The Official Medialooks Blog (Page 4)

Video SDK: new ingest options for Green Hippo's media servers

London-based Green Hippo manufactures media servers—video playback devices for the live entertainment and broadcast industries. We sat down with Nigel Sadler, Special Projects Director, to discuss how our codecs engine has helped him make their product easier to operate for the end users. The Green Hippo servers target three

Video Transport

VBN Sports cuts costs 48% with Video Transport

I had an exciting conversation with Wayne Bjorge, who runs a video production company out of Chilliwack, Canada. In addition to a variety of local, college and community sports broadcasts and bi-weekly city council meetings, on an average year VBN would produce around 50 hockey games, 40 football games, the

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Video SDK: video switching and contribution for PlayOn!, USA

PlayOn! Sports streams high school sports, both live and on-demand. It is the largest provider of its kind in North America, and live streams more events than any company in the world. During the last school year PlayOn! Sports, in partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations

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Video SDK: a playout & streaming solution for KSTP-TV, USA

KSTP-TV has a pedigree dating back nearly as far as television itself with its first on-air date in 1948. An ABC-affiliate, KSTP-TV is the flagship station of Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. — owner of broadcast outlets scattered across Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York and New Mexico. KSTP studios straddle the border of Minneapolis

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Video SDK: radio & TV automation solutions for Hardata, Argentina

Founded in 1997, Hardata is a radio & TV automation company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The company’s video servers and visual radio solutions are powered by a Medialooks SDK. I had a conversation with Gustavo Pesci, co-founder and CEO, to discuss how our tools have helped expand their

Remote Production

It glues everything together: an interview with Marc Cymontkowski, evangelist of SRT

SRT has been instrumental in the development of Video Transport and is also available in our video SDK. I had a chance to have this great conversation with Marc at IBC2019, whom I had known from the days we were both involved in creating DirectShow filters for the video industry.

WebRTC

Tek4TV taps WebRTC for live transmission of the 50th Anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament

Based in Vietnam, Tek4TV offers a product portfolio that allows customers to remain competitive in a rapidly changing video landscape by identifying and addressing consumer expectations with solutions that maximize their video experience. The company, a well-respected transformation pioneer in the video industry, also provides the tools customers need to

A story-centric workflow with DiNA: an interview with Robert Strand from 7Mountains

We grabbed Robert Strand, VP of Sales at 7Mountains, for a quick chat during IBC2019—to find out how his new company will transform the traditional newsroom. Robert, good to see you. How have you been? All is well, thank you. A lot has happened this last year! I started

Sports

VPK PRO connects locations with VT Server

VPK PRO is the largest independent TV production organization in Slovenia, with production facilities not only in Ljubljana, but also in Zagreb, Croatia and Belgrade, Serbia. The company, that has recently become part of Mediapro, a large multimedia group from Spain, produces over 1000 live sports events each year as

WebRTC

Video SDK: remote control software for Broadcast Pix, USA

Broadcast Pix, based out of Boston, develops and markets integrated production switchers combined with realtime 3D graphics, green screen, virtual sets and a cloud-based media asset management system. The product’s newest capability is a web interface that allows remote control of the video switcher with an ultra-low latency multiview.

Live Streaming

MaryTV deploys Video Transport

MaryTV originates from Medjugorje, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which became a popular destination for Catholic pilgrimage due to the belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary has been appearing to a group of teenagers since 1981. The video engineers at MaryTV produce a full-time OTT television channel which is

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Imaging company utilizes MPlatform SDK for underwater recording system

This company requested that we don’t disclose its name due to competition in the underwater inspection space. We would love to identify the customer, but will respect their wish to remain anonymous, and besides — this type of reference is an even greater endorsement to our product. The quotes in

Broadcast

Video SDK: powering Axel Technology’s TV business

Marco Branzanti, now CTO at Axel Technology, was one of our very early customers—dating back to even before we were known as Medialooks. Being extremely helpful in suggesting features and providing qualitative feedback, Marco has successfully used MPlatform to build a range of software solutions for TV automation, which

Esports

Remote production for ESL

Medialooks Video Transport was recently used to integrate remote commentators into a live production process for a Swiss esports league. Based out of Cologne, Germany, ESL is the largest and oldest producer of video game competitions in the world; it operates branded international leagues and tournaments such as ESL One,

Video Transport

Remote production and contribution for a catholic TV station

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zagreb, Croatia has used our Video Transport solution to both remotely produce & contribute live transmissions to a local catholic TV station. We’ve spoken to Goran Kanceljak, a video production expert, who was happy to help set the

Video SDK

A hardware storage manufacturer integrates MFormats SDK into its core product

Companies, who generate a lot of media—such as video production studios, educational institutions and houses of worship—have the need to properly organize and manage their creative assets. Solutions for such needs are usually referred to as media asset management and video workflow systems. One such company, who requested

Video SDK

Version 2.0 shows good results running 4K on the GPU

The 2.0 release is now available for both MFormats and MPlatform SDKs — a major update that is capable of handling most of the video processing on the GPU — which leads to optimised CPU consumption, increased performance and the ability to process 4K resolutions with ease. Up to now, our

Remote Production

VT Server targets corporate customers

Our current implementation of Video Transport is most commonly used by clients as a “quick glue” — the fastest way to connect two ad-hoc locations with minimum investment of time and hardware. Here’s a great example of how Twitch recently produced an event out of two venues. At NAB Show

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Video SDK: multi-camera video production for RUSHWORKS, USA

Based in Flower Mound, Texas, RUSHWORKS is focused on multi-camera video production and robotics. In addition to PTZ-enabled software, the company also designs its own pan-tilt heads, which can be used with a variety of cameras, such as the Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K. Rush Beesley founded his company back

Live Streaming

D Look runs Video Transport in the field on cute custom hardware

D Look is a streaming company in Brazil run by Pedro Oliveira, an engineer, who had spent many years in sports production with ESPN — having worked on 5 UEFA finals, 5 Super Bowls, 2 Olympic Games and 2 World Cups. His primary interest, however, has always been streaming from the

Events during NAB 2019

This is just a quick summary of events planned at NAB this year. NewTek Community Event NewTek, who have just been acquired by Vizrt, invites everyone to their networking event on Sunday, right before the show. There’s a panel discussion moderated by Ryan Salazar and, of course, a keynote

Remote Production

Video Transport helps Twitch produce the Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Medialooks Video Transport was used during this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards—an annual event hosted by the world’s most popular anime brand. The show went live from San Francisco on Saturday, February 16 and was exclusively streamed on Twitch in one of its non-gaming categories. We spoke with

Esports

Video Transport enables HLTV to produce debate shows about esports

HLTV is a media company that is built around Counter Strike, a popular first-person shooter that has a prominent position on the rapidly developing esports scene. Medialooks Video Transport was instrumental in creating a live debate show on Twitch to cover events such as the currently happening IEM Katowice 2019,

Gaming

Video Transport helps teams create better streams on Twitch

With over 3 million monthly broadcasters on Twitch alone, the video game streaming space is becoming increasingly competitive, which forces gamers to be creative and find ways to make their streams stand out. Video Transport has suddenly solved a problem we would have never imagined. RWGTV Frankie and Booker are

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Video SDK: gameplay capture for Medal, USA

Gaming and eSports are areas we’re keen on for two specific reasons: a) our product helps developers work through lots of video and audio issues on a Windows PC, which is the world’s most important platform for gamers, and b) the evolution of both areas is leading to