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MediaCAST Visual Learning Infrastructure
for live & on-demand media

System Introduction ................................................................. 4
Platform Highlights ................................................................... 5
User Interface ...................................................................................... 5
Interface Media Player ........................................................................ 6
Copyright & Reports ........................................................................... 7
Tools & Features ................................................................................. 8
Responsive Design & Transcoding ..................................................... 10
Digital Signage ....................... 12
Public Website Media Portal ... 13
iPad/Android Apps ................. 14
Digital IPTV ............................ 15
Content Packages .................. 16
Lecture Capture ...................... 18

CMS/LMS Integration............ 19
Media Encoding .................... 20
Enterprise Manager .............. 21
Hosted Streaming ................. 22
LDAP/AD/eDirectory ............. 23
IP Room Control .................... 23

MediaCAST Hardware ............................................................... 24
Architecture & Deployment Options ....................................... 28
The MediaCAST Advantage ...................................................... 31
What Customers Say ................................................................. 32

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Digital Content Management& Video Streaming for K-12 Schools

MediaCAST is an open and interoperable digitalcontent management and streaming solution. It
enables the integration of video and rich media
with traditional teaching methods,
creating an engaging 21st century digital learning
environment.
In the classroom and from home, users can accesseducational content live and on-demand,
extending the learning day and allowing fordifferentiated instruction.

How Does It Work?
The MediaCAST platform centralizes the storageof your existing media collections, user-generated
content and third party video libraries. Users canaccess all district media through a single easy-to-use
web interface, from any computer ormobile device. Add-on modules let you expand
capabilities easily, with less training and without
increasing demand on IT staff. Users only have one
interface to learn, and IT staff only have one
system to support.
Reliable and scalable, the MediaCAST system hasa solution for every size district. It can be
deployed at one location or scaled to support
hundreds of sites for the largest enterprise solution.
By utilizing their WAN/LAN, MediaCAST helps
districts add HD quality live broadcasting and ondemand streaming without increasing Internet
bandwidth demands. Off-site hosted services areavailable to accommodate online and distancelearning programs and address bandwidth concerns.

Easy-to-Use Interface

Digital Content Management

Browser-Based Interface

The multi-format, publisher-neutral platform gives
you all the tools you need to manage your media
throughout its lifecycle. Resources such as videos,
audio files, images, eBooks, digital textbooks,
documents, presentations, video conferences andpodcasts are easily uploaded, made searchable andviewed on-demand– copyrights and licenses
protected.

MediaCAST is easy to learn and intuitive to use. Witha new interface design, MediaCAST is recognized ashaving the most user-friendly and powerful content
management interface in the educational market.

As well as all major media formats, MediaCAST
supports other classroom instructional andthird-party application files, like interactive
whiteboard files, PDF, AutoCAD and more.

New features include: enhanced keyword searchtools, automatic resource thumbnails, a user rating
system, mouse-over metadata, and on-the-fly
filtering. It has never been easier for users,
regardless of age or experience, to find and utilize
relevant educational media.

v12 digital content platform

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Streaming Media Player

Video Streaming

Platform Media Player

MediaCAST is unique in its ability to support allindustry-standard video formats. Its technology
enables streaming in SD and HD quality and WMV,Flash, H.264, QuickTime, MPEG1, MPEG2, and
MPEG4 formats. Easily deliver video to Macs, PCs,
LCD screens, projectors, iPads, Android and othermobile devices (see Transcoding Engine p. 23).

When a user selects a resource, they are taken to themedia player page of the interface. The resource canbe viewed on the media player page with access to all
the MediaCAST tools, or full screen.

Live Video BroadcastingMorning announcements, lessons and events can bebroadcast live to schools and homes worldwide. You
can broadcast professional development sessions
simultaneously to all staff, while capturing them into
the digital library for on-demand review.

To the left of the media player are related search
results. Information about the resource, pre-definedsegments, standards correlation and other features
are located below the player. On the right is the toolbox, which contains everything from segment making
tools, to state standard correlation tools.

Built-in Copyright & Reporting

Digital Rights Management (DRM) Tools

Admin Reports and Usage Tracking

Content Licensing, Copyright, TEACH Act &Fair Use Regulations Made Easy
Copyright compliance can be tricky for schools tomanage and control. Traditional copyright
regulations are not the same as those for
digital media, and staff often struggle to keep theirschools’ multi-format media collection in compliance.
MediaCAST’s copyright management and licensing
tools are their allies. These tools help protect, secureand report about licensed content loaded into
MediaCAST.
MediaCAST comes with tools to manage access
restrictions and licensing on individual media titles. It
supports industry-standard Digital Rights
Management (DRM) for securing content to prevent
unauthorized viewing, copying anddistribution. The e-commerce PayPal® integration lets
schools collect from the community through pay-perview—perfect for fundraisers.

Tracking and Reporting
Under the admin section of the interface, reports help
track and evaluate media resource usage, user
progress and bandwidth use.
Usage reports can be generated by title, user,
publisher, group, course or custom filter (e.g. live
broadcasts, IPTV channels, and district uploaded
content).
Progress reports can be generated by user, group,
program or course.
Bandwidth reports can be generated by resource title
or user.

streaming media & copyright tools

7Instructional & Teacher Tools
Snag-A-Segment™
The Snag-A-Segment tool, a teacher favorite,
lets users make unlimited segments fromlonger videos. This
helps teachers be more efficient in theclassroom by eliminating non-relevant noise
and time wasted scanning video or audio for astarting point.

URL Builder
The URL Builder lets users makemedia resources available in external websites,
email or embedded in programs (e.g. PDF,
PowerPoint®). This allows teachers to send
resources to home-bound students, parents
and tutors while still being able to track usage,
control expiration and see who has viewed.

Add to Favorites
When a user clicks on Add to Favorites, theresource is added to their ‘My Favorites’ tab on
the homepage. No matter what computer youaccess MediaCAST from, your favorites arealways just one click away.

State Standard Correlation
MediaCAST comes pre-loaded with each state’s
Education Standards and the national Common
CORE. To correlate a media resource to a state
standard, simply select the ‘Standards Builder’
link in the tool box, select your state andchoose a standard objective to link to. Users
can link resources to a top tier subject or a
specific grade and learning objective.
MediaCAST also integrates third party content
libraries’ pre-correlated standards.

Playlists
Playlists make it easy to combine multiple
resources into a single set of content. A
sequential order in a playlist can prioritize
viewing. Through the MediaCAST iPad andAndroid Apps, playlists can also be accessedfrom mobile devices.

Share to...
When add-on modules are purchased,corresponding links are added to the tool box(e.g. ‘Share to Media Portal,’ ‘Share to iPad’ and‘Add to Moodle®’), creating a seamlessconnection.

Automatic Thumbnailing
During the upload process, thumbnails are
generated from the media resource, allowing
you to select the most relevant one. This gives
users a preview of resources on the home pageand in search results.
The Administrator Tools section of the tool box
contains a thumbnail wizard to help admins add
thumbnails to existing resources.

Interface Client Branding
Clients asked for more interface customization options and we listened. Districts now have theoption to change the background color, the menu gradient colors, the title and add your logo. You
can also create custom filters and content category trees for searching.

Upload Your District Logo

Example Combinations
Red & Silver

Green & Silver

Purple & WhiteBlack & Gold

Branding Package (optional): This package includes graphic designer-assisted color application to ensurecolor accuracy and overall aesthetic appeal. Logo assistance is also included in this package, so don’t worry
if your logo has a white background or needs color modification. We can take care of everything to ensure
your interface has a customized, professional look.

platform tools & interface client branding

9Modern Features

responsive design & transcoding

Responsive Web Design
v12 brings the latest Web-enabled technology to the user interface through responsive web design(RWD). RWD provides optimal viewing experiences across a wide range of devices and screen sizes. It gives
MediaCAST unparalleled support for mobile support, usability, and ease of use compared to its competitors.
Automatic screen adjusted layouts reduce the need for a user to scroll, pan and resize their screen. This isespecially beneficial when on a mobile device using your finger instead of a mouse/keyboard. Search and Filter
menus change form and hide-away automatically on smaller screens and overlay when ready for use.
Navigation menus change from larger graphics with text to smaller touch friendly icons that save space.

Users upload or selectmedia from the digitalcontent platform

A MediaCAST servertranscodes files into
H.264/AAC

Users can easily view
video on mobile
devices like iPads

Transcoding
MediaCAST’s Transcoding Engine converts digital video from a variety of native formats into a common H.264
format for greater accessibility, mobile delivery, and storage efficiency. Users interact with the transcoding
module through the platform interface, where they can choose to automatically or selectively convert library
titles to the widely-supported H.264/AAC format. This enables cross-platform (Mac and Windows) delivery ofvideo and iPad/Android mobile device support.

CMS/LMS Integration

Add-On Modules

get the most out of your media

MediaCAST Cloud and Hosted

MediaCAST modules add capabilities to the core
digital content platform. Our 360o seamlessintegration between platform and modules shows
how schools can add new media technologies andcontent through a single system.

enter another login or worry about things working
together.

Since modules are accessed through the main menu,
users never need to learn a new interface,

The following pages contain descriptions of each
module.

MediaCAST’s wide range of optional modules allow
you to customize your system and can be added at
any time.

CMS/LMS Integration
MediaCAST Cloud and Hosted

Media/Public Portal

LDAP/Active
Directory Integration

MediaCAST
Digital Content
Platform

Enterprise MediaManager
Digital Encoding

iPad & Android Apps

Digital IPTV

Content Packages

IP Room Control

Emergency Notification

responsive design, transcoding & add-on module introduction

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+ Kiosk Central

enterprise, scalable digital signage

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MediaCAST’s Kiosk Central combines digital signage with video
streaming, giving you a complete visual communication tool. It isextremely powerful for distributing important information to students,
faculty and the community.
Kiosk Central is easy-to-use and customizable. Web-based tools allow
you to manage content, playlists and channels independently.
The Layout Genius provides drag-and-drop widgets to create dynamic
channel layouts. Widgets include live weather, ticker tape, image
rotator, calendar, date and time clock, content window and RSS feeds.
Upload backgrounds and school logos to create branded channels.
Playlists can include live video, stored video, audio, websites,
PowerPoints and more. Live video feeds and on-demand content canbe broadcast to one display, a whole school or every building. See theMediaCAST Viewer on p. 27 for hardware information.

X Scales from a single building
to multi-campus enterprise
X IP-based solution forscheduled announcements
and emergency bulletins
X Control all Kiosk displays
X from any computer
X Unlimited channels -multiple
schools can deliver theirunique channels
simultaneously
X Drag and drop layout design

+ Media Portal

public website video player for live and on-demandMediaCAST’s Media Portal makes school websites
come alive with video and live broadcasts.
Administrators can set up Media Portal channels(e.g. Athletics, Music Concerts, Drama
Performances,Award Ceremonies, Board Meetings,etc.) and populate them with media from theMediaCAST digital library.

Embedded In Your District Website Easily

add a few lines of provided code to your website
and watch it come to life.

Record a big game, upload it to MediaCAST, andadd it to the “Athletics” channel to share with thecommunity.
With social media buttons, it’s easy for viewers toshare Media Portal content with friends and family.
Two implementation options ensure compatibility
with any website, as illustrated below.

District Website Link Opens In New Window For

districts who prefer an external portal, a link can beplaced on the website that opens the media player in a
new window.

Color & Logo Customization
Just like the platform interface, your Media Portal can becustomized to match your district colors and logo.

digital signage & website media player

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+ MediaCAST iPad & Android Apps

portable, secure content management

MediaCAST’s mobile apps are a mobile device content manager. They
allow access to MediaCAST resources and manage digital content
licenses on multiple mobile devices. This module helps districts manage
infrastructure issues presented by a growing populationof mobile devices, while ensuring media is available 24/7, in theclassroom and on the go.
Example: When the instructor hits the ‘sync’ button, designated resources aresent out to the class’s iPads. These resources are saved on the mobile device,
allowing for viewing without Internet connectivity.
Expiration date and time can be set for each resource. When the students
reconnect to the network, the resources are taken off of the mobile device, andthe licenses returned to the digital library.
Districts can use the expiration date feature when distributing eBooks
and digital textbooks to ensure resources are automatically removed from student
devices on the last day of class.

X New features: Capture andupload video and photos
directly from your iOS orAndroid device
X When online: Access yourMediaCAST library, view
resources and push content to
one or many student devices
X When offline: View videos,eBooks, images anddocuments previously pushed
to the mobile devices. Content
expiration dates ensure
licenses return to centralized
license bank so they areavailable for the next group ofusers

+ IPTV

live & recorded for later viewing

Many districts are concerned about the cost associated withmaintaining their analog TV systems or transitioning to digital
television. With MediaCAST’s IPTV solution, you can support
distribution and increase channel control while minimizing hardware
investment and ongoing support costs.

X Save the cost of installingcoax cabling in new schools
and tuners in each classroom

MediaCAST IPTV lets you to watch live TV programs and record them foron-demand viewing. The Snag-a-Segment tool allows instructors tocreate and integrate segments of programs into their lessons.
Copyright tools ensure educational use.

X Control channel selection foreach building

With a few clicks, administrators can give everyone, or specific groups
of users, access to a special event. Increase control and reduce costs bybroadcasting TV over your existing IP network.

X Centrally broadcast live
channels over your network

X Record TV programs for ondemand viewing from
14-day TV guide menu
X Supports NTSC, ATSC, QAM,
digital cable and satellite

See MediaEncoders on pp. 25-26 for hardware information.

ipad and android apps & digital broadcasting and iptv

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+ Third Party Content Packages

the content you want, pre-loaded, automatic updates andunified search

You know your district’s needs best. MediaCAST’s unique contentneutral, publisher-neutral platform lets you select the content that isbest for your students. Other systems require every district to use only
one content provider or limit provider choice.
All content packages are loaded into your system and come withdetailed metadata for easy searching and pre-set copyright andlicensing information. Many also come with pre-correlated state
standards.

X Supports over 80,000 preloaded titles and 200,000
segments
X Don’t be forced to use outdated
or sub-par content!
X Our content partners provide
immediate access to tens of
thousands of high-quality
digital titles of your choosing

Thinking about changing publishers? No problem, you have the
X Well-known content providers
such as National Geographic®,
freedom to change content providers at any time. Your system doesn’t
Discovery®, Disney®, PBS®, BBC®,have to be changed just because you want to use 8 different content
History Channel®, NBC® andproviders. With MediaCAST, you have the flexibility to use content from
National Science Foundation®
any leading educational content library.

Add custom publisher filters for
one-click search filtering

Company names and logos are used for identification purposes only. They
are the property of their respective owners.

The Open Content Library offers the best
public domain and creative commonscontent from across the web. The Open
Content Library provides students andteachers immediate access to over 10,000
digital resources including videos, ebooks,
documents, images, lessons plans, audio files
and more. All content in the Open Content
Library comes with detailed metadata foreasy searching.

Over 13,000 video resources targeted for K12- short 2 to 5 minute videos are engaging,relevant and inspiring, and help students
develop critical thinking skills. Emmy awardwinning original video - NBC Learn series
including “Science of NFL Football,” “Scienceof the Olympic Winter Games,” “Chemistry
NOW!” and “Finishing the Dream: Learningfrom the Civil Rights Era.”

With thousands of standards-aligned
resources, Discovery Education
Streaming Plus provides you with thetools to teach your students to thinkcritically about the content they use, see,and experience in their daily lives and to
ask questions about the world aroundthem.
discoveryeducation.com

CCC!® from New Dimension Media® isa digital library filled with core curriculum
content created specifically for K-12. CCC! iscomprised of over 4,200 video titles withhundreds of new titles added each year.
Recent additions to the CCC! library include
thirteen episodes of Bill Nye’s “Eyes of Nye”
and 40 BBC Motion Gallery science andenvironment titles.
cccvod.com

nbclearn.com

Additional Content Partners

Learn360® recently upgraded their library
to include over 8,900 video titles and27,000 clips. Along with video, Learn360
offers audio files, images andsupplemental materials.
learn360.com

Visual Learning
Company® produces
science videos, teacher’s
guides,and digital media tosupport elementary,
middle, high school, andintroductory college
curriculum.

STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Math) focuses on
student’s engagement andskills from the earliest gradesin science, math andtechnology to help foster
interest for their later school
years and careers.
stem.definedlearning.com

visuallearningco.com

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+ Emergency Announcement
District wide Visual Alert Notification Solution

MediaCAST Emergency Announcement notifications are flexible andcompletely customizable for each site. From a loud screaming
hallway notification to a silent alert with location mapping the activationarea, MediaCAST can provide multiple layers of notification based oneach type of alert activation.
Activations can be setup to push Alert Notifications to ALL MediaCAST
digital signage displays – all connected classroom displays and all
Teacher/Admin workstations ( MAC / PC ).
Activations can also be grouped into zones for discreet notifications forgroups of display types.

Multiple input device types can beused to activate the ALL CALL
played for a specific Emergency
Announcement :X Mobile device ( top right ) uses yourlogin permissions to allow Admin
users to activate the system from any
mobile platform and or any desktop
platform.
X Contact closure activation from yourexisting systems or add one of ours.
( bottom left )• Teacher activated classroom disruption event
Admin Zone would receive the alert notification with a map of
the area activating the alert

X Use your emergency dial code fromyour intercom system. (top left)• Alert triggered by the fire pull station in the High School GYMHigh School Zone would receive the alert notification

X Use http / data stream integrationfrom your existing EMS alert software.
(bottom right)• LOCKDOWN activated by HS Principal
ALL district Zones would receive the notification.
Customizable to all district procedures needed for alert notifications:
Weather, Shelter in Place, Fire, as well as LOCKDOWN. An All Clear
notification is available as well.

+ CMS/LMS Integration

add video to your online courses

MediaCAST offers three methods to easily integrate content
from its repository into other platforms including learning
management systems, customer Web sites, portals and Webbased products. MediaCAST provides an External URL tool andembed tool that works with all Web-based products.
MediaCAST also supports LTI.
LTI stands for Learning Tools Interoperability. The IMS Global
Learning Consortium promotes the use and adoption of LTI toadvance and simplify integration between products. The
principal concept of LTI is to establish a standard way ofintegrating rich learning applications with platforms likelearning management systems, portals, or other educational
environments.

How it Works
1. Once a course is enabled, a newactivity type appears on your CMS/LMS
page called ‘MediaCAST Resources.’ This
adds a MediaCAST search box to thecourse, allowing the instructor to search
the digital library from within the CMS.
2. A link in the toolbox adds the resource
directly to the chosen course.
3. Students view media tied to theircoursework. Useage can be tracked,
allowing instructors to monitor student
activity and content licensing.

Further enhance your learning environment - MediaCAST
Lecture Capture, MediaCAST Express, Live Broadcasting and
IPTV.

lecture capture & cms/lms integration

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+ Analog to Digital Encoding

transition your vhs and dvd media into your digital libraryMediaCAST MediaEncoders are high-performance hardware-based
encoders that convert audio and video into streaming digital formats.
Convert VHS tapes, DVDs and CDs into digital formats for centralized
storage and efficient streaming. Encoders are also used to make digital TV
channels available and broadcast live events over the network andInternet.
MediaEncoders can be placed at locations on an organization’s LAN/WAN
and at remote sites. They can be rack-mounted, put in a mobile cart orused wirelessly for portable encoding. Connect directly to a video source,
such as a camera, video conferencing station or incoming cable/satellite
feed to broadcast and record. MediaEncoders include predefined
encoding templates to make it easy-to-use for nontechnical personnel. For
the technically savvy, preference settings can be accessed and modified forcustom bit-rate, resolution and other video parameters.

X Standardize digital content
formats for universal access
X Deliver video/audio in thelatest IP streaming formats
X Live broadcasting for
instruction, training,meetings and presentations
X Enable capture/conversion of
analog content
X Encode Internet radio, MP3audio, podcasts, andwebcasts

Copyright tools in MediaCAST help districts with compliance, but it is the
district’s responsibility to ensure copyright and license guidelines are followed.

SportsCAST

+ Enterprise Media Manager

scalability and up to Five Nines availability for large organizations

MediaCAST’s Enterprise Management tools help largeorganizations, or those with extensive digital media
usage, increase their reliability and scalability. This
software adds support for automatic content replication,
replication queuing, the creation of multiple media server
farms, management of dispersed media farms and media
server load-balancing.
Content replication provides a seamless method of
automatic content copying from a primary site to one ormore content servers located at other sites. If the primarysite goes down, the mirrored servers take over.
Load-balancing configures multiple Media Appliances inthe system to ensure delivery of high-bandwidth content
to users from the ‘best’ location, based on availability or
server load. Content may be delivered to a user from abuilding’s LAN Media Appliance or a centralized media
farm located on a different campus or in a different city.

X Increase availability with redundancy
X Media Appliances are easily scalable andwork together to deliver increased capacity
without making it more difficult for IT staff
to manage content on multiple servers
X Extend the life of Media Appliances by loadbalancing older and newer hardware within
the same system for a long-term, costeffective solution
X Alleviate bandwidth concerns across yourentire user map to ensure everyone has
high-quality access

For more information on Media Applianceconfigurations, visit our website:www.inventivetec.com/enterprisemanager

digital encoding & enterprise media manager

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+ MediaCAST Cloud & Hosted Streaming

meet bandwidth needs with hosted streaming and storage

MediaCAST Express provides hosted bandwidth toenhance your MediaCAST system, support online
learning or add streaming media to your online
courses. It is scalable: you can provide it for a few
users, a department or a global enterprise.
Both a media storage and media delivery platform,
MediaCAST Express is powerful enough to store
thousands of hours of content and to stream media
to tens of thousands of concurrent users.

Our carefully structured architecture provides ahighly available, redundant and secure solution.
If you would like to ensure high-quality mediadelivery to all users, host live graduations, broadcast
board meetings, sporting events and extracurricular
activities but are concerned about bandwidth
limitations, MediaCAST Express is the answer. Fully
hosted and hybrid deployments are available, seediagrams below.

Hosted Solution - for districts with limited bandwidth
Inventive Technology’s hosting facilities
upload or broadcast live from your site

all users stream over our bandwidth

Hybrid Solution - combines benefits of Hosted and Local storage and delivery

Inventive Technology’s
hosting facilities

users off-site- at home and distance learning use our bandwidth

never use your bandwidth
for streaming

local Media Applianceusers on campus andon your network use
your bandwidth

+ LDAP/AD/eDirectory Authentication

eliminate the need for multiple usernames and passwords

The user authentication module allows organizations to utilize current
usernames, passwords and permission information in MediaCAST. This lets
end users log in to MediaCAST with their existing username and password,
synchronized with the district authentication server.

X Use existing usernames,
passwords and security settings

This integration eliminates the need to re-enter usernames and re-keygroup membership information. Users are happy because they don’t havea new login to remember, and support staff is happy to manage users intheir existing authentication system.

X Administrator security and user
access management tools

The module comes with security management tools for administrators.
Users can be assigned one or more user roles based on what functions
they need in MediaCAST. Disabling a user in the client’s directory makes
the digital content system inaccessible to that individual until the user isreactivated.

X Most client directories
supported

X Minimizes training and support
X If no authentication server,
MediaCAST supports commadelimited files for simple massuser data imports with
duplicate record verificationand error checking tools
included+ IP Room Control

on-screen a/v equipment remote control

MediaCAST’s IP Room Control module provides an A/V control
solution for classrooms, conference rooms and auditoriums. The
Room Control interface is a browser-based virtual remote forflexibility in setup and ease of deployment across the largest
organizations.
IP Room Control integrates control of most A/V equipment throughIR and RS232 over IP. It works with the Kiosk Central digital signage
module to automate turning on/off displays during all-calls andemergency broadcasts.
MediaCAST can provide IP Controllers (IP to RS232/IR conversion)for projector control. IP Controllers come with and without audio
control capability. See the IP Controller on p. 26 for hardware
information. Room Control also supports several 3rd party
companies’ IP control boxes (Extron®, Calypso® and others).
X A convenient grid-style approach allows a nontechnicaluser to populate buildings, rooms, and equipment
quickly

X Schedule rooms and display devices for

all-calls, turning on/off and evening
event preparation

hosted streaming, ldap & transcoding

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MediaCAST Hardware
MediaCAST is designed around non-proprietary hardware integrated with a robust software platform. The modular
architecture is scalable, making it easy to accommodate rapid growth or enhance existing systems with added capacity
and increased speed.

STORAGE & STREAMINGMedia Appliance/Virtual ApplianceMedia Appliances are digital media servers that store and stream video, audio and other multimedia content. They arecomprised of integrated hardware and software that run the streaming server applications and other MediaCAST
programs. Media Appliances are available in several configurations ranging from 200 to 2000 concurrent on-demand
streams. More streams are supported at broadband quality and fewer at HD quality. Many Media Appliances can besupported to provide scalability in total streaming capacity.
Different sizes offer storage capacities from 1000 hours of video to 20,000 hours.
tech specs: www.inventivetec.com/media-appliances

SAN Integration with Virtual Media Appliances
Customers with high-performing SAN equipment in place can leverage thoseresources to deliver streaming video without additional hardware investment(see p. 29). Virtual Media Appliances can be installed on the SAN in conjunction
with virtualization technology for enterprise level deployments.

MediaCAST Hardware
BROADCAST ENCODERSMediaBroadcaster Pro
MediaBroadcaster Pro is a chassis-based encoder ideal for streaming IPTV.
MediaCAST MediaBroadcaster Pro provides live encoding, recording andbroadcasting in H.264 format from SD to HD1080 quality.
MediaBroadcaster Pro features modular flexibility, allowing you to migrate fromSD to HD as your needs change. With the ability to hold up to 17
SD encoder blades, 8 HD blades or a combination of SD and HD blades,
MediaBroadcaster Pro maintains flexibility for years to come.

OnLocation™ HD Live Broadcast & Encoding Cart
The OnLocation Cart is an enclosed mobile cart that gives you
everything you need to create live video broadcasts, record video, and convert
analog media into one or more digital streaming formats.
Configurations are available for encoding resources into Windows
Media, Flash Video, H.264, QuickTime, MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG4. HD and SD
options are available.
Includes built-in Chroma
key capability for use withgreen screens. This allows
live video broadcasts to be
conducted from any“virtual” location.
Provides for titling overlay
and includes built-in sets oftransitions and effects forlive editing during
broadcast events.
tech specs: www.inventivetec.com/onlocation-cart

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MediaCAST Hardware
BROADCAST ENCODERS (CONTINUED)
Desktop MediaEncoder
MediaEncoders are designed to convert analog and digital video and audio
into a variety of streaming formats for on-demand access and live IP
broadcasting. Built-in DVD burners and USB ports make it easy to ingest
content, including HD, and to archive files.
The Desktop Encoder is an excellent option for classrooms, board rooms andoffices with limited available space.
tech specs: www.inventivetec.com/mediaencoder

Mini-Encoder HD
Mini-Encoder is a small, extremely low-power video encoder. It supports
both wireless 802.11x and wired Ethernet connections for maximum
flexibility. It uses the world’s most advanced video compression – H.264
High Profile Level 4.1 and provides HD 1080 video quality.

SportsCAST
SportsCAST is a portable, turnkey HD live video broadcasting solution. It
includes a rugged carrying case, a shoulder mount kit, a mobile power kit, a
Mini-Encoder HD and an accessory kit.
Works with most cameras, allowing you to select and change brands as desired.
Camera not included.
tech specs: www.inventivetec.com/sportscastDIGITAL SIGNAGE DELIVERYMediaCAST HD Viewer™
Viewers are small-form factor, digital signage set-top decoders. Used with the
Kiosk Central software module, Viewers enable streaming video, audio andother digital media playback over the Ethernet/IP network. They enable
playback of content originating from the digital library and digital IPTV
channels on a wide range of displays including TVs, LCDs and projectors.
Unlike other solutions, Viewers support all industry-standard video formats
plus other media formats including PDFs, websites, images, PowerPoints andmore. Viewers support RS232 control of displays for automating on/off,selecting inputs and audio volume during all-calls and emergency broadcasts.
Handheld remote optional. 1080 HD
tech specs: www.inventivetec.com/viewer

Kiosk Central Main Menu
Launch all-call broadcasts to one or more buildings formorning announcements, special events, cafeteria
signage and emergency notifications. Automaticallyinitiate playback of digital signage channels on a prescheduled basis.

Integrate with security systems and send out emergency
alerts and notifications to building-wide digital signage by
the press of a panic button.

hardware27Architecture & Deployment

integration with future IT strategies and systems
MediaCAST has five hardware and licensing models to best meet district needs and budgets

Local Installation

VM Virtualized Edition

Use our hardware or yours. Enjoy
the benefits of our
non-proprietary approach.

Reduce data center footprint by
utilizing existing hardware.

Hardware installed in a single data
center provides the highest possible
performance to every school in the
district, regardless of building age
or location.

X Master Controller
X Media ApplianceIn the VM Virtualized Edition,
multiple servers with a single
function are virtualized onto a single
robust server. This reduces thenumber of servers required, making
for a smaller data center footprint
and minimizes the number of devices
IT staff need to support. Use ourservers or your existing VM hardware.

X Master Controller
X Media ApplianceArchitecture & Deployment

integration with future IT strategies and systems
Continued

VM SAN Edition
Capitalize on current investments.
MediaCAST SAN Edition is designed tohelp districts see direct educational
impact from their equipment
investment.
By allocating storage from your SAN,
disk volumes can be expanded on-thefly as capacity needs increase.

Cloud Hosted Edition
and Hybrid Edition(details on next page)Use our bandwidth andstorage, not yours.
No hardware to buy, maintain or
support and enough bandwidthfor hundreds or thousandsof concurrent, asynchronous
streams.

X Cloud Deployment
X Local Media Appliance(Hybrid Edition optional)

X Virtualized Master Controller
X Virtualized Media Appliance
X Virtualized Disaster Recovery
Appliance
X SAN Storagearchitecture & deployment models

29Cloud Hosted Platform Edition

storage & streaming benefits with limited hardware investment
MediaCAST Cloud Edition is the perfect solution forsmall to medium size organizations interested in adigital content management and streaming system,
but without the funding to support a hardware
investment or internal IT resources.
Instead of requiring locally installed servers, the Cloud
Edition is a subscription-based service that provides
hosted streaming servers, MediaCAST database/web
servers and streaming bandwidth from multiple highperformance hosting facilities.

The Cloud Edition is based on virtualization
technology which enables a robust and scalable
architecture. As your organization‘s streaming needs
grow, so does your Cloud. Your content is stored in
the Cloud as a virtual instance and can be migrated toa locally installed MediaCAST system at any time.
The Cloud Edition is your fastest path to streaming. It
comes in two configurations, Hybrid and Fully Hosted.
See diagram below for more information.

We invest in and maintain the hardware andinfrastructure. You get the benefits at a lower cost.

HYBRID
Combination of a local installation andthe cloud hosted edition. Use local
Media Appliances and your WAN/LAN
for on-campus streaming. Use ourbandwidth for off-campus access.

FULLY HOSTED
Subscription-based service that
employs streaming bandwidth frommultiple high-performance hosting
facilities.

With MediaCAST, everyone gains an advantage
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A cost-effective, future-proof solution thatallows users to utilize visually stimulating
multimedia in a variety of applications.

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Westminster, Colorado
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F: 815.301.8269
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