Zixi Adds Live Linear Service to its Suite of Managed Service offerings
New service simplifies contribution, distribution and aggregation of channels for OTT, MVPD and content providers
Waltham, MA(18 Apr 2016)
Zixi, the market leader in broadcast quality IP Video contribution, management, and distribution, today announced the addition of Zixi Live Linear Managed Service to its suite of Zixi Managed Services (ZMS). The live linear video contribution service provides broadcasters and content owners with an economical alternative to fiber and satellite with the same reliability, uptime and security. Using this service, linear content in all formats, bitrates and quality, is delivered to major service providers over IP using Zixi technology, with a setup time that is measured in hours instead of days and with up to 99.999% reliability.
“Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPD) are starting to offer ‘skinny bundles’ to their customers. Skinny bundles require a broader range of channel options for the service provider to cater to targeted audiences.” said Yaron Simler, Zixi CEO. “Content owners, MVPDs and Over-the-Top (OTT) service providers need an economical alternative to existing delivery options, and can now leverage Zixi’s Live Linear Managed Service to meet these challenges. The service provides a simple, efficient way to contribute, aggregate and distribute a wider range of channels from all over the world using Zixi’s proven technology. We are encouraged by the response received to date by several satisfied customers currently utilizing Zixi’s new service.”
Zixi’s Live Linear managed service enables new content and revenue opportunities. Capable of delivering a single channel or a bouquet of channels, Zixi provides a cost effective and proven contribution, distribution and aggregation options without compromising quality. The new service offers a variety of delivery, redundancy, monitoring and up-time options with a simple and fast set-up.
Zixi Managed Services includes a Live Event service which supports the contribution, management, monitoring and distribution of live content from the venue to the end point. Leveraging Zixi’s growing EcoZystem of integrated cameras, encoders, and decoders, Zixi Live Event services simplifies the complexity of IP workflows and provides migration to cloud content management, processing and distribution with broadcast quality service levels. Zixi’s Live Event service utilizes Zixi’s industry leading video transport technology platform and leverages Zixi’s IP video workflow expertise to deliver high quality (SD, HD, UHD) video in a proven, economical, secure, scalable and highly available service.
“Live event production is challenging, and delivering live events over IP can seem operationally intimidating,” Stated Eric Bolten, VP of Zixi Managed Services “Zixi’s Live Event managed service offers a way to significantly simplify live production delivery over IP with a cloud management, processing, and distribution platform that is end to end. Zixi’s Live Event managed service is proven having now managed hundreds of live events, all delivered securely on a scalable high availability cloud platform. We are taking what was once very complicated and simplifying it with our proven platform and our live event IP delivery experience.”
Whether dealing with a live event or live linear content, Zixi Managed Services shortens time to market. Content owners and service providers can spin up a channel instantly, deliver live events in high quality from anywhere to anywhere using Zixi’s simple, economical, secure and proven end to end service.
Zixi is exhibiting at NAB, April 18-21 at booth number SU13602. Make an appointment with Zixi to explore Zixi Services at the show.
ABOUT ZIXI
Zixi is a proven network and video aware software platform that enables the simple, economical, and secure delivery of broadcast quality video over the internet to any device over any distance. Zixi is currently relied upon by hundreds of media companies worldwide to enrich user experiences, access new content, create new service offerings, and generate new revenue opportunities while dramatically reducing operating costs. Zixi is making the Internet and other unmanaged or congested IP networks an effective and reliable platform for the global television industry.