MaxView Compression Management

Protecting the on-air services is the primary mission of a broadcast facility. Part of the strategy for doing so is to build redundancy into hardware platform, of which there are two basic strategies, 1:1 and M:N redundancies. In a 1:1 scenario, each primary unit has a backup and thus the hardware is fully redundant. The downside of this approach is that it is expensive and extremely inefficient use of hardware resources. Most of the backup units will never be used at the same time and could be used to drive more bottom line revenue as a primary unit. This creates the need for more complex redundancy solutions where the primary and backup units are pooled to provide both a high level of protection and efficient operation. This type of solution, however, can be more complex to implement and support. Additionally, most head-ends use multiple vendor solutions that further complicate the redundancy solutions.

MaxView can solve both of these problems by providing a simplified UI for building, operating, and changing compression equipment in an M:N configuration. Furthermore, MaxView can provide a unified UI with controls that are the same, regardless of the underlying compression equipment. This allows the customer to become vendor-agnostic while reducing training time and maximizing investment in the hardware platforms.