Cerberus Tech - Livelink
Category Automation
Livelink simplifies complex processes by integrating provisioning, orchestration, and automation into a unified platform. With the recent addition of source permissions and on-demand motion compensated standards conversion, the platform enables seamless management of live content transport across multiple destinations, addressing increasing market demand for flexible, reliable, high-quality video distribution.
Source permissions for controlled IP video distribution target high-value live broadcasts such as sports by decoupling the responsibilities of content ownership and destination management. Broadcasters and content owners thus can securely assign rights and control access to live feeds while giving destinations the ability to independently manage delivery. This innovative feature allows for a scalable, secure approach to IP-based live video distribution, transforming workflows traditionally limited by static, hardware-based methods.
Livelink also leverages Ateme’s Gen 7 STREAM engine to offer industry-first on-demand motion compensated standards conversion. This unique self-serve, real-time motion compensated frame-rate conversion feature, critical for maintaining video quality across varying frame rates and formats, replaces costly, power-intensive hardware solutions. As a result, broadcasters can deliver broadcast-grade standards conversion cost-effectively and with minimal latency, addressing the requirements of high-action events, such as live sports, for which smooth motion and pristine image clarity are essential.
Meeting the needs of diverse applications, from live sports and entertainment to corporate events, the platform enables a single operator to control numerous feeds, manage multiple destinations, and ensure consistently high quality without relying on multiple platforms or extensive technical resources. Livelink’s newly refined user interface and experience ensure intuitive control in managing complex live workflows. Real-time monitoring with live thumbnails, streamlined logging tools, and an interactive dashboard allow operators to oversee and adjust live streams, destinations, and schedules from a single platform, minimizing manual intervention.
Multicloud flexibility enables further agility, resilience, and cost savings, facilitating deployment of Livelink within user-owned cloud accounts. Users enjoy direct control over infrastructure costs while scaling resources up or down according to real-time needs, optimizing both cost and energy consumption for more sustainable broadcasting. With protocol-agnostic support (SRT, Zixi, RIST), Livelink integrates smoothly into existing workflows, allowing operators to launch live feeds swiftly and securely, scaling as needs evolve.
Available in self-serve and SLA-backed managed service models, Livelink supports both occasional and continuous live IP transport. With its cloud-native, on-demand architecture, Livelink dramatically reduces energy consumption and operational costs associated with live broadcasting. By offering automated, scalable resources, it replaces traditional always-on hardware with cloud instances that can be spun up or down instantly, aligning with demand and environmental goals. The addition of motion compensated standards conversion further enhances this sustainability by reducing the need for hardware infrastructure while supporting high-quality video.
With the addition of forward-looking capabilities such as source permissions and on-demand motion compensated standards conversion, the Livelink platform further transforms what’s possible in automated, cloud-based live IP video orchestration. These features make it a powerful, sustainable tool that empowers broadcasters to manage high-value, complex workflows with ease and efficiency.
