Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for
multiscreen content delivery, is expanding its product line to support statistical
multiplexing and enhanced management operations in large-scale video processing
deployments. New capabilities enable broadcasters, content owners and pay TV
operators to implement flexible and scalable unified infrastructure that supports
both traditional broadcast and multiscreen linear video delivery.
At NAB 2015, Elemental will demonstrate software-defined video solutions that
integrate functions including statistical multiplexing, end-to-end redundancy and
multiscreen content delivery such that pay TV operators can architect unified
headends for linear channel operations. With next-generation video encoding,
multiplexing, and advanced system management solutions from Elemental,
operators can extract more bandwidth capacity from their networks, ensure reliable
24/7 operations and reduce total cost of ownership for linear video delivery when
deploying hundreds of channels.
Elemental Statmux is the industry’s first software-based multi-codec, multi-
resolution statistical multiplexer. Multi-codec, multi-resolution statmux support
allows operators to mix and match different codecs within their workflows and
delivery networks and thoroughly optimise bandwidth usage while putting forward
new linear and OTT service offerings in a unified approach.
For more sophisticated 4K UHD TV and unified headend strategies, Elemental Live
encoders can ingest 4K UHD or HD content and transcode it into parallel HEVC UHD
and MPEG-2 or H.264 HD and SD streams, allowing a single system to create multi-
resolution channel statmux outputs from a single source. Whatever the codec
combination, a linear video delivery solution from Elemental is designed to adapt
and grow with rapidly evolving cable, satellite and terrestrial network requirements.
The ability to mix resolutions and codecs on the same mux channel opens many
different possibilities for TV operators and enables a smooth migration path from
legacy standards.
Elemental will demonstrate its linear video delivery solutions at NAB in booth
SU2724 from 13 to 16 April.
