Mediator-X is a cohesive, highly scalable, infrastructure agnostic platform for Media Asset Management, Transmission Playout and Non Linear delivery applications. With over a decade of innovation in its heritage, Mediator-X is an enterprise class platform that can run on private or public cloud infrastructure as well as dedicated hardware. Any particular system can be configured to run just one of the MAM, TX or NLD core functions depending on application needs, however the combination of all three brings powerful efficiencies to media workflows and processes.
Enterprise grade MAM for mission critical component-based workflows.
Integrates a template driven channel branding engine that can reach into the MAM and utilize built-in or custom metadata fields to dynamically populate on-air graphical elements.
Mediator-X's extensible metadata schema is used to capture a super-set of all business, editorial and technical information to drive delivery to multiple platforms.
Mediator-X's architecture is flexible enough to be run on either hardware or within Private or Public cloud environments.
Our web based interface is easy and simple to learn and can be used on many devices.
Mediator is proven to deliver and is trusted by media companies across the world for their MAM. Linear Playout and Non Linear Delivery applications.
Mediator can be deployed to lower your costs in either a CAPEX or OPEX business model.
Mediator-X has been designed for scalability, reliability, availability and security within today's world of modern IT infrastructure. Mediator-X can run on dedicated hardware or within public, private and hybrid cloud environments.
Mediator-X uses modern clustered database and messaging services so the core as well as the compute nodes can scale as your business grows. To handle ever expanding meta-data volumes, Mediator-X uses a dual database architecture, allowing for the separation of transactional data from analytical/search data to give optimum performance and rich features for these very different data use cases.
Mediator-X has been designed to take advantage of the inherent benefits of virtualization including the ability to spin-up and spin-down particular services to meet workload demands. Within the linear playout space, Mediator-X allows new channels to be configured and launched from within the Mediator-X configuration tool. Also, Render-X transcoders can be automatically launched and shut down to meet fluctuating non-linear distribution workloads.
The Mediator-X platform is a true Enterprise grade MAM used for mission critical workflows within media companies across the globe. It handles all aspects of the workflow from ingest to delivery. Structured and rich technical and business metadata is fully indexed and searchable. Workflows are managed at the component level to allow video, audio, captions etc. to traverse the system independently supporting concepts such as componentized global assets and virtual assets.
Mediator-X has knowledge of every instance of every component in the storage systems so it can deliver components where they’re needed, when they’re needed. Mediator-X supports both linear automation and nonlinear delivery applications, giving it the ability to prioritize all workflows based on an aggregated view of required "air-date".
True multi-site team collaboration can be achieved by having a single unified system. Where a team and equipment is split over two physical sites, a single system cannot be hosted in either location while still achieving high availability. Mediator-X can support a multiple Availability Zone (AZ) architecture and leverage its clustered core architecture to deliver superior availability by distributing nodes within different AZs. In addition to this, some processing nodes can be kept on-premises. This is particularly useful if the primary hi-res storage is still located on-premises.
Our automation has been built from the ground up for integrated play-out and is relied on by broadcasters around the globe. Powerful integration with our OvertureRT-LIVE allows template driven graphics to reach into the MAM to pull-out built-in or custom metadata and dynamically populate on-air graphics. These sophisticated expressions can be used to promote events in the same schedule or across schedules.
Schedule import and as-run data export in multiple formats is supported. Combining play-out with MAM and NLD in the Mediator-X platform allows you to collect powerful, rich metadata once; drive workflows from schedule times; construct non-linear assets straight out of the linear schedule and much more!
Public cloud on-demand billing is an attractive cost saving model for short-term workloads. Mediator-X, Overture and Cloud Bridge can be used to temporarily spin-up a full transmission chain in the cloud. This avoids having to expand the footprint of on-site hardware, private cloud or near-line storage.
Tier-1 content owners are using Mediator’s Non Linear Distribution System to take control of their VOD, TVE and other package-based deliveries. Mediator-X’s conform and transcode management tools can interact directly with many different transcode engines including our own, Render-X. Packages are described using the same technology as our linear TX meaning you can easily recreate your on-air style.
The extensible metadata system is used to capture a super-set of all business, editorial and technical data required to drive delivery to multiple platforms. This superset approach allows you to easily exploit assets as you on-board new platforms without re-keying.
Non-linear distribution workloads have peaks and troughs of demand. With Mediator-X in the public cloud you can scale up and down your Render-X transcoder fleet to match demand. Mediator-X manages and prioritizes all queues through the workflow and determines the fleet size to meet delivery deadlines. The fleet can be populated with on-demand or spot market instances. By using the spot market, the running cost of the instance can be significantly reduced.
WarnerMedia/HBO discusses how they rolled out their cloud-based linear playout
system using Evertz technology at AWS re:Invent.
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Media companies continue to evaluate different technologies to increase their
operational agility, flexibility, and adaptability. Cloud deployments of media
workflows are proving to be an increasingly viable way to deliver these key
capabilities. This includes file based workflows and most recently linear
playout applications. This presentation will outline the core elements and
architecture of a massive scale cloud playout application including critical
challenges and enabling technologies. Further, practical application of cloud-
based Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies will be discussed.
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Evertz Microsystems discusses how it uses Amazon Web Services' GPU Based
Instances for Public Cloud Linear Broadcast Playout utilizing Evertz's Cloud
Native OvertureRT-LIVE Platform.
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AMC's main goal for this project was to design and implement a state-of-the-art
playout cluster for the Chello-Latin America group of channels. To begin with,
the system design needed to accommodate sixteen channels of playout and all
associated file based content prep workflows. It also had to be extremely
scalable in order to support future growth, as well as operationally efficient and
deployable within an aggressive schedule. Physical space and power constraints
further complicated the design approach.
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Discovery Communications discusses how it's migrating its broadcast playout
and channel origination to Amazon Web Services utilizing Evertz's Cloud Native
Mediator-X, OvertureRT Live and Render-X Platform.
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With the explosion of content being created and consumed in today's mediasphere,
broadcasters face a number of operational challenges. Read more about Evertz' Mediator-X
solution designed for Cloudian's HyperStore petabyte-scale object storage platform.
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