Showcasing NexC’s Single-Window Approach to Today’s Media & Entertainment Complexity Challenge
Frictionless movement of content assets enables media companies to boost efficiency and minimise costs while finding new audiences and monetisation opportunities. Planetcast Media Services will also showcase its Post-production and Teleport offerings in India and Singapore.
New Delhi and Singapore, 22 May 2024 – Planetcast Media Services, the global broadcast technology and media services provider, will be demonstrating its new end-to-end, single-window media management and delivery offering at BroadcastAsia 2024 in Singapore, May 29 – 31 (Singapore Expo, Booth 6C1 – 1). The event will witness the public debut of Planetcast’s cloud-first NexC architecture in the APAC region. NexC empowers media companies to overcome the complexity challenge of today’s distribution landscape, enabling the friction-free management of content across processing, post-production, distribution, and monetisation.
“We are excited to demonstrate to APAC industry players how NexC can enable them to overcome today’s complexity challenge,” says Sanjay Duda, CEO of Planetcast Media Services. “Media companies must reach audiences on an unprecedented scale through a constantly evolving array of platforms and devices, which adds complexity. At BroadcastAsia, we will showcase how our integrated, cloud-driven approach can streamline these processes, enhance agility, while improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness. We will also discuss how we successfully handled video production and distribution for Asia’s most valuable sports event, the Indian Premier League (IPL), which finishes just three days before the start of the show.”
Integration of Switch Media OTT Capabilities
At BroadcastAsia, Planetcast will also show how its recent acquisition of Switch Media has enhanced NexC’s distribution capability with a proven and commercially successful end-to-end OTT platform. Through the acquisition, Switch Media’s proprietary online video solutions have been integrated with NexC, ensuring that media companies can streamline content delivery while driving monetisation opportunities.
Planetcast’s Full Range of Capabilities
Planetcast’s offerings span the entire media supply chain, including content supply chain management, content prep, metadata enrichment, tagging, subtitling, dubbing, editing, playout, teleports in India and Singapore, and services designed specifically for OTT platforms and FAST channels.
The NexC architecture consists of the following elements, all accessed through Planetcast’s unified customer UI and dashboard:
- Contido – content supply chain orchestration and media asset management
- Content Preparation & Localisation Services – full suite of core technical post-production services including QC, compliance checks, subtitling, dubbing, editing, and re-scoring
- RECASTER – a dynamic IP transport solution delivering secure internet streams globally for linear channels and live sports
- Scheduling, Playout & Distribution – via X hybrid cloud playout and RECASTER digital delivery platforms
- MediaHQ – a white-labelled OTT solution for non-linear content distribution, powering major global events (Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Formula 1) for brands like Foxtel Australia and Media Prima Malaysia
- FAST Channel Services – across the US, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, in partnership with ad-tech leaders including Wurl and SoFast
Additional Planetcast Solutions
- Teleport Networks in India and Singapore – state-of-the-art facilities with high redundancy and fail-safe mechanisms, capable of uplinking channels on premier satellites like ASIASAT, INTELSAT, MEASAT, INSAT & BANGABANDHU
- Post Production Services – software and cloud-curated ecosystem with automation and AI capabilities for faster, cost-effective delivery
- Playout Disaster Recovery – cloud-based DR solution for cost-effective protection against broadcast disruption
Trusted by Global Media Leaders
Planetcast counts some of the world’s major media brands among its clients, including Amazon Prime Video, Discovery, Disney, Sony, Star TV, Viacom and Doordarshan, the premier public broadcaster in India. It is also the media services partner of IPL rightsholders Star Sports for domestic TV broadcast and Viacom18 for OTT streaming on JioCinema.
