NAB 2016: Net Insight Partners with Verimatrix, Accedo; Launches Nimbra Media Gateway

At NAB 2016, Net Insight, a provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, announced that the company has entered a partnership with Verimatrix to deliver a OTT solution to the market. Then, Net Insight announced its solution partnership with Accedo, to enhance the live viewing experience in today’s mobile apps. Also, Net Insight launched its Nimba Media Gateway, a contribution gateway that caters to the needs of live video over IP in multi-vendor environments. 

Net Insight and Verimatrix Partner to Deliver Secure True Live OTT Solution for End User Experiences

Net Insight announced at NAB 2016 that the company has entered a partnership with Verimatrix to bring a unique solution to the market that will enhance end-user experiences of live premium content while preserving the highest security for content owners.

This partnership will give Net Insight and Verimatrix the ability to jointly deliver a digital rights management (DRM) solution for live OTT that provides an end user viewing experience with ultra-fast channel swap times and scalability. The combined solution can handle the future requirements of local, and global live broadcast events.

Verimatrix specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the world, and is a provider of revenue security for connected video devices globally. The pre-integrated Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV solution features multi-format support for OTT services across multiple network types implementing  the HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), and MPEG-DASH protocols, for both live (broadcast) and VoD content delivery. In addition, Net Insight also supports the Verimatrix ViewRight Secure Player, which encompasses the capability to license, securely distribute, and protect playback of multimedia content a wide range of CE device types.

“The pre-integration of Verimatrix’s revenue security solution with Net Insight’s Sye Live OTT will allow customers to deploy this solution for premium content delivery and significantly reduce time-to-market for content owners, broadcasters and telco OTT providers,” says Per Lindgren, Senior Vice President Live OTT at Net Insight.

“Net Insight’s Live OTT solution provides a first-rate end user experience,” says Steve Oetegenn, president at Verimatrix. “With the strong growth of premium live OTT content our combined solution hits the market at a very interesting time, helping both operators and content owners to further monetize their premium content rights.”

Net Insight and Accedo Partner to Deliver Enhanced Live OTT Experiences in Mobile Apps

Net Insight announced its solution partnership with Accedo, an enabler of TV application solutions, to enhance the viewing experience in today’s mobile apps when watching live and linear OTT content. The partnership will also reduce time-to-market when launching new services for operators and content owners, looking to make use of Net Insight’s new true Live OTT solution – Sye – which uniquely synchronizes all TV viewing across multiple screens.

Net Insight and Accedo are working together on a large customer application project, integrating the software development kit (SDK) of Net Insight’s Sye solution into the Accedo development framework will enable bespoke user experiences. Furthermore, the integration means content owners can take advantage of the potential in truly live and synced OTT experiences. This includes features such as a smooth, instant and seamless channel swap-by-swiping, real time social interaction, which includes group chats and group invites as well as harmonized casting from app to set top box (STB).

“Net Insight’s innovative solution for Live OTT fills a huge gap in the market,” says Fredrik Andersson, SVP Business Development at Accedo. “Together we are enabling a totally new viewing experience when watching live and linear content in a truly interactive and social television environment.”

“Accedo’s strong expertise and know-how in consumer behavior and app development has helped bring forward the new unique possibilities in end user experience,” says Per Lindgren, Senior Vice President Live OTT at Net Insight. “This solution partnership will help both operators and content owners to monetize premium content in an unprecedented and highly profitable way by offering an engaging and enhanced viewing experience that OTT solutions have not been able to provide until now.”

Net Insight Launches Nimbra Media Gateway at NAB 2016

Net Insight launched its Nimbra Media Gateway, a fully interoperable SMPTE2022 based JPEG2000 contribution gateway. Catering to the needs of live video over IP in multi-vendor environments, the Nimbra Media Gateway complements the existing Nimbra MSR family, designed for large-scale and high-performing media networks.

Nimbra Media Gateway hosts a high-end JPEG2000 codec that is widely recognized for its compression performance and video quality. Its modular design ensures seamless capacity and functional expansion, offering  support for future formats and standards without the need for hardware replacement. Adding to our comprehensive SMPTE2022 offering for HD video and MPEG-4, the Nimbra Media Gateway helps broadcasters interconnect for efficient live media exchange.

“Net Insight actively works with our broadcast customers in their transition from native technologies to IP, and is a strong advocate of open and interoperable standards,” says Martin Karlsson, CTO and Vice President Product Portfolio at Net Insight. “Our vision is a global media ecosystem where live content is exchanged in real time across the world, over standard multi-vendor infrastructures, to support the rapidly changing needs of today’s broadcast industry.”

Nimbra Media Gateway enables broadcasters and service providers to easily mix and match native SDI with SMPTE2022-6 IP interfaces, for a seamless and cost-efficient transition to IP in studios and broadcast facilities. With Nimbra Vision for centralized management, and instant service provisioning through Touch&Switch, broadcasters can scale up their media transport services to support growing business needs, without impact on operational costs.