Tel Aviv, Israel and Southampton, UK, 8th December 2021 – 7th December 2021 – Cerberus Tech Ltd, provider of live content delivery services and IP toolkits, has partnered with TAG Video Systems to provide customers with realtime visualization and monitoring capabilities. This announcement marks the beginning of a collaboration between the two companies, which has already led to cost-savings and greater confidence in signal integrity for Cerberus Tech customers. TAG is a leading provider of realtime, software-based, deep monitoring of linear video workflows.
Livelink IaaS is Cerberus Tech’s efficient, cost-effective live IP delivery network for 24/7 channels, sports, live events, and production. An economical alternative to traditional satellite and fibre systems, Livelink empowers broadcasters to be the architect of their own content delivery network without compromise. Its feature-rich tool set combines flexibility and control with global reach, incorporating built-in support for Zixi, RIST, SRT and traditional OTT contribution formats including RTMP and HLS.
Cerberus Tech’s customers can now monitor all signals on a mosaic configuration as opposed to individual feeds, resulting in reduced transport costs and bandwidth requirements. Because visualization is in realtime and full frame rate, customers can apply probing and analysis, identifying problems such as missing audio instantly.
Kevin Joyce, Zer0 Friction Officer, TAG said: “Our partnership with Cerberus Tech exemplifies the deep capabilities of TAG’s ability to optimize a delivery experience for customers. Cerberus Tech uses the internet as a backbone for content delivery of live programming with support for numerous transport protocols. By integrating with TAG’s platform, Cerberus Tech’s customers can build mosaics on-demand, enabling a high number of signals in a wide range of formats to be visualized and monitored. The need to bring back individual streams is eliminated resulting in considerable cost savings.”
Chris Clarke, CEO, Cerberus Tech added: “At Cerberus Tech we seek out and leverage the very latest in technology to safely deliver content anywhere in the world. This partnership with TAG allows us to provide an additional layer of confidence and security to customers that rely on the integrity of their live signals as a measure of their success. With TAG’s visualization and monitoring technology integrated into our Livelink IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) platform, our customers can now view signal health in realtime and quickly correct errors and issues. It’s a game-changing functionality!”
The type of visualization that Cerberus Tech can give to its customers with TAG is dramatically improved over former capabilities. It delivers instant identity and confidence that the right feed is there and if any action is required, such as transcoding a feed to a different profile. Cerberus Tech and TAG are working to develop deeper integrations that will provide customers with rich metadata directly on their screens, and soon Cerberus customers will be able to use TAG for their quality assurance throughout the platform.
About TAG Video Systems
TAG Video Systems is the world leader in 100% software based integrated IP Multiviewing, Probing and Monitoring solutions. Introducing its first IP solution in 2008, today TAG supports over 70,000 probing/monitoring points across the four primary broadcasting applications – Live Production, Playout/Master Control, Distribution and OTT. TAG’s Zer0 Friction philosophy allows Broadcasters and Content Distributors the greatest scalability, flexibility and asset utilization available in the market today.
The 100% software platform supports both compressed and uncompressed formats, including MPEG TS, JPEG2000, SMPTE 2110, SMPTE 2022-6/7, MPEG-DASH and HLS. TAG’s solutions run on standard Commercial Off-The-Shelf hardware (COTS) and cloud, providing state-of-the-art IP monitoring and analysis tools combined with highest quality UHD Multiviewer available on standard and mobile device displays. For more information: www.tagvs.com
TAG Video Systems contact:
Danna Mann
Europe: +33 1 86 26 94 00
US : +1 315 646 8400
Press contact:
Desert Moon Communications
Harriet Diener
+1 – 845-512-8283
About Cerberus Tech
Cerberus Tech harnesses the power and resilience of IP and cloud to provide managed content delivery services and toolkits for the global broadcasting industry. Offering unrivalled IP contribution and distribution expertise, Cerberus Tech enables its customers to future proof their infrastructure and maximise the efficiency of their broadcast operations. With flexibility at the core of its solutions, Cerberus Tech’s well established global network provides customers with content acquisition and distribution services for all 24/7 or occasional use requirements. Delivering only the highest quality broadcasting feeds, Cerberus Tech empowers customers to realise the full potential of IP.
Cerberus Tech contact:
Chris Perkiss
T: +44(0)239 303 2017
E: chris.perkiss@cerberus.tech
Press contact:
Danielle Harper
Radical Moves
danielle@radicalmoves.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1570 429138
