58 Monday 16.09.13 theibcdaily Analyser combines breadth & depth
Agama Technologies By Ian McMurray
Described as a sophisticated adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming QA probe range for fully automated QoS/QoE monitoring and testing of over- the-top video services, the Agama Analyzer OTT is said to combine monitoring depth and breadth, concurrent capacity and ease of use.
At IBC2013, Agama is
presenting the latest edition of Analyzer OTT that now supports the MPEG-DASH ABR streaming technology standard, for active monitoring of MPEG- DASH manifests and segments. This is in addition to the already supported HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Smooth Streaming protocols. All protocols can be used concurrently in any
combination.
Agama is also showcasing the upcoming Version 4.5 at IBC2013, with enhancements across the complete product suite of the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution. It introduces a new at-a-glance Worst Channels dashboard widget, showing the top problematic services as experienced by consumers, as well as improvements in the Enterprise Server’s Timeline Correlation view, which shows monitoring correlation overviews intelligently aggregated by service or location. Improvements in v4.5 also include enhanced user interface performance, additional metrics available in the Performance Management application layer, and new possibilities in OSS/BSS integration APIs to extract data about monitored devices among others. 4.A71
Augmented reality adds to TV ETRI By Adrian Pennington
Imagine a home TV service combining broadcast programming with augmented reality. It’s already here. Korean research institute ETRI is showing
several service scenarios ranging from simple overlays of content onto TV show backgrounds, to the control of augmented content using a second device. “One prospective market is educational TV because augmented broadcasting satisfies a user's curiosity
about the main TV programme by providing additional content naturally synched with it,” explained Youngho Jeong, director, smart TV service research team. “This has never been tried before.”
He added: “In spite of the lack of several components
which are necessary to implement a full augmented reality in a TV environment, we propose several potential application scenarios and suggest new business model for an augmented broadcasting service. We feel confident that augmented broadcasting
Improved analyser:
Version 4.5 features improvements in the Enterprise Server’s
Timeline Correlation view
will bring a new benefit to broadcasters.”
Applications include ads, shopping, traveling, games and educational material. “The broadcaster may sell this augmentation region to potential content providers or advertisers,” suggested Jeong. “Viewers can select one of their preferred augmented content providers and interact with the augmented content.” 8.G30
Satellite gains new cell mate
Dejero By David Fox
The new Dejero Live+ VSET will allow outside broadcast or ENG vehicles to transmit over cellular, microwave, and satellite. The rack mount 1RU transmitter also allows users to transmit live from the truck while driving to location and then to seamlessly transition to satellite upon arrival. Its adaptive bitrate encoder
reduces latency and improves the reliability of satellite video feeds. For example, during rain fade or other atmospheric conditions that cause Ka-band satellite bandwidth to
decrease, the system will automatically pick up the drop in bandwidth by transmitting via cellular networks. Even in ideal conditions when the bulk of data is being sent over satellite, the system takes advantage of the lower latency of a cellular connection to deliver an overall decrease in latency on the entire Ka-band system. Features include audio talkback
(IFB) support; confidence monitoring; auto detection of camera input format; cellular (EVDO, 3G, 4G, LTE), Ethernet and satellite (over Ethernet) connections; and MPEG-4 adaptive bitrate video encoding or, in ASI mode, an MPEG–2 Transport Stream over ASI at up to 18Mbps video and 160Kbps audio. 11.C21
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