• Showcasing NexC’s single-windows 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
• Post-production and Teleport offerings in India and Singapore will also be showcased

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, which finishes just three days before the start of the show.”

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 include 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. Through NexC’s innovative single-window content supply chain management, Planetcast empowers users to harness production and delivery. The NexC architecture consists of the following elements, all accessed through Planetcast’s unified customer user interface (UI) and dashboard:

• Contido – content supply chain orchestration and media asset management
• Content Preparation & Localisation Services – a full suite of core technical post-production services from quality control, technical and compliance checks to subtitling, dubbing, editing, and re-scoring
• RECASTER – a dynamic and robust IP transport solution, which delivers a secure internet stream from anywhere to anywhere, be it a linear channel or a live sports stream
• Scheduling, playout and distribution through the X hybrid cloud playout and RECASTER digital delivery platforms
• MediaHQ – a white-labelled OTT solution for non-linear content distribution that has delivered complex, multi-award-winning online streaming solutions, from ingest to delivery, for major brands and live events worldwide, including the Summer and Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup and Formula 1 for customers such as Foxtel Australia and Media Prima Malaysia
• Planetcast provides FAST channel services across US, Europe, Latin America and Asia, in tandem with ad-tech partners including Wurl and SoFast.

In addition to NexC, Planetcast’s team will also discuss the company’s other solutions, including:

• Teleport Networks in India and Singapore – supported by state-of-the-art technology and a high level of service level delivery, these include a high degree of network redundancy and fail-safe mechanisms. These teleport networks are capable of uplinking channels on premier satellites like ASIASAT, INTELSAT, MEASAT, INSAT & BANGABANDHU series amongst others
• Post Production Services – a software and cloud-curated ecosystem of post-production services with a high degree of process automation, plus AI-enabled capabilities to provide best of class services at impressive turnaround times and competitive rates
• Playout Disaster Recovery – cloud-based DR solution that provides incredibly cost-effective protection against broadcast service disruption

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, Viacom18 for over-the-top (OTT) streaming on JioCinema.

To set up a media briefing at BroadcastAsia, please visit: https://www.planetc.net/events/book-your-meeting-slot/