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We have been dedicated to the development and deployment of control, management, monitoring and automation systems in the broadcasting industry for over a decade, accumulating extensive product and project experience. Our products are highly adaptable and widely applied to system management and control in studios, playout, transmission, Master Control Room (MCR), earth stations, OB Vans (outside broadcast vans), satellite uplink vehicles / DSNG vehicles, flyaway stations, equipment rooms / machine rooms, and more. We also provide comprehensive solutions for building large-scale broadcast command & dispatch centers.

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Unified Control Platform (iSwiftMedia)

I. Overview

Unified Control Platform (iSwiftMedia) is a multi-vendor end-to-end network management, operation support system, and orchestration software solution applicable to the broadcast, satellite communications, cable TV, telecom, and mobile communications industries.

II. Product Features:

1. Resource Reservation, including:

(1) Cloud resources: cloud virtual machines, storage, network, cloud-based tools;
(2) Complete solution for third-party SDN & gateway vendors;
(3) Encoders, decoders, video servers, ingest, playout;
(4) Studio, EFP, satellite uplink vehicle;

2. Scheduling

(1) Scheduling events and assets;
(2) Vendor-neutral virtualization of system resources;
(3) Full virtualization, providing hardware transparency and maximum operational flexibility; services can be dynamically started and stopped based on load demand;
(4) Automatic resource reservation and allocation;
(5) Time-based crosspoint switching;
(6) Signal path allocation, configuring parameters of broadcast equipment along the signal path;
(7) For recurring complex setups, macro snapshots can be created and triggered with one click;

3. Playout Monitoring

(1) End-to-end monitoring;
(2) Real-time access to any device from any vendor;
(3) Automation of complex configuration processes;
(4) Diverse alarm notification methods, including SMS, email, WeChat, etc.;
(5) Alarm filtering based on time, date, and events;
(6) Comprehensive alarm management;
(7) Scalable architecture;

4. Data Collection and Data Analysis

(1) Massive data collection capability;
(2) Extraction of hidden data, data visualization;
(3) Intelligent trend analysis over long and short cycles, automated statistical analysis;
(4) Analysis report generation, dashboard display;

5. Northbound interface, standard RESTful API for service and alarm presentation


III. Application Areas

1. Studio, EFP, satellite uplink vehicle, Master Control Room (MCR), headend



IV. Advantages

1. A unified interface to manage the entire operational ecosystem, a unified operational control environment

2. Cross-vendor, cross-technology boundaries

3. Reservation and scheduling, a seamless collaborative workflow

4. Significantly reduce operating costs, improve service quality

5. Multi-vendor integration

(1) Seamlessly integrate any device, service, and system from any vendor;
(2) Multi-vendor, multi-protocol driver agents allow integration of any vendor's devices, services, and protocols, regardless of protocol;

6. Enables customers to intelligently manage pooled resources

7. Flexible scaling, applicable to small systems and enterprise-wide large system deployments

8. Centralized management

(1) The monitoring and control capabilities provided can be applied to equipment monitoring in an OB Van, and can also be extended to centralized management of international broadcasting organizations spanning multiple continents, as mentioned in our China Unicom project case;

9. Data Collection and Data Analysis

(1) Provides operational intelligence;

(2) Operational intelligence improves operational efficiency;

V. User Interface

1. Browser-based interface, no client software installation required

VI. Architecture

1. Microservice architecture

2. Easier to maintain throughout the application lifecycle

3. Enables broadcasting organizations to achieve greater agility, significantly shortening the implementation cycle for various improvements

4. A suite of secure, portable, high-performance applications supporting the widest range of computing platforms, running on all Java-supported operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, BSD, etc.

5. Cloud-native applications, fully leveraging cloud environment inherent characteristics, including elastic scaling, geographic distribution, and advanced automation


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