sports action," said Keith Wymbs,
chief marketing officer for Elemental. "The power and elasticity of
this architecture enables EVS to deliver premium video content that
would otherwise not be available to broadcast to viewers."
The complete end-to-end platform has been proven to deliver
hundreds of concurrent video streams transferred over the wide area
network in real time directly to cloud infrastructure. This has
been achieved with an effective transfer rate as fast as the live
video capture rate at sports venues in spite of heavy round-trip
latency and packet loss (over 200 milliseconds and 10 percent peak
packet loss over the WAN). The result is a consistent
high-performance delivery of live feeds and near live broadcast
quality video.
Aspera will be showcasing its suite of high-speed transfer
software and services at IBC 2014 at the RAI in Amsterdam in Hall 7, Stand G30 on September 12-16. EVS will demonstrate its media
production and broadcast systems in Hall 8, Stand B90. Elemental will feature its
full suite of software-defined video solutions in
Hall 4, Stand 4.B75 at the
RAI.
About Aspera
Aspera, an IBM company, is the creator of
next-generation transport technologies that move the world's data
at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and
network conditions. Based on its patented, Emmy® award-winning
FASP™ protocol, Aspera software fully utilizes existing
infrastructures to deliver the fastest, most predictable
file-transfer experience. Aspera's core technology delivers
unprecedented control over bandwidth, complete security and
uncompromising reliability. Organizations across a variety of
industries on six continents rely on Aspera software for the
business-critical transport of their digital assets. Please visit
http://www.asperasoft.com and follow us on Twitter @asperasoft for
more information.
About EVS
EVS provides its customers with reliable and
innovative technology to enable the production of live, enriched
video programming, allowing them to work more efficiently and boost
their revenue streams. Its industry-leading broadcast and media
production systems are used by broadcasters, production companies,
post-production facilities, film studios, content owners and
archive libraries around the globe. It spans four key markets –
Sports, Entertainment, News and Media.
Founded in 1994, its innovative Live Slow Motion system
revolutionised live broadcasting. Its reliable and integrated
tapeless solutions, based around its market-leading XT server
range, are now widely used to deliver live productions worldwide.
Today, it continues to develop practical innovations, such as its
C-Cast second-screen delivery platform, to help customers maximise
the value of their media content.
The company is headquartered in Belgium and has offices in Europe, the Middle
East, Asia and North America. Approximately 465 EVS
professionals from 20 offices are selling its branded products in
over 100 countries, and provide customer support globally. EVS is a
public company traded on Euronext Brussels: EVS, ISIN:
BE0003820371. For more information, please visit www.evs.com
About Elemental
Elemental Technologies is the leading
supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen
content delivery. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, the company pioneered the
use of software-based video processing to distribute video over IP
networks. Solutions from Elemental provide the flexibility,
scalability and performance required to deliver high quality video
via turnkey, cloud-based and virtualized deployment models.
Powering video experiences for more than 500 leading media
franchises worldwide, Elemental helps pay TV operators, content
programmers, broadcasters and enterprise customers bring video to
any screen, anytime – all at once. The company has offices in
the United States, the
United Kingdom, France, Hong
Kong, Singapore,
Japan, China, Russia, India
and Brazil. To learn more, please
visit www.elementaltechnologies.com and follow @elementaltech on
Twitter.
Contact information:
Sean
Audet
IBM Media Relations
spaudet@us.ibm.com
781.665.5213
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