Globecomm
introduces
Vector, a
Virtualized
Video Headend
for delivering
hundreds of
channels across
multiple
platforms
Oct. 12, 2017
Globecomm
announced the
introduction of
Vector, a
virtualized
video headend
system able to
support hundreds
of channels and
deliver content
across multiple
platforms.
Vector’s
IP-centric
platform
simplifies the
processing,
packaging and
customization of
video content
from acquisition
and contribution
to playout and
distribution for
delivery across
DTH, OTT, IPTV,
cable and
terrestrial TV.
It leverages
Globecomm's
robust
satellite, IP
and fiber
content delivery
networks and the
company's
extensive
experience with
design and
integration of
media
infrastructure.
Vector
replaces the
need for the
traditional data
center with a
compact solution
that
significantly
reduces rack
space, cabling
and power.
Whether hosted
on Globecomm's
cloud network or
implemented at a
customer site,
each system is
designed with
Globecomm’s
hallmark
resiliency
offering high
availability.
"Vector marks
the next step in
the evolution of
Globecomm's
services for the
media and
entertainment
industries, and
is the
culmination of
many months of
R&D research,"
said Chief
Commercial
Officer Bryan
McGuirk.
"We’ve spent
decades building
production
facilities and
broadcast
centers, hosting
and distributing
high-value media
content for
linear broadcast
and helping
customers adapt
it for OTT.
The Vector
virtualized
video headend
brings all of
that capability
together into
one of the
simplest,
resilient and
scalable
solutions on the
market."
The video
headend is the
technology core
for video
management, from
ingest and
storage to
packaging.
In legacy
headends, the
workflow depends
on multiple
devices from
different
manufacturers,
each performing
discrete tasks
and all
requiring
integration with
sufficient
redundancy to
ensure reliable
processing, and
end-to-end
communication to
deliver the
final content
package.
Vector
simplifies
multiple,
interdependent
processes –
including new
compression
technologies,
multiple video
standards and
encoding
advances such as
adaptive bit
rate – into
software and
data storage in
an all-IP
environment.
The IP
environment
provides a
common bus to
simplify process
communications
and ease
technology
upgrade
management.
It provides
lower and more
efficient CAPEX
or the
replacement of
capital
expenditure with
predictable
operating
expenses, and
offers faster
market-capturing
delivery for new
programs and
channels, with
dynamic scaling
response to
changes in
demand.
