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  • The popular Indian GEC will use Amagi’s state-of-the-art Cloudport 2.0 to drive increased flexibility and cost savings

    B4U to transform content delivery and playout operations with Amagi

    By A Correspondent

     

    Amagi has been signed on by B4U Television Network India for a range of end-to-end cloud-based playout services. Through its flagship channel playout platform, CLOUDPORT 2.0, Amagi’s services will include playout, 24/7 monitoring, conditional access, and measurement systems leveraging satellite distribution from AsiaSat, Asia’s premier satellite operator.

     

    The development marks a significant step in the adoption of cloud-based managed playout services by TV networks in India and Amagi’s growing expertise in this area. It also demonstrates increasing adoption of the Amagi’s next-generation channel playout management services by TV networks worldwide to monetise their content delivery and distribution.

     

    “Amagi’s playout services offer us improved flexibility, transparency, and channel control at very cost-effective rates. We are also delighted with the excellent technical support delivered by Amagi in transitioning from our earlier playout infrastructure in just under two months,” said Sandeep Gupta, Chief Financial Officer, B4U Network. “With all our content assets on the cloud, we are in a position to efficiently expand to new geographies and target specific markets as the business demands. It also makes us future-ready, as Amagi’s platforms are extendable for content regionalization, ad monetization, and OTT platform integration.”

     

    The content and playlist is contributed by B4U in Mumbai, India, and the United Kingdom, while playout is uplinked in Hong Kong via AsiaSat. The entire workflow is stitched through Amagi’s cloud infrastructure and monitored by Amagi at its headquarters in Bengaluru.

     

    “CLOUDPORT is rapidly becoming the preferred platform of choice for channel playout and management as TV networks look to leverage new efficiencies available through virtualized playout models,” said Srividhya Srinivasan, co-founder, Amagi. “By supporting multisite workflows and collaboration, our CLOUDPORT platform dramatically enhances playout and distribution efficiencies for B4U Television Network India while enabling them to deliver a world-class entertainment experience to customers.”

     

  • Amagi has enabled MOC to launch its channel at a fraction of traditional satellite/fiber infrastructure costs

    Amagi announces deployment of Cloudport for MOC

    By A Correspondent

     

    Amagi has announced a full-fledged deployment of its CLOUDPORT Edge Playout servers for Magic of Cinema (MOC), a 24×7 free-to-air movie channel across 17 digital cable platforms.

     

    Using cloud technologies, Amagi has enabled MOC to launch its channel at a fraction of traditional satellite/fiber infrastructure costs. The entire playout is managed at Amagi’s Data Operations Center in Bangalore, consistently delivering at 100 percent on service level performance. Amagi’s CLOUDPORT edge servers and its cloud-based unified management user interface has dramatically simplified channel playout across multiple cable platforms for MOC.

     

    “We evaluated several platforms and finally chose Amagi for its technology superiority and an attractive PaaS business model. It allowed us to avoid high capital expenditure and upfront investment without compromising on the broadcast quality. As our viewership expanded over time, Amagi helped us scale our business giving us the required flexibility and reliability. Amagi has been a true partner in our growth,” said Sricharan Iyengar, CEO of MOC.

     

    Amagi’s CLOUDPORT platform runs on the cloud, with benefits of unlimited storage and accessibility. Amagi has already implemented its cloud technologies in more than 10 countries covering multi-country feeds. The latest deployment of Amagi CLOUDPORT at MOC further validates the platform’s reliability, flexibility and scalability.  The platform has advanced features such as dynamic graphic overlays and sub-parting that met MOC’s exacting quality and feature requirements.

     

    “MOC is a fast growing movie channel with a line-up of rich and contemporary content. Amagi’s advanced technology platforms coupled with uninterrupted 24×7 playout and monitoring service has successfully and consistently met MOC’s evolving needs. We are very positive about MOC’s potential and Amagi is fully equipped to support the channel’s growth aspirations” said Srividhya Srinivasan, co-founder, Amagi.