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Megapod First For
Encompass APAC

TVT Integrates AmberFin iCR
Into APAC Media Facilities
A

t BroadcastAsia, AmberFin
announced a contract with
international media facility TVT.
The project sees the company’s
iCR software-based media ingest,
transcode and quality control
platform integrated within TVT’s ﬁlebased workﬂows at a new media
facility in Sydney, Australia.
TVT Chief Operating Ofﬁcer Jake
Robbins said: “The flexibility of
AmberFin’s systems enables us
to deal with multiple clients and
workﬂows as well as automating
elements of them. We make full
use of its digitisation, transcode
and QC functionality across the
many formats that we take in and
are required to make.”
The Sydney facility is contributing
to TVT’s successful APAC region
business drive, building on the
success of its Singapore operation

where AmberFin
iCR plays a
central role,
adding value to
TVT’s operations.
The facility,
which
has
already secured
major contracts
to
provide
all
media
preparation
services for
the BBC and
UKTV channels
in Australia and
New Zealand, AmberFin iCR being used within TVT’s ﬁle-based media
production facility
utilises the
AmberFin iCR platform to enable
provide top quality customer service
all media ingest, transcode and
and we are proud to contribute
QC operations.
to their success throughout the
“TVT has a business model that
APAC region,” said AmberFin CEO
employs cutting edge technology to
Jeremy Deaner.

Tvinci Brings Multi-Device OTT To BroadcastAsia

SIN: Encompass has built a ﬁrstof-its-kind multichannel broadcast
monitoring and playout facility
to meet customer demand for
OTT services across Asia Pacific.
Encompass Digital Media has
announced that its US$7m ‘Megapod’
Asia Paciﬁc facility will double its
current multichannel broadcast
monitoring and playout capacity.
This is the region’s first
comprehensive OTT services facility
enabling Encompass to continue
meeting the growing demands of
customers in Asia Pacific.

Aspera Connects
Inﬁnite Studios
SIN: Infinite Studios, a media,
entertainment and creative services
company based in Singapore, has
deployed Aspera Connect Server
to enable high-speed ﬁle transfer
with overseas clients and partners.
The award-winning studio with
facilities in Singapore and Indonesia,
and a growing base of overseas
clients and partners, the company
needed a secure and reliable system
for content exchange, management
and delivery.

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vinci showcased its fully
deployed OTT 2.0 platform at
BroadcastAsia and CommunicAsia
2013 in Singapore.
The Pay-OTT Platform provider
demonstrated how it drives
personalised social TV services
across tablets, smartphones,
connected TVs, set-topboxes and web.
Visitors to BroadcastAsia and
CommunicAsia had the opportunity
to discuss and view demonstrations
of Tvinci’s deployments. Tvinci
enables operators and media
companies to introduce and deploy
a multi-screen TV service with an
immersive user experience.
In January 2013 Tvinci announced
that it is powering Toggle, the

Tvinci is powering the Singaporebased Toggle service

cross device TV service launched
by MediaCorp, Singapore’s largest
media company. The solution
for MediaCorp is Tvinci’s first
announcement in Asia Paciﬁc as
it looks towards expansion in the
region, and was deployed in just
four months from inception.
As well as offering a variety of free

ad-based content, premium content
on Toggle is available to consumers
as a subscription service or as a
pay-per-view service.
Toggle is a ﬁrst for Singapore,
enabling MediaCorp to leverage
their strong brand and content
to create a sophisticated next
generation pay TV service.
The deployment includes Live,
Catch-up and VOD for both local
and Hollywood content, and
includes an industry ﬁrst, with a
multi-DRM solution deployed for
both live and on demand content.
An $4.5 million investment at the
end of 2012, was earmarked for
further research and development,
as well as for exploring opportunities
in new markets such as Asia.

Inview’s Next Gen
OTT Solution
SIN: OTT solutions specialist,
Inview launched its fully functional
low cost SmartTV ecosystem
with OTT functionality into the
Asian market at BroadcastAsia.
Inview’s Liberator combines
cloud delivery of OTT services
with lightweight software that
can be deployed on a wide
range of hardware platforms.
It is completely scalable from basic
STB functionality to advanced DVR.
Aspera Connect Server enables
clients and partners to contribute
and download digital content.

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