NED uses the same architecture for its streaming services that it uses to broadcast the online television signals for television networks in 10 Latin American countries.
That architecture is comprised of physical and web-based components to cover all of our clients’ video processing and serving needs.
Broadcast
Capture and Encoding
Transportation from Source
Preparation
Transcoding
Packaging
Content Delivery
CDN
Player
Audience Development
Fireclip
Streaming page
Dedicated Apps
Capture and Encoding:
NED uses dedicated portable equipment capable of connecting to a switch directly through SDI or HDMI. This equipment transforms the signal into a transportation format to be sent to the cloud.
Transportation from Source:
The source signal is sent to the cloud, either using the connectivity available on the website or else using a mobile bonding solution to build bandwidth where no other connectivity exists.
Packaging
The formats are packaged in an HLS stream with ABR functionality ans dent to the content delivery servers.
Transcoding
Using a cluster of high-performance cloud-based servers specialized in video processing, the source signal is received and transcoded into multiple formats to accommodate a wide range of devices and connectivities.
Content Delivery
NED’s content delivery platform is built on a a world-class Content Delivery Network: Akamai Cloud Services
This allows NED to serve contents in an intelligent way from a network of data centers located in the same country where the contents are being consumed.
Player
NED gives its clients their own players, with DVR functionality, which allows users to freeze and rewind a live stream, select fragments of a broadcast.
Player
This player is compatible with multiple platforms, allowing the largest number of users to be reached:
Live Video Blog
NED gives its live streaming clients a live blog that is updated in real time based on push notification, allowing users to review significant moments of a recent live stream, along with with associated contents cards extracted from the social networks and the external ecosystem of the web.
