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TAG Video Systems to Preview QC Station for Enhanced Video Quality Control at NAB 2025

noa@tagvs.com — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:44:30 +0000

Latest advancements at show provide tools for real time deep analysis of video streams, elevate security

TAG is set to unveil its latest innovations at NAB 2025. The company will showcase its advanced capabilities for end-to-end monitoring and visualization, with a special preview of the QC Station—a powerful addition to the already successful QC Elements toolset that ensures flawless video quality at scale. Visitors to Booth W1757 will see how the Realtime Media Platform simplifies complex workflows while guaranteeing the highest video quality across all workflows.

QC Station Preview: Real Time Video Quality Monitoring and Deep Analysis

At NAB 2025, TAG will preview QC Station, a solution designed to enhance video quality control across live production and distribution environments. QC Station integrates QC Elements, a powerful set of tools for real time, deep analysis of video streams. This enables engineers to monitor video quality in real time, validate content integrity, and ensure compliance with industry standards.

QC Station offers scope-like functionality for precise monitoring of luminance, chrominance, color volume, and HDR content. These advanced capabilities, available directly within TAG’s Media Control System (MCS), enable broadcasters to streamline troubleshooting, resolve quality issues faster, and ensure consistent video quality across their operations.

“Our presence at the NAB Show allows us to demonstrate not just our technology but our commitment to the industry by offering the most sophisticated monitoring and visualization tools on the market today. The addition of QC Station is no exception. It includes the high-end functionality that TAG is known for—giving engineers even more precision and control over video quality”, said Michael Demb, VP Product Strategy.

User Management and Enhanced Security

In addition, TAG will be highlighting its Advanced User Management functionality enhanced with Access Groups and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to streamline and secure user access management. Implementing this role-based permissions feature ensures that only authorized personnel have access to sensitive systems and tools, leading to elevated security, increased operational efficiency and reduced human error.

Access Groups simplifies user access management by grouping MCS features, settings, and resources, enabling administrators to tailor permissions based on specific responsibilities. This feature is essential for large-scale operations, ensuring compliance and audit readiness while improving access control and system security.

End-to-End Monitoring for Seamless Operations

In addition to the QC Station and Advanced User Management, TAG’s Realtime Media Platform will be demonstrated with the proven and award-winning features and tools broadcasters have come to rely on from TAG to ensure quality at scale. With support for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises workflows, the platform provides comprehensive monitoring and visualization across all major media formats and standards, enabling broadcasters to achieve seamless operations and monitor content integrity throughout every stage—whether in live production, playout, OTT, or traditional delivery.

The ability to monitor live streams, validate encoding parameters, and verify compliance allows broadcasters to maintain the highest-level standard of video quality. TAG’s solutions integrate real time diagnostics, quality measurement, and error detection, providing a flawless operational experience and enabling issues to be proactively addressed before they affect viewer experience.

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2025 NFL Final: For the first time at scale, OTT Streaming Latency Beats Traditional Broadcast for live sport

danna@tagvs.com — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:21:18 +0000

Super Bowl LIX marked a historic moment in video streaming. For the first time ever, OTT streaming outperformed traditional broadcast TV we used for this study in terms of latency and overall performance.

By joining forces, Witbe’s real-device video monitoring and TAG Video Systems’ real-time data analysis and Content Matching created a groundbreaking end-to-end video monitoring solution that delivered astonishing results.

OTT Low-Latency ABR is finally becoming reality at scale: Streaming surpasses legacy cable distribution.

One of the biggest surprises of this year’s Big Game was the revelation that OTT streaming platforms delivered the action faster than traditional broadcasters we used for this study Historically, streaming services have lagged behind due to Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) implementation. However, our monitoring showed that select OTT platforms achieved, on average, lower latency than cable feeds—an industry first.

To interpret our real-time measurements, we categorized streaming platform performance into three distinct latency tiers:

Faster than cable broadcast: An ideal experience—you’re in the heart of the action.
Less than 10 seconds behind cable broadcast: A solid performance, acceptable, unless you live near a noisy sports bar or have loud neighbors spoiling the game.
10+ seconds behind cable broadcast (with some platforms reaching 40+ seconds): A significant delay—viewers may want to disable notifications to avoid spoilers.

Key takeaways on the top performers:

Tubi outperformed cable broadcast on multiple devices. According to our tests, the closest to real-time large-screen experience was delivered by Tubi on Fire TV, streaming 2.6 seconds ahead of Spectrum, chosen as the broadcast time reference for our study.
Additionally, during the event, Tubi on iOS over 5G was an additional second ahead. However, since our study focused on large-screen performance, this result was not included in the overall findings.
Tubi on Apple TVshowed slightly more delay, likely due to differences in streaming protocols, or packager configuration choices, with MPEG-DASH potentially offering an advantage over HLS.
Tubi on Samsung TV did not achieve real-time performance, highlighting discrepancies in application behavior across different devices and operating systems. As native smart TV applications gain more users, more Witbe customers are prioritizing testing on these platforms, which were historically considered lower priority. However, this has changed significantly in the past two years.

This analysis underscores the significant variation in latency across distributors, reinforcing the need for real-time monitoring and optimization to ensure the best live-streaming experience.

How did we measure real user streaming Latency During the Superbowl?

Ensuring seamless, low-latency video streaming at scale is a major challenge. Our success in monitoring this large-scale live sport event came down to four key factors:

Real-Device Monitoring – Witbe’s technology tests video streams on actual testing consumer devices (smart TVs, mobile apps, streaming sticks) rather than emulated environments. This approach provides the most accurate representation of what end users experience at the edge of the video service delivery path.

Automated Latency Measurement – By partnering with TAG Video Systems, we leveraged their advanced real-time Content Matching technology to automatically measure true latency from reference point to screen.

Virtual NOC (Network Operations Center) – Witbe’s Virtual NOC enabled comprehensive remote monitoring, allowing us to detect and analyze performance differences across platforms and geographic locations.

Fully Automated Testing – All the results showcased in this article were measured automatically with off-the-shelf Witbe and TAG Video Systems products. (No manual intervention was required—no human was asked to use a stopwatch while streaming and not relying on vendor-specific metadata)

We also captured video recordings and performance analytics in Smartgate, our observability platform providing unparalleled insights into how the game was streamed across different services.

Tested Platforms and Devices

To measure latency across both traditional and streaming providers, we tested widely used large-screen (“lean-back”) devices across multiple locations in North America, covering traditional cable TV providers and satellite broadcasters, and virtual MVPD (vMVPD) / pure streaming platforms.

Virtual MVPD / Pure Streaming Platforms:

Tubi – Tested on AppleTV, Fire TV and Samsung TV
Youtube TV – Tested on Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku
DAZN – Tested in on Fire TV
Fubo TV – Tested on Fire TV and Apple TV

Traditionnal DTV (Cable TV, Satellite, …):

Spectrum
Verizon
Direct TV Stream
Bell Fibe
DVB-S Satellite STB

All streams were launched in 4K when available and all devices used were 4K capable.

Live Event Quality and Availability Performance Analysis

Beyond latency, our monitoring uncovered key insights about quality and service availability during the Super Bowl.

The only notable performance issues occurred at the start of the halftime show, which represents the peak in viewership—both for sports fans and casual viewers. However, there were no major service disruptions.

We observed minor performance degradations during this peak period, with examples below for Fubo TV (latency increasing from an average of 3 seconds to 5.5 seconds) and Tubi.

Congratulations to all technical teams for successfully delivering a smooth streaming experience during one of the most-watched live events of the year.

Both DAZN and Tubi on Samsung TV experienced some failed loading issues during the halftime show. These disruptions occurred during peak viewership, highlighting the challenges of handling high traffic volumes.

The errors and performance degradations we measured once again highlight the importance of testing on real user devices to gain a comprehensive view of the services delivered.

The Future of Live Event Streaming

Our monitoring success during Super Bowl LIX sets a new industry standard for live event streaming.

The implementation of low-latency versions of HLS and MPEG-DASH has been a major industry focus, aiming to bridge the latency gap between traditional DTV and ABR streaming. Today, we can see these advancements live on select platforms and applications. This introduces new risks, and sets new requirements for testing and monitoring strategies to ensure consistent performance.

Take on the Challenge with Witbe & TAG

Learn how Witbe and TAG can help you tackle the challenges of live event streaming?
Contact us for a demo and see how our solutions can optimize your video delivery.

Behind the Scenes

A huge thank you to all the team members from TAG Video Systems and Witbe who contributed to this joint event. Your expertise and dedication made this groundbreaking monitoring possible!

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Future-Proofing IP Workflows

ilana@tagvs.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:01:46 +0000

As the media industry transitions to IP-based workflows, maintaining consistent quality across multiple delivery platforms is more challenging than ever. This concise guide explores how software-based, IP-native solutions streamline operations, boost agility, and support confident, scalable growth.

Packed with expert insights, technical strategies, and real-world case studies, it’s a must-read for broadcasters and media professionals looking to future-proof their infrastructure and achieve more with fewer resources.

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Monitoring is just the beginning

ilana@tagvs.com — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:38:41 +0000

TAG’s Realtime Media Platform goes beyond monitoring

If you google ‘multiviewing’, a mere 847,000 search results pop up. TAG Video Systems is right up there, on the first page. Which is great. However, although TAG is known for its exceptional ultra-low latency multiviewer adaptable to every media workflow, multiviewing is only one small component of the TAG Realtime Media platform – a comprehensive toolset that manages and elevates media performance across operations at any scale, setting TAG in a class of its own. TAG’s unique differentiators enable broadcasters and media companies to unlock significant operational efficiency and flexibility, so we’ve picked a few, outlined below.

Content Matching

Content Matching is TAG’s unique and award-winning process that ensures content is delivered in real time to its intended destination without errors or discrepancies. Content Matching identifies potential issues and confirms signal integrity, leading to increased broadcaster confidence and a high-quality viewer experience.

Content Matching creates a unique fingerprint for video streams to match them across the entire media distribution path. It accurately identifies and correlates audio and video uniqueness regardless of the resolution, bitrate, or framerate, thus enabling a match between two or more points in the workflow. This technology notifies users when the first content inconsistency occurs allowing them to get to the root cause of problems faster and troubleshoot more efficiently. Workflow complexity is dramatically reduced, allowing operators to work more efficiently by reducing “eyes-on-glass” while ensuring consistent delivery of quality content.

Content Matching can be applied to the most requested applications including frame-accurate latency measurement, SCTE ad insertion, AV alignment and audio channel drift validation.

Integration of Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM)

TAG’s platform is designed to deliver an unparalleled viewer experience by combining advanced Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) tools. Based on Content Matching Technology, TAG now supports straightforward, reference-based QoE measures like Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM), an industry-leading algorithm that mimics human visual perception to assess video quality in real time. SSIM is seamlessly integrated with TAG’s Content Matching technology allowing for precise comparisons between reference (e.g., source at acquisition) and other points along the workflow (e.g, before/after encoders/packagers). This standardized evaluation simplifies quality assurance across workflows, ensuring a consistent and high-quality viewer experience.

However, TAG’s commitment to quality goes beyond SSIM. The platform also includes comprehensive QoS features that monitor video and audio parameters, signal loss, jitter, latency, and compression artifacts. Together, these tools provide operators with a comprehensive view of stream quality, ensuring both visual and technical fidelity throughout the entire media workflow.

TAG Bridge

TAG Bridge solves two major problems. It helps reduce the bandwidth needed to deliver uncompressed video from the receiving device to a remote location for multiview generations, and it eliminates the need to process the same source multiple times.
This technology is designed to handle various transport methods, such as 2110 uncompressed video or compressed MPEG TS streams, and many others.

TAG’s Bridge removes the complexity of routing the same stream across multiple locations ensuring efficient resource use with minimal bandwidth and compute requirements. This proprietary technology enables an operator to receive a source once – including video, audio and metadata, analyze it for quality, compliance and errors, pre-scale it to the destination tile size and display it directly on any TAG system, anywhere, regardless of input source, size or format. Compute resources are drastically reduced, and a minimum amount of network bandwidth is consumed, freeing up capacity for the customer.

Managing HDR in Live Broadcasting

High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology is redefining the visual standards of television, offering unprecedented brightness, contrast, and color that dramatically enhance the viewing experience. Across Production, Playout or Distribution, multiple HDR formats are here to stay and co-exist for a while. All have different color volume characteristics, many formats include metadata, and SDR will be present in many places. All these need to be managed correctly end-to-end to ensure that the viewer’s TV makes the right choices in displaying them, and that they arrive with appropriate quality and accuracy. They may traverse many codecs and transports; they may incorporate multiple HDR formats in their composition and provide HDR and SDR versions for some time to come. Monitoring this complexity requires adaptive, flexible, and data-driven tools that provide a comprehensive view of all elements in real time, which can accommodate any combination of source characteristics and provide probing/monitoring / alarming, visualization and rich content data from network to essence in one solution.

TAG Video Systems empowers broadcasters with the tools they need to navigate the HDR transition without dependency on expensive, dedicated hardware. By enabling the integration of multiple HDR formats into a single HDR multiviewer mosaic, these solutions offer an accurate visualization of all sources regardless of type, full monitoring of all metadata and behavior. This allows broadcasters to ensure the highest quality standards while also exploring new opportunities for content monetization through enhanced viewer experiences.

Zero Friction® Licensing

TAG ‘s Zer0 Friction® is an agile licensing model that fits both CAPEX and OPEX budgets, unlocking a world of possibilities with every TAG functionality at your fingertips, in every application and workflow. Zer0 Friction allows dynamic sharing across functions, workflows, and locations maximizing efficiency and adaptability in real time. This level of flexibility ensures that customers can adapt quickly to changing requirements, using the same TAG license to visualize a production in one location today and monitor an OTT data point in a different location tomorrow.

Conclusion

TAG is known for its multiviewers, but that’s just a part of the TAG story. The TAG Realtime Media Platform empowers customers to adapt to the rapid changes in content delivery workflows while ensuring consistent quality and operational efficiency. TAG provides the tools to scale operations efficiently and adapt to new challenges. This article gives a summary of some of those tools, unique to TAG.

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Future of Broadcasting Technology: Hybrid Environments

ilana@tagvs.com — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:49:42 +0000

In the hybrid environments emerging today as a popular choice for cloud adoption, broadcasters and other media organizations are using a mix of cloud resources with on-prem hardware and methodologies to address their technical and business requirements. This shift can be transformational for a media organization when planned and executed well.

By shifting key processes and workflows to the cloud, broadcasters, content providers, and distribution and delivery service providers can move away from the constraints of traditional hardware-dependent systems and take advantage of greater resource availability and scalability. They can leverage familiar, consistent automation tools powered by data-driven decision-making to streamline workflows and simplify their operations.

Given the value of these capabilities in a rapidly changing and intensely competitive landscape, one might expect that a full cloud migration lies in every media organization’s future. For many businesses, however, a pure departure from on-premises operations is unlikely. As the industry moves forward, hybrid approaches offer the various rewards broadcasters and media companies seek from the cloud, as well as benefits that can be derived from using systems and workflows situated on-premises.

Why Hybrid Is Winning

Adoption of cloud-based solutions involves numerous considerations across a media organization, and the hybrid approach allows each business to balance those considerations and pursue a strategic path toward more efficient and agile operations.

Employing Existing Resources

One reason hybrid environments will dominate going forward is that media organizations worldwide have already invested in on-prem hardware and infrastructure, both SDI and IP, that currently support familiar and functional workflows. And, when processes or workflows are migrated to the cloud, it is typically an incremental undertaking, not a wholesale replacement of existing systems. In many cases, the business will identify an ideal or opportune use case for a cloud-based solution and begin the shift there.

Minimizing Risk and Reducing Impact

When the time comes to integrate and implement a cloud-based solution, some businesses choose to begin with an on-premises deployment. To maintain control, minimize risk, optimize the system, and provide time and opportunity for internal teams to learn, they may test or even maintain the cloud-based system within a private cloud run on their own infrastructure.

Further requirements that might affect the decision to take a process or service to the cloud include augmenting staff and tools to support this transition, dedicating time and resources to training, investing resources in integration of existing systems with cloud-based solutions, and potentially re-architecting existing applications for the cloud environment. For some applications, it’s simply more desirable to maintain audio and video locally rather than in a remote virtual environment.

Businesses that choose to run software-centric solutions in the public cloud rather than on premises can eliminate hardware infrastructure and associated maintenance costs while reducing administrative costs. Working with a major cloud provider, they also gain access to robust data security measures, such as data encryption, access controls, and built-in redundancy, that protect both content and customer data.

Tapping Into Cloud Strengths

The cloud commonly brings advantages such as improved productivity and the ability to adapt and innovate with relative speed, but these well-known benefits must be balanced against potential performance and cost issues, and their impact on different use cases. Thus, broadcasters may opt to shift lower-value services to the cloud first and then follow with higher-value or higher-visibility offerings if the model delivers compelling operational and economic benefits.

Once a workflow or operation is established in the cloud, broadcasters and media organizations can automate manual tasks and leverage AI and machine learning to optimize content production and distribution. To support those workflows, they can scale compute resources up and down at will to address peaks in demand or enable new business opportunities. Rather than overprovision or underutilize resources, businesses working in the cloud can use and pay for just the compute resources they need.

How to Optimize Hybrid

There is no one-size-fits-all way to implement cloud-based solutions in a hybrid model. At various media organizations, different systems and devices are integrated across ground and cloud to support critical workflows and services. Within this complex environment, advanced monitoring systems help to ensure that, even across a wide array of broadcast tools and software, an organization can maintain essential probing, monitoring, visualization, and data-driven decision-making capabilities.

The 100-percent software, IP-native TAG Realtime Media Platform does just that, making it easy for media organizations to streamline workloads and improve operational efficiency while maintaining a pristine user experience. Regardless of deployment model, be it on-premises, hybrid, or cloud, the TAG platform delivers the same performance and functionality.

Supporting all ground and cloud formats, the TAG platform creates a holistic ecosystem for monitoring and management of all streams by providing deep probing and analysis within a user-friendly interface, as well as extensive user-defined notifications. Analyzing vast quantities of data to identify systemic issues and detect repetitive errors, it provides insights that aid organizations in consistently delivering outstanding content. As a result, broadcasters can monitor content with fewer resources, reducing their operational costs even as they improve productivity.

Enabling dynamic resource allocation on demand, the scalability of AWS cloud further optimizes monitoring and management processes. In combination with AWS services, the TAG platform’s probing and monitoring capabilities allow broadcasters and other media organizations to automate the protection switching of video content based on any set of defined thresholds.

The Journey Ahead

As media organizations move to leverage the cloud and software-centric, IP-based solutions in hybrid environments, advanced monitoring plays a critical role in enabling both operational efficiency and a high standard for viewer experiences.

If your business is embarking on this journey, and you’re interested in how the TAG Realtime Media Platform can help you achieve your operational and business goals, let’s talk!

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Maximizing Resources: Keys to POST Luxembourg’s Success in Evolving Media Landscape

ilana@tagvs.com — Tue, 07 May 2024 12:14:58 +0000

Managing growth and providing highest Quality-of-Service with a lean team

POST Luxembourg stands out as a case study in maximizing resources to manage growth and provide exceptional quality with a limited technical talent pool. POST Luxembourg is the number one television operator in the Grand Duchy, serving 43% of the total TV market. In addition to its residential TV audience, POST Luxembourg offers streaming services to select hotels, retirement homes and even the country’s correctional facilities. POST Luxembourg is also the nation’s primary IPTV provider.

The Challenge: Reducing Complexity, Placing Customers First with a Lean Team

POST Luxembourg’s mission to provide the best possible viewing experience involves managing a complex web of content aggregation and delivery. On the technical side, this includes monitoring 450 individual streams, encompassing every aspect of the delivery chain. From the moment content is acquired, through encoding, descrambling, and final playout, guaranteeing signal health at each stage is paramount. “Operational efficiency is critical in a market our size,” explains Romain Heynen, System Administrator, “We operate with a team of four, but we are always focused on the viewer’s experience and we never cut corners at the expense of the people we serve. We need solutions that are straight-forward, easy-to-operate and maximize our team’s expertise.”

Maintaining the health of its content is paramount to POST Luxembourg’s success. The team is on call 24/7, so having pertinent, appropriate, accurate and timely information is essential for them to act quickly and effectively in the event of incidents or outages, no matter where they are or the time of day. “We always must have a 360-degree view of everything happening in our headend, from signal acquisition to customer delivery,” explains Heynen.

The network initially integrated TAG’s Realtime Media Performance solution in 2010, initially for real-time monitoring, visualization, and problem detection, but the system has evolved to keep pace with the organization’s growth and needs. The TAG platform generates information in real-time about the quality of the video and audio, the availability of all the channels, and if outages or errors occur any time of day or night. If an error occurs after hours – a team member receives an alert on his/her mobile phone or receives a call from the NOC identifying the channel and the problem. The team member can open POST Luxembourg’s VPN, connect to the headend and see the video wall and the problem live.

TAG’s multi-viewer dashboards also provide a unified view across the delivery chain, while its sophisticated alerting and data analysis tools give their engineers a unique advantage. Nicolas Altir, Telecom Engineer, emphasizes, “The most important window into our service is the one our subscribers see. Whether it’s a traditional set-top box or a streaming device, TAG gives us that critical perspective in real-time.”

Key Benefits

Proactive Problem Solving for an Agile Team: POST Luxembourg’s core team relies heavily on automation and efficiency. TAG’s configurable alerting, color-coded severity indicators, and the “Penalty Box” feature mean less time wasted on manually diagnosing issues. “Knowing immediately if the issue is a transient glitch or a service-impacting outage is critical for our 24/7 operations,” says Altir. “We can prioritize accordingly, maximizing the impact of our limited staff resources.”
Innovation and Interoperability: Flexibility is a superpower for a modern broadcaster. “Evaluating new codecs, ensuring seamless integration with descrambling systems, or preparing to launch UHD content – TAG’s open architecture means we never feel locked in. We can test different solutions within our actual workflow, making decisions based on what truly works, not just vendor spec sheets,” notes Heynen.
Data as a Foundation for Success: Seamless integration with Elasticsearch transforms TAG into a powerful analytics tool. Altir explains, “Analyzing historical trends doesn’t limit us to immediate troubleshooting. We can spot recurring issues with specific sources, assess vendor performance over time, and even predict equipment failures proactively. This not only translates to less downtime, but it allows us to budget for the future with confidence, knowing exactly where our investments will have the biggest impact.”
Beyond Broadcast: Ready for the Future: As POST Luxembourg evolves alongside shifting audience habits, TAG’s monitoring capabilities adapt seamlessly to streaming-specific protocols and delivery methods. They’re able to support both traditional television service and over-the-top (OTT) offerings through the same platform. This ensures a consistent level of service regardless of how viewers choose to access content, while also enabling them to monitor a broader range of modern cloud-based distribution infrastructure.

Partnership for Success

Heynen reflects, “Technology is only as good as the people behind it. TAG understands our challenges because they’re focused on the same goal as us – delivering an amazing experience for the end-user.”

Conclusion

POST Luxembourg’s ongoing success exemplifies both the power of the right technology solution and a dedication to operational excellence. Their journey with TAG underscores how finding a vendor who understands both current needs and the long-term vision can produce benefits over time. In a rapidly evolving industry, POST Luxembourg positions itself for the future by always keeping sight of its true ‘north star’: the experience of the people who rely on it for information and entertainment.

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Navigate the Shift from SDI to SMPTE ST-2110 Workflows

noa@tagvs.com — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:33:57 +0000

SMPTE ST-2110 provides the IP foundation for flexible, high-quality media workflows, freeing broadcasters from SDI’s limitations and delivering a more adaptable future. For those making the transition, ST-2110 represents an opportunity to build a production environment that’s both robust and ready for what’s next, supporting efficient workflows and a more dynamic approach to broadcast engineering. As IP technology reshapes the media landscape, TAG Video Systems is committed to simplifying this journey, helping you leverage the full potential of ST-2110 for your operations.

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Ensure Seamless Content Delivery with TAG’s Content Matching & Latency Monitoring

noa@tagvs.com — Sun, 12 May 2024 11:45:55 +0000

Achieve unprecedented visibility and control over your entire media workflow with TAG’s Content Matching technology. This demo showcases how TAG measures end-to-end latency, audio-video synchronization, and other critical metrics, ensuring flawless content delivery across various formats, resolutions, and bitrates automatically.

TAG’s intelligent fingerprinting establishes a unique audio and video signature at the source (or a user-defined reference point), allowing it to accurately track and compare content at any downstream location. This ensures content integrity and enables precise latency and synchronization measurements, regardless of how the content may have been transformed.

The demo highlights how TAG aggregates content matching data, latency metrics, and A/V sync information from across the workflow. Integrate seamlessly with popular data visualization tools like Kibana, Grafana, or Kafka to gain valuable insights into potential bottlenecks, delays, or inconsistencies, empowering you to optimize your operations for maximum performance.

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Optimize Compliance and Revenue with TAG’s Advanced Probing & Monitoring

noa@tagvs.com — Sun, 12 May 2024 11:33:16 +0000

This demo showcases TAG's award-winning capabilities for two critical aspects of broadcast workflows: caption/subtitle monitoring and SCTE trigger monitoring. Discover how TAG ensures quality and maximizes monetization with intelligent language detection, real-time validity checks, and accurate SCTE analysis.

Ensure the best viewer experiences and streamline compliance with TAG’s award-winning caption and subtitle monitoring. This demo showcases real-time validity checks to eliminate errors, plus TAG’s innovative language detection capabilities. Not only can TAG identify multiple languages automatically, but it also intelligently compares the captions to language-specific dictionaries for unparalleled accuracy. These tools, recognized with both a Product of the Year and a Best of Show Award at NAB 2024, bring a new level of efficiency to captioning workflows.

Maximize your ad revenue potential with TAG’s in-depth SCTE trigger monitoring. This demo highlights how TAG precisely tracks SCTE triggers (both SCTE-35 for compressed and SCTE-104 for uncompressed feeds). TAG’s analysis pinpoints invalid triggers, missed triggers, and expired windows, ensuring that every ad opportunity is flawlessly executed and fully monetized.

All error logs across any amount/locations of TAG probes can be aggregated and displayed via 3rd party open source data visualization tools like Kibana, Grafana, Kafka and more.

These tools enable large data centralization for a unified operation view, but more importantly, learning and data-induced decision making for workflow optimization.

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Full Demo Overview

danna@tagvs.com — Sun, 12 May 2024 09:35:07 +0000

Dive deeper into TAG’s advanced monitoring capabilities as we walk you through each solution/ workflow demonstration in detail. Gain a deeper understanding of TAG’s unique solutions for simplifying your workflows, mainatining agility and maximizing resources. Whether you’re interested in multi-format quality managagemnt, hybrid workflows, or SCTE monitoring, this review has you covered.

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