Firms in broadcast, sports activities and streaming are transitioning to software-defined infrastructure to learn from versatile deployment and to extra simply undertake the newest AI applied sciences.
NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, now in restricted availability, is an AI-enabled, software-defined platform that enables reside media and video pipelines to run on the identical infrastructure as AI. This permits corporations with reside media pipelines to make use of functions from an ecosystem of builders on repurposable, NVIDIA-accelerated, business off-the-shelf {hardware} to reinforce manufacturing and supply.
Holoscan for Media affords a unified platform for reside media functions from established and rising distributors, protecting AI captioning, reside graphics, imaginative and prescient mixing, playout server, encode, decode, transcode, multiviewer and Networked Media Open Specs (NMOS) controller, with extra being made obtainable in coming months.
Builders can use Holoscan for Media to simplify the event course of, streamline supply to prospects and combine rising applied sciences — all whereas optimizing R&D spend.
Holoscan for Media is an web protocol-based platform constructed on {industry} requirements, similar to ST 2110, and customary software programming interfaces, assembly the strictest density and compliance necessities. It’s inclusive of important providers like Precision Time Protocol, aka PTP, and NMOS for interoperability and manageability, and outfitted to carry out within the high-pressure manufacturing environments that comprise reside broadcast.
Business Adoption of NVIDIA Holoscan for Media
Firms with reside media pipelines are embracing software-defined infrastructure as they transition to the subsequent section of reside media manufacturing and supply. And the ecosystem of companions who share this imaginative and prescient for the way forward for the {industry}, together with Beamr, Harmonic, Pebble, Qvest, RAVEL, RT Software program, Speechmatics and Spicy Mango continues to develop.
“The Holoscan for Media platform leverages the highly effective integration of reside video and AI. This integration, accelerated by NVIDIA computing, aligns naturally with Beamr’s superior video expertise and merchandise,” stated Sharon Carmel, CEO of Beamr. “We’re assured that our Holoscan for Media software will considerably improve media pipelines efficiency by optimizing 4K p60 Reside video streams with excessive effectivity.”
“NVIDIA is laying the muse for software-defined broadcast, enhancing reside media with expansive compute capabilities and a developer-friendly ecosystem,” stated Christophe Ponsart, government vp and generative AI observe co-lead of Qvest, a worldwide chief in expertise and enterprise consulting. “This stage of native compute, alongside NVIDIA’s highly effective developer instruments, empowers Qvest as a expertise associate and integrator to quickly innovate, utilizing our deep {industry} experience and buyer relationships to make a significant impression.”
“NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, utilizing the facility of Purple Hat OpenShift, delivers a scalable, cloud-native platform for next-generation reside media functions,” stated Gino Grano, world vp of Americas, telco, media and leisure at Purple Hat, the industry-leading Kubernetes-powered hybrid cloud platform. “With this enterprise-grade open-source answer, cable and broadcast corporations can profit from extra seamless deployments and administration of media functions, delivering enhanced flexibility and efficiency throughout environments.”
“Speechmatics is delighted to increase our collaboration with NVIDIA and grow to be the primary speech-to-text supplier on Holoscan for Media,” stated David Agmen-Smith, director of product at Speechmatics, a number one supplier of speech AI expertise. “The mix permits lightning-quick and extremely correct captions to be broadcast with unbelievable ease.”
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Benefit from versatile deployment, useful resource scalability and the newest video, predictive and generative AI applied sciences by transitioning to true software-defined infrastructure with Holoscan for Media.
Attendees of the IBC 2024 content material and expertise occasion, working Sept. 13-16 in Amsterdam, can see Holoscan for Media in motion throughout the present ground.
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