Zixi: Features and Functionalities for Broadcasters at IBC2024

At the event, Zixi will present features and functionalities designed for broadcasters, OTT providers, sports leagues, regional sports networks, and local affiliates. These capabilities will highlight how to reach global audiences through the Zixi Enabled Network, which includes over 1,400 media companies and 400 technology partners worldwide.

Harjinder Sandhu, Zixi: Lowering Costs & Advancing AI for Seamless IP Video Delivery

This network facilitates live video exchange, accelerates new content acquisition, supports innovative business models, and creates opportunities to reduce costs and generate revenue.

Participation in Devoncroft Summit

Zixi will begin IBC2024 as the title sponsor of the Devoncroft Summit. SVP John Wastcoat and CEO Gordon Brooks will speak at the event, bringing together industry leaders to discuss the business of media. The summit will take place at the Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam on September 12th at 12 PM. For more details and registration, visit the Amsterdam Devoncroft Summit 2024 website.

Panel Discussion on 5G Networks and Cloud-Based Workflows

On Sunday, September 15th at 10:30 AM, CEO Gordon Brooks will moderate a panel at the IBC Showcase Theatre. The panel will include Grant Nodine from the NHL and Timothy Stevens from Verizon. They will discuss how Zixi and Verizon collaborate to deliver NHL content over 5G networks, reducing costs for broadcasters and simplifying cloud-based video workflows.

Booth Highlights and Latest Developments

In their booth, Zixi will showcase several new developments:

• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis: A comparative analysis of large-scale IP delivery applications versus industry alternatives, focusing on efficiency improvements in compute and bandwidth requirements of the Zixi protocol and the SDVP.
• Market Switching: Allows content distributors to switch content for regionalization or blackouts, enabling traditional workflows in IP environments.
• High-Performance Networking: Utilizes DPDK to improve throughput efficiency with minimal processing power.
• DPDK-Based Security: Protects against ransomware and OS vulnerabilities by bypassing the kernel layer for secure network management.
• Dynamic Latency: Optimizes live IP video based on real-time network conditions for ultra-low latency transport.
• Error Concealment: Replaces video frames with errors with skip frames while maintaining audio sync.
• Timeline Normalization: Repairs timelines in transport streams affected by upstream encoding, improving stream ingest.
• Smooth Live Midroll Insertion: Enables advertisement or slate insertion directly into live stream output.
• Dynamic HTML Overlays: Demonstrates seamless transition to cloud processes without additional on-premises hardware.

Partner Village Demonstrations

Zixi Enabled Network ecosystem partners will also demonstrate their Zixi integrated offerings in the Partner Village:

• Blackbird: Cloud-native video editing and publishing platform for remote production workflows.
• Encompass: Altitude Media Cloud for channel aggregation, encoding, packaging content, and playout for streaming and OTT platforms.
• Red5: Real-time streaming platform utilizing WebRTC for rapid content delivery.
• Streann Media: OTT platform with creation, distribution, engagement, and monetization tools.
• Wowza: Real-time streaming platform supporting cloud, private cloud, and hybrid streaming workflows.

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