Playout

What is Playout?

Playout is the technology used in broadcasting to effectively transmit media content to target audiences. This can be done in a number of ways, such as Playout Services which provides a fast and reliable way for content creators to connect to their audiences through various platforms. Playout Services also allow users to access multiple broadcasting channels, streaming their content to mobile, tablet and desktop devices.

Create television channels and distribute your content globally by benefitting from our industry-leading expertise in high-quality linear playout and channel origination.

Ease of Scale

Playout Operational expertise

Deliver highly complex live channels

Flexibility to host one-off live events

Managed Playout

Designed for complex, regionalized channels
Features dynamic live events with fast-changing content and commercials, or thematic channels with pre-recorded content
Fully Managed Playout Services for the creation of Linear Television Channels
Designed for global thematic channels and high-end complex, regionalised channels
Highly experienced Playout operational teams
Playout service delivery from UK, Europe, Nordics and the Middle East to suit channel licencing needs
Capable of dealing with dynamic live events with fast-changing content and commercials, or thematic channels with pre-recorded content.

A woman facing a wall of screens in a playout suite.

Media-centric Private Cloud

Managed Playout products are hosted by the media-centric private cloud. This software-only, fully uncompressed IP video makes full use of:

100% uncompressed IP streams for the highest quality and lowest end-to-end latency 100% software deployment of the entire technology stack
Zero single task appliances, dongles or PCI cards
Automated deployment of new channels or features
Playout enables agile service delivery and flexible contract terms