Broadcast, sports and streaming companies are transitioning to software-defined infrastructure to benefit from flexible deployment and more easily adopt the latest AI technologies.
NVIDIA Holoscan for MediaNow in limited availability, it is a software-defined, AI-enabled platform that enables live video and media pipelines to run on the same infrastructure as AI. This enables enterprises with live video pipelines to use applications from a developer ecosystem on off-the-shelf, NVIDIA-accelerated, reusable hardware to improve production and delivery.
Holoscan for Media offers a unified platform for live media applications from established and emerging vendors, spanning AI captioning, live graphics, vision mixing, playout server, encoding, decoding, transcoding, multi-viewer and Network Media Open Specification (NMOS) controller, with more to come in the coming months.
Developers can use Holoscan for media to simplify the development process, speed delivery to customers and integrate emerging technologies, all while optimizing R&D spending.
Holoscan for Media is an Internet Protocol-based platform, built on industry standards such as ST 2110 and common application programming interfaces, meeting the most stringent density and compliance requirements. It includes essential services such as Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and NMOS for interoperability and manageability, and is equipped to perform in the high-pressure production environments that comprise live broadcast.
Industry Adoption of NVIDIA Holoscan for Media
Companies with live media channels are embracing software-defined infrastructure as they transition to the next phase of live media production and distribution. And the ecosystem of partners that share this vision for the future of the industry, including Beamr, Harmonic, Pebble, Qvest, ENTANGLERT Software, Spoken English and Spicy Mango continues to grow.
“The Holoscan for Media platform leverages the powerful integration of live video and artificial intelligence. This integration, accelerated by NVIDIA computing, aligns naturally with Beamr’s advanced video technology and products,” said Sharon Carmel, CEO of Beamr. “We are confident that our Holoscan for Media application will significantly improve the performance of media channels by optimizing 4K p60 live video streams with high efficiency.”
“NVIDIA is laying the groundwork for software-defined streaming, enhancing live media with expansive compute capabilities and a developer-friendly ecosystem,” said Christophe Ponsart, executive vice president and co-head of the Generative AI practice at Qvest, a global leader in technology and enterprise consulting. “This level of local computing, coupled with NVIDIA’s powerful developer tools, enables Qvest as a technology partner and integrator to innovate rapidly, utilizing our deep industry expertise and customer relationships to drive meaningful impact.”
“NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, leveraging the power of Red Hat OpenShift, delivers a scalable, cloud-native platform for next-generation live media applications,” said Gino Grano, global vice president, Americas, Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Red Hat, the industry-leading Kubernetes-powered hybrid cloud platform. “With this enterprise-grade, open source solution, cable and broadcast companies can benefit from more seamless deployments and management of media applications, delivering greater flexibility and performance across all environments.”
“Speechmatics is delighted to expand our collaboration with NVIDIA and become the first voice-to-text provider on Holoscan for Media,” said David Agmen-Smith, Chief Product Officer at Speechmatics, a leading provider of speech AI technology. “The combination enables incredibly fast and highly accurate subtitles to be delivered with incredible ease.”
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Take advantage of flexible deployment, resource scalability, and the latest predictive, generative, and video AI technologies by transitioning to a true software-defined infrastructure with Holoscan for media.
Attendees at the IBC 2024 content and technology event, taking place from 13-16 September in Amsterdam, will be able to see Holoscan for Media in action around the world. showroom floor.
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