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Imagine Communications, empowering the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation, has successfully implemented a business continuity playout site, with full premium channel functionality, for Abu Dhabi Media (ADM). The disaster recovery solution uses Imagine Communications playout, automation and other software products running on dus Media Cloud platform. du is one of the leading ICT service providers in the United Arab Emirates. In addition to providing ADM with a cost-efficient and fully functional disaster recovery facility, the cloud-based deployment has prompted the media company to revitalize its premises-based playout operations to match the performance and flexibility of the new cloud-based facilities.
The successful launch of the business continuity service in October 2016 was the result of an extended proof of concept phase, during which ADM continually challenged Imagine Communications and du to expand the functional scope of the project. The result was a cloud-native, secure facility that provides all of the functionality of ADMs primary, premises-based operations.
The current workflow is distributed across the two facilities. Schedules and schedule updates issued by Imagine Communications Broadcast Master traffic system are communicated both to the existing ADC automation platform in Abu Dhabi and to the Versio playout software operating in the du datacentre in Dubai. Scheduled content that is not cached in the cloud is then called for by Versio, which prioritises its uploads to ensure it meets immediate needs and to provide complete security.
Encouraged by the robust performance of the core cloud-based playout and media asset management functionality provided by Versio and Imagines Nexio Motion MAM solution, respectively, ADM requested further functionality to mirror the complete capabilities of its premises-based operations. In particular, it needed the remote site to be capable of showing live programmes, including news. The addition of the SelenioFlex Live encoder on the live feeds allowed the content to be streamed into the Versio engine, helping to ensure seamless playout of all content.
ADM worked with Imagine and du to fortify the remote facilities with graphics capabilities fully compatible with ADMs traditional facilities through the installation of Imagine Communications ChannelBrand software. Now, all graphics templates generated over the past nine years can be called and populated by the schedule seamlessly.
Our strategy is to move towards an all-IP infrastructure in due course, and this proof of concept of full IP playout channels running on a datacentre miles away is an important step for our broadcast industry in the region, said Hamad Abdelrazaq, director of technology, Live Media Production Services at ADM. Imagine Communications showed that they could do it today, and our proof-of-concept installation is now part of our long-term vision.
Working with Imagine Communications, we have created a cloud-native business continuity site which precisely mirrors the functionality of our traditional playout, and we have transmitted from it, added Peter Van-Dam, technical advisor, Live Media Production Services at ADM. Great cooperation between us, Imagine Communications and du has achieved something we thought, at first, was too ambitious.
But more than giving us the perfect business continuity solution, we now have a template going forward. We have seen that a software-defined architecture provides not only the functionality but the performance that premium broadcast channels demand. What we have implemented on dus media cloud we will implement on-premises as our next-generation playout facility, giving us the flexibility and agility to respond to growing demands of our channels, our clients and our audiences.
Imagine Communications director of sales for the Middle East and North Africa, Anas Hantash, said, This was a real partnership, and I pay tribute to the efforts of the team at du, who worked with us to meet the challenges set by ADM. It s fair to say that both ADM and du were looking to Imagine to demonstrate that we could make premium broadcast playout and multiplatform delivery work in the cloud. That we are now seen as a major partner by du is a testament to the success of this project.
Fahad al Hassawi, chief commercial officer at du, agreed. Our goal is to work with insightful partners, such as Imagine Communications, who are willing to push the envelope when it comes to technology. We are very pleased to be pioneering the first operator-hosted media cloud solution.
ADM and Imagine Communications have now entered into a service level agreement to upgrade the existing facility to the new virtualized platform, running on HPE severs and systems, a preliminary step toward all-IP operations. ADM will work with Imagine to migrate the entire operation currently supporting 14 channels over the coming years.
For more information about Imagine Communications, please visit www.imaginecommunications.com.
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About Imagine Communications
Imagine Communications empowers the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation. Broadcasters, networks, video service providers and enterprises around the world rely on our optimized, future-proof, multiscreen video and revenue enablement solutions every day to support their mission-critical operations. Today, nearly half of the worlds video channels traverse our products, and our software solutions drive close to a third of global ad revenue. Through continuous innovation we are delivering the most advanced IP, cloud-enabled, software-defined network and workflow solutions in the industry. Visit www.imaginecommunications.com for more information, and follow us on Twitter @imagine_comms.
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