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AVS Live

AVS Live Rich Media Platform      Features     How AVS Live Works     Back Office Operation

webcast your events using HD and user interaction in real-time

Tickets for concerts and sporting events have been getting more and more extravagant every year. What if there was is a way to bring the show to the fans, fans that would be willing to pay for tickets to view their favourite musicians and sports stars from their homes? What if they can enjoy the show with their friends having a party at the same time? What if they want to know what is going on behind the scenes?

AVS Live will satisfy that audience. AVS Live delivers concerts, cultural events, sports, festivals, conferences or any kind of live event to audiences in real-time. Vivid visuals in high definition with multi camera angles, a slideshow, and overlayed information of texts and images will highlight your events.

AVS Live brings to life a new era of rich media web broadcasting. Audiences will experience endless enjoyment through the unique functions. The extreme rich media interactivity will allow your audience to be actively involved in the webcasting. The Picture in Picture (PiP) function lets audiences choose what to view at will, including the ability to select any audio-visual clip or image/text file, even slideshow files for their own broadcasting. Users are able to participate in online discussions or have conversations with other users during the show. Other website links will fulfil your audiences' needs to find more information about the show.

Consider the following example: At the beginning of a concert, content providers can broadcast the arrival of the musicians, the backstage preparation and interviews with the musicians, During the show they can view the lyrics of the songs and other information about the artists. In order to monetise the event, the providers can display the album cover and images of the musicians, which can also be ordered online through links to payment solution websites. The logos of the sponsors will be displayed on the screen which will shows the information of sponsors' products and services. While the show is on, they can advertise upcoming concerts and events as well.

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AVS Live Rich Media Platform inputs/outputs

• Up to 2 principal flows (Video SD and HD)
• Up to 3 video inserts (Video SD)n
• 1 slideshow
• 1 playlists (artist and album or other commercial information)
• 1 menu: texts & images information, downloading files in pdf, jpeg, mp3, etc. websites' links, etc.
• Advertisements

Platform Composition

1. Main Video Stream in HD

2. Thumbnail for Vedio Insert 1

3. Thumbnail for Vedio Insert 2

4. Thumbnail for Vedio Insert 3

3-1. Video Insert 2 activated in SD: play individual audio and video

5. Slideshow for presentation

6. Texts and Images Archive, Downloading Files, Links to other webstes, etc.

7. Video Controller for VOD

8. Resolution Controller (switch HD or SD)

9. Audio Controller

AVS Live Main Features:

• Unlimited live events webcasting
• Unlimited streaming with multi camera angles
• HD delivery for main video stream
• Full screen display and screen resizing
• Videos and image/text overlay
• Slideshow for presentation (automatically or manually control)
• File download facility with selection menu
• Menu based PAD system which can provide: text and photos in biographies
• Links to other websites to maximise the user convenience
• Advertising: banners, sponsor logos, sms, or even insert your video advertising in SD stream
• Live interactive features including chat session, voting and emailing
• Free or password protected content access for PAYG or subscription delivery services
• 3 audio tracks for multiple language support

How AVS Live works

AVS Live uses Microsoft Silverlight, which delivers Compelling Cross-Platform Experiences that include High Definition video and sophisticated rich interactive applications on major browsers for the Mac, Windows and Linux.

AVS live uses a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver the streaming content. The content to be delivered to a consumer is initiated through a web link embedded in the provider's web page. Considering the diagram below, as a prerequisite, the provider up-loads the files for a VOD session to the CDN storage using FTP (A) or initiates live streaming on a CDN publishing point (B). The process to active the content then involves the following steps:

1. The AVS Live Silverlight plugin embedded in the producer's web page calls the AVS Live Back Office (BO) system in order to retrieve the XML file that describes the content to be delivered.

2. The BO system responds by delivering the XML file to the AVS Live Silverlight application.

3. The AVS Live Silverlight application then calls the video streams defined in the XML file. Those URLs are located in the CDN Network (in the storage system for VOD files or in a publishing point for live streaming)

4. The CDN delivers the streams to the AVS Live Silverlight application.

The Back Office Operation

The process to develop a new AVS show, whether live or VOD is also straightforward and efficient. This allows producers to concentrate on the most important aspects of the content to be delivered. The producer accesses the AVS Live BO system via an internet connection. The AVS Live BO provides a User Interface which guides the producer through a series of pages which allow the definition of the session, e.g. how many cameras are used, the period time the live or VOD content will be made available, the setup of PAD such as biographies and slideshows, the URLs of the content and 'voila' a new session is produced. Using the information provided a new XML file is generated which immediately resides on the AVS Live server for use by consumers.

Access to the BO is managed by a hierarchical login/password system and is completely personalised (duration, validity in time, etc). The main levels of access are termed Broadcaster who has complete control, and Producer who can manipulate the content to be delivered. The pages of the live show in HTML are available for customisation by the broadcaster/producer. Also, the number of consumers viewing the content can be managed using the (optional) DRM security features of AVS Live.

AVS Video Solutions Demo - AVS Live (Conference)

Australian Higher Education Congress 2009 - Live webcast at 9 to 11 am on 24th of March, 2009

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AVS Video Solutions Demo - AVS Live (Conference)

Broadcasting Summit 2009 - Live webcast at 9 am on 5th of March, 2009.

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