2011 Cine, Video & Television (Telemundo) Show
Exhibiting With DBE/Excelencia: June 15-17
Company Background:
Volicon provides the broadcast and cable industries with the most efficient, reliable, and cost-effective automated multichannel video content logging and monitoring system for compliance, media analysis, content repurposing, and quality of service. Its Observer® real-time digital video monitoring and logging solutions are based on Volicon’s patent-pending Video Monitoring Architecture (VMA). VMA is comprised of a multichannel video streaming engine, interactive search, content analytics, and service monitoring and alarming capabilities. Volicon products and services meet the demanding requirements of broadcasters, cable and IPTV service providers, and enterprise and government organizations looking to improve broadcast product quality, enhance video management, and lower costs.
Volicon Observer® Product Line
As the industry standard for video monitoring and logging, with 400 customers in more than 40 countries recording 5,000 channels worldwide, the Volicon Observer® captures, stores, and indexes broadcast content from multiple channels, offering users simultaneous Web access to recorded video content from their desktop computers. The Observer product line includes Observer Professional, a Microsoft® Silverlight®-based system designed specifically for budget-conscious television stations and organizations that require streamlined workflows for media monitoring; Observer Enterprise, a fully redundant, enterprise-grade, 24/7 automated record-and-search appliance targeted to broadcasting networks for media monitoring and compliance workflows; and Observer ASI/Transport Stream Monitoring, which provides broadcasters, networks, and cable operators with the ability to handle MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 transport streams and retains the content and extensive metadata carried within them.
Volicon Products at Cine, Video & Television (Telemundo) Show:
Observer® Enterprise
The Observer® Enterprise is a next-generation media monitoring and logging solution that correlates several months of video and audio data all within a single Web browser client application. Beyond the core mission-critical functions of quality and compliance monitoring, the Observer Enterprise offers high value throughout the organization — from marketing, sales, and traffic to business planning and management. By integrating innovative add-on modules such as proactive automated quality-of-service alarms, auto as-run log import, content matching of audio cues for ad verification, and viewer ratings data for in-depth competitive analysis, the Observer Enterprise is a truly versatile digital logging and monitoring solution.
Observer® Professional Built on Silverlight®
Based on Microsoft® Silverlight®, the Observer® Professional includes an intuitive, streamlined user interface for both Mac® and PC platforms that supports Internet Explorer®, Safari®, Google Chrome™, and Firefox® browsers, as well as integrated export functionality to H.264, Flash®, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4. The versatile system includes improved streaming capabilities and gives users the flexibility to export video files in .ASF (WM9), H.264, Flash, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 formats. By employing Silverlight for the Observer Pro, Volicon has gained access to a rich array of building blocks, which Volicon engineering and product design teams can quickly customize in response to prioritized customer feedback and requirements.
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Image caption: Observer® Professional Built on Silverlight®
Observer® ASI/Transport Stream Monitoring and Logging
The new Observer® ASI/Transport Stream Monitoring and Logging system gives broadcasters, networks, and cable operators the ability to handle MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 transport streams and retains the content and extensive metadata carried within them. Complementing the existing Observer Enterprise analog, SD-SDI, and HD-SDI systems, this new interface simplifies signal flow, allows for greater signal density and flexibility, and enables full-quality content logging, thereby opening the door to new use cases — such as re-broadcasting high-resolution data, interactive content, and dialnorm reporting — for logged content. Using the ASI/Transport Stream system for compliance logging and air checks, operators can easily extract MPEG metadata and troubleshoot the MPEG transport stream live or from the Observer log.
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Image caption: Observer® ASI/Transport Stream Monitoring and Logging
Observer® Modules
The new Content Matching Module (CMM) enables operators to flag and access specific audio cues when they appear in a broadcast. Using a pre-recorded segment, the CMM creates an audio fingerprint database that is continuously checked against the incoming stream for a match. When the audio appears in a broadcast, the system provides an immediate alert and notification to the operator along with immediate access to the video in which the segment occurred. The matched content is added to a log that can be referenced along with clips that can be shared, within the organization and beyond, to provide all the evidence necessary for regulatory, copyright, and ad placement inquiries.
The Producer Content Repurposing Module makes it easy for content owners to leverage their broadcast assets across multiple platforms, including broadcast, the Web, over-the-top TV, and mobile video. The module leverages program metadata from the customer’s automation system to allow users to perform clip identification, verification, and repurposing from a single interface. With the full range of codecs, bit rates, resolutions, and quality settings available, the Producer enables operators to deploy one system that handles all of their repurposing requirements and facilitates a cost-effective shift to multiplatform media distribution.
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Volicon’s quote:
“The Cine, Video & Television show is an excellent opportunity for us to connect with existing customers in the Latin American market, to build new relationships with regional media companies, and to showcase the latest products and enhancements across the Observer® line,” said Ken Rubin, director of sales, Latin America at Volicon. “In the past year, we’ve announced significant new releases that bring even greater flexibility to media monitoring and logging operations, and we look forward to demonstrating the benefits of these solutions in Mexico City.”
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