Grass Valley bets on cloud broadcasting at IBC 2023: Playout

The commitment to decentralization remains omnipresent at the stand Grass Valley in IBC 2023, which continues to receive improvements and new features such as Playout X.

Playout X is a broadcast solution that, in addition to clip and live event management, includes dynamic insertion of graphics and subtitles, and 32 programmable stereo audio channels (64 mono). Playout support for numerous formats live broadcast, such as SDI, ST2110, AND, SRT, RIST, plus multi-format timeline that includes interlaced back-to-back, progressive, SD, HD and UHD in any format. Also supports signage Free Ad-supported Streaming Television, o FAST, with full support for SCTE-104 and SCTE35, enabling activation of downstream advertising layers, enabling monetization of free OTT streaming services.

This is how he explains the philosophy of the launch Steve Hassan, Senior Director of Playout in Grass Valley: “We have redesigned AMPP-hosted playout services to deliver industry-leading application density and reduced end-to-end latency compared to other solutions on the market.”

Built with a cloud-centric microservices architecture over the ecosystem AMPP of Grass Valley, Playout X enables media and entertainment companies to deploy new channels in minutes, such as for live coverage of special events, and closing them again when the event has ended. Likewise, through his microservices architecture, Playout

With more than 100 native applications integrated into the open ecosystem of AMPPs, Playout X can also control other services through customer ownership, including audio mixers, software-based production switchers and graphics engines. True to its decentralized nature, Playout X can be operated from anywhere with an Internet connection through a set of user interfaces HTML5 standard, or custom user interfaces can be created.

The GV Media Universe of Grass Valley, at IBC 2023

Aside from this novelty, Grass Valley is presenting its particular “multiverse” to the European market; a open ecosystem which seeks to combine the main advantages of traditional hardware with software-driven solutions.

AMPP (Agile Media Processing Platform) continues to structure the company's entire proposal, presenting itself as an open and secure ecosystem with integrations from 80 associated companies and more than 100 own, modifiable and customizable applications through different APIs.

Additionally, Grass Valley is showcasing its video processing engine K-Frame XP; control surfaces like Kayenne, Carrera or Corona, or the successful camera series LDX-100, among other products.