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September 2006 The New Media Group Deploys StreamZ for Major IPTV Project
The New Media Group ("TNMG") chose Digital Rapids StreamZ for a major IPTV project based around high brand value content for diaspora communities around the globe. Initially, Digital Rapids provided StreamZ media encoding and streaming systems for 28 channels, with further expansion following the launch of the service.
At launch, the service comprised 24 linear channels including the content of News Corporation, Taj Sports, and others; four wholly-owned Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) channels; and 200 hours of Video on Demand (VOD). The initial IPTV offering is community-oriented and focuses on the Subcontinent communities living and working in Japan, South Korea and Australia, and the French-speaking and Arabic-speaking communities in those markets. Content is delivered from around the world to The New Media Group’s headquarters in Japan by traditional distribution methods, where it is streamed live to the Japanese, Korean and Australian markets.
StreamZ encoding solutions combine powerful hardware for video and audio capture and pre-processing with the intuitive Stream software interface, delivering high-quality, multi-format media encoding and streaming for demanding applications such as IPTV and VOD. The advanced, hardware-based video processing features enable optimum quality and the most efficient use of bandwidth in the compressed result.
“Our mission is to provide high brand value content to communities that are underserved, and IPTV is the exact right way to do that,” said Randy McGraw, President of TNMG. “Our providers, our customers, and consequently our company, have high quality standards that must be met by our product and the equipment that's behind it. Have a look at our service and see.”
“We bench-tested a number of different encoders, and found Digital Rapids StreamZ to be our best choice,” said Ahamed Mohideen, COO of The New Media Group. “The ease-of-use and feature richness of StreamZ make it a good value for us.”
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