Broadcast Video Expo 2011 - Stand G6
15-17 February 2011 - Earls Court 2, London
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® Family:
As the industry standard for video monitoring and logging, the Volicon Observer® captures, stores, and indexes broadcast content from multiple channels, offering users simultaneous access to video from their desktop computers. Recently, Volicon announced a significant expansion of the Observer product family to address the full range of broadcast workflows and budgets. The Observer product family now includes Observer Professional, designed specifically for budget-conscious television stations and organizations that require simplified workflows for media monitoring; Observer Enterprise, a fully-redundant, enterprise-grade, 24x7 automated record-and-search appliance targeted to broadcasting networks for media monitoring and compliance workflows; and Observer Remote Program Monitor (RPM), providing quality-of-experience monitoring for IPTV, MSOs, independent cable operators, and satellite operators.
Volicon Products at Broadcast Video Expo 2011:
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.
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 into multiplatform media distribution.
The Scheduled Recording Module integrates with electronic programming guides (EPGs) to enable quick and easy scheduling, selective recording of specific broadcast channels within designated time periods, and enhanced searching with auto-complete technology on key media mentions in the video stream.
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Volicon’s quote:
“Our advanced Observer® digital video logging and monitoring systems and our array of powerful modules deliver a wide variety of broadcast facilities with robust functionality tailored to a converging media marketplace. We’re excited about exhibiting at Broadcast Video Expo for the first time and look forward to demonstrating how our Observer systems not only simplify transmission troubleshooting and ensure compliance, but also facilitate ad verification, analysis of viewer ratings, and efficient repurposing of content for multiplatform delivery.” — Mike Asebrook, senior director, product marketing, at Volicon.
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