KCL eNews - ACTUS Broadcast Media Analysis, Detection and Monitoring Solutions

ACTUS Broadcast Media Analysis, Detection and Monitoring Solutions

In July 2009 KCL reached an agreement with Actus Digital to promote and sell thier Media Content and Workflow Analysis Software in the UK and Ireland.

Actus’ mission is to add intelligence to the media assets. Their new generation products, LogIt, Insight, TagIt, AdWatch and TVWebber were designed specifically to answer the special requirements of media related companies. Actus’ solutions and technologies integrate videos and TV broadcasts seamlessly into the organizations’ workflow, taking the daily operations and communication to a new level of detail and accuracy.

PRODUCTS

AdWatch - Automatic Monitoring for Broadcast Advertisements
LogIt - Network Video/Audio Decoder
TagIt - Adds data to media
Insight - Analysis and viewing of rating information
TVWebber - Creates VOD clips for web, web TV and 3G mobiles
ACTUS4 - Media monitoring platform
Demonstrations
BSkyB Applications

AdWatch - Automatic Monitoring for Broadcast Advertisements

To automatically monitor broadcast advertisements or detect recurring media items AdWatch provides the solution. This flexible platform enables advertisers, agencies, content producers, distributors and regulators to verify that their content was aired according to plan, either on local channels or by affiliates at remote locations.

LogIt - Network Video/Audio Decoder

If you want to record every frame of every channel, all day, everyday LogIt is a network video/audio recorder that can do just that. LogIt is the ideal tool for applications that require multiple channels recording in the corporate, educational, government and TV/Radio broadcast markets.

TagIt - Adds data to media

TagIt adds data to media including broadcast TV/Radio, CCTV, etc and is the ideal tool for media agencies that require heavy data tagging and multi-channel recording for corporate, educational, government and TV broadcast markets.

Insight - Analysis and viewing of rating information

For programme planning, trend identification and advertisement positioning and scheduling Insight provides a clear graphical view of all rating information together with the actual broadcast media including playback of multiple channels side by side with ratings.

TVWebber - Creates VOD clips for web, web TV and 3G mobiles

TVWebber provides easy creation of Video on Demand (VoD) clips for Web, WebTV and 3G Mobiles automatically, with removal and/or replacement of all unnecessary information, i.e. advertisements.

ACTUS4 - Media monitoring platform

ACTUS4 is a platform that adds any of the ACTUS products into a single integrated system. The original platform unified the two major applications Insight and AdWatch into one modular platform. The same platform can now contain all major products: TagIt, AdWatch, Insight and TVWebber. Each installation can now be easily configured to suit each customers exact needs.

Other improvements include flash based UI enabling the web application to work with many web browsers that support Flash Player 9 or above, such as Firefox, Safari and Chrome. Encoding new uses H.264 and navigation and retrieval is easier and faster.

Demonstrations

ACTUS4 Live demonstration is available from www.actusdigital.com/demo.

For live on-line demonstrations click 'More Information' to arrange for passwords.

Also available at IBC2009 on Actus booth A.20, Hall 2.

BSkyB Application

UK's largest digital television platform has deployed Actus' media analysis technology to monitor and analyse 64 TV Channels. BSkyB uses the new version of Actus Insight platform - the next generation of digital media analysis tools. Utilising and combining new sophisticated features, the platform provides BSkyB with new methods of rapid and reliable monitoring and analysis of any kind of video or audio content, including advanced content detection abilities. BSkyB also utilises the advanced alert features incorporated into Insight; allowing BSkyB's operators to receive real-time feedback on any problems or failures in their broadcasting channels.

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