Las Vegas, NV - 2016 NABShow, booth #SL4910 - 18 Apr 2016: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced at the 2016 NABShow that Aspera, an IBM company, is unveiling Aspera FASPStream, a new turnkey application software line designed to enable live streaming of broadcast-quality video globally over commodity Internet networks with glitch-free playout and negligible start-up time - reducing the need for expensive and limited satellite-based backhaul, transport and distribution.
Live and near-live streaming of broadcast-quality video content over IP networks has traditionally used linear transport over satellite and dedicated fiber networks -- high quality but limiting for today's use cases. Satellite uplinks and dedicated fiber are often not available on demand, and can require large capital investments and long startup times. In addition, the linear feed format can be difficult to customize and integrate with modern file- and cloud-based workflows.
Internet broadband bandwidth is increasingly available at production venues, opening the possibility for new live video transport solutions. Various products and services have been introduced, such as forward error correction over UDP, peer-to-peer distribution and inverse CDNs. However, none provide the same universal quality and zero-delay experience of traditional live satellite transmission because they cannot guarantee arrival rates over long distance or wireless Internet WANs having high round-trip time and packet loss without adding significant start-up delay or costly workarounds.
Aspera's FASPStream software line represents the first open video transport solution that is capable of high-quality, live streaming over commodity Internet WANs. Built from the ground up by Aspera, the software utilizes the FASP bulk data protocol to transport any live video source (local multicast, unicast UDP, TCP, or growing file source) and provides timely arrival of live video and data independent of network round-trip delay and packet loss. Less than five seconds of start-up delay is required for 50 Mbps video streams transported over 250 milliseconds round-trip latency and three percent packet loss, sufficient for 4K streaming between continents.
At NAB 2016, Aspera will demonstrate the FASPStream solution with the transport of three live camera streams from South Africa, China and New York, USA to the Aspera booth for live decode and broadcast playout, as well as IP-based playout through local desktop media players.
The feed from New York will be sourced from Broadway Video, a global entertainment and media company founded by Lorne Michaels. Launched in 1979 in New York's historic Brill Building, Broadway Video is collaborating with Aspera to provide unique and innovative solutions for point-to-point and consumer-facing live video delivery. Having grown into an independent studio that produces and distributes original comedic content for every platform, Broadway Video offers a suite of end-to-end solutions across production, post-production, distribution and delivery workflows, and is now using Aspera FASPStream technology.
Broadway Video is pioneering in the point-to-point video delivery space creating new workflows that reduce costly satellite and fiber circuit backhauls and distribution infrastructures, said Rob Weigand, COO of Broadway Video. Application of FASPStream to these novel workflows ensures critical uptime and reliability, making point-to-point Internet delivery of video possible and practical. The potential savings and efficiencies in both contribution and distribution architecture will change the way B2B and B2C video delivery happens.
The FASPStream software includes Server and Peer offerings with the following key features:
Exceptional Video Delivery Quality over Commodity Internet -Glitch-free playout with negligible start-up delay at any Internet distance, i.e. less than two seconds of delay from live for 50 Mbps video sources over global Internet networks.
Interoperability with All Common Stream Providers and Stream Receivers - Will transport any live video source available on local multicast, unicast UDP, unicast TCP, or as growing files. Provides uniform, lossless, in-order byte stream transport that equally supports constant bit rate and adaptive bit rate formats.
Reliability and Multi-endpoint Capability - One stream source can be sent to multiple destinations concurrently and provides built-in path redundancy. Stream sessions will be able to automatically failover to another host, and reconnect and restart on network failure.
Security - FASPStreams are encrypted in transit and security authenticated. Built-in access control policies can be used to restrict stream providers and consumers by stream protocol, IP address, and ports for maximum security.
Interoperability and Management with File-based Workflows including on Cloud -Designed to interoperate with the Aspera file transfer stack, FASPStream sessions support stream-to-file workflows including writing to cloud object storage. Built-in RESTful APIs allow production workflow and broadcast management systems to manage streams and provide status reporting. Stream sources and providers can include cloud transcoders/encoders that read from stream and file.
Bringing FASPStream to market in a turnkey product after our first decade creating FASP file transfer marks the beginning of a new chapter for Aspera where streams and files interoperate for exceptional transport quality and efficiency over today's networks. Internet content delivery has exploded, demanding open file-based solutions in application software that are up to the challenge. We in Aspera Engineering are dedicated to make this a reality and are honored to be collaborating with our most innovative customers like Broadway Video to bring to market a
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Las Vegas, NV - 2016 NABShow, booth #SL4910 - 18 Apr 2016: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced at the 2016 NABShow that Aspera, an IBM company, is unveiling Aspera FASPStream, a new turnkey application software line designed to enable live streaming of broadcast-quality video globally over commodity Internet networks with glitch-free playout and negligible start-up time - reducing the need for expensive and limited satellite-based backhaul, transport and distribution. 
