Value Added Features in IP Video Workflows

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Service providers have to respond to customers demanding access to their favorite video content anywhere, anytime and on more devices. This is adding complexity at the head-end side as more DRM schemes and packaging formats need to be supported. Furthermore, the technology landscape for streaming services keeps changing as new codecs and new adaptive streaming techniques emerge and get adopted. In such a context, selecting the right technology for a new streaming service becomes a complex process as video workflows remain a long- term investment. In making that decision, it is important to ensure that the system provides sufficient flexibility to allow adding new features to attract new customers.This article reviews some of these features and focuses on their impact on the business side whenever applicable.