Several key products make an appearance at the Haivision ISE 2013 stand-- including the new Makito X2 encoder and a low-cost take on IPTV with the Torpedo gateways and Amino STBs.
The Makito X2 is Haivision's next generation H.264 encoding platform, claiming to produce twice the quality (or half the bandwidth) of the competition. It features dual-channel HD encoding with only 55msec latency and simultaneous multiple bit rates (MBRs) from each source and an extensive feature set.
It is available as either standalone appliance or within a 1RU rackmount enclosure supporting up to x12 channels of HD encoding.
Haivision also promises easier IPTV with InStream Amino, a free video player application for the Amino STB. The software presents channels and related guide information directly from DVB sources (such as the Torpedo DVB to IP gateways), with DVB source aggregation from multiple gateways.
Meanwhile the Torpedo supports DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2,and streams up to 15 live channels to deliver digital broadcasts directly to IP networks.
The CoolSign digital signage platform also shows up at ISE 2013-- combining rich media content and live HD video to provide an end-to-end signage infrastructure when coupled with the Furnace IP video distribution system. Through a new interface CoolSign extends content control to local screen managers, allowing easy content segment and region management.
