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TEL.: +441273 776718FAX: +441273 371208
OUR HERITAGE
We are a broadcast centric powerhouse es-tablished in 2006 with wide customer base throughout the EMEA region.
Interactive Next Generation Broadcast Company We produce, gathering and deliver contribution content from over 70 cities around the globe to broadcasters, broadcast unions and rights hold-ers around the world. We help stakeholders in Broadcast platforms development across all me-dia and work closely with technology providers in adapting their technologies to local working conditions and workflows.choice efficiently and at much reduced cost.
Platform launch and re-vamp is a unique exper-tise Mediacast excel at. Whether Linear TV, Ra-dio stations and non-linear platforms (Web TVs & OTT distribution) we guide our clients from in-ception to launch and represent them through-out their project cycle in interfacing with the industry.
Our MDN (Media Delivery Network) is IP native and is built at the Device Interface level in open source delivery / acquisition with a global reach of 270+ cities around the globe connecting 300+ broadcasters worldwide enabling them to reach and exchange content seamlessly, connect their infar structure sustainable and deliver their linear backhaul and OTT offerings to DTH bouquet & CDN operators of their.
TEL.: +441273 776718FAX: +441273 371208
CONTRIBUTION CONTENT
NEWSGATHERING & SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGEOur news team provide assignments and special coverage sup-port from the field. House and support correspondents and visiting reporters in over 70 major cities* around the world with provision of production and delivery tools back to their news-rooms. Ranging from political, Sporting and Entertainment news to managing state visits from arrival to departure LIVE. We assist newsrooms with regular planning diaries provide logistical support and assist them sourcing experts who can contribute into their programmes Live and on tape. Our teams cover high profile events round the year and provide pool pic-tures and on the ground crew and Live window support.
REMOTE PROGRAMME SEGMENTSWe provide broadcasters with fully manned live or record-ed multi-Camera studios operation from around the world for regular contribution including reports production and on-location co-presentations. DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION SUPPORT We support broadcasters and production companies with full production & logistics teams and equipment during filming on the field. We do this in less accessible parts of the world. Our teams have been involved in some of the iconic documenta-ry productions in Africa, Middle East and South Asia for large productions houses such as Discovery, OBS and Aljazeera.
CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK OPERATIONOur Teleport operations in Africa, Europe, America and Asia enable us to maintain the shortest and most reliable point-to-multipoint delivery of broadcast content on a global footprint. We have achieved wide cross connection with media clusters and CDN operators to advantage our clients with the best in class delivery service.
BROADCAST OPERATIONS
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CONTENT DISTRIBUTION
Through our MDN “Media Delivery Network” we ensure not only presence on mainstream platforms but also efficient pene-tration to tier-2 platforms such as Hotel chains and Cruise ships and IPTV platforms. We manage Rights compliance with split transmission and geo-blocking through efficient EPG presenta-tion tools on the entire delivery echo system. SATELLITE & CABLE We deliver TV & Radio signals to DTH ”Direct-To-Home” opera-tors around the globe. We manage signal pick up in SDI, ASI or TS from their studios or off a primary uplink/fiber and backhaul it to satellite, Cable bouquet and IPTV providers with complete redundancy and resiliency and we monitor the signal quality round the clock and ensure that DTH operators allocate the agreed bandwidth all the time and not only some of the time.
OTT “OVER THE TOP” We help our clients create and maintain their own OTT service of their live, Catch Up, VOD & Podcasts platforms and deliver to CDN edges for a global audience experience on all Apple IOS, Android and Windows STB devices including Apple & Android TVs. We guide our clients on how to monetize their platforms output by providing subscription payment collections and Ad-verts insertion from regional operators.
ONLINE MEDIAWhether through their own portals or via inclusion into amal-gamating portals we help our clients create and maintain rich media online presence. We source and stream Live Content, create and manage Webinars sessions, Conferences and work-shops live coverages and deliver via our players to our clients portals and provide media archiving for future VOD service.We provide RSS feeds services for monitoring and/or deliver-ing video and text media via Twitter, Facebook, Instogram and many other social media platforms.
BROADCAST OPERATIONS
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PLATFORMDEVELOPMENT
We have extensive expertise in set up, launch, and re-vamp of broadcast traditional and dynamic (Web TV) platforms.
Our matured network of consultants and project managers are results driven and have valuable exposure to global supply chains. Some of the projects we worked on are today known household names.
We direct launch and revamp projects ensuring accurate aspira-tions are captured. Our clients’ rely on our superior content strat-egy skills in delivering engaging guidance from fund sourcing stages, legal and corporate compliance, venture management, creative pitch and Business Plans through to visualization and commissioning stages ranging from regulatory compliance, civil works, emerging technology, talent sourcing, Décor & Set, pro-curement & commissioning, Branding, marketing, programme & grid development, local and international content contribution, distribution, monetization to social media metrics.
Our technology experts know how to build broadcast platforms from scratch and know how to deploy cutting edge technology that cut costs and deliver lasting impacts.
Our operations consultants are experts in how to run a platform from scratch and the they do this with evident engagement.
TRAINING We utilizing an impressive network of know-how to help deliv-er modular and sustained skill set of high end industry certified Training and Development programmes in Platforms manage-ment, Journalism, technology, acquisition, branding & creative, marketing, presentation & grid development, rights formats ad-aptation, archiving and geo redundancy operation. Our training partners provide a mix of of on-premises hand-on training, distant learning courses and on campus intesive tutorial and practical led course cores.
LAUNCH, REVAMP & TRAINING
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STRUCTURE & WORKFLOW
We have deep understanding of broadcast content strategy, technolo-gy, consumer trends and efficient operation management and under-stand what drives the broadcast media industry now and in the future.
We work closely with class leading organizations representing stake-holders in delivering specific and tailor made mandate that accurately reflects our clients aspirations and address their budget challenges. We maximize suppliers value to ensure delivery of streamlined opera-tion and maximize revenues. Our experience assist in identifying deliverables, effectively appraise re-sources, set out milestones, road maps, author strategy briefs, conduct market research, compile comprehensive financial modeling, gather and analyze bona fide to assist stakeholders in arriving to concise as-pirations, stream man argument hierarchy, develop and enhance orig-inal marketing tools, create and maximize revenue streams, develop sustainable business relations, achieve effective branding, enhance talent nurturing & retaining techniques and in identifying project deliverables, effectively appraise resources utilizing standard industry specifications that help clearly setting out milestones and road maps.
From compiling editorial briefs through to setting up and supervising focus groups, conducting market research, gathering and analyzing of bona fide we assist stakeholders in arriving to a concise project speci-fications in terms of achieving objectives, compiling comprehensive fi-nancial modeling, streamline management and operational resources develop and enhance original marketing & revenue streams. We de-velop a through and comprehensive workflow to assist to dra w clear role demarcation and specific job description manuals, manage and enforce change leads to a cohesive organizational structure to per-form sustainable roles across our clients echo stream.
ORGANISATIONS
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OUR NETWORK
Our Media Delivery Network is Connected, Converged, Content Centric, Communicating, Community oriented and for those who are always Clicking.
Connected to broadcasters, production & distribution clusters, CDN edges and cloud servers through Tier-1 global communications infra structure that empowers our reach to Metro-Nets in over 700 cities around the Globe.
Converged with the EMENA largest native IP broadcast video delivery network, our MDN delivers invaluable reach for DTH Backhaul, OTT platforms and Contribution / News-gathering exchange with unmatched reach and agility.
Content Centric in bringing ‘Media to the Desktop’ en-abling unmatched Device Interface brought by our cloud serves transcoding capabilities, UDP file stream transport and archive vaults. Where HDMI is as mainstream a transport pro-tocol as SDI was.
Communicating in empowering access to the cloud eco-system where a wealth of technology ranging from CDN & Transcoding Farms to UDP File transfer servers to Newsroom, edit suites, libraries, supplier’s nodes and Live production from the field. All through a simple web interface adapted to broadcast workflows and not telcos.
Community Oriented where more than 25 public broad-casters in the region alone utilize their VPNs to mobilize contribution, archiving & distribution within theirs’ or their supplier’s infrastructure within a secured and scalable envi-ronment.
And for those who are always Clicking, whether stream-ing SD, HD or HEVC 4K Live sources in real time or in UDP file stream and in any format. From MPEG stream to native UHD SDI from the field, to a DTH or OTT platform or indeed pushing out or monitoring social media feeds or browsing through the 500+ TVs & Radios streams you do this with a the ease of using a smartphone, portable pc or indeed any connected device.
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OUR NETWORK
IT IS A PRIVATE NETWORK:Our MDN is a private and exclusive Network running on well-engineered converged network of fiber, multiple satellite gateways around the globe and cloud servers ensuring seamless TS from source to destination run-ning on high bandwidth availability, at ultra low latency and accessible through web browser via our core Cloud.
IT IS BROADCAST CENTRIC:Built for professional Broadcast TS delivery application. Delivering native 1st generation Backhaul to Satellite & Cable DTH operators, connecting Terrestrial distribution towers, delivering to IPTV and OTT (ready ABR) Head Ends and between TV centres and their field crews and bureau.
IS HIGHLY OPTIMIZED:Utilizing state of the art WAN optimization technology ensures the shortest and most secured path routing delivery at ultra low latency no matter how apart physically the transmitting and receiving nodes are. This is achieved though broadcast centric network Cross Connection on multi Gigabit Eth-ernet fiber backbone with major global Tier-1 fiber operators including Broadcast Unions vision networks and Peering with all 5 major global Inter-net Exchange points. This ensures efficient WAN optimization when deliv-ering video streams though public broadband using domestic and cellular telecoms networks making our MDN unique in the strength of First and Last Mile penetration and link stability when using public internet.
TECHNOLOGY AGNOSTIC:The network is truly an Open Platform. This enable subscribers to use streaming and encoding devices from any manufactures/vendors and IP enabled DVB-S and DVB-T IP modems.
ROUTING CONTROL:The network has a proprietary point-to-multipoint route management tool enable subscribers to build and manage their own nodes connec-tivity with their TV Centres and inter connectivity with other subscriber’s nodes including the ASBUs’ own nodes at the Exchange centre, Tunis HQ, the POP in London and those deployed in the field during special event coverages.
NOC OPERATION:The network benefit from around the clock multi geo located 24/7 monitoring centres at the London, Algiers and Atlanta (USA) NOCs.
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BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY
Our technology partners continue to draw strength from our superior exposure to operational agility, workflow, endeavours in maximising return of investment and more importantly in ad-vantaging our teams on the ground.
A truly win-win positioning to aid their R&D in product develop-ment and adaptation and in return our clients benefit immense-ly from the first hand opportunity we bring to their operating environment across a large sector of the broadcast echo stream .
We partner with cutting edge manufacturers and integrators in cutting edge IP convergence, wireless and OTM On The Move’ Content Delivery and outside broadcast technology applications and tools including satellite based networked communications, Cloud applications for broadcasting, field production and delivery
The level of our engagement in technology deployment and their workflow adaptation is testimony to our passion for deliv-ering real value to our clients across the production cycle.
We are among the very few involved at the heart of product de-velopment stages and OEM solution commissioning of CDN tools and continue to collaborate with the regions leading broadcast networks on the roll out of advanced technology.
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
