MUMBAI: Anevia, one of the leading companies in OTT and IPTV software for the delivery of live TV and video-on-demand (VOD), has announced the launch of features for its Flamingo head-end. It will be presented at ISE – Integrated Systems Europe tradeshow in Amsterdam, UK.

Flamingo is able to deliver new services as multiscreen channels for smartphones, tablets and other connected devices as well as on-demand services such as Replay TV and Pause TV. Furthermore, an enhanced cloud monitoring service provides additional configuration possibilities for the Flamingo.

Transcoding for downscaling and multiscreen

The new Flamingo transcodes HD sources to SD channels compatible with legacy video players that do not support HD. The Flamingo can convert HD channels from any source (satellite, cable, terrestrial) to SD channels for broadcasting over an IP or coaxial networks.

In addition to this embedded transcoder, the Flamingo includes the Anevia OTT packager. The Flamingo can now natively serve multiscreen live channels to smartphones, tablets and other connected devices that would be brought by the guests. The Flamingo handles the formatting of the live feeds in order to deliver them using different streaming protocols on the market such as Apple HLS, MS Smooth Streaming, Adobe HDS, MPEG-DASH.

Time-shift and replay TV

The Flamingo head-end is able to record the channels that are received and offers on-demand services. With embedded storage and recording capabilities, it is now very easy to provide Pause TV, Replay TV or other time-shift services.

Cloud monitoring configuration

The cloud monitoring service offers the possibility to configure and customise the TV head-end. One can manage the license and configuration files of the Flamingo directly through our cloud monitoring interface. Adding an option or changing the configuration of your Flamingo has never been this easy.

The new features enhance cloud monitoring service, a web-based application that provides source for a pro-active, easy and efficient global maintenance of enterprise TV sites.