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June 2009 Digital Rapids Powers Live Streaming of Hundreds of Events Annually for World Sport Group
At the same time, highlight clips of these matches are produced in our post production facility. The finished clips are dropped off into a watch folder, from which StreamZ automatically transcodes them and uploads them to our client’s FTP server.
With more than 300 football matches available annually via satellite, easy management of the streaming is critical. We manage the daily streaming of these matches via the Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager software, which controls and administers the encoders across our internal network. Broadcast Manager centralises the management and control of the encoders, with mosaic-style multi-channel monitoring, scheduling, node management and more. Broadcast Manager’s failover and “self-healing” recovery capabilities automatically respond to problems and failures with minimal disruption.
It is essential for us that all the equipment is robust and reliable and the StreamZ encoders deliver on all counts, with Broadcast Manager making the management of multiple streams really easy. The introduction of the Digital Rapids equipment has helped to open up new revenue streams for our company, giving us a great return on our investment.
About the Author -- James Leow, Head of Digital Media at World Sport Group, has been in the broadcast industry for almost 14 years, including seven as a Broadcast Engineer in a leading post production house and a busines news channel. James joined World Sport Group in 2003 to manage the post production facility headquartered in Singapore, which produces award winning sports magazine shows for global distribution. In addition, he is also responsible for developing and managing World Sport Group’s Digital Media department where he has built the necessary architecture to capitalise on the digital rights of their sports properties.
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