In Broadcast - CABSAT 2016 - 20


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www.inbroadcast.com | CABSAT InShow Guide | 8 - 10 March 2016

Aspera Showcases Groundbreaking
SaaS and Live Streaming Solutions
at CABSAT 2016
Aspera's complete portfolio can be viewed in Dubai...

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t CABSAT 2016, Aspera, an
IBM company and creator of
technologies that move the world's
data at maximum speed, will showcase
its complete portfolio of high-speed
file transfer software and automation
solutions for the broadcast and media
industries, including the revolutionary
new SaaS platform, Aspera Files.
Built on Aspera's FASP transport
technology, Aspera Files enables
any organisation, small or large,
to establish a branded web-based
presence for the fast, easy, and secure
exchange and delivery of any size
file-based media or data between end
users, across separate organisations,
combining multiple storage platforms.
Aspera software is powered by
the Emmy award-winning FASP
protocol to deliver the fastest, most
predictable file transfer, share and

sync experience across on-premises,
cloud, and hybrid infrastructure.
At CABSAT, Aspera will also
showcase multiple breakthrough
capabilities and advanced features
powered by the next generation of its
patented FASP transport technology.
These allow media enterprises of all
sizes to meet variable data movement
demands in real-time with speed,
control, security, and ease, directly to
cloud and on-premise storage.
This includes the new FASPStream
transport technology which expands
Aspera's FASP transport technology
for live and near-live data streaming.
FASP's patented transport protocol
achieves highly efficient bulk data
transfer over IP networks, independent
of distance and quality (round-trip
latency and packet loss). FASPStream
expands this capability to provide a

fully reliable streaming protocol for
in-order data delivery over Internet
WANs, with excellent quality and
negligible start-up delay.
Aspera will also take part in the
CABSAT Content Congress conference
on Tuesday 8th March at 3:15pm.
Francois Quereuil, Aspera's Senior
Director of Worldwide Marketing will
join a discussion with other industry
peers on Streaming Media and
the shifting viewing behaviours of
consumers.
About Aspera
Founded in 2004 by Michelle Munson
and Serban Simu, and now part of IBM
Software, Aspera is headquartered
in Emeryville, California with satellite
offices in the United Kingdom, France,
and Singapore. Aspera software can be
purchased directly from the company
and also through an expansive network

Amagi at CABSAT 2016
In Dubai, Amagi will showcase a host of its new platforms...

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magi, debut its new CLOUDPORT
3.0 playout platform at CABSAT
2016. Also on display will be Amagi's
new CUMULUS Cloud Broadcast
Platform,
and
THUNDERSTORM
platform for dynamic OTT ad insertion.
CLOUDPORT 3.0
At CABSAT 2016, Amagi will
introduce
CLOUDPORT
3.0,
a
new cloud-based platform for
multichannel playout of both live and
nonlinear feeds. The next-generation
CLOUDPORT platform has transitioned
from proprietary hardware to an Intel
server residing in the cloud, giving
broadcasters more control over their
operations. By hosting a broad range
of advanced playout capabilities

from the Amazon Web Services (AWS)
infrastructure,
CLOUDPORT
3.0
enables TV networks to launch new
channels in less than four weeks, at a
fraction of the typical cost.
Using CLOUDPORT 3.0, broadcasters
can support the entire playout
workflow, from channel branding
and graphics, to subtitling, traffic and
scheduling, compliance recording,
quality
control,
multichannel
monitoring, and more. In addition
to delivering content to operator
headends and teleports for further
distribution, CLOUDPORT 3.0 offers
automated transcoding and delivery
to different VOD and OTT platforms,
enabling broadcasters to address
the growing consumer demand for

CLOUDPORT 3.0 offers new levels of operational efficiency, scalability, and cost savings

multiscreen viewing.
Leveraging the platform's dynamic
and local ad insertion capabilities, TV
networks can increase monetisation.
Full-screen graphics and HEVC
support ensure a high-quality viewing
experience for broadcast subscribers.
CUMULUS
CUMULUS, Amagi's cloud broadcast
platform, will also be showcased
at CABSAT 2016. CUMULUS allows
TV networks to prepare, manage,
playout, deliver, and monetise their
content, all through a single platform.
Using the end-to-end cloud service,
content owners and broadcasters
can create and deliver linear and
nonlinear streams across cable,
satellite, IPTV, and OTT on-demand
platforms, reducing dependencies on
individual service providers. CUMULUS
is built on a global, secure, and
reliable architecture provided by AWS,
lowering CAPEX and OPEX.
CUMULUS offers centralised content
storage and archiving, providing
TV networks with transparent, total

of reselling partners worldwide.
In addition to offering a complete
portfolio of software products and
a comprehensive SDK platform,
Aspera provides engineering services
to support the custom-tailored
implementation of its solutions, and
transfer technology in all types of
enterprises. Aspera always welcomes
opportunities for strategic alliances
and partnerships with cutting-edge
companies, large and small.
Aspera serves all industries that
need to move large volumes of data
over wide area networks in practical
time frames, such as enterprise IT,
games and software development,
engineering
and
electronics,
government, legal and eDiscovery,
financial services, life sciences, media
and entertainment, and oil and gas.
Aspera is recognised as a pioneer in
the enablement of high-speed, dataintensive workflows throughout the
enterprise.
Please visit www.asperasoft.com for
more information.
access and control of their assets.
Leveraging Amazon Glacier, CUMULUS
provides an integrated archival
workflow with instant retrieval of
archived assets. Monetisation can be
realised from content regionalisation
and targeted ad insertion across linear
and OTT feeds, combined with the
opportunity for ad sales partnerships
and programmatic buying.
THUNDERSTORM
In Dubai, Amagi will provide a sneak
peek of the new THUNDERSTORM
platform, which enables TV networks
to dynamically insert ads on the
server side, simplifying the delivery
of personalised and targeted ads on
premium live and linear OTT feeds.
With the ability to perform instant,
server-side ad insertion, TV networks
now have an effective approach to
OTT ad insertion compared with the
traditional method of inserting mid-roll
ads on the client side.
The platform allows broadcasters
to insert multiple types of ad formats,
including bugs, L-bands, and linear
video, for ultimate flexibility. Since
ads are stitched at the server level,
THUNDERSTORM
eliminates
the
need to create device-driven OTT ad
streams, making ads compatible across
various screens.
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