Wowza and NewTek Launched MediaDS under the New Merger

The first ever Global and Local Media Distribution Platform has been launched yesterday with Wowza and NewTek’s latest collaboration. It is named as MediaDS. It is a multi-channel media encoding and streaming video system which assists distribution of content directly with the users on any device that is within your environment or externally via all the common delivery services. Newtek’s industry-leading live production technology has been incorporated with the powerful Wowza streaming software in a 1RU footprint to build MediaDS which is been seen as the new pathbreaking innovation in the media streaming and distribution landscape. Apparently, Wowza Streaming Company is likely to create monopoly for itself with this new association with NewTek.

Objectives It Would Fulfill

• It would allow Video Producers to easily distribute the content to their audience irrespective of the userbase being limited to a building, within a campus or a global audience.

• Besides, it's not just a Video Encoder but is also the industry’s first end to end streaming solution which enables producers to launch their own multi-channel networks via their production site and thereby promoting live video streaming direct to the viewers.

• Content Monetization : One can scale his/her content and stream it to any player, device, or audience worldwide and that empowers monetization of content. Moreover, to enhance scalability, content creator can also create a virtual CDN or edge network by interconnecting a number of MediaDS together. This could be achieved either via a local area network or remotely over IP to cross wide geographic borders.

Other Unique Advantages

• The system not only can be used as a media server but also could host varied and diverse content including web pages for audience viewing, it also can make sure that the on-screen experience is in accordance with the organizational brand guidelines etc.

• Besides, embed codes too are available to insert Wowza player to the existing webpages in order to complement one’s current web presence.

• For viewing audiences, it makes sure to optimize audio-visual experience right from the system with introduction of another layer of quality control into the signal flow.

• Dedicated Multiviewer Monitoring enables MediaDS to allow a local operator to observe all video streams in real time and manage image and sound quality with the advanced assistance via integrated waveform and vectorscope displays, independent color correction tools, and multi-channel audio level control for every single stream.

• MediaDS also caters to stacking multiple channels from the same source and encoding them to different renditions as a grouped stream to promote adaptive bitrate streaming.

• Compatibility towards external streaming to YouTube, Facebook  Live, Wowza CDN, Wowza Streaming Cloud, Microsoft Azure and custom RTMP configurations.

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Pricing and Availability in the Market

In U.S., it is readily available at a price of $11,995 USMSRP. International pricing could vary. To get more related information, Click Here. Meanwhile, it's strongly expected that Wowza Live Streaming Services too, is going to get a big boost worldwide with this new innovative collaboration.