Arqiva and MediaKind have launched Arqplex, a hybrid content processing service designed to transform headend services for broadcast and over-the-top (OTT) networks.
Developed for a broad range of broadcasters and network or platform operators, including leading global, regional, and national broadcasters and regional cable and satellite network operators, Arqplex is a fully managed headend-as-a-service.
It provides secure and reliable content aggregation, encoding, multiplexing and packaging for content distribution, and unifies OTT and broadcast operations, reducing complexity, increasing efficiency and delivering rapid speed to market for customers.
Shuja Khan, CEO, Arqiva, said, “With viewers fragmenting across platforms making things more complex and costly, our solution radically simplifies the headend operations of broadcasters and OTT operators.
“Using cloud technology and partnering once more with MediaKind, our market-leading managed service solution will be a game changer for broadcasters and platform operators across the globe.”
Arqplex combines MediaKind’s cloud-native multiplexing, encoding, and packaging headend media processing technology with Arqiva’s expertise in managed services, systems integration and connectivity.
Through MediaKind’s cloud-native headend software, Arqplex will deliver broadcast-grade service levels to OTT operations. The service utilises Arqiva’s global content network to collect content from any source, whether from satellite, fibre, cloud, or the internet. It also includes options to manage ad insertion and catch-up functionality for customers.
Allen Broome, Chief Executive Officer, MediaKind, added, “Increasingly, our customers require the tools to be agile and ultra-responsive to the media and entertainment market’s continuous evolution.
“Arqplex is hybrid to the core, secure and ensures a cost-effective means of content delivery, allowing both operators and broadcasters to focus on creating new, exciting, and differentiated content.”