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www.inbroadcast.com | IBC2016 InShow Guide | 9-13 September

Appear TV Facilitates all screens
with ABR Packager
ABR Packager makes it easier for operators to prep channels
for multiscreen delivery as new viewing devices
emerge, future-proofing the business...

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ppear TV recently unveiled its
Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) Packager
software, designed for use with Appear
TV's modular XC 5000 Series Video
Processing Platform or within thirdparty vendor environments.
The ABR Packager software furthers
Appear TV's goal of providing its
users an end-to-end solution for
multiscreen/OTT support that rapidly
adapts to new device profiles, while
continuing to provide the highest video
quality possible.
The ABR packager features highly
efficient segmentation, encryption
and origin server capabilities, and
supports the latest standards and
methodologies for OTT/Multiscreen
content delivery. The system accepts
linear MPEG transport stream inputs
with high-quality H.264 AVC multi
resolution/bandwidth video services.
The received linear services are

segmented into files, and either
converted in real-time to HLS, DASH,
HLS or SS, or stored for start over or
time-shift viewing. The ABR Packager
also support ingest of VOD content and
archiving from live to VOD enabling
NPVR support. The ABR Packager is
fully integrated with Appear TV offline video encoding/transcoding SW
package.
The software also features the
Resource Allocator tool, which
simplifies the process of defining
profile parameters. Utilising a
straightforward Web-based interface,
users can efficiently customise or
use preset configuration templates
for application to multiple services
simultaneously, making for effective
and efficient profile management.
Although it's designed to work
with third-party solutions, the ABR
Packager, when combined with Appear

ABR roadmap for
multiscreen /OTT support

TV's real-time Universal encoding
and transcoding modules for
OTT/Multiscreen delivery, provides
a particularly powerful end-to-end
solution within a single unified
platform. The Universal compression
module in multiscreen mode supports
both encoding from studio and
transcoding
of
pre-compressed
services. When combined with the
Packager, the multiple profiles
streaming from the XC500 Platform
are synchronised, ensuring low latency
and accurate network interfacing.
While there are several file formats
that support VOD and live streaming,
HTTP seems to be emerging as
the standard. Under this format,
customers are requesting content
directly from the server requiring

a solution that can easily scale
to accommodate new content.
Appear TV recognises this, and the
ABR Server is an integrated and
scalable software solution combining
a video segmentation engine, highperformance storage, just-in-time
packager, DRM engine and origin
server as a suite of complementary
elements.
By offering on-the-fly packaging,
the ABR Server reduces storage
requirements
while
increasing
flexibility. The system supports
internal and external storage options,
which are specifically engineered
to maximise efficiency and easily
integrate with other VOD elements
using simple API's.
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