CinemaWorld chose SmartCast’s managed TV channel playout service to power their linear Pay TV channel and manage VOD file delivery
Munich, Germany 23rd October 2013 – SmartCast today announced that it is providing managed TV channel playout services to CinemaWorld Pay TV linear channels and a portal to manage VOD file delivery.
CinemaWorld, the leading premium movie Pay Channel operator based in Singapore, will migrate to the SmartCast managed TV playout platform from 1 January 2014. SmartCast will operate the new playout centre from ST Teleport, where the signal will be uplinked to ApSTAR 5.
SmartCast will also handle all the VOD file transcoding and delivery in SmartMAM, the Media Asset Management portal, and increase efficiency and productivity of the TV channel operation.
The CEO of CinemaWorld, Ms Suarina Chua said: “After evaluating different solutions provided by various service providers, we decided on SmartCast because of its rich features, quality delivery, flexibility and user-friendliness. The ability to control all key services and access information and feedback all in one portal is a huge plus. Smartcast meets our growing needs and requirements perfectly.” Mr Christian Brenner, CEO of SmartCast said: “We are very happy and proud to start the server CinemaWorld now. SmartCast’s growth the last 12 month especially in Asia shows that our super flexible Managed Playout Services is the right answer to the current tasks in the Media Industry. Having 15 software developers gives us the strength of tailor-made solutions for our clients in the best way.
SmartCast GmbH
SmartCast GmbH, a leading broadcast service provider in the European, Arabian and Asian regions. It operates through 36 decentralised playout centres and has more than 70 other signal transfer points. The Network Operations Centre is at the Media Centre in CinemaWorld choose SmartCast’s managed TV channel playout service to power linear Pay TV channel and manage VOD file delivery Unterfoehring, near Munich (Germany). SmartCast also conducts a downlink centre in Hong Kong and a software development department in Bangkok.
The full-service provider has a worldwide portfolio which consists of 90 TV playout customers and 53 radio customers.
The broadcast management and the playout are handled by an in-house developed, highlyspecialised software. For the German speaking market, SmartCast has so far enlisted ProSiebenSat.1, AstroTV, as well as Red Bull Media House, Deutsche Telekom, Media Broadcast and the BLM (the Bavarian controlling authority for new media) to its customerbase.
The high-tech broadcast provider, based in Unterfoehring, relies on its own national and international network of playout centres that are renowned for being extremely flexible and expandable.
Technical solutions for the signal transport in DVB quality via public Internet, a web-based MAM system, solutions for mobile TV, the administration and the management of scrambling services, digital recordings and various solutions for radio stations include the product portfolio of the high-tech provider.
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CinemaWorld
Launched in March 2012, CinemaWorld is the first and only pan-Asia international movie service showcasing award-winning movies, box office hits and critics’ favorites from around the world. The movies are shown in their original languages and subtitled in local languages. Cinemaworld is currently available in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and China.
Press contact:
SmartCast GmbH
Managing Director
Christian Brenner
Beta-Strasse 7
85774 Munich-Unterfoehring, Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 89-411144-111
Email: brenner@smartcast.de