VJU Partner Press Release NAB
VJU launches Channel as a Service – the new generation of broadcastingThe first cloud-based end-to-end solution for conventional broadcasting.?Seattle (WA), 7. April 2014 –VJU today announced its new product "Channel as a Service", a cloud-based professional TV broadcasting platform that runs on the Microsoft Azure cloud and provides on demand HD quality TV channel capabilities to any device and allows broadcasting to any cable, satellite or CDN provider based on the Spectrum ChannelPort integrated channel playout system from Harmonic.?"VJU 4 cloud-based solution allows users to quickly create, customize, edit and securely distribute video content seamlessly to a global audience on any device. With the addition of Harmonic‘s ChannelPort, it now allows us to deliver premium HD quality linear live video broadcasts which adds to our VJU 4 cloud-based any-screen technology,“ said Josef Anderl, founder and CEO of VJU.VJU’s Channel as a Service is the only cloud-based, enterprise quality end-to-end video broadcasting solution designed to make a cost effective and global full service video offering solution. VJU's cloud-based Channel as a Service solution, dramatically increases efficiency and security while reducing handling complexity. VJU's cloud-based Channel as a Service solution integrates all of the operational, technical, regulatory, and commercial functionality required for the broadcast environment, while saving customers time and money.The entire technical process leading up to play-out via Spectrum ChannelPort is carried out by the Azure cloud-based VJU 4 platform. It provides every channel operator, such as enterprise to the consumer with a tool to reduce overall cost of launching a new TV channel and lowers upfront capital expenditure on traditional play-out hardware and software, as well as overall levels of maintenance and support."VJU and Harmonic’s combined solution offers a unique and powerful broadcast channel as a service to customers looking for the flexibility offered by the cloud and the exceptional reliability and robustness of Harmonic’s ChannelPort integrated channel playout system," said Andy Warman, director of product management, media servers and storage at Harmonic. "It places operational control with Azure, and provides access to a full range of function collapse capabilities including simulcast, independent channel branding, dual DVEs, mix effects, live input and key and fill support from Spectrum ChannelPort. The result is a highly effective service model delivered to consumers with the video quality and impact of a conventional broadcast channel."?”In the global market place, enterprises are under pressure to reduce the costs and streamline the complexity of their operation while finding ways to stay connected to the customer to build brand and service awareness, while increasing revenue and protect business continuity. To meet these challenges, you need a flexible, scalable, real-time, and efficient system that provides automated media play-out, as well as enables rapid deployment, and facilitates disaster recovery. Hence, to keep our market leading position by always innovating and improving our product we made the decision to move VJU 4 into the Azure cloud and integrate the Spectrum ChannelPort with the VJU platform. This combination allows our solution to reduce complexity and cost, enables future-proof expansion, and is backed by a high standard of global quality customer service and support. The result is a true: Channel as a Service,“? Anderl said.“We are excited to have VJU’s enterprise class Channel as a Service solution built on the Azure cloud platform,“ said Bob De Haven, General Manager, Worldwide Communications & Media at Microsoft Corp. “Azure ensures seamless, quality content delivery in a flexible and scalable package. VJU’s Channel as a Service provides channel operators with a valuable cost saving tool essential in today’s media landscape.“ VJU’s innovative solutions, including Channel as a Service, will be featured at Microsoft Corp.`s booth #SL5110 during the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 7-10. Further information about VJU and the company's products is available at VJUVJU was founded in 2008 as a media software company offering turn-key solutions for IP-based TV operations - with registered offices in Vienna, Austria and in Seattle (WA), USA. From the start VJU have supplied global companies with innovative products (e.g. Red Bull Media House, Siemens, IBM, among others).?VJU’s state-of-the-art DAM platform and customizable apps enable customers to consume, store, prepare, secure, convert, and deliver VoD assets and linear media channels to desktop players, digital TVs, and mobile devices. VJU’s products are aimed at content owners, businesses, and TV operators that need to distribute media assets and manage multiple tasks from a single, cloud-based, user-friendly CMS.?Media contactVJU iTV Development GmbHAndrea K?vérCMOkoever@ ................
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