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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 7 - Issue 8 | August 2017

InStudio

The Move To Cloud-Based KVM
- Black Box
V

irtualisation is an important
growing trend for broadcast,
especially as the industry continues
to face tough competition from live
streaming and digital content. Evolving
technology and consumer trends are
creating a need for broadcasters to
access both physical and virtual servers.

With Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM)
solutions, control room operators can
manage multiple computers from
one workstation, making it easier to
control both remote operations and
post-production equipment. But as
virtualisation grows, KVM must adapt
to it.

Benefits Of IP-Based KVM
More broadcasters are transitioning
from physical to virtual servers
through IP-based KVM. When assets
are moved to the Cloud, critical
data can be accessed anywhere
at any time. IP-based KVM allows
broadcasters to create, share and
edit content remotely, and faster.
Now new channels can be spun up in
days or hours instead of months, and
updated formats and delivery methods
can be implemented as viewer
demands change. Moving to virtual
servers is also a cost-saving tactic for
broadcasters, who can now centrally
manage and distribute content
through a single, agile data centre.
There are two ways to move your
servers to the Cloud: add to your
current digital KVM matrix, or build
a new infrastructure from scratch
with IP-based KVM. With vital apps
and software accessible at all times,
broadcasters can automate workflow
and see vast improvements in their
operations. Post-production editors

and effects artists can use Cloud-based
KVM to seamlessly move from device
to device, as well as collaborate from
remote locations.
IP-based KVM is also highly scalable,
with the ability to support hundreds
of users and servers at the same time.
You can start small with a system
that gives one user access to multiple
computers and virtual machines.
Eventually, you can expand that
system into a switching matrix that can
connect thousands of devices at once.
Embracing Virtualisation
Black Box has the expertise and
resources to support the move to
virtualisation.
Download our free whitepaper at
blackbox.com/virtualisation to learn
more about broadcast and postproduction's shift to virtual servers,
and how we can help you make the
transition.

Virtualisation Trend: Post-Production Studio

Verizon Digital Media Services
At IBC2017
V

erizon Digital Media Services
will feature its award-winning
Smartplay by Verizon technology, a
first-of-its-kind, one-to-one sessionmanagement system that enables
content owners to realize greater
insights and create more effective
monetisation strategies for their
content.
The company will also highlight the
Volicon Media Intelligence service,
which records and stores broadcast
content across multiple interfaces
and has been updated to include the
proprietary Slicer application from
Verizon Digital Media Services, further
simplifying creation, delivery and
monitoring of OTT content.
Launched in spring 2017, the
award-winning Smartplay by Verizon
technology from Verizon Digital Media
Services allows content owners to
have a direct, one-to-one relationship
with every viewer and, in turn, grow
smarter about delivering personalised

viewing experiences.
At IBC2017, Verizon Digital
Media Services will highlight
how this technology offers
its
customers
smarter
delivery, insights, advertising,
programming,
discovery
and
protection by generating dynamic
manifests for each and every user.
Eliminating the complex systems and
poor visibility associated with reliance
on loosely stitched together supply
chain providers, Smartplay by Verizon
also eliminates additional costs
and delays in preparing content for
different platforms and monetization
strategies. As a result, this service
makes it easier and more economical
than ever for content providers
to launch and operate successful
OTT services while still maintaining
exceptional quality of service.
The Volicon Media Intelligence
service enables broadcasters to
use industry-leading video capture,

archive, compliance monitoring and
automated clip-creation technology to
bring high-quality content to viewers
quickly via OTT-based delivery.
At IBC2017, Verizon Digital Media
Services will demonstrate how
this service unites digital media
transformation workflows from the
worlds of traditional broadcasting
and OTT delivery, in turn
reducing the cost and
complexity of multiplatform
delivery.
Deployed at more than
a
thousand
broadcast
locations worldwide, the
Volicon Media Intelligence
service records broadcast
content across interfaces -

including SDI, transport stream
and analogue - for purposes
of
monitoring,
compliance
and review. Integration of
the service with the Slicer
application, part of the Uplynk
Video Streaming service, puts
industry-leading
compliance,
monitoring and OTT delivery
in a single footprint within a
broadcaster's facility.
Activated as quickly and easily as
flipping a switch, the Slicer application
gives broadcasters the ability to ingest
video, encode it into multiple bit-rate
profiles, encrypt it, and distribute it via
OTT or video-on-demand services, as
well as through web and social media
sharing platforms.

Dynamic manifests for each user
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