Blonder Tongue and Zixi have teamed up in order to create the new LiveCast encoder. It has been designed to allow sports networks and service providers to utilize public internet networks as a way to deliver studio-quality IP video reliably and securely over IP. The new LiveCast encoder will be introduced at NAB 2015.
The Blonder Tongue LiveCast encoder uses the Zixi software development kit (SDK) to integrate the Zixi Feeder inside the Blonder Tongue LiveCast encoder. This enables the LiveCast encoder to locally encode a live stream from a serial digital surface (SDI) source used in professional video.
The output is a high-quality H.264 high definition (HD) or standard definition (SD) stream that is encapsulated in the Zixi transport protocol. It is sent over the public internet to a cloud based video media server or service provider for future processing into the multiscreen workflow.
Zixi incorporates a reliable UDP-based protocol providing powerful content-aware bandwith optimization, error correction, packet loss recovery, and click sync technologies to ensure pristine broadcast video over unmanaged IP connections. The combination of Blonder Tongue’s broadcast quality encoding engine and Zixi’s video-optimized protocol provides an easily adaptable solution to leveraging public internet for reliable contribution from anywhere. This solution offers significant cost savings over traditional methods such as satellite, building fiber, or leasing bandwith from a third party provider.
The LiveCast encoder can be seen at NAB 2015 in Las Vegas from April 13 – 16, 2015. Blonder Tongue will be in booth SU6524 and Zixi will be in booth SU10802.