(Las Vegas, NV and NAB) – April 18, 2016 – Make.tv, the world\’s leading #cloud-based #video production platform, today announced the commercial availability of its Live Video Cloud platform, which enables #broadcasters and #publishers to acquire, manage and distribute video content submitted by professionals and amateurs alike. Leading content producers MTV/Viacom, LinkedIn and the Swiss Broadcasting Corp are among the early adopters of the platform. At this year’s NAB Show, which takes place April 16-21, 2016 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Make.tv will be demonstrating technology integrations with key partners, which include: Arvato Systems (Booth SU5515, South Upper Hall), Avid Everywhere (Booth SU902, South Upper Hall) and NewTek (Booth SL5817, South Lower Hall).
Using the free #Streamtag app for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, news sources and user-groups from anywhere in the world can shoot footage from breaking news scenes, festivals, events or live TV programs, and stream it live to newsrooms and other production environments where it can be instantly edited and posted into a production segment in an efficient and manageable way. Producers can also choose to acquire feeds from different sources like Periscope or Facebook Live and stream them to Live Video Cloud using a specific hashtag.
The following components of the Live Video Cloud platform, which can be integrated within the customer’s broadcast environment, will be showcased at NAB:
· Make.tv Acquire is a workflow plugin that enables 1-to-1 communication between producer and contributor. It allows producers to monitor live or uploaded video streams, communicate via intercom or chat with the contributor, route streams to live outputs, browse by production, contributor or location and receive upload notifications.
· Make.tv Selector is a video router within the cloud that also acts as a sub-switch, enabling broadcasters to ingest, curate and route large amounts of live footage through the system, on a scale that\’s never been done before. Broadcasters can browse through unlimited input/output streams, communicate via chat or intercom with contributors, route videos into newsrooms or live production environments and push outputs to video platforms or content delivery networks (CDN) directly.
· #Streamtag mobile app converts any smartphone or tablet into a fully integrated system camera and enables users to configure third party devices. The app features high quality live streaming, camera mode with tally light, chat & integrated intercom, file management & upload queue, external device configuration via ingest URLs and optional multi-angle in-app viewing of video contributions.
\”We wanted to give producers the most comprehensive view possible of all user-generated content coming in through our app so that they can choose the best footage possible for live segments,\” said Andreas Jacobi, CEO, Make.tv. “Whether our customers are broadcasting live TV news segments or capturing audience participation for a reality program, our Live Video Cloud platform enables broadcasters to acquire relevant content fast and more cost efficiently from anybody, anywhere.”
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About Make.tv
Make.tv is the leading cloud based live video platform. The versatile solution allows production and distribution of multi-camera live streams that combine pre-recorded media and user-generated content submitted by mobile users from anywhere in the world. Clients include LinkedIn, MTV/Viacom, Perform, Plazamedia, ProSiebenSat.1, ZDF, Mercedes Benz, Swiss Broadcasting Corp (SRF) and tape.tv. Make.tv is owned by Streaming Media Technologies GmbH (SMT) and is based in Cologne, Germany. For more information, visit www.make.tv.