We’ve announced plans to highlight key new features in Version 3.2, the latest release of our Monitor IQ broadcast monitoring solution at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth N3434) from April 8-11th at the Las Vegas Convention Center. These new features are a direct result of customer feedback received since the last version of the software was released at IBC 2012.

“At NAB, broadcasters will see demonstrations of our new Monitor IQ features and learn how they benefit a broadcaster’s
logging, monitoring, and compliance workflow,” said Hiren Hindocha, our president and CEO. “Our NAB exhibit will demonstrate how diligently we address customer suggestions for new features like the ones we’ve included in Version 3.2. This on-going product development is part of our mission to deliver the industry’s most innovative, customer-focused and cost-effective solutions.”

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At NAB 2013 we’re introducing AnyStream IQ™ – the industry’s first cloud-based solution for streamed media monitoring. It provides reliable recording, logging and monitoring of live and recorded streamed broadcasts for web captioning compliance and proof of advertising. We’ll exhibit in Booth N3434 during the NAB convention, being held from April 8-11^th at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

AnyStream IQ is designed specifically for the new streamed media monitoring requirements of broadcasters, content creators, aggregators and distributors.

Given today’s move toward “TV Anywhere,” broadcasters are expanding the video delivery ecosystem and are streaming video content to desktops and mobile devices.  Within this streamed programming, they are inserting ads that are different from ads running during the traditional broadcast. TV stations must create a log of their streaming content in order to provide a “proof of airing” to their advertising clients. There will be a growing need for online ad monitoring since industry experts are expecting a triple digit increase in ad growth for online media through 2017.

Another situation increasing the need for live stream monitoring is the new FCC web captioning requirements. These new mandates require broadcasters to provide web captioning for hearing impaired viewers.  Broadcasters must provide proof of compliance for these new mandates as well.

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The 2013 NAB Show’s Enterprise Computing PIT is a destination pavilion on the show floor designed to provide attendees with an intimate meeting place to learn about new tools playing an ever-expanding role in the world of media and entertainment. We’ve announced plans to present at the PIT, with a session that will focus on advanced monitoring for the broadcast infrastructure. The presentation will take place on Monday, April 8 at 3:45 pm.

At the NAB Show, which runs April 8-11, the Enterprise Computing PIT will be located at Booth N6621 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. During the conference, we’ll be exhibiting our broadcast suite of content repurposing and monitoring solutions, including the latest version of Monitor IQ, in Booth N3434.

Our CEO, Hiren Hindocha, will co-present with Fereidoon Khosravi, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Venera Technologies. We recently formed a strategic partnership with Venera that allows us to leverage their quality control and test and measurement components with our flagship Monitor IQ broadcast monitoring solution.

Hindocha and Khosravi will discuss how monitoring systems must mirror the increasing sophistication of the broadcast plants in which they reside. And they will address why high-quality monitoring and analyzing of digital video and audio signals is so important for broadcasters today. No longer should multiple operators have to run between disparate computers to track different broadcast parameters.  The ability to cross reference all on-site and off-site systems within an enterprise, harvest metadata, drill down and take action on any issue – all from one central user interface – is what’s expected from a monitoring system today.

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Digital Nirvana is sponsoring an upcoming breakfast hosted by Abode Services, an organization working to end homelessness by assisting low-income people without homes. The annual fundraising event is free and open to all, and will take place the morning of March 7 at the Fremont Marriott in Fremont, CA.

Journey Home Breakfast

2013 marks the fifth year that Digital Nirvana has been supporting Abode Services, and the third year that they are sponsoring this event. At the breakfast, attendees have the chance to learn more about the programs that Abode Services offers through a video presentation and remarks from staff and participants. The event’s attendees will be asked to pledge what they can to support Abode Services’ efforts to end the cycle of homelessness. Donations received at the fundraiser help the organization to improve the lives of more than 4,000 people each year.

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Cable operators and broadcasters frequently repurpose video content from cable for rebroadcast or to post on their websites. The programming helps to further their reach into multiple markets and different types of programming.  Sports and news departments, in particular, need a fast and easy way to record encrypted cable feeds in full HD for multi-platform broadcasting.  For example, call letter stations often repurpose content from a major cable network for their news or sports programming.

Repurposing content involves creating multiple versions of a piece of content to distribute and monetize over different distribution technologies to multiple target audiences.  Video content may be produced in high quality, but encoded into different formats (e.g., MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, VC1, Apple ProRes), different standards and frame rates (DVD, PAL, NTSC) , and for different delivery methods (DVD, broadcast or cable TV, satellite, IPTV or streaming). Broadcasters and cable operators increasingly need multi-format, multi-screen encoding and decoding solutions that can handle the transcoding and simulcasting needed for a streamlined workflow and an efficient operation. Major service providers such as ad agencies, content distribution companies and post-production houses need well-integrated equipment that can help them quickly create many versions of a piece of content to effectively target different segments.  The video must be formatted for different audiences at different times and delivered to various viewing devices like TVs, iPads, computers and smart phones.

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Newark, CA, January 16, 2012 – Fisher Communications, Inc. [NASDAQ:FSCI], a Seattle-based broadcast communications and media company, announced that Digital Nirvana’s Monitor IQ Essentials 3.0 is the station group’s chosen platform for regulatory compliance and loudness monitoring.

Monitor IQ Essentials Quad Screen

Monitor IQ provides Web-based, HD/SD channel monitoring, logging, compliance, and diagnostics/QC, as well as archiving of content recordings for up to 90 days. Monitor IQ Essentials is one of four versions designed to tailor Monitor IQ to the varying requirements of broadcasters. “So far, we’ve installed Monitor IQ at three of our stations, including KOMO-TV4 in Seattle and KATU in Portland, OR in 2011, and KBAK-TV in Bakersfield, CA this year. Our plan is to eventually deploy it across the entire station group,” said Lee Wood, regional director of engineering for Fisher Communications, in Seattle, WA, which operates 13 full power and seven low power television stations across the U.S.To verify regulatory compliance or diagnose technical issues on the recorded air-checks, Monitor IQ lets station engineers and operators watch HD video and listen to individual audio channels to check the quality their viewers experienced during the live broadcast.

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Happy New Year!  From all of us at Digital Nirvana.

2012 was a busy time for Digital Nirvana’s corporate social responsibility team.  Over the past year, the company has supported domestic violence victim advocacy non-profit organization Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments (SAVE) and sponsored an international amateur online photography contest, Kalakaar 2012, to benefit impoverished children in India. The photography contest was organized by Vibha, a non-profit company dedicated to helping underprivileged children who Digital Nirvana has been involved with for a variety of programs. Digital Nirvana also sponsored the annual breakfast fundraiser for Abode Services, an organization that provides housing and services to homeless people and works to end the cycle of homelessness. In 2012, Digital Nirvana also helped support the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, Alameda County Library Foundation, child development agency Kidango and The Akshay Patra Foundation, U.S.A.

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