[DENVER, September 1, 2022]
HTML5-based graphics platform adds power and simplicity to Essentials channels branding
Continuing to roll out new functionality in its award-winning Imagine Aviator™ platform, Imagine Communications today announced its partnership with Singular.live, the revolutionary web-based graphics platform, as part of the newly launched Essentials channel origination option for its Aviator Make TV cloud playout solution. The partnership enables content creators and rights holders to easily add high-quality graphic branding capabilities to their channels leveraging a cloud-based delivery solution. The solution will be demonstrated for the first time at IBC2022 (9-12 September, RAI Amsterdam, stand 2.B49).
While many graphics branding solutions are built on proprietary formats or workflow tools, Singular’s graphics harness the widely adopted HTML5 format, which is portable and easy to use with a wide range of solutions. It allows graphics production teams creative freedom, as well as a format that will work on a wide range of devices.
“Imagine is pleased to partner with Singular.live to offer a graphic branding solution that is ideally suited for Essentials channels,” says Rob Malcolm, chief product officer at Imagine Communications. “By leveraging HTML5 graphics, we offer a combined solution that makes it easier for our customers to create content for and manage critical aspects of a public cloud playout system. It fits well with our own HTML5-based user interfaces and our approach to fully cloud-native ecosystems.”
Essentials channels use HTML5 overlay graphics and support real-time external dynamic data from web, database, RSS and other sources, as well as data originating from the channel’s playlist, for insertion into Singular graphics. Templates created with Singular can feature a broad range of elements that can be controlled via Aviator Make TV’s integrated playout automation and manually by operators via its user interface. This enables more flexible workflows to suit a vast range of needs, including lower thirds, crawls, scoreboards, or full-screen graphics, as well as incorporation of DVE moves — delivering sophisticated visual experiences that enhance the overall impact of an Essentials channel.
Graphics source templates and elements are stored in the cloud and recalled as needed for frame-accurate overlay on top of the video stream, all managed by the Essentials channel playlist. This approach keeps all aspects of the solution in the cloud and simplifies its overall management and maintenance.
While use of Singular graphics is a clear benefit for creating rich on-screen visual experiences, it is also a benefit to smaller projects and media companies that need to create graphics but have budget constraints or limited resources to form internal graphics production teams. Simple creation tools and easy outsourcing of graphics production to third parties make for a lower barrier of entry to achieving broadcast-grade results. This is also true with Essentials channels themselves, enabling truly premium channels to be created and delivered entirely in the public cloud.
A web browser and internet connection are all that is needed to securely access and operate all aspects of each channel and to control graphic branding. Operators have full control of the visual experience whether they are in the office, at a remote location or working from home. Imagine Communications’ flexible licensing options — running in a media company’s own cloud account, or in Imagine’s SaaS environment — enable customers to reap the benefits of operational efficiency, while maintaining control of all creative aspects of their content.
“We are delighted to be working with Imagine Communications to enable new graphic branding capabilities to the Aviator platform,” said Andrew Heimbold, CEO of Singular.live. “The ease of integration and powerful operator tools exposed in the Essentials channel user interface make it easy to control all aspects of the graphics workflow in conjunction with the operation of channel playout. Now all clients have a quick, flexible and scalable way to create broadcast-quality channels that are full branded by harnessing these two cloud native platforms.”
For more information about Imagine Communications’ products and solutions, please visit https://www.imaginecommunications.com
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About Imagine Communications
Imagine Communications empowers the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation. Broadcasters, networks, video service providers and enterprises around the world rely on our optimized, futureproof, multiscreen video and revenue enablement solutions every day to support their mission-critical operations. Today, nearly half of the world’s video channels traverse our products, and our software solutions drive close to a third of global ad revenue. Through continuous innovation, we are delivering the most advanced IP, cloud-enabled, software-defined network and workflow solutions in the industry. Visit https://www.imaginecommunications.com for more information, and follow us on Twitter @imagine_comms.
About Singular.live
Singular.live is the new industry standard for live graphic overlays, transforming broadcast graphics with Intelligent Overlays – dynamic and responsive live graphics – that are created and controlled from just a web browser. Our platform empowers broadcasters to deliver fully customizable graphics without the need to invest in expensive hardware, additional studio space, large production teams or any shipping costs. Singular.live’s authoring environment makes professional quality live graphic overlays sustainable, straightforward and cost effective for any production. Intelligent Overlays deliver advanced viewer engagement through personalized and interactive viewing experiences. Follow us on Twitter @singular4live or learn more on our website https://www.singular.live/
