WebTV/OTT Multistream Transcoder runs on blade servers.

Allegro Sep 09, 2011

Press Release Summary:

Genova is offered as totally integrated head-end running on single or distributed blade servers. This configuration minimizes system complexity by facilitating routing, redundancy, and administration. In addition to creating live multiscreen TV offer with diverse playout options, turn-key-solution for WebTV/OTT delivers functionality that lets users perform multirate transcoding of VoD contents as well as fragmentation and remultiplexing of IP streams.

Original Press Release:

OTT Turn-key Solution Unveiled by Allegro DVT at IBC 2011

GRENOBLE, France -- Allegro DVT boiling R&D constantly strives to challenge the market with innovative ideas and products.

When we first started to develop AL2000, our multiscreen transcoder appliance, we sensed before everyone that software transcoding would spread out. With the Genova product line, we now push the idea even further and propose a totally integrated head-end, running on blade servers.

The use of blade servers reduces the overall complexity of the system, and makes routing, redundancy and administration much simpler than in the past, when many broadcast engineers would have agreed to qualify traditionnal headends as spaghetti plates.

Allegro DVT Genova software headend is a fast deployable software turn-key-solution for WebTV&OTT which embeds licenses for:

- Genova Live Transcoder, which provides live WebTV&OTT, to create a live multiscreen TV offer with playout on Adobe Flash, Microsoft Smooth Streaming, Apple HLS, WebM...
- Genova File Transcoder, which provides file-to-file batch assets conversion to perform high quality multirate transcoding of VoD contents.
- Genova Fragmenter, which handles fragmentation and remultiplexing of IP streams to all commonly used WebTV/OTT formats on the market.
- Genova Origin, a streaming server appliance, easily manageable and redundant.
- Genova Manager, to bring redundancy and scenarii management, embedding the market leader Dataminer management application.
- Support for single or distributed blade servers.

Allegro DVT Genova product line is validated to run on blade servers, and our software license based distribution allows many operators to reduce CAPEX by supplying hardware through their existing frame contracts.

We are really excited in launching this new product, as we feel to have the right technology at the right time. Indeed, many operators through the world are now building convergent head-ends, and we want to help them bring state-of-the-art Live TV, VoD, Catch-UP TV, Over-the Top TV, unified on a single platform using Allegro DVT Genova product line.

We will be demonstrating Genova at IBC2011 on booth 1.A46.

For more information on Genova, visit: www.allegrodvt.com/genova.php

As for Allegro DVT other products, Genova is available worldwide through our extensive network of value added resellers. Feel free to contact us at info@allegrodvt.com for prices and availability.

Allegro DVT is a leading provider of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|SVC|MVC solutions, including industry standard compliance test suites and real-time audio/video encoders and transcoders. Allegro DVT products have been chosen by more than 100 major IC providers, OEMs and broadcasters. For more information, visit www.allegrodvt.com or contact info@allegrodvt.com.