OnDemand

Connect audiences around the world to your video content with Recast Digital’s on-demand video services. Standard Flash® technology ensures swift and easy integration of our HD player into your existing web services, and allows viewers to access your media without negotiating additional downloads or plug-ins.

Our intuitive control panel provide full DVR functionality and an immersive full screen viewing experience which looks as good when connected to a large flat panel plasma or LCD as it does on a PC monitor.

Our use of proven content distribution technology and tier one networks ensures that any level of viewer demand can be met and the best possible media quality levels are served to each and every viewer every time.

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HD Player

Our RDV1 HD player is easily integrated into your existing web operations, and may be adapted and customised in order meet your specific requirements. Dynamic bandwidth detection, monitor resolution recognition, CPU and GPU testing ensures that viewers are subscribed to the most appropriate media stream and media format. Our player supports real-time, instant start, streaming, and progressive download delivery mechanisms designed to offer effective and cost efficient delivery of various types of video media.

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Digital Encoding

Provide us with your HD source material and we’ll encode / trans-code it into high quality, internet ready Flash® media. We’ll work with you to determine the best bit rates, frame rates and optimisations to ensure your compelling content retains its splendour and is viewed as it was meant to be seen.

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Storage

Our global storage platform guarantees 100% availability and maximum connectivity to a global Internet audience. Your content is stored across multiple geographically diverse storage locations and is accessible via multiple 10Gbps connections. Your media is not only secure but directly connected to our global content delivery network (CDN).

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Security

We offer a range of security measures designed to protect your content. Such measures include DRM, Token Authentication, encrypted streaming and Geo-blocking. You control how your media is viewed, when it’s viewed, who views it and where it’s viewed. Custom designed solutions to work with your existing subscription-based services and monetisation strategies.

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Monetisation

Whatever your monetisation strategy, whether it be subscription-based, pay-per-view, or ad-supported business models, we are able to integrate with your preferred setup and 3rd party providers. Our player supports external ad-serving Flash® media in pre-roll, in-stream or overlay configurations, and can be secured against unauthorised link sharing and copying.

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Delivery

Our content delivery service is designed to deliver your content quickly, consistently, and to any number of viewers anywhere in the world. Whether your on-demand media is delivered by stream or progressive download, we use a vastly scalable high performance Tier 1 Content Delivery Network (CDN) optimised for delivery of large files over broadband networks and onto your audience.

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Asset Management

We can either manage digital media assets on your behalf or work with your existing asset management systems. Recast can control asset freshness and set parameters around the availability and expiry of asset served over our network. Granular reporting functions, as well as near-real-time reporting for streaming, is available as standard including by not limited to data volume transfer measurements, asset popularity, date range requests and popularity by country.

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LiveVideo

Live video streaming services from Recast Digital allow you to broadcast high quality video in real time to audiences around the world. Advanced live encoding technologies, powerful CDN streaming, and our advanced high-definition (HD) player combine to enable superior quality standard and high definition streaming of your live event. Standard Flash® technology ensures swift and easy integration of our HD player into your existing web services, allowing viewers easy access your media without negotiating awkward downloads or plug-ins.

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Live Encoding

Advanced two-pass high definition (HD) live Flash® encoding is now an accessible reality. Supercharge your live event and open up new opportunities for event monetisation by offering both standard (SD) and high definition (HD) streaming to viewers at various bitrates. Our HD encoding facilities can be deployed at the head end for streaming multiple simultaneous events or on-site for roaming or less frequent events.

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Acquisition

Depending on event location, event frequency and the required streaming bandwidths, live event signal acquisition can be a difficult link in the chain. Dedicated uplink connectivity is essential, which is why we work with fixed line, wireless, and satellite IP service providers that can guarantee low latency, bandwidth and availability.

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HD Player

The RDV1 HD player is easily integrated into your existing web operations, and may be adapted and customised in order meet your specific live event streaming requirements. Dynamic bandwidth detection, monitor resolution recognition, CPU and GPU testing ensures that viewers are subscribed to the most appropriate media stream and media format for an optimal viewing experience.

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Security

We offer a range of security measures designed to protect your streamed media. Such measures include DRM, Token Authentication, encrypted streaming and Geo-blocking. You control how your media is viewed, when it’s viewed, who views it and where it’s viewed. Custom designed solutions to work with your existing subscription-based services and monetisation strategies.

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Monetisation

Whatever your monetisation strategy, whether it be subscription-based, pay-per-view, or ad-supported business models, we are able to integrate with your preferred setup and 3rd party providers. Our player supports external ad-serving Flash® media in pre-roll, in-stream or overlay configurations, and can be secured against unauthorised link sharing and copying.

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Delivery

Live event streaming requires a streaming network that offers superior reliability and scalability, ensuring that every viewer has the opportunity to access your event at the highest quality level possible. We establish primary and secondary publishing points into a Tier 1 Content Delivery Network (CDN) for streaming of live events ensuring maximum bandwidth and almost any number of connections can be served simultaneously anywhere in the world.

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Post-even Services

The compelling nature of your live event may well also serve as high value on-demand media, allowing post-event viewing either in an edited or unedited format from your original production. Either way, through our on-demand media services we can make your event accessible online for audiences in high quality streamed or download formats, from standard definition to high definition.

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Event Production

If your event requires end-to-end production values, we can work with, or introduce, specialist audio-visual production companies to ensure your event is produced professionally and in high quality - encompassing all areas of direction, editing and motion graphics.

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PortableMedia

Portable - or downloadable - media is an important part of distributing and consuming content. Recast Digital provides a range of services designed to take high-definition (HD) Flash® media offline, and allow it to be stored and viewed straight from portable or solid state media.

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Stand Alone Players

RDV1 player technology can be specially integrated and customised in order to allow high definition Flash® media to play outside of the browser. It can be integrated into a wide range of applications such as digital signage environments, set-top boxes (STB) or kiosks. Easy file transfer, plug and play operability and transferable DRM controls can facilitate new avenues for media distribution and consumption.

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Portable Storage

Our HD media is storable and playable directly from solid state portable flash memory drives, opening up interesting possibilities for rapid and convenient transferral and accessibility of content. With our advanced compression a full feature length movie can be compressed at full HD (720 or 1080p) on a standard widely available flash media “pen” drives. In addition, we offer commercial solutions for distributing high definition interactive media utilising standard flash drives, CD-Rom and other forms of re-writable storage media.

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