Satellite operator SES S.A. today announced the launch of its new LUCID online video platform (OVP) product through subsidiary SES Platform Services.
The product will provide customers with all the process steps needed to launch its own online video offering, including Video Processing (including Content Ingest, Management, and Encoding, Transcoding, DRM Integration and Playout); Monetisation Services, with support of flexible business models (such as SVoD, TVoD); and Applications with an intuitive and easy-to-use User Interface (for iOS, Android) and an HTML5 realisation for an IP Box.
Setting up an Internet-TV channel and accessing on-demand services through LUCID OVP form an integral part of the 'Media Tolbox' concept from SES Platform Services, establishing a modular all-in-one solution for optimal distribution of audio-visual content.
Technology complexity will be reduced in order to allow customers to concentrate on their core business whilst accessing all technological aspects in a flexible and scalable way.
LUCID OVP will provide one online video platform through the incorporation of Linear TV Streaming, Catch-up TV and video-on-demand (VoD), the latter of which has also recently been developed by SES Platform Services in the form of its LIQUID VOD video content distribution solution.
Platform Operaters will be able to use LUCID OVP to create an online video and multi-screen user experience to complement their video strategy, whilst Broadcasters and OTT-Players will also be able to use the ready-to-launch product to optimise their operations and boost subscriber growth through a quick and easy set-up of an online video service as a supplement to their Direct-to.Home (DTH) services to address new customer groups.
"For many broadcasters, broadcasting linear TV programmes is just not enough anymore," commented Senior Manager Solution Management SES Platform Services, Daniel Kiessling. "People watch more and more online and mobile content. With ready-to-start workflows and 'out-of-the-box' features, LUCID OVP ensures fast time-to-market and enables our customers to reach viewers and customers anywhere and on any device. We have been a leading provider of backend services, and now we can also deliver our customers everything for the front-end to create a great user experience."
LUCIS OVP will be presented, along with the LIQUID VOD live showcase, at Hall 1, stand 1.B51 during IBC 2015, Amsterdam.
