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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 8 - Issue 3 | March 2018

InMedia

Top Solutions Power GTG's OTT Service
G

lobal Technology Group (GTG),
a leading telecommunications
operator in Myanmar, is launching an
OTT service called La La Kyi powered by
Harmonic's VOS 360 media processing
SaaS and Viaccess-Orca's TVaaS Cloudbased TV platform.
Designed to speed up the time to
market for OTT services, the endto-end, fully managed Cloud-based
TV service solution will enable GTG
to deliver high-quality live and VOD
content on any screen with unique
user experience.
"Providing
TV
Everywhere
services is becoming an absolute
necessity for operators that want
to stay competitive," said Prasert
Laosaengpha, Chief Technology Officer
at GTG. "We chose Harmonic and
Viaccess-Orca's end-to-end managed
cloud-based media service platform
to reduce our infrastructure costs
and allow us to move fast, in terms
of getting our new OTT service off
the ground and adding new features
in the future. We're excited to offer
subscribers a large portfolio of local
content on TVs, smartphones, and

tablets to compete with the
major players."
Harmonic and ViaccessOrca will manage GTG's
media
processing
and
distribution
workflow
via the Cloud, ensuring
increased business agility,
scalability, and operational
efficiency. With a fully
managed and operated
Cloud-based video service
delivery platform, GTG can
optimise the monetisation
of its new OTT service,
focusing on building an
exclusive content library
and marketing campaign.
"The dynamic pay-TV industry, with
an increasingly global audience, is
asking for original and premium
video content across all devices," said
Tony Berthaud, VP of Sales, APAC,
at Harmonic. "Software-as-a-service
is the best approach for new players
in the OTT environment because it
provides workflow simplicity, a fast
time to market, and a usage-based
pricing model. We're thrilled to help

video delivery, we're
able to offer customers
like Global Technology
Group a comprehensive
solution for
service
delivery that will enable
monetisation in the
multiscreen environment
right away."
Since both Harmonic VOS
360 media processing
SaaS and Viaccess-Orca's
TVaaS offer a usagebased pricing model, no
infrastructure will be
required on-premises at
GTG.
Through the use of
Global Technology Group launching OTT service data
and
analytics,
Global Technology Group deliver live Viaccess-Orca's TVaaS platform will
and on-demand content with superior help drive better video experiences
video quality, ensuring an unrivalled for the operator's OTT customers and
user experience."
also provide best-in-class security and
"This deployment further strengthens extensive DRM support for any device.
our OTT deployment expertise in the VOS 360 is highly scalable and elastic
APAC region," said Chem Assayag, EVP which allows GTG to support additional
Marketing and Sales at Viaccess-Orca. new services or peak events in the
"Thanks to our solid partnership with future and to instantaneously deploy
Harmonic, the market leader in OTT them.

InForm

Magewell To Expand Video
Interface Offerings
M

agewell will bring its growing
range of high-performance
video interface solutions to the 2018
NAB Show.
The award-winning developer will
demonstrate how its feature-rich
solutions reliably and cost-effectively
help end-users, systems integrators
and
OEM
product
designers
incorporate professional video and
audio signals into today's softwarebased media workflows.
"As software solutions have come
to dominate the broadcast and
professional production landscape,
the need for dependable, high-

USB Capture Plus

performance video interface devices
has never been greater," said Amy
Zhou, Sales Director at Magewell.
"Even the most powerful software
applications are severely limited if
users can't easily and reliably get
high-quality video signals into and out
of the system. We introduced many
new products in the past year to help
customers bridge this gap, and we
look forward to unveiling even more
innovations at this year's NAB Show."
Magewell will preview a major
new product line that expands the
company's scope beyond its wellknown strengths in video capture and
playout.
Other featured products will include:
Pro Capture 4K - Magewell's 4K
PCIe capture cards combine highperformance, Ultra HD video ingest
with powerful features such as CPUfree, FPGA-based video processing.
Multiple models provide a flexible
choice of input interfaces including

HDMI, SDI (single-link 12G, duallink 6G or quad-link 3G) or DVI.
Highlighted configurations will
include upcoming dual-channel
models
that
simultaneously
capture two independent, 60fps 4K
signals on one card.
Eco Capture (M.2) - Designed for
use in small and embedded systems
where full-sized PCIe slots are
unavailable, the Eco Capture family
of video capture hardware offers
OEMs and systems integrators an
ultra-compact capture solution with
low power consumption for spacelimited applications. Featuring an
M.2 connector and measuring just
22x80mm, four Eco Capture models
offer single-channel 4K, dual-channel
HD or quad-channel HD capture.
USB Capture Plus - Magewell's
external, plug-and-play USB Capture
Plus devices are the easiest and most
reliable way to bring SDI, HDMI or DVI
sources into popular Windows, Mac,

Flex I/O family of PCIe
input-output

Linux or Chrome OS software.
The driver-free devices enable
all types of computers including
laptops to capture HD or 4K
video with audio through a standard
USB 3.0 interface.
Flex I/O - The Flex I/O family of PCIe
input-output cards extends Magewell's
highly-regarded
video
capture
benefits to playout applications.
The first two Flex I/O models - one
offering SDI connectivity, and the
other with HDMI - each feature four
input channels and two outputs, all of
which can be used simultaneously with
independent resolutions, frame rates
and processing settings for maximum
flexibility.
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