Agility VOD
Meet your customer’s demands for VOD programming with the first automated, enterprise-grade VOD production solution.
Anystream Agility VOD provides a cost-effective, end-to-end, video-on-demand content production solution that helps content providers - small and large - capitalize on the exploding demand for VOD programming. Agility VOD automates the key workflow components used to produce standards-based, CableLabs-compliant VOD content and scales in output capacity to provide the first automated enterprise-grade VOD production solution.
Agility's modular design lets content originators scale their VOD production capabilities and extend automated digital media production to HD workflows, as well as repurpose media for the Web, mobile devices and IPTV outlets.
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Features
End-to-end VOD content production
Reduce the cost and complexity of producing CableLabs-compliant VOD content and delivering complete ADI packages to cable operators.
Universal media ingest
Encode MPEG-2 content from tape in real time - or transcode files from most non-linear editors, broadcast servers or archives - in batch production volumes.
Powerful and easy asset assembly
Assemble content, promos and ads with drag and drop simplicity, which frees expensive production systems and creative talent.
Automated content preparation
Automate repetitive production tasks, such as keying the organization logo (bug) and cross-fading between segments, to reduce production costs and speed production process.
Unrestricted ad splicing
Splice ads and cross channel promotions into any location within the content to maximize advertising and promotional opportunities.
Flexible metadata management
Support for CableLabs metadata and business rules provides flexibility to extend metadata with custom validation and entry.
Easily add Web, mobile and IPTV distribution
Efficiently and cost-effectively serve multiple platforms for new revenue outlets.
Scalable architecture
Centrally manage all production components - including metadata entry stations, content assembly stations, encoding and transcoding - and scale seamlessly to handle increased volume.
Extensible open interfaces
Open, XML-based Web services interface extends the automated production to other systems to extract content metadata and business rules from databases and ingest content from media archives.
As your workflow grows, the flexible, modular Agility VOD system can scale production volume with add-on complementary features, like Web publishing, mobile publishing and HD support. To centrally manage several Agility systems, add system-wide job control, load balancing and failover management capabilities.