MediaStream automates your metadata workflow
Harness your metadata
As a TV operator, the proliferation of new content offers (VoD, catch-up) and watching devices makes it increasingly harder to manage all content metadata in a unified, consistent way. MediaStream puts you back in control by providing a centralized metadata and programming system able to talk to any information provider and TV platform while ensuring a coherent, high-quality end-user experience across all watching windows.
MediaStream as
a replacement for
homegrown metadata
management tool
Case Study
The customer is a European tier-1 pay TV operator with an approximate user base of 1.3M subscribers (end of 2018). Their TV service has evolved from a relatively classical linear proposition to a complete entertainment offer comprising 200+ generalist and thematic channels and thousands of catch-up and VoD contents including catalogs from Netflix, HBO, AXN and more...
Features
Integration with metadata sources and target platforms
- Metadata exchange formats supported: ADI, TVA, proprietary
- Provider/platform integration through FTP and proprietary APIs
- Integration of external VoD catalogs (e.g. Netflix, HBO)
- Support for EPG last-minute updates and retro EPG (catch-up)
Management, scheduling and control
- Import/export scheduling and/or on-request activation
- Smart matching algorithm + configurable automatic collision resolution rules for minimal operational overhead
- Automatic management of EPG data consistency (control of temporal gaps and overlaps)
- Fully customizable internal VoD management section with programming scheduling and license control
- Extended metainformation about content and linear/VoD events through customizable operator tags
- Configurable business rules for metadata and image export to each target platform
- Fully customizable internal VoD management section with programming scheduling and license control
Integration with other MediaSuite components
- Combined metadata+media publication in combination with MediaCode
- Integration with MediaTag for automatic content tagging and categorization
- Integration with MediaShot for automatic image addition to the content database