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While most high-profile events and content are carried over dedicated lines, the rise of over-the-top (OTT) video services has created a requirement for content acquisition utilizing unmanaged networks as on-ramps to traditional transport solutions. Net Insight now offers an industry-first end-to-end solution for service-aware media networks over managed and unmanaged infrastructures with our Nimbra VA 210 solution. Market - New Opportunities for Content Producers Internet distribution models have enabled a long-tail market for niche and non-linear content. Unmanaged IP networks like the Internet makes it technically and economically viable to deliver local and amateur sports, hobbies and out-of-market ethnic content to consumers. As long-tail content find its place in the media landscape a need arises for flexible and cost efficient contribution, not burdened with the need for dedicated connectivity or on-site production teams. It is a requirement for the “long tail of contribution,” if you will. Mainstream content addresses a larger audience and the cost of on-site production teams and leased lines connecting them can be carried in the budget of the production, but for long-tail content the several thousands of dollars per month a leased line might cost is prohibitively expensive. And many of these niche areas of interest might not even be serviceable with leased lines. With the new distribution models the Internet offers and a new breed of niche players taking command of them, the traditional model with on-site production teams connecting over expensive dedicated links is changing. Challenges Transport quality – IP networks were never intended for video – the brittle, time-sensitive nature of video does not play well with the proven but lossy nature of IP – even less so on shared and unmanaged networks like the Internet. The varying delay and constant packet loss of the Internet play havoc with every video stream traversing it unprotected. Delay – Even if the Internet in itself does not add a significant amount of delay, most video protection mechanisms do – buffering and multi-path solutions will add several seconds of delay making natural interaction impossible. Overhead – Since most Internet services are bought in steps of 10 Mbit capacity, reducing protection mechanism overhead is needed to be able to send through as much video traffic as possible. Traditional protection mechanisms like forward error-correction do not add significant delay but are terribly wasteful with bandwidth– causing up 100% overhead. Bandwidth – Another popular protection mechanism is simply adding a redundant stream. However this approach assumes that there are two service providers on separate infrastructures at every site. Also rather than protect the video stream this approach instead takes the same chance twice and hopes to get lucky. This is certainly not a production-oriented approach to using IP networks.. Siloed solutions – A significant shortcoming in existing Internet video transport solutions is the under-utilization of existing managed networks. Since distance, high numbers of router hops and delay are devastating for video quality these should always be minimized. Use unmanaged networks, like the Internet, when you must - but tie them to the closest point-of-presence of your managed network to keep quality at a maximum while minimizing cost and adding flexibility. Net Insight Solution In an industry first, Net Insight now offers the Nimbra VA 210 to solve these problems and deliver the reliability and performance content producers require. Extending our global expertise in building high-performance dedicated media networks around the world; Nimbra VA 210 now offers the ability to utilize unmanaged IP networks, like the Internet, as an on-ramp to your core media networks. Nimbra VA 210 effectively and reliably integrates IP networks with minimal overhead and delay. With Nimbra VA 210, easily configurable parameters cover any imaginable contribution scenario and permit dynamic adaptation to the ever-changing conditions unmanaged networks offer. Key Benefits Extend the reach for your media network - The Nimbra VA 210 efficiently extends the footprint of the media network to reach venues previously not addressable due to cost, availability or lease-times. Broadcast quality transport over unmanaged IP networks – With MPEG TS-aware error correction and selective retransmissions, Nimbra VA 210 significantly enhances the transport properties of unmanaged IP infrastructure. Broadcast-quality transport can be provided over commonly available IP infrastructure, such as the Internet. Efficient service aggregation - One Nimbra VA 210 catcher can receive feeds from many Nimbra VA 210 pitchers for efficient first-mile aggregation at the Nimbra PoP. Enables significant cost savings for first-mile access - The latest trends in OTT distribution create enormous demand for content contribution. Nimbra VA 210 significantly increases the range and type of events broadcasters can originate and deliver to new audiences and users. Fast service launch - Nimbra VA 210 enables fast service launch by using commonly available IP connections with short lease- and provisioning times. Integrated end-to-end management - Nimbra VA 210 is integrated into Net Insight’s comprehensive network management system, Nimbra Vision. Nimbra Vision creates an end-to-end view of the complete Nimbra network, for monitoring, fault- and performance management and easy-to-use service provisioning. 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