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VIDEOGUYS.COM
Teradek VidiU Pro: The Must-Have Tool
for Professional Live Streaming

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TERADEK
LG Turns to Teradek for “Larger than life”
Times Square Product Launch
A complete wireless workflow
combining IP and RF expertise.

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TELESTREAM VITEC
Live Streaming From VITEC Mastering Live Streaming:
(Over The) Top to Bottom Solutions for Houses of Worship
By Mark D’Addio, VP of Business Development
& Emerging Markets, VITEC

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LIVEU
Trusting Your Live Content
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on the Internet? VIDEOGUYS.COM
What you need to know for successful, How to Stream Multiple Cameras Live
high-quality, online streaming With Your Laptop and Wirecast Studio

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NEWTEK, INC. NANOCOSMOS
NewTek’s NDI—Giving Live Event Producers Tell Your Story With Live Video
Video Over IP Simplify creating cross-platform live streaming apps
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Teradek VidiU Pro:

The Must-Have Tool for
Professional Live Streaming
Many videographers and companies are now delivering But what about when you don’t have a good internet
live streaming of events, sports, weddings, plays, graduation connection? Maybe you are in the middle of a ball field or shooting
ceremonies, training sessions, news reporting, and promotions. at an outdoor gazebo behind the chapel or you find yourself in
With free or very affordable CDNs like YouTube Live, UStream, the bleachers of a high school football field for graduation? What
Twitch LiveStream, Wowza, or any RTMP server you can if you get to the recital hall or auditorium only to find that there
easily deliver your live content to any number of people, all isn’t wired internet and/or the Wi-Fi coverage is sketchy at best?
over the world. All you need is a camera, an encoder and an Maybe you arrive at the church only to find that someone changed
internet connection. the IP address for the server or the settings on the firewall?
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to do it right. With the robust connectivity of ShareLink™,

you can be sure that your HD live video feed will get to your
audience every time.
Let’s use as an example that you are on a ball field with no
internet connection. With a single iPhone you can deliver low-
quality video streams. By bonding a second iPhone you can double
your bandwidth. Utilize up to 4 iPhones together and you can
create a big fat streaming pipe able to handle 720p HD streams.

TECH NOTE 1: Videoguys recommends 720p as the optimal streaming

WHAT DO YOU DO? resolution for all workflows. For internet-based content delivery you
As the saying goes, the show must go on. The Teradek VidiU always want to choose progressive over interlaced. While you may have a
Pro is the essential tool that solves all these problems and pipe capable of supporting 1080p, we’ve seen that only a fraction of your
makes sure that you can deliver your live stream as promised, audience will have the bandwidth to watch 1080p. By going with 720p
regardless of the internet connectivity issues the location may you give your audience a great quality HD stream, one that you can be
hit you with. With Teradek’s latest ShareLink™ technology confident will be delivered to their computer or mobile device.
and VidiU Pro, you guarantee the bandwidth needed to
stream your HD content from anywhere, to everywhere. TECH NOTE 2: Cellular bonding works best when the iPhones are on
ShareLink lets you use up to 4 iPhones and other internet different cell carriers (ie Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile) so they are not
connections to deliver the combined bandwidth you need competing for the same cell service and bandwidth
for Live HD streaming, even with poor cell service.
When you have your VidiU Pro with you, along with a couple
HOW DOES IT WORK? of iPhones and ShareLink enabled, you always have a backup,
The ShareLink allows you to achieve maximum even if the site has internet connectivity. As mentioned in the
bandwidth and ultimate reliability by bonding multiple tech tip above, if at all possible, try to get your crew to be on
internet connections, from different sources, into a single
connection. Bonding is a technology that broadcasters have
been using for years to upload and deliver their content. They
use expensive gear costing many times more than the VidiU
Pro. Teradek products like the Bond II and Cube use cellular
bonding in broadcast environments, so these guys know how
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several different carriers so that you can use their iPhones to VidiU Pro also allows you to record your streaming output
maximum benefit. directly to an SD card for archiving, additional post production
ShareLink can also be set up to combine wired, Wi-Fi and or easy distribution via ftp or services like Dropbox.
USB modem cellular internet connectivity for redundancy.
You can use ShareLink to mix iPhones together with Wi-Fi WHO SHOULD PURCHASE VIDIU PRO?
and/or wired internet to provide even higher throughput and All of the VidiU family of video encoders for streaming works
redundancy should any of the bonded connections fail or slow great. But if you are doing this professionally, or you are planning
down. That means that if one of the iPhones or connections on streaming a once in a life time event then you know you
fail, the others still work together to deliver the best quality simply cannot tolerate any hiccups or issues with your stream. If
stream they can. This happens seamlessly and automatically. your internet goes down, you are out of business. There is no way
ShareLink is available as a subscription plan starting at to make that up. So anyone who produces live video productions
just $19.90 per month, accessed through the VidiU App or will benefit from the ShareLink function and professional feature
ShareLink.Teradek.com. set of the VidiU Pro, and will quickly understand the value of
VidiU Pro does not require cell service to work. It connects to the added investment for the VidiU Pro. For less than $1,000
the internet via wired internet, Wi-Fi or via cellphone(s) using and a couple of iPhones that you already have access to, you can
the ShareLink application. While VidiU Pro is a stand-alone have a bulletproof streaming solution. When you don’t have to
camera mounted encoder, it can be used with any switcher/ worry about the stream, you can concentrate on getting the best
mixer to enable live streaming to your productions. Just plug possible shots, camera angles and content for your production.
the HDMI output of the switcher into the VidiU Pro and start
streaming. So even if you are doing multi-camera shoots, VidiU ABOUT VIDEOGUYS.COM
Pro is still a very valuable tool to have. We have many customers Videoguys.com is a family owned and operated business that has
using the HDMI output of their Roland, DataVideo, or other proudly served videographers and producers for more than 30 years.
For three generations, we have been shooting footage of our growing
live switcher/ mixer to feed directly into a Teradek VidiU Pro
families and have spent countless hours editing. We actually install and
encoder. This allows you to add live streaming to an existing use the equipment we sell and we love to share our experience and
live production. expertise with you.
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LG Turns to Teradek for

“Larger than life” Times
Square Product Launch
A complete wireless workflow combining IP and RF expertise.

New York, New York—Pulling off a live on the ground and streaming the event “You couldn’t have had cables because
stream for a complex event in the heart seamlessly to an iconic Times Square it was on the street in the middle of
of Times Square is no easy task, but screen hundreds of feet in the air as well Times Square,” said Artsis. “There was
five-time Emmy Award winning video as to multiple live streaming platforms. no staging or anything, so regular people
journalist and reporter Michael Artsis
was up for the challenge.
To mark the launch of their new
SideKick installment for the TWIN
Wash laundry pair, LG Electronics
wanted to create a Broadway-inspired
event in the middle of New York’s
Theater District. This event would
consist of six separate performances
throughout the day featuring a
14-foot version of the TWIN Wash
laundry pair, six dancers, and two
16-foot puppets, each operated by
six puppeteers.
Working as a producer with the
nontraditional live experiential media
company Digital Media Etc., Artsis and
his BeTerrific!! team was responsible
for perfectly executing all of the
project’s technical elements. This
included setting up wireless cameras
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walking through the area—even the Square could potentially interrupt any the feed to their respective receivers,
performers—could have tripped if there stream or transmission. With this in which were outfitted with directional
were wires and the feed could have been mind, Artsis chose to set up a wireless panel antennas. The zero-delay video
disrupted. Realistically, there was no workflow using Teradek products— signals from the Bolts then routed to
way to conveniently cable this.” the Bolt, Bond II, Core, and Cube—to the switcher where the final mix was
In addition to the people crawling ensure a successful production. produced.
everywhere, the sheer amount of RF To start, Artsis used the Teradek Bolt After, that final mix was output via
and wireless interference in Times 600s for all three cameras to transmit SDI connection into the Teradek Bond II.
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Despite not being able to use Ethernet challenging environment and, when it our viewership throughout the years
or satellite connectivity, due to client came down to it, everything just worked.” by broadcasting high-end events like
demands, Artsis found a way to create “It was probably one of the scariest Comic-Con and CES. Like those, this
a reliable Internet connection with projects we have ever done,” said Paul LG production was big enough to
Bond through cellular connectivity. Whitney, F“Due to the ambient waves potentially damage that foundation,
This way, if one network unexpectedly that are through the air in Times Square but we chose Teradek, who is the
disconnected, the feed would remain it was definitely an uphill battle, but leader in wireless video transmission
uninterrupted. we did not have one single issue. We technology. Thanks to their products,
Once the feed was encoded and sent depended on Teradek at a high level, and we really made the impossible possible.
over IP networks with Bond II, the signal they came through.” We couldn’t have done this without
was directed to Teradek Core. With Core, With this workflow in place—and Teradek and their support.”
Artsis had the freedom to route, DVR, some extra support from Dynamic
and configure all of his destinations, Digital Displays (D3) and partner Meric ABOUT TERADEK
including YouTube Live, Livestream, and Adriansen—Artsis and Digital Media Teradek, a Vitec Group brand, manufactures
a Teradek Cube decoder that ultimately Etc. continually aired LG’s theatrical wireless video devices for remote video
fed to the large LG screen for the entire event successfully during the day. In capture, live ENG backhaul, real-time
monitoring, proxy recording and webcasting.
downtown to see. the end, the multi-destination stream
“We only do things on a high end, reached 400,000 to 500,000 viewers, For complex IP video systems, Teradek’s
cloud-based workflow management platform
so we need the best products because giving LG extensive exposure across
allows users to remotely operate a fleet of
failure isn’t an option,” said Artsis. different platforms. Teradek encoders in real-time from anywhere
“It’s unbelievable how much flexibility “It takes years to build up a in the world.
Teradek products give you, and the ease reputation, but only seconds to tear it All Teradek products are designed and
of setup is completely unmatched. You down,” said Artsis. “I mean, with my manufactured in the USA.
couldn’t have given this a more stressful, company BeTerrific!! we’ve established www.Teradek.com
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Live Streaming
From (Over The)
Top to Bottom
A revolution is taking place right in our living rooms and spilling into any space
where our Wi-Fi and mobile networks reach. Today’s viewers are watching less
traditional broadcast TV, instead turning their attention to other screens such as
tablets, phones, and computers for their entertainment.
At the same time, advances in technology have allowed almost anyone to become
a “broadcaster.” Anyone with a computer and an internet connection can create live
streamed content and generate audiences in the thousands of people or more.
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Additionally, live event producers

are realizing they can multiply their
audiences significantly by providing
a live stream of their events to remote
audiences. Also, there are many
forms of education, entertainment,
and community content that can
find an audience through streaming
technology in a way that just wasn’t
practical with traditional delivery
mechanisms.
The options for how and where you
can produce and deliver live video
content continue to expand. Content
owners and event producers that don’t
consider live streaming can miss
opportunities for audience growth, music and sports to live interviews, and other school events available to
revenue, and market share. comedy, and more. anyone connected to the Internet. Many
Here are a few examples of events that educators use live streaming as a teaching
WHAT IS LIVE STREAMING? can be, and are, streamed live: tool in a video production course, creating
Live streaming is a term that is used student-run live shows, or assigning
to describe many video applications Live Sports/eSports/News students to live stream assemblies.
and situations, and it can all be a bit When was the last time you watched
confusing. Here at Telestream, streaming recorded sports or news? Sports and Houses of Worship
is in our DNA, so we thought we’d share news are two of the main categories of Reaching home-bound members is
what the video streaming ecosystem live events, because of their timeliness. important to many houses of worship
looks like from our perspective, what’s that use live streaming to broadcast
involved, and how you might get started. Education weekly services, as well as special
There are many types of situations Teachers and online trainers use live events such as baptisms, weddings,
where live streaming makes sense. streaming to make lectures, tutorials, confirmations and more.
Whether you are a student in high
school or a team of professionals putting
on the evening news, the fundamentals
of live streaming are the same: You need
to capture your content, produce your
show, and encode and deliver (i.e. “live
stream”) that content to a place your
audience can view it.
Let’s take a look at some of the
situations where live streaming
technology is used, things to consider,
and pitfalls to avoid.

1. LIVE EVENTS
Today’s fans are increasingly turning
to the web for entertainment—from
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Meetings/conferences
Many conferences offer
remote access to attendees
who cannot physically travel
to conference locations.
Additionally, many companies
are beginning to take advantage
of technology to live stream
important corporate meetings
to keep all employees informed.

Gaming
The growth of Twitch.tv’s
live game streaming site is a
perfect example of how the
concept of traditional television
as entertainment has changed.
Gamers have burst onto the
live streaming scene, and are
gaining enormous audiences, using ºº D
 o you need production and live ºº W
 ide area network capabilities
live streaming technology to broadcast switching capabilities built in to and costs can vary greatly. It
themselves playing video games. your system? may be relatively inexpensive
These are just a few of the many to obtain a fast and reliable
examples of live event streaming. The ºº I f you operate a theater/arena/ connection on a university
spectrum of requirements ranges stadium could you repurpose campus vs. a remote location.
from premium, multi-day events like feeds from a resident or outside
the Olympic Games where temporary broadcast system to provide in-
venues are combined with permanent house multiscreen services? 2. S
 ECOND SCREEN
facilities around the globe, to single- LIVE STREAMING
camera events impressively produced ºº I s it possible to deliver coverage of Traditional television content is
by a crew of one. Equally there is a more events by adopting multiple no longer just broadcast on a linear
spectrum of solutions to provide live live streaming approaches? service. Broadcasters are increasingly
streaming, encoding, and delivery. looking to stream their existing content
These can be integrated into traditional ºº C
 onsider the implications of to multiscreen devices (“over the top”
outside broadcast trucks, as well as originating your live service at the or OTT).
complete software-based camera event site, in a central location, In this scenario the intention is to
switching, graphics, encoding, and or the capability for both/either broaden the audience of an existing
delivery systems that can be run on depending on your needs. channel transmission to allow some or all
commodity PC workstation hardware. of the live programming material to be
viewed via web and mobile devices like
• Things to consider • Pitfalls to avoid phones and tablets. Since there is pre-
existing infrastructure for creating the
ºº A
 re you going to repurpose an ºº B
 alancing capabilities and cost channel content, the ideal live streaming
event from the venue or are you will help determine how much solution may be a system that can take
going to produce and live stream production should be done on-site input that would normally be used as
the event yourself?° as opposed to a central location. final output for the broadcast chain.
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Catch-up TV is an internet ºº W
 ill you carry ads from the linear of streaming video services,
television service that repurposes broadcast feed? however in the United States,
linear service content to enable video captions are mandatory for
on demand (VOD) viewing of recently streaming of content that
aired programs. The service is often • Pitfalls to avoid was originally broadcast
funded by advertising, which can with captions.
expand advertising opportunities and ºº D
 o you need to plan for a future
increase ad revenue. transition from SDI- to IP-based
signal distribution? 3. M
 SO FOR
CABLE TV PROVIDERS
ºº D
 o you anticipate graphics Increasingly cable, satellite, and
or branding requirements IPTV service operators make their
that are unique to multiscreen programming available on their primary
delivery? If so, you might need platform, and also stream it live to mobile,
to provide for a clean feed and tablet and web platforms to attract
access to graphics metadata customers to their premium services.
and assets. Similar to Scenario 2, Second Screen
Live Streaming, the infrastructure to
ºº L
 ive content can be preserved for produce and deliver content already
long-term viewing access. Plan exists for cable operators. There is a
for potential ad replacement, complete live channel—just many
audience measurement and more of them. These channels may
lifecycle management. have disparate rules depending on the
content itself, the viewer’s location,
ºº A
 void legacy packaging and and regional implications regarding
distribution formats for blackouts (e.g. sports programs). The
• Things to consider new services (e.g. Flash and challenges in this scenario are largely
Silverlight). in system scale, management, and
ºº W
 hich is the best output of the disparate rights management scenarios
broadcast chain to use for your ºº D
 on’t forget captioning. There that may apply across content channel,
service? Is it IP- or SDI-based? are few mandates for captioning or even a program-by-program basis.
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• Things to consider IN CONCLUSION typical that live encodings continue

Whether you’re a crew of one to build this library. It is important
ºº W
 hat targeted devices/players with a laptop; a production team to consider how to make the existing
do you plan to support? in a studio; or a content owner library accessible, how to operate
Common packaging and that needs robust, redundant and a system with a mixture of live and
rights management for targets scalable distribution infrastructure, existing content as well how to preserve
are helpful. Telestream’s live streaming provides live encodings to grow a resilient library.
purpose-built solutions.
ºº W
 ill you implement your own As Tom Griffiths, director of ABOUT TELESTREAM
streaming origin services and/or broadcast and distribution technology Telestream provides world-class live
content distribution network? for ITV said at the recent Streaming and on-demand digital video tools and
Forum in London, “To scale successfully workflow solutions that allow consumers
you can’t take disparate systems for and businesses to transform video on the
• Pitfalls to avoid VOD and for broadcast,” Griffiths said. desktop and across the enterprise.
“They need to be brought together Telestream’s live solutions span from
ºº A
 void duplicated encoding, into a unified chain in order to deliver desktop production and encoding, all the
packaging and storage, which efficiencies, scale, and flexibility.” way to enterprise-class live streaming
can increase complexity and (go2sm.com/itv) and capture.
drive up costs and resources. So, before you settle on your
solutions, consider the scenarios above.
ºº R ights management Also consider that everything live
requirements may vary streamed now has potential to become a
with content providers and VOD asset for later viewing. It is rare that
requirements to support a new live streaming service is created
solutions for regional blackouts. where there is not a legacy library of
content. Sometimes that legacy content
ºº C
 onsider future needs for can be used to create a deeper service.
emerging technologies It is also possible that excerpts from
(eg. HDR and UHD) even an existing library may be posted to
if you don’t plan to deploy generate additional marketing demand
them initially. for new live content. Of course it is also
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OUR PRODUCT LINE

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Wirecast is the market-leading Media and entertainment companies, Lightspeed Live Capture is an ingest
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and platforms simultaneously. With for IP and SDI input, plus leading AVC integrated into an existing Vantage
Wirecast, you can stream multiple live and HEVC (h.264 and h.265) encoding domain. The system can be controlled
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other media such as movies, images, and packaging—Lightspeed Live Stream within a Vantage workflow, via an API
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Gameshow
Gameshow is cross-platform, all-
in-one live game streaming production
software that enables capture, live ABOUT TELESTREAM
Telestream provides world-class live and on-demand digital video tools and workflow solutions that
production, and encoding of live streams
allow consumers and businesses to transform video on the desktop and across the enterprise.
for broadcast to Twitch.tv or YouTube Many of the world’s most demanding media and entertainment companies as well as a growing
Live. With Gameshow, gamecasters number of users in a broad range of business environments, rely on Telestream products to
can create consistent, branded game streamline operations, reach broader audiences and generate more revenue from their media.
streams using graphical overlays and Telestream products span the entire digital media lifecycle, including video capture and ingest; live
and on-demand encoding and transcoding; captioning; playback and inspection, delivery, and live
interactive widgets, which help them
streaming; as well as automation and orchestration of the entire workflow. Telestream corporate
build community and brand, and make headquarters are located in Nevada City, California. The company is privately held. For more
streams worth watching. information, visit www.telestream.net.
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Trusting Your
Live Content on
the Internet?
What you need to know for successful,
high-quality, online streaming

While you may have the best content, the quality of the way you share it really is
the most important aspect to online video streaming. You make a huge investment in
producing a live event where audiences will be logging on to see something for the first
and in some cases only time. You can’t ever risk losing those viewers. All live-streamed
events are therefore mission-critical transmissions. And the transport and encoding
engine you use determines the success of your stream.
The internet is at best unpredictable, and the networks you use for the first mile of
your transition can be just as erratic. The good news is that there have been important
advancements such as IP-based bonding and advanced transport technologies that go
beyond basic video encoding to provide broadcast-quality video signals and reliable
bandwidth. There are also different transport protocols that help to reduce artifacts,
jitter, and buffering when viewing live experiences online.
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DEALING WITH Broadcasters have the benefit of being RELIABLE TRANSPORT

THE CHALLENGES able to control this experience with AND INTEGRATED ENCODING
So, you are challenged on all sides, you high-quality content and super-reliable Transport and encoding are two
need to engage with your audience with delivery to televisions everywhere. But separate issues, but both impact
dynamic live content that is delivered what happens when you want to bring how the audience experiences your
flawlessly online and to every viewing that same experience to online streaming? content. Transport deals with how
device. You have to get your camera in How do you ensure the same high-quality bytes get from one place to another;
the middle of the action, but to do that content and reliable delivery? encoding deals with how sounds and
you need to cut the cord so you can shoot An added challenge to reliable images are converted to bytes and
from anywhere, leaving you at the mercy delivery is that as our lives become even back. When cutting the cord to capture
of the available bandwidth. You have to more mobile, an increasing amount of content over wireless, you can’t rely
produce engaging content consistently, live video content needs to be captured on just one connection. Whether
even while your camera is mobile. Your on the fly—and out in the world. Be it using cellular or Wi-Fi, issues with
job is to produce great content, but you from a drone, from a body-worn camera, congestion or interruption can ruin
are spending more time trying to navigate on the move, in the air—exciting video your stream. Bonding multiple signals
the technology used to deliver it to make can happen anywhere and often in allows for consistency in bandwidth
sure people can actually watch it! locations where it isn’t easy to have a even when one source becomes
Everything really starts with the fixed network with reliable bandwidth unstable. To ensure high quality,
audience and its viewing experience. ready for your use. the encoder needs to be part of this
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process. When the transmission engine years. As such, LiveU has seen these FEC parameters based on monitored
informs the encoder, the encoder can inherent issues for the online streaming network conditions.
adapt dynamically when bandwidth community and developed a Reliable
inevitably increases and decreases— Transport protocol. LiveU Reliable Acknowledge
so losses can be compensated and a Transport (LRT™) brings together the and Resend
high quality viewer experience can be best of all these techniques into one LRT uses a form
automatically maintained. integrated protocol that works with of acknowledge
Streaming directly to an online video the encoder so you don’t have to do and resend that
platform (OVP) or content delivery anything. How? is appropriate to
network (CDN) introduces further streaming video and
considerations versus streaming to Packet Ordering audio. It can acknowledge large
a studio, where the video is made LRT uses groups of packets if they all arrived. If
available as a baseband signal. numbered packets some did not arrive, it can inform the
In order to ensure that your content so that the packets streaming engine to resend needed
comes out the other end in as high can be re-ordered data. By acknowledging large groups
quality as it went in, and with as little when they arrive of packets at a time, the overhead and
delay as possible, you need to solve the out of order. This is latency of TCP is not re-introduced.
first-mile problem of getting your video a common practice since data often Only the packet numbers are used to
into the cloud over IP-based technologies arrives in a different order than it was let the system know what was delivered
and mitigate the issues that make the sent, but is an absolute requirement (or not) so that only the data that is
internet such a challenging environment with connection bonding, where data absolutely needed is requested and
for video streaming. Using advanced usually arrives in a different order resent. You also never encounter the
integrated encoding technology allows than intended. main drawback of UDP where you can
you to match the output bitrate of the only hope that your data makes it to
encoder to the available bandwidth Dynamic Forward its destination. With LRT, you get a
dynamically, while you are live Error Correction complete feedback loop so you know it
streaming, and automatically, without Another is consistently getting there.
any interaction needed from you. technique used
For high-quality online streaming, in LRT is Forward Tight Encoder
you need reliable transport over the Error Correction Integration
most unreliable of networks, including (FEC), which adds or Adaptive
cellular networks where the transmitter some overhead to the stream, with Bit Rate Encoding
is moving at high speed. You need all the idea that the small amount of The last but
this and one other element that many additional overhead can be used to perhaps most
of the transport level solutions on the recover lost data faster than resending a important piece of
market today leave out: tight integration packet. For example, 20% of additional the LRT protocol is its tight integration
with the encoder. stream bandwidth can result in enough with the encoder. As the bandwidth
redundancy so that entire groups of condition changes, LRT automatically
INTEGRATED RELIABLE lost packets can be recovered without recognizes this and informs the video
TRANSPORT PROTOCOL – LRT™ ever requesting or waiting for a resend. encoder to allow it to adapt the bit
LiveU has been at the forefront of LRT uses a dynamic version of FEC, rate of video it is delivering and keep
IP-based live video services for over 10 meaning that it automatically varies the the best possible stream within the
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available bandwidth at any given Bonding greatly improves available content in even the remotest locations
moment. This ensures you are not bandwidth in the field and reliable for your viewers and deliver this content
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NewTek’s NDI—
Giving Live Event
Producers Video Over IP
LIVE EVENT PRODUCERS: legacy baseband—technology that • You are self-sufficient in your
WHAT’S IN IP FOR YOU? carries the outdated burdens of routine to lift, transport, and
Let’s face it: Live streaming pros inefficient weight and a low ceiling for reconnect your production kit—it’s
are far ahead of the bell curve when it performance improvements. (Not to what you do; your package may even
comes to implementing video over IP. mention a colossal pain in the gear for be part of the reason you get jobs.
Between RTMP, MPEG-DASH, AAC, disconnecting, moving around, and
• You’ve fine-tuned your system
and H.264, most streaming pros can reconnecting equipment at will.)
to its most streamlined no-brainer
recite the alphabet of IP standards These are largely avoidable problems
setup, connect, and strike
fluently, encoding and transporting for live event producers, whose client
processes already.
their programs from wherever the base (or job) counts on them to be
event is taking place to the very screens nimble and moveable enough to detach • You don’t own a station group
where their viewers are watching it live. from the confines of a fixed studio with a handful of affiliates sharing
Over in the broadcast world, installation and sit in the same room your video content and requiring a
meanwhile, your compatriots are haggling with the cameras they’re switching. common, standardized format.
over which proposed standard is going to After all, if you’re reading this guide, • And your method for transporting
replace SDI with a different kind of cable. chances are: video signals is entrenched in
Or which development to place their IP already.
• You cover events in conference
bets on when they re-wire their studio or
centers, meeting halls, auditoriums,
build out their next facility. To hear the major trade groups
and arenas—not confined to
Or which manufacturer’s tell it, the most important functions
installed control rooms.
consortium they’ll side with for signal to innovate with IP are in the areas
routing and switching. • You determine, mostly, where the you don’t have a problem with—
These are the decisions they ideal camera placement is, and set cable replacement, proximity, device
need to make so they can migrate up your production desk where the connection, file format standardization,
their installations away from cables can reach. transport.
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If that were the extent of it, then you device you could conceive of, as long as it Regardless your live streaming kit, if
might feel live event pros have been was connected to the network. you make some standard IT networking
excused from the discussion. That’s the promise of NDI, a bi- components part of your gear (or a good
In reality, though, the broadcast directional standard that can operate LAN part of your location requirements),
industry’s narrative about how IP will over a GigE local area network, with many you can use NDI to start with very
improve the next generation of broadcast video streams on a shared connection. some small steps that make a really big
and facility infrastructure barely difference in the show you’re delivering.
scratches the surface of professional video INTERCONNECTED IP
production that’s being done out there. NDI™ (Network Device Interface) is Additional Inputs
a protocol created by NewTek to make it Who hasn’t needed just one more input
BEYOND POINT-TO-POINT easy to share video—not just send it—on at one time or another? You don’t have to
Typically, SDI systems, and the a local area network. directly attach devices, wrangle cables
IP workflows designed to replace NDI allows multiple video systems to when moving around, or sacrifice sources
them, utilize point-to-point network identify and communicate over IP, and for limited hardware inputs. You can even
connections that send a signal to encode, transmit and receive many borrow inputs from other switchers in the
directionally from a video source to streams of high quality, low latency, frame- venue and switch them from a different
its receiving destination in a one-way accurate video and audio in real-time. location, all over the network.
path. Both models are heavily It can “IP-enable” nearly any kind
dependent on expensive high-speed of network-connected video device you Source access
infrastructures. That’s why they have have in your kit, including video mixers, You have a fixed number of
enormous buy-in from broadcasters: graphics systems, capture cards, and hardware devices on hand to connect
it’s a model they have great familiarity other equipment. to a switcher. But what about video
with already. Most importantly, it can free you to sources on a network? Whichever
At NewTek, our developers believe explore a stunning range of IP workflows ones you can think of, if you have an
this minimizes the gains of true network- that don’t emulate a broadcast facility NDI-enabled workstation capturing or
based production. production process, but break out into playing them—whether from media
In a universe where anyone reading the live events you cover—and pretty players, camcorders, even presentation
this guide can build a network of much anywhere you go. software—you can switch them.
computers and servers that connect
with each other and interact with them BEYOND THE FACILITY Multiple rooms
over basic Ethernet, it seems clear that For professionals streaming live Say you’re covering the general
limiting video production to a simple events far from the confines of a fixed session, and your second operator is
point-to-point transmission vastly installation, NDI can currently be streaming the breakout panel. If both
underutilizes the great potential of a implemented in one of four ways: of your NDI-enabled switchers are
connected workflow. connected to the LAN, you can access
• as any of several software client
Indeed, on small home or corporate each other’s output and mix it into your
applications, described below;
LANs, people move files around, upload shows. What’s more, you can use any of
or share media, and use apps to execute • as a programmable SDK freely the cameras or other devices connected
a variety of tasks online … even host available for manufacturers, end to each other’s switchers—devices don’t
games and compete with others in a users, and developers to customize have to be on the LAN, if the switcher
different room. their own IP workflows; they’re connected to is.
Imagine if you could open up the
• as supported 3rd-party devices
same breadth of connected capabilities
connected to the network;
Central ISO recording
by adding a network switch to your Whether it’s one multi-camera
production kit (or connecting to the • or—for owners of NewTek TriCaster— production or several across a venue, you
venue’s LAN where your event is taking included in the TriCaster Advanced can record all NDI sources connected to
place)—then add any video-enabling Edition add-on software. the switcher, used in the program, or just
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There’s an NDI production app for that

T hird-party devices. Home-grown production kits. A laptop
and some capture cards. Or a complete, non-NewTek,
non-IP workflow. Whatever your production gear entails,
NDI Group Editor
Just as NDI allows all devices on a network to identify
and use each other as sources, NDI Group Editor lets
before you go spend money on an expensive network-based you manage which ones are and are not accessible
solution, try NewTek’s free, paid, and trial apps that put any live during production. Organize NDI sources into groups and
event producer on the easy path to IP. (Though specifications determine whether those sources are public or private on
occasionally change, the below information is current as of your network—making devices visible to every system, or
publication. See www.newtek.com/NDI for details.) only to certain groups. You can also determine the sources
and groups that are visible and accessible to your system
NDI Connect Pro: during productions.
This production app is a multi-purpose software client that
allows you to configure a host computer as a multi-channel NDI Scan Converter
video server, complete with professional color correction Take full advantage of an IP production workflow with the
tools, 8-channel audio control, production utilities, and power to switch more content into your shows—without extra
support for capture cards from AJA, Blackmagic Design, equipment—using the NDI protocol, NewTek’s innovative
DELTACAST, and other manufacturers. Network Device Interface technology.

Install the NDI Connect Pro client on a compatible computer Expand your entire workflow, virtually, with the NDI Scan
on the network, and make up to 4 of its video sources Converter. Install on laptops and workstations—anywhere
appear in your NDI-enabled production workflow. Access the on your network—and any combination of windows,
I/O of any cameras, decks, and devices connected to it via applications, webcams, or the entire selection become
capture card, serve up stored media files for live playback, available as switchable video sources, without effecting
or increase your camera count with local webcams. Any other actions on those computers during production.
compatible source on the computer with NDI Connect Pro
installed can be configured and made available over the
network to TriCaster ® and other NDI systems. NDI Test Pattern Generator
Equip your system or device to send a reference signal to
other NDI-enabled devices on your network for audio and
NDI IsoCorder Pro video calibration. Install this app and choose from a variety
Expand recording capabilities to capture more productions, of test patterns and color bars—and include an audio tone—
media files, and raw footage with recording over IP. to ensure accurate color properties and appropriate
Install this app on any network-connected workstation for sound levels.
multi-channel ISO recording of NDI sources. NewTek NDI
IsoCorder™ Pro encodes video in a high-quality QuickTime
format that’s universally compatible with practically any NDI Video Monitor
platform or application. It allows for virtually unlimited Turn any laptop or workstation into an NDI Video Monitor.
recording with suitable storage media and capacity. Install this app, then select any NDI source visible on your
network to view its video feed in real time from a dedicated
window on your desktop.
NDI Transmit (also in Demo Version, watermarked)
Upgrade your video conferencing and communications,
replacing low-quality webcam video with high-quality NDI NDI VLC Plugin
using NewTek NDI Transmit. Download and install this Enable more content, in more formats, delivering video
app on any network-connected PC to make NDI sources clips to the network directly from your desktop with the NDI
available for use with video-compatible 3rd party software VLC Plugin. Reduce the time and effort spent transcoding
supporting a webcam input. and transferring files for live production, bypass the hassle
and cost of signal conversion from consumer devices, and
Applications for NDI Transmit can include Google Hangouts, access otherwise unusable content for your live programs.
GoToMeeting, WebEx, Skype and other video messaging And all of it transcoded, transferred, and accessed over a
platforms, plus streaming encoders that support webcams. standard GigE network connection.
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available and playing on the network— A connected computer can use an NDI card to a workstation, and put that
all to a central workstation for storage, feed as a Skype source, so you can send workstation on the network—then you’ve
archive and later postproduction. a high-quality camera signal in place of magically added an extra “input” to your
a low-quality webcam to a conference production and can be more flexible and
Allow other use of source room or remote meeting audience. spontaneous with last-minute changes.
Because NDI is not point-to-point
but multidirectional, anything on Device doesn’t have correct I/O Monitor everything on the LAN
the network that can process a video Finally you can find a use for gear Instead of stringing cable for every
signal, not just a switcher, can use that doesn’t match your switcher’s I/O monitor of every camera, source, and
each source—even at the same time. configuration. If you connect a capture program out for every room in the entire
venue, all inputs and outputs of an NDI
source (including cameras connected
to an NDI-enabled switcher) can be
monitored on the network—even using
a browser. Keep an eye on everything
while walking around with your iPad.

It doesn’t take much bandwidth—

see http://bit.ly/GettingStartedNDI
for guidance. Even on a GigE network,
an NDI-enabled workflow will add
incredible capabilities at your event;
the more robust your network, the more
powerful your productions can become.

ABOUT NEWTEK, INC.

NewTek is transforming the way people
create network-style television content and
share it with the world. From sporting events,
Web-based talk shows, live entertainment,
classrooms, and corporate communications—
to virtually any venue where people want to
capture and publish live video, we give our
customers the power to grow their audiences,
brands and businesses, faster than ever before.
Clients include: New York Giants, NBA
Development League, Fox News, BBC,
NHL, Nickelodeon, CBS Radio, ESPN
Radio, Fox Sports, MTV, TWiT.TV, USA
TODAY, Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), and more than 80%
of the U.S. Fortune 100.
NewTek is privately owned and based in
San Antonio, Texas. For more information
on NewTek please visit: www.newtek.com,
Twitter, YouTube, Flickr or connect with us
Find out what makes NDI different from other IP solutions with our 10 Facts to Know. Download at bit.ly/NDI-10Facts on Facebook.
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VITEC Mastering
Live Streaming:
Solutions for Houses of Worship
By Mark D’Addio, VP of Business Development & Emerging Markets, VITEC

The worship landscape has changed between sites. Houses of worship (HOW)— the Zixi™ error-free streaming protocol,
in recent years. Instead of building one and many broadcasters for that matter— and is just as effective and far more
main megachurch, churches of all sizes are still unaware of the high-quality affordable than satellite or fiber-based
are expanding their reach to multiple service they can achieve with the latest streaming services, making it accessible
locations. As more churches go multi-site, IP solutions. Utilizing this technology, for churches of any size.
there is a great demand for live, high- VITEC’s IPTV House of Worship Solution VITEC’s encoder/decoder combinations
quality, and error-free site-to-site video enables HOW to extend their reach across with integrated Zixi Stream Protection take
distribution that allows these churches to multiple campuses and foster a sense advantage of an increase in bandwidth
reach more people than ever before and to of community among church members and a decrease in costs by using the public
give the impression that the head pastor who attend services at different sites. The internet to enable real-time streaming
is actually presenting at each venue. solution bundles VITEC portable encoders of church services and events. VITEC’s
Traditionally, this capability has only and decoders—the same technology that’s portable appliances encode and stream
been possible through satellite broadcast used by broadcasters, NASA, and some of up to 1080p60 video for the highest level
or fiber transmission. However, satellite the largest stadiums in the world—with of HD video quality at the lowest possible
broadcast distribution is expensive and
out of reach to all but the largest churches.
While fiber is more affordable than
satellite, it too is cost-prohibitive to many
churches wanting to ensure everyone
at every site hears the same message.
Of course one affordable, yet highly
inconvenient and inefficient, alternative
is to record the service onto a portable
storage device and then physically drive
it over to the other campus for later
playback — a cumbersome process that
means the congregants at the satellite
campus miss out on the live service
experience. Now, there is an affordable
real-time solution for churches:
streaming over the public Internet.
With advances in IP streaming
technologies and IP infrastructure, even
the smallest congregation with a modest The Bridge Christian Church has installed VITEC’s IPTV House of Worship Solution for affordable error-free, low-latency streaming
budget can stream high-quality HD video between its two campuses in Tucson, Arizona.
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latency. Combined with VITEC’s advanced VITEC/Zixi live-streaming solutions worshippers can experience the service
video compression, the hardware ensures are available in three different bundles in perfect synchronization, with the aim
that the most demanding video will look to enable point-to-point, bidirectional, of providing both flawless video and low
great even on the largest IMAG screens and multisite streaming. The point-to- latency so that the streaming experience
while Zixi error correction protects the point streaming bundle includes a VITEC is as smooth as possible. The technical
stream from packet loss as it’s transmitted encoder and decoder with integrated team at The Bridge had been looking for
over the public Internet. Zixi Stream Protection for zero-error a more affordable way to connect the two
delivery over unmanaged networks. campuses by seamlessly live-streaming
The bidirectional streaming solution services and events from the main church
includes two sets of VITEC encoders and to the satellite, or vice versa.

RECORDING decoders—one set per location—and

integrated Zixi Stream Protection. This
To make seamless bidirectional
streaming a reality, The Bridge installed
VITEC’s House of Worship Streaming
Solution is now integrated with solution ensures low-latency streaming a VITEC MGW Nano HD encoder and
Renewed Vision’s ProVideoServer for natural two-way communication MGW Premium HD decoder at each
(PVS), a four-channel HD video and live interaction between the main location. VITEC offered a balanced
server. This partnership furthers
and satellite campuses. The multisite combination of high quality and low
the capabilities of VITEC’s end-to-
end streaming solutions by adding distribution bundle consists of a VITEC latency that is ideal for both point-to-
recording, playback, and time-slip encoder at the main campus, a VITEC point streaming and two-way, interactive
capabilities, allowing churches with
decoder at each of the satellite campuses, streaming, both of which The Bridge does
multiple campuses to tailor their
broadcast services to the needs of and a Zixi Broadcaster platform in the regularly. The Bridge uses the VITEC
their satellite campuses. The time- middle. Zixi Broadcaster acts as a central solution most often for point-to-point
slip functionality, much like a DVR, hub that manages, processes, and streaming, whereby the output of the
allows for the immediate playback of
a video even as it continues to record distributes content in various formats. TriCaster system at the main campus is
from the main campus. For churches Zixi Broadcaster also makes it possible fed into the MGW Nano HD encoder for
streaming more than one camera for a HOW to record streams and play streaming to the MGW Premium decoder
feed, the synchronization capabilities
them out later to other campuses. at the satellite campus. In this way, The
of PVS, along with VITEC’s encoding
and decoding technology, allow Let’s take a look at one church that Bridge congregants at both campuses
both camera angles to stream at the utilized VITEC’s IPTV House of Worship experience the Sunday service in parallel,
highest HD video quality and at the
Solution: fostering a sense of community.
lowest possible latency to the remote
site, making it an ideal dual-input, The Bridge Christian Church is Perhaps in the future holographic
dual-output time-slipped media record a non-denominational church with technology will provide an even more
and playout server. two campuses in the greater Tucson realistic experience, but until then, by
area. The church’s goal is to offer a live utilizing the best encoding and decoding
experience for the congregation at both technology to stream over the public
campuses simultaneously. To that end, Internet, houses of worship can ensure

BENEFITS The Bridge streams services between

the main and satellite campuses so that
the very best, high-quality experience at
a price point many churches can afford.
• Real-time video delivery
between the main church
and the satellite campus
ABOUT VITEC
• High-quality streams up to VITEC is a leading worldwide end-to-end video streaming solutions provider for broadcast, military
1080p60 for pristine video and government, enterprise, sports and entertainment venues and houses of worship. Combining
even on IMAG screens
broadcasting with live streaming capabilities, VITEC’s H.265 (HEVC) and H.264 offering is
• Low-latency encoding and the most extensive in the market with encoding and decoding appliances, IPTV Solutions for
streaming with delays of desktops and mobile devices, and PCI cards with SDK for integration projects. VITEC’s intuitive
less than two seconds digital video solutions can be tailored to each customer’s unique market needs, delivering easy-
• Zero-error Internet delivery with to-use technology that ensures high-quality, low-latency HD video, capturing live and recorded
Zixi™ Stream Protection events for seamless distribution in a multitude of formats anytime, anywhere, to any device.
• Ability to use public Internet for Since 1988, VITEC has been a pioneer in the design and manufacture of hardware and software
significant savings over satellite for video encoding, decoding, transcoding, recording, conversion, archiving, and streaming
and fiber solutions over IP. In keeping with the company’s tradition of innovation, VITEC is the first company to bring
bandwidth-efficient HEVC compression technology into the field with portable streaming appliances.
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How to Stream
Multiple Cameras
Live With Your
Laptop and Wirecast Studio
Video streaming is very popular. live streaming process by combining the Create professional-looking news, online
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STEP 1. CONNECTING
THE DEVICES
Connect the AV.io grabber to your
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camcorder, deck, or even a laptop) to the (live event)) and your own RTMP • Choose your encoding options from
grabber. Make sure that video signal is Streaming Server. the Encoding dropdown field.
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• Choose the “Output” menu from the • If more encoding options have to
Epiphan Capture Tool.
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STEP 2. OPEN THE
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WIRECAST APPLICATION
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these four buttons . streaming; the streamed (live) video
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• If your video source has HDMI- “Preview” window to “Live” window
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development, simplifies creating
end-to-end applications for user-
generated live video streaming.
Whether it is for business,
entertainment, sports, politics, or
user-generated content, the uses of
live video streaming applications by our customers. Our encoder and different standards, formats, operating
are endless. Apps like Periscope player software can achieve low latency, systems and browsers, we enable any
are creating new use cases for user- so your viewers are not disturbed by a event to be live encoded, streamed, and
generated live content, including lagging transmission, but will enjoy a played back with low latency on any
vertical live video and interactive great game. You can add screen sharing device, anywhere!
sharing in social media channels. for remote presentations, on Windows, But video is hard. How can you roll
Musicians and entertainers can MacOS or even Android. Additional out live video services successfully,
promote their work directly with features like networking statistics, across multiple platforms—desktop,
their fans through apps running on live metadata, and overlays, external mobile, and browser? Here are different
nanoStream with an integrated live cameras, GoPro and Drones, can be key challenges you might face:
video player. Other businesses use used for seamless integration into
nanoStream software to connect professional broadcast environments. • Live encoding: how to obtain a perfect
people with celebrities worldwide. Journalists use nanoStream to directly camera signal and send it to the
They enable live video streaming stream live videos of current events from internet, even in unstable networks ?
to friends and followers, or to help their own apps. Our software guarantees • Live streaming and delivery: how avoid
aspiring entrepreneurs interact with media companies full control over the complicated server setup, installation
their customers. content, for fast and safe broadcasting of and maintenance processes?
nanoStream can also be used to breaking news. • Playback: how to achieve the
instantly share live sports or political The world is moving quickly towards best possible user experience for
events on social networks, and live a single melting pot of creating and your communication partner or
streams of e-sports are widely deployed consuming live video. Despite many live audience?
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• Instant streaming: avoid encoding Requirements SUMMARY

and streaming startup delays for • nanoStream SDK 4.6 or later Congratulations! You now have
immediate results for breaking news, • bintu.live connector everything you need for your own
music, sports, celebrities, etc. • a valid bintu.live API key and a streaming platform.
• End-to-end low latency to enable live nanoStream SDK license You can now run the broadcaster
video communication applications. • Development Environment: you can app on one device and the player app on
• Be flexible to use cloud or be completely cross-platform! another. You can start a stream in the
on-premise services. • iOS and MacOS: XCode on Mac OS X broadcaster app (via Start button) and
• Allow live video broadcast and • Android: Android Studio or Eclipse can play it directly in the player app (via
playback on any device, independent • Windows: VisualStudio 2013 on Play button). The player app assumes
of vendor and OS. Windows 7 or later that you want to play the latest stream
• Browser Platforms: HTML/JS for your on your account that is live.
ENCODING - own web page based on either our
STREAMING - PLAYBACK nanoStream Plugin or WebRTC Client NEXT STEPS
Building your own app to promote From here on you can integrate the
your event or user-generated content Build your Live Encoder App (Broadcast) live streaming function into your own
and streaming it live is easy with How to build the broadcaster (this is application backend. If you want to know
nanoStream’s high-quality products. for iOS but similar projects are available more how these sample apps were created
Our services, products, and support are on all platforms) and how you can set up your own ones,
recognized by both product developers • Open the project StreamingExample contact us or read our step-by-step tutorial.
and businesses as a great foundation for from the SDK samples/SimpleEncoder For a more complete sample apps on
cross platform live video streaming apps. folder in Xcode. how to use nanoStream and bintu.live, see
We invite you to test our nanoStream • Add the license and API keys in the samples BintuEncoder and BintuPlayer
Live encoding and Player software in nanoLicenseConfig.h (folder include) in the SDK samples folder. They show a
combination with our bintu.live streaming • Build and run the application. complete workflow including bandwidth
service today. Visit the nanoStream check, user notification, sharing, vertical
download area http://www.nanocosmos How to use the broadcaster and landscape streaming, and more!
.de/demo for all apps and SDKs • Enter your API key You find similar samples for Android,
• The app is checking the bandwidth, Windows, MacOS, and browser platforms.
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN either wait or skip to use default Get in touch with us for additional
LOW-LATENCY LIVE STREAMING • Tap the “start” button to start broadcast plugin-free live encoding with WebRTC!
APP WITH THE NANOSTREAM • You should see the result logged to the
SDK IN 5 MINUTES console: “You are live!”
This is a short overview showing The streamer automatically gets a
how you can get a headstart on your stream URL from bintu.live and instantly GETTING HELP
competition for your end-to-end starts live streaming. Contact us for additional help, or
streaming platform by leveraging proven additional functions, full-feature apps
and consulting services!
nanoStream technology. Player App
See how easy it is to create your own • Open the project PlayingExample www.nanocosmos.de
downloads for SDKs and Apps,
high quality end-to-end live encoding, from the SDK samples folder in Xcode. documentation and blog
streaming and player application! • Build and run the application.
www.nanocosmos.de/apps
With this guide, you will be able (your license and API keys should download the live streaming apps
to create a live video broadcaster and be used from the same file as the Apple AppStore/iTunes
player app with the nanoStream SDK, broadcaster app)
nanoStream Live Encoder
connected to our bintu.live streaming If you tap the play button, you should
nanoStream Live Player
platform. You do not need to install your instantly see your live video sent from
Google PlayStore
own server, just stream instantly to the the broadcaster device!
URL you get from bintu.live! You can do this easily nanoStream Live Encoder
You will still be able to use your own on any platform with your own nanoStream Live Player
server on your own premises if required. preferred system environment!
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FEATURE ARTICLES

THE RETURN OF MULTICAST: CHEESEHEAD TV STREAMS TO FANS

WHY IT SUCCEEDS IN A LIVE LINEAR WORLD LIVE FROM PACKERS TRAINING CAMP
By Dom Robinson By Corey Behnke
Multicast isn’t new, but CDNs, operators, and content publishers have Here’s how one video site brought the circus-like atmosphere of
finally caught up to the possibilities it offers for increased scale and Green Bay Packers training camp to thousands of die-hard fans,
decreased costs. with tips for successful multicamera streaming.
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FOR THE WIN! LIVE SPORTS ARE CHURCH AND SLATE: HOW HOUSES OF WORSHIP
DRIVING STREAMING VIDEO INNOVATION CAN BECOME MEDIA COMPANIES
By Adrian Pennington By Mark Alamares
The desire to keep sports relevant to the younger audience and connect Houses of worship can benefit from adopting concepts, tools, and
with mobile media consumption habits is driving innovation online. workflows from mainstream media companies to extend their reach
go2sm.com/aprilsg9 and grow their ministries. We’ll discuss several of those in this
article, including developing a content strategy, content creation,
asset management, live streaming, collecting and evaluating
THE FORECAST FOR 2016 IS analytics, and more.
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STREAMING
go2sm.com/aprilsg16
By Tim Siglin
Presenting a weather report on the industry’s accelerated move
toward cloud-based video acquisition and delivery.
go2sm.com/aprilsg10

THINK STREAMING 4K IS YEARS AWAY? STREAMING MEDIA CONFERENCE VIDEOS

THINK AGAIN, SAYS XI MEDIA
By Troy Dreier MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF LIVE CONTENT DELIVERY
The future of UHD is happening right now. Here’s how one production The final steps in the live streaming workflow—delivery and
company streamed low-bandwidth 4K live from a South by Southwest analytics—are in some ways the most vexing, but they’re crucial
music stage. measuring the success of any event or channel.
go2sm.com/aprilsg11 go2sm.com/aprilsg1

BUYER’S GUIDE TO WEBCASTING PLATFORMS 2016 THE FUTURE OF LIVE VIDEO STREAMING
By Jan Ozer A panel of experts makes predictions about what viewers will expect
in five or ten years, and which content types, technologies, and
Customization, mobile compatibility, and marketing features are just
monetization models the live streaming industry must embrace to
a few of the checkboxes to tick off.
meet those expectations.
go2sm.com/aprilsg12
go2sm.com/aprilsg2

IMPLEMENTING REAL-TIME
MANAGING AND PROTECTING THE LIVE CONTENT FLOW
VIDEO COLLABORATION IN THE ENTERPRISE
Today’s live webcasts generate significant amounts of metadata
By Tim Siglin that must be synchronized with live streams, and the content itself
For many companies, the path is clear: understanding, championing, must be properly protected for live delivery and packaged for
and leveraging video collaboration for more efficient business models. VOD syndication.
go2sm.com/aprilsg14 go2sm.com/aprilsg3

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TURNING LIVE STREAMS INTO PROFITS LIVE STREAMING THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE: A CASE STUDY
In this panel you’ll find monetization experts who will break down the StreamAMG launched 89 video-based websites—one for each of the
challenges facing live event monetization and offer insights into Football League’s clubs. Over the following three months subscriptions
innovative ways to make sure you’re not leaving money on the table. to the site grew by over 30 percent.
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NOW THAT YOU’VE GOT THE VIEWERS, PERISCOPE, MEERKAT, AND FACEBOOK LIVE:
HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM STAY? THE FUTURE OF LIVE STREAMING?
Today’s live streaming viewers are savvy and fickle, and while some The session looks at the rapid evolution of new streaming apps such as
tentpole events might be unmissable, you still need to make sure your Periscope, Meerkat and Facebook Live and how they are changing both
user experience is compelling enough to keep viewers watching.
brand webcasting and video on social media.
go2sm.com/aprilsg5
go2sm.com/aprilsg18

THE CONVERGENCE OF BROADCAST

THE INS AND OUTS OF LIVE VIDEO
AND DIGITAL VIDEO INSIDE THE NFL In this presentation, video leaders share their wisdom on how to produce
From the preseason to the Super Bowl, the NFL is making it easy for fans
and manage live webcasts of all sizes, whether it’s a school football
to watch all the action wherever they want, on the device of their choice.
match, theatre production, concert, or top-flight sporting event.
This presentation offers a look at how the NFL has embraced digital as a
complement to broadcast. go2sm.com/aprilsg19

go2sm.com/aprilsg6

CASE STUDY: LIVE STREAMING THE UK GENERAL ELECTION

2015 saw a paradigm shift in live broadcasting when Sky News partnered
BRIDGING THE INVISIBLE WALL
LiveU for its coverage of the UK general election: the broadcaster
BETWEEN YOUR SHOW AND YOUR VIEWER
delivered 138 live IP feeds from 150 key counts and constituencies
This session examines different methods for ingest, transmission, and
backhaul—satellite, fiber, cellular, and even good old-fashioned countrywide using cellular uplinking technology.
Ethernet—all of which should have a place in your live streaming toolbox. go2sm.com/aprilsg20
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ENGINEERING A TV-LIKE STREAMING EXPERIENCE:

WHAT CORPORATE USERS REALLY WANT STREAMING FORUM 2016
FROM THEIR WEBCASTING/ONLINE VIDEO PLATFORM ITV’s director of broadcast and distribution technology shared the
This session provides the perspective from seasoned corporate users of broadcaster’s strategy for merging catch-up and live linear TV into a
what they want from their webcasting and online video platforms to drive universal consumer experience during the Streaming Forum 2016
better engagement from their audiences. keynote address.
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COMING NEXT ISSUE

Superguide #4, Vol. 3, June 2016

THE SUPERGUIDE TO
MASTERING YOUR VIDEO WORKFLOWS
This Superguide takes a deep dive into workflow strategies and solutions from an array of
perspectives to give you a cutting-edge advantage.
• Best Practices for Encoding to Multiple Screens
• OTT Workflows to Create Live-to-VOD Assets
• Future-Proofing Your File-Based Workflow
• Best Practices for Adding Redundancy to Live Encoding & Delivery
• Large-Scale Live Events
• Monetizing Premium Content
• Unique Deployment Challenges
• Selecting the Right Video Management Technology
• How to Use the Cloud to Reduce Overhead
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