Delivering Multi-Camera Content to Smart Devices through Cloud Platforms

“Broadcasters must engage a new generation of multitasking viewers who no longer sit passively in front of their television sets but browse the internet and interact with social media while watching TV. — Rather than risk losing viewers, broadcasters can provide original premium content — including unseen camera angles and highlights — to viewers via second screen devices. The large amount of unused content that sits on live TV production servers can be used to enrich the user experience and maximize the value of already available content. — This paper will explore technology challenges in building open and scalable platforms to deliver high quality experiences on second screen devices, including: • Best practices in building near-live multi-camera replay platforms on top of standard live production environments • Overcoming challenges in cloud-based production and delivery to multiple screens • Integration with social networks, archives, stats and other third-party content.

Published

2012-10

Content type

Original Research

Keywords

Second screen, multi-screen, mobile video, cloud, file-based workflow, HLS, transcoding

DOI

10.5594/M001468

ISBN

978-1-61482-952-2