PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elemental Technologies, the leading supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, today announced that its video processing systems have been selected by Skymedia, the leading broadband service provider in Mongolia, to power over-the-top television (OTT) and advanced television services nationwide.
Skymedia is using Elemental® Live systems to process content for delivery over the operator’s broadband and mobile networks. Skymedia services make live linear and on-demand content available to subscribers on iPhone, iPad and Android devices as well as PCs and IP set-top boxes. The Elemental deployment processes content for more than 80 channels broadcasting 24x7.
“The encoding density, rich feature set, and unmatched ability to output content in multiple formats make Elemental video processing systems vital to providing premium multiscreen services to our customers,” said Gantogoo Zundui, CTO of Skymedia. “Easy system integration with Skymedia middleware and OTT workflows, flexible support for our IPTV headend migration, and strong local support from Elemental are all key to meeting rapidly changing viewer demands and growing our subscriber base.”
Elemental Live provides real-time encoding for linear pay TV broadcast as well as live streaming to new media platforms. The system is designed to integrate seamlessly into an end-to-end workflow, eliminating configuration complexity and optimizing video for multiscreen viewing. With unprecedented density, Elemental Live performs simultaneous processing and encoding of multiple adaptive bitrate outputs, delivering high-quality, high-efficiency live video streaming to any device.
“We are thrilled to provide a fully optimized multiscreen video processing solution that directly and efficiently supports Skymedia’s advanced television services today – and a roadmap that assures their ability to effectively meet consumer demands in the future,” said David Godfrey, VP sales Asia Pacific for Elemental.
Elemental will be featured in breakfast and panel discussions at the CASBAA Convention 2013, October 21-24, Grand Hyatt, Hong Kong. CEO and co-founder Sam Blackman will be joined by executives from The Walt Disney Company and Verimatrix in a discussion about multi-network content and security on October 22. Blackman and Verimatrix CEO Tom Munro will address “Solving the Future of Video” in a breakfast panel on October 23. Please register here to reserve a seat for the breakfast panel. Appointments with the Elemental team can be scheduled here.
About Elemental
Elemental Technologies is the leading supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, the company pioneered the use of graphics processors to power adaptive video streaming over IP networks. Providing unmatched solutions for more than 300 leading media franchises worldwide, Elemental helps pay TV operators, content programmers, film studios and sports broadcasters bring video to any screen, anytime – all at once. The company has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Russia and Brazil. To learn more, please visit http://www.elementaltechnologies.com and follow @elementaltech on Twitter.