Telestream will face the new requirements of live production at NAB 2024 with unprecedented solutions

Live Capture as a Service, GLIM as a Service and the improved Live Play 2.0 are the three new tools with which Telestream seeks to leave behind traditional live content production and address more flexible and decentralized workflows in NAB 2024.

Live Capture as a Service has been designed to allow broadcasters to leverage cloud technology to offer new ways to capture content live “efficiently and profitably”. This service eliminates the need for physical infrastructure, allowing media companies to dynamically scale operations and reduce overhead.

Mike Gilson, CPO of Telestream, elaborates: "Live Capture as a Service offers a new approach to live content ingestion, making it more flexible and cost-effective than ever. By moving live capture to the cloud, we are removing the traditional barriers of physical infrastructure, allowing media companies to dynamically scale their operations and pay only for what they use. This not only reduces overhead, but also opens up new possibilities for content capture and monetization, ensuring that our customers can “Make the most of live production opportunities without the limitations of hardware investments. It's about offering the freedom to capture more, with less.”

Another important novelty from Telestream for NAB will be GLIM as a Service, cloud platform that provides instant playback and visual quality control. This solution, designed to facilitate “ultra-fast” review cycles as content is produced, seeks to be versatile in all types of contexts thanks to its compatibility with a wide range of cloud storage options.

"GLIM as a Service is a game-changer for live audiovisual production. It ensures instant access to media, enabling quality control and real-time collaboration, crucial in today's production environments. Compatible with multiple cloud storage platforms, GLIM as a Service ensures that video professionals can review content effortlessly, regardless of their location or the complexity of their storage solutions. This innovation significantly increases production efficiency and quality, making it an indispensable tool. for anyone facing the challenges of modern, collaborative multimedia workflows,” explains Gilson.

“Streamlined” playback with Live Play 2.0

Another important novelty of Telestream straight away NAB 2024 will be Live Play 2.0, a dynamic playback solution that accelerates access to content and speeds up the assembly and broadcast of news. This platform allows you to quickly organize both new and archived content, making it easy to quickly compile stories with various multimedia elements.

In the field of studio production, Live Play 2.0 is presented as a “indispensable” tool for quality control, as it allows immediate review of signals from multiple cameras. The new capabilities of its renewed user interface, with multiviewer functions and better access to content, can be discovered in depth at the Las Vegas fair.

With the integration of the standard ST2110 Scheduled for the second half of 2024, Live Play 2.0 will release other long-awaited new features such as compatibility with the protocol Advanced Media Protocol (AMP), which facilitates its integration with third-party newsroom control systems (NCS). In Telestream's own words, this addition "underlines Live Play 2.0's commitment to improving current playback challenges and preparing for the future of IP-based production."

Gilson takes stock of the news Live Play 2.0: "Live Play 2.0 is evolving to meet the immediate and future needs of newsrooms and live studios. With the introduction of support for the AMP protocol and the upcoming introduction of our new multi-window user interface, we are enhancing the integration and QA features of our platform. These developments ensure our customers stay at the forefront of a rapidly changing industry, while we continue to work on incorporating the ST2110 standard for a complete transition to live-based workflows. IP”.