VO's Secure Video Player Boosts Revenues With Client-Side Ad Insertion

PARIS — April 14, 2021 — Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that Mola TV, one of the fastest growing entertainment networks in Indonesia, is using its Secure Video Player to deliver English Premier League (EPL) football matches. VO Secure Video Player features client-side advertising insertion (CSAI) capabilities, maximizing monetization opportunities for Mola TV.

"Our goal is to deliver more than just live sports coverage of EPL matches — we want to provide fans with a personalized sports streaming experience," said Ching Ping Lee, CTO at Mola TV. "VO Secure Video Player enables us to share insights about viewers with advertisers while keeping data secure and complying with privacy-related regulations."

AVC-Systems AG has invested in a Leader LV5600 SDI/IP multi-screen waveform monitor as the reference core of a new IP demonstration unit. Based at the company's headquarters in Einsiedeln canton Schwyz, in the central part of Switzerland, the demonstrator will be used to explain the operational and technical advantages of IP connectivity to Swiss TV and radio channel managers, content producers, broadcast systems integrators and telco service providers.

Bitcentral Inc., an industry-leading provider of efficient media workflows, announces support for ad trigger insertion in its FUEL online video platform. The solution is being used by Cowles Broadcasting to enable Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) for its launch on the popular NewsON service.

Leader Electronics announces new additions to its range of training resources with the release of three video primers explaining the SMPTE ST 2110 Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks suite of standards:

Video primer: An Introduction to ST 2110-20 (6 minutes).

Video primer: An Introduction to SMPTE ST 2110-10 System Timing (22 minutes).

Video primer: SMPTE ST 2110 Professional Media Over IP (5 minutes).

Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader in broadcast media technologies has announced the introduction of strategic new IP-related multiviewer functionalities within its R&S®PRISMON broadcast channel monitoring and multiviewer system.

Claimed by the company to be a world’s first in IP workflow multiviewing, the new Scalable Distributed Multiviewer feature offers unprecedented configuration flexibility for users through its ‘any to any’ function. This unique feature, which can be added to existing PRISMON installations, enables any input to any output connectivity through IP proxy networks for up to 36 remote devices.

GENTEC, a leading contractor for telecommunications, electronics and computer projects, has proven its capability by successfully completing projects across Saudi Arabia, and has become a trusted systems integrator of TSL Products. When the integrator was recently tasked with a first-of-its-kind outside broadcast project at Saudi Broadcasting Authority (SBA), they knew that TSL’s audio monitoring and broadcast control solutions would be up to the challenge.

Grass Valley announces that a suite of its live production solutions are central to GOL TV’s newly upgraded mobile fleet and studios. In a large and complex multimillion dollar deal, the Tenfield-owned bilingual soccer channel has selected Grass Valley cameras, switchers, replay and highlights and IP routing and infrastructure – all fully integrated with third-party equipment – to provide an end-to-end workflow that will support live sporting events, live musical shows and news productions. This system upgrade equips GOL TV to strengthen its position in live production for LATAM with futureproofed capability, including IP and 4K UHD HDR.

Creative Solutions, a Division of The Vitec Group plc (LSE: VTC), is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lightstream, a US-based tech company that builds a cloud-native live video platform, broadcast software, and creator tools with specialization in the video game live streaming industry.

PBT EU will host an engaging free webinar featuring SubtitleNEXT and PlayBox Neo20's Channel in a Box, on 14 April 2021 at 11am EEST (Bucharest local time).

Presented by PBT EU CEO Ivanka Vassileva and PlayBox Neo Demo Artist Plamen Georgiev, it provides an overview of what's new in PlayBox Neo20 Channel in Box, including  updates in SubtitleNEXT's  Live Subtitling function which significantly speeds up the subtitling of news emissions, live TV shows; making it a “best-fit” solution for subtitling preparation, airing of news for traditional broadcasters, accessibility services, live events, educational sessions, YouTube live events, Zoom and more. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E0l3sjtzSWyIzwhI7fCxtA

TAG Video Systems has received high marks for its security protocols following a rigorous and thorough two-part audit based on criteria developed by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). According to Paul Briscoe, TAG’s chief architect, the results of this audit are a testament to the Company’s success in providing heightened security to its customers. TAG is the world leader in 100% SW, 100% IP, 100% COTS/Cloud, Probing, Monitoring and Multiviewing solutions, for all four of the major broadcast applications (Live Production, Playout, Delivery and OTT).