The new offering seamlessly integrates EEG’s iCap, the leading Secure Realtime IP Captioning System, with VersioCloud™, an advanced, fully IP-enabled Playout in the Cloud platform. Together, these two leading systems are now able to provide broadcasters with a complete solution for channel playout in the cloud, allowing media companies to extend their brands and content with a higher level of freedom, visibility and control.
“iCap transformed live closed captioning over IP with its unique configurability and integrated delivery of low-latency remote program feedback to captioners,“ says Bill McLaughlin, VP of Product Development for EEG. “It’s availability within VersioCloud now makes it extremely easy to plan for closed captioning in the cloud playout workflow.”
With this development, all of iCap’s functionality is readily available to VersioCloud customers: Broadcasters who are using VersioCloud™ for cloud-based playout simply purchase an iCap account from EEG, and gain instant access to thousands of trained iCap-ready professional captioners.
As a result, media creators can now plan for broadcast-grade captioning to efficiently accompany any content that is played out via the cloud. With its ability to operate within a 100% software-based environment, iCap represents a flexible open architecture that is optimal for virtualized and cloud platforms.
VersioCloud™ is the industry’s only integrated playout solution that is 100% software running on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) IT platforms directly on bare metal or as guest virtual machines. With VersioCloud™, all of the traditional integrated channel playout functions are cloud-enabled, including automation, branding, graphics, and file server capabilities. By integrating cloud-based playout and hybrid baseband and IP transport, VersioCloud™ enables comprehensive capabilities to substantially improve playout and workflow challenges, and to facilitate the migration to IP.
“No matter what the playout platform, captioning remains an essential component of the media delivery workflow,” Bill McLaughlin says. “With the integration of EEG’s proven iCap solution, users of VersioCloud™ can have confidence in a smooth transition away from hardware-driven caption insertion, while continuing to meet the highest standards.”