2011 NAB Show Preview Streambox, Inc. Booth SU1702

Company Overview
Streambox focuses on IP-based, end-to-end newsgathering and contribution services. It delivers HD and SD software and hardware for video compression, transmission, management, and playout. The Streambox® Live™ service supplements the Streambox platform with free encoding software and server-based services for scalable newsgathering and contribution.

Streambox solutions are based on the industry-leading ACT-L3™ codec, which provides unrivaled performance, reliability, and quality over low data rate IP networks for fast transmission and playout of video streams in HD and SD. The company’s platform enables broadcasters, government agencies, enterprises, and other users to enhance content ownership, simplify operations, and increase operational efficiencies.

More information is available at http://www.streambox.com.

Speaking Session at the 2011 NAB Broadcasting Engineering Conference
Bob Hildeman, CEO of Streambox, Inc. will speak at the “Operational Efficiencies for Television” session on the subject “Broadcasting and Streaming Live and File-Based Video to Multiple Platforms over IP Networks” on Tuesday April 12, from 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in room S226, Las Vegas Convention Center.

Featured Streambox Products at the 2011 NAB Show

Streambox® Live Pro™ — Cloud-Based Video Contribution Service with Unlimited Bandwidth
Streambox Live Pro Encoder will make its debut at NAB 2011; this enhanced version of Streambox Live will give users the ability to take advantage of uncapped bandwidth, full D1 resolution, and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC). With emerging 4G cellular networks, Streambox Live Pro Encoder will utilize more available bandwidth on cellular networks to send professional quality video. Streambox Live Pro enables broadcasters to enhance breaking news stories with ad hoc broadcasting content supplied by a variety of contributors including video journalists and stringers. At the front end, the cornerstone of this scalable software-based solution is the Streambox Live Pro Encoder, which will be made available for download on laptops and desktops to contributors affiliated with broadcast groups and local television stations. Streambox Live Pro is a scalable service that allows broadcasters to capture video from their town, country, or anywhere around the world.

At the back end, broadcasters subscribing to the Streambox Live Pro service are able to manage, track, and view unlimited amounts of video uploads from contributors. The broadcaster can also manage digital rights for video contributions and search for relevant video clips using metadata information.

Photo Caption: Cloud-Based Video Contribution Service with Unlimited Bandwidth
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox_StreamboxLivePro.jpg

Streambox Enterprise Server™ — Complete End-to-End Broadcasting Solution
Debuting at NAB 2011, Streambox Enterprise Server is designed for broadcasters to capture content at a lower cost by providing an acquisition platform that can be used to manage and play out live and file-based video sent from the field. Enterprise Server is a complete package consisting of the Distribution Server, Store and Forward Server, and Interrupted Feedback Broadcast (IFB), that all work together to provide an end-to-end solution. Broadcasters will have the ability to utilize Streambox acquisition platform products in their workflow for client encoding software devices, management servers, and multiple playout options. Highly secure video is sent from the field using a Streambox Encoder to the station’s Enterprise Server where it is routed live on-air or to other playout platforms. Video can also be sent from the studio to the field or other affiliates for confidence monitoring of on-air broadcast. The server automatically archives all video streams to be available for download at a later time, enabling broadcasters with the flexibility to choose which video streams they prefer to air live and which streams they decide to edit for later use.

Photo Caption: Complete End-to-End Broadcasting Solution
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox_EnterpriseServer.jpg

Streambox® Avenir™ — Mobile Video Broadcasting Solution
Avenir™ is designed for field newsgathering, sports broadcasting, and other mobile live and file-based video applications, Avenir is Streambox’s first hardware-based mobile encoder to offer up to eight 3G/4G bonded wireless network cellular modems for high-quality HD or SD in a fully portable form factor, enabling live or file-based video acquisition over a variety of low-data-rate networks. Avenir takes advantage of 4G LTE’s higher bandwidth capabilities to send HD/SD broadcast quality video. The Streambox Avenir is also the first battery operated mobile encoder designed for a reporter to send HD/SD live and file-based video content over a variety of IP networks, which allows broadcasters to replace traditional SNG/DNG systems. Reporters can also access the user interface through wireless devices like the Apple iPod® touch or iPad™. The Avenir harnesses Streambox’s award-winning ACT-L3™ codec to capture and encode high-quality HD content in 1080i or 720p format, at data rates of up to 20 Mbps, and SD content in NTSC or PAL from 64 Kbps to 8 Mbps.

Photo Caption: Mobile Video Broadcasting Solution
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox_Avenir.jpg

Streambox® Live™ — Broadband Video Contribution for Android Users
At NAB 2011, Streambox will demonstrate a new version of its Streambox® Live™ broadband video contribution service that enables Android® users to upload high-quality video using cellular networks. Streambox® Live™ enables broadcasters to enhance breaking news stories with ad hoc content supplied by a variety of contributors including video journalists, stringers, and citizen reporters. The Streambox® Live™ encoder is made available at no cost. The encoder may be easily downloaded to the contributor’s laptop or mobile phone to enable transmission of live video with minimal latency. At the back end, broadcasters subscribing to the Streambox® Live™ service are able to manage, track, archive, and view unlimited amounts of video uploads from contributors.

Photo Caption: Broadband Video Contribution
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox_StreamboxLive_Android.jpg

Streambox® ACT-L3™ Hybrid HD/SD Software Encoder for Apple Mac® OS X and Windows over 4G LTE Networks
The award-winning Streambox® ACT-L3™ software encoder is now capable of transporting HD video with only one cellular modem on 4G LTE mobile broadband networks. The encoder supports high-quality HD-SDI video streaming via Apple® Mac OS® X and Windows platforms. The hybrid HD/SD solution enables field news teams using laptops to gather, edit, and stream live or file-based HD-SDI video over 4G LTE networks from remote locations. Working in concert with Matrox’s MXO2 SDI device, the encoder provides a variety of professional inputs and outputs including HDMI capture of raw and uncompressed SD or HD footage for the highest-possible video quality, professional audio inputs and outputs, and HDMI video monitoring. Exclusive to the Hybrid HD/SD Software Encoder is its multiplexing capabilities, which enable the system to accommodate dual BGAN terminals, T1 lines, and 3G/4G cellular modems for increased bandwidth. Using a 4G LTE network, clients can expect upload speeds of 2-5Mbps with spikes from 17-19Mbps.

Photo Caption: HD/SD Video Transport over 4G LTE Networks
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox_Encoder_Seattle.jpg

Streambox 3D — Full Frame HD 3D 1RU Encoder/Decoder

Debuting at NAB 2011 is Streambox 3D, a low-latency full-frame left and full-frame right 4:2:2 HD 3D 1RU Encoder/Decoder. The HD 3D Encoder/Decoder is built on the company’s award-winning ACT-L3 video compression technology, and includes all advanced video and networking features found in existing Streambox professional video products including integrated Forward Error Correction (FEC) and the ability to multiplex and de-multiplex HD 3D streams. The HD 3D Encoder/Decoder has sub-second end-to-end Full HD 3D capture to playout capabilities with an adjustable latency setting. The compact 1RU solution is ideal for industries focusing on professional quality 3D video acquisitions, such as post-production, sports broadcasting, and Government/Military. Designed for low-bandwidth HD 3D video acquisition and transport, the Streambox HD 3D Encoder/Decoder enables users to capture and transmit live and file-based 3D video over existing HD 2D bandwidth infrastructures.

Photo Caption: Full Frame HD 3D 1RU Encoder/Decoder
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox3D.jpg

Streambox® SBT3-9300™ HD/SD Video Transport System
Streambox® is demonstrating the 1RU Streambox SBT3-9300™ HD/SD video transport system at NAB 2011. The SBT3-9300 system is used for HD/SD newsgathering, broadcasting, and video post-production. The SBT3-9300 can be operated in HD or SD mode, enabling the user to
capture, transmit, and play live and file-based video. The system provides stunning 1080i/720p/1080psf HD video at data rates from 512 Kbps to 30 Mbps and SD video from 64 Kbps to 15 Mbps.

The SBT3-9300 system has been developed to meet the performance and quality requirements of customers in a variety of industry sectors. Movie and post-production companies, for example, can use the SBT3-9300 to transmit high-quality live HD and SD video over low-data-rate IP networks as a way to accelerate and enhance editing processes such as color correction. With the Streambox solution, video editors are able to transmit the edited video file over IP in real time for immediate review and approval from clients who may be located in different time zones and perhaps even on different continents. Using the SBT3-9300 makes this part of the post-production process much more efficient and cost-effective.

Photo Caption: HD/SD Video Transport System
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox9300.jpg

Complete End-to-End Solution for HD/SD File-Based Acquisition
With the addition of HD support to the Streambox® Store and Forward Server and Media Station, broadcasters now have a complete solution for end-to-end acquisition of both HD and SD file-based video. The Streambox Store and Forward Client, Store and Forward Server, and Media Station work together to provide greater control and management of field-generated video as it is edited and uploaded to the broadcast studio for multiformat playout. Control room operators are better able to manage hundreds of video files as these are uploaded to the Store and Forward Server by field reporters or citizen reporters for on-demand or scheduled playout via an easy-to-use Web interface. Reporters can save raw ACT-L3™ files directly from the Streambox encoder software or export a file from the NLE using the Streambox ACT-L3 codec for QuickTime®. Using the Store and Forward Client’s Web interface, they can then upload the video file to the Store and Forward Server for transcoding to multiple formats. The file can then be ingested directly to a playout system or played out directly from the Streambox Media Station.

Photo Caption: HD/SD File-Based Acquisition
Photo Link: http://www.streambox.com/PR/Streambox_File-based.jpg