IBC was abuzz with broadcasters that have expanded their distribution into OTT and the Actus Digital booth became a somewhat unexpected gathering place for those seeking OTT quality monitoring.
While the Actus intelligent monitoring platform has provided OTT monitoring for many years, overwhelmingly positive feedback was received for its latest version that added extensive OTT analysis with simplicity and clarity.
Actus has created a one-stop control center, monitoring all renditions within variable bit-rate streams. In addition to a live view of each of the various resolutions, it provides QoE and QoS assessment, transport statistics, current and historic evaluations, alarm status, SCTE event tracking (showing actual SCTE message detail), and a list of Ad-insert opportunities with alert notifications.
HOW ACTUS MEETS THE OTT CHALLENGE?
Traditionally, engineers have no way to know about the quality of the video streams received by their OTT viewers until they “get complaints”. The latest version of Actus provides tremendous value with in-depth QoE and QoS HLS stream assessment of all renditions, returned from various nodes throughout the distribution chain on its way to viewers, including source, encoders/decoders, and multiple CDN returns… at several geographical locations.
Operators monitor the performance and technical aspects of the HLS stream live through a rich dashboard and although it evaluates quality at the HTTP level, the Manifest level, and the content level… part of Actus Digital’s brilliance is the simplicity in alerting engineers to issues that genuinely impact the viewers’ experience… without overloading them with details that do not impact quality.
OTT MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE LOGGING – IN ONE PLATFORM
These OTT monitoring benefits are added to Actus Digital’s already comprehensive features for quality alerting, compliance logging, multiviewer, and aircheck recording. They further condense tools needed by Engineers and enable them to do their jobs better and easier than ever before. All of this in one surprisingly-affordable platform that combines all input formats, at multiple points in the video distribution chain, for broadcast and OTT content.
The Actus platform doesn’t stop at Engineering though, competitor analysis helps News teams improve their ratings, integrated advanced editing and clipping to Social Media help Digital teams repurpose content, and Ad-analysis helps Sales teams generate actionable lead lists for increasing ad sales revenue. With AI-based workflows, Actus also serves as a fantastic front-end for creating or contributing to Media Asset Management.
SEE FOR YOURSELF AT NAB-NY or ANYTIME
Actus will showcase this latest version of its media intelligence platform in the Javitz Center at NAB-NY on Oct. 19th-20th. To schedule an Actus demonstration in booth 925 or online anytime, visit https://actusdigital.com/events/tradeshows/
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