Modules
Dashboard
Ingest
Media asset management
Scheduling
Channel
Playout
IP multiviewer (MCR VIEW)
Ingest
Ingest sources
FTP, SFTP, AWS S3, Azure Blob, Telia Cloudy, Alibaba OSS, Wasabi, Aspera, Signiant
Video codecs
Broadcast MPEG 2 / AVC / HEVC formats, XDCAM, DV / DVCPRO, ProRes 422 /4444, H.264 / 265, XAVC-Intra, AVCHD / AVCHDPRO, XDCAM HD / IM
Video containers
MXF, MOV, AVI, MP4, MPG, M2TS, M2V
Subtitle formats
SRT, STL, CAP, TTML, VTT, SBV, SUB, MCC, SCC, AVID SD
Quality Check
Built-in QC functionality verifies media playability, extracts metadata, analyses audio loudness, video container check, subtitle encoding
AWS Rekognition support
Media asset management
Public cloud storage
AWS S3, Alibaba OSS, Azure Blob, Telia OS, Wasabi
Private cloud storage
Any S3 API compatible object-based storage
Asset types
Video, audio, subtitle files, broadcast graphics
Asset management
Search/filter by metadata, low-res proxy preview, tagging, metadata
Playout
Video output
SD, HD, 4K (up to 60fps). PAL, NTSC, ATSC
Audio output
Stereo (up to 8 pairs)
Subtitles output
DVB bitmap (up to 32 tracks)
DVB Teletext (up to 10 tracks)
Closed Captions (EIA/CEA-608)
WebVTT
Output options
IP: MPEG-TS (UPD / RTP / HLS / SRT / RTMP / DVB compliant)
Edge deployment only: SDI/HD-SDI/ASI
IP Transport (Distribution)
Zixi Feeder/Broadcaster and Zixi OTT Repackager
AWS MediaConnect, AWS MediaLive, AWS DirectConnect
WOWZA Streaming Engine
Live feed input options (Contribution)
Same as above
Edge deployment only: SDI/HD-SDI/ASI
Ad Insertion / Cue tone options
SCTE-35, DTMF
Loudness normalisation
EBU-R128, ATSC A/85, custom -dB levels
Live recording with automated ingest to Library
Playout architectures
Cloud playout (1+1, N+1)
Edge playout (1+1, N+1), optional HD/ASI output
Hybrid cloud + edge
Broadcast graphics
Proprietary layer-based (up 256 layers) graphics template system with built-in WYSIWYG editor
Import graphics (PNG/TGA, PNG/TGA sequences, AVI/MOV with alpha channel)
Dynamic graphics (playlist or metadata-based)
Broadcast graphics (lower thirds, running lines, countdown timers)
Scheduling
Simple Playlist Creator
Drag and drop based playlist editor that allows easy daily/weekly playlist creation, including secondary events and other data (ad cues, metadata, etc.)
Apply last minute changes, automatically fix gaps and overlaps, identify missing assets, deviations, and gaps
Advanced Playlist Import
Native import of BXF-compliant playlists 3rd party formats (e.g. WideOrbit XML, Harris LST)
Capability to add custom format support including
customer specific CSV, XLSX, XML and other formats
Advanced Planning and Scheduling Module
Create long term plans for your channels (months)
Create recurring program blocks
Add live events and media assets from MAM
Full secondary event support
Generate EPG
Monitoring
Automated analysis of playout outputs feed(s)
Video (black, frozen) and audio (silent) monitoring
Built-in Multiviewer (MCR view)
Configurable alerting
Security
TLS web portal and REST API encryption
Multi-factor authentication support (mobile phone authenticator)
User account roles and permissions (RBAC)
Cloud infrastructure protected by AWS security services
Files stored with AWS S3 encryption
API support
All module intra communication through REST API
Swagger support for easy straight forward integration
Business model options
SaaS self service, monthly subscription
Self hosted in public cloud, license purchase
Self hosted in private cloud, license purchase