Comprehensive Media Services

Focused Applications for File-Based VOD Processing

Working with Vantage Gateway provides access to a broad and growing suite of cloud-based media services, simplifying the transcoding and packaging of premium VOD content for Direct-to-Consumer streaming and Media Supply Chain distribution. Our API is all you need to employ essential tools for monetizing your assets and delivering them to the broadest possible range of viewing devices.

 

Available Services

We regularly add new applications to our platform and expose their parameters in our API, assuring that your workflow always has access to best-of-breed video processing tools. The result is a no-hassle, completely future-proof workflow. Our current lineup includes:

ABR Packaging
Support for the complete range of ABR packaging protocols, including Apple HLS (HTTP Live Streaming), MPEG-DASH, CMAF and fMP4

Beamr Content-Adaptive Bitrate Encoding
Stream video with the highest possible picture quality and up to 50% fewer bits using Beamr’s patented CABR technology, fully integrated into our platform

Broadcast Tools
Output CableLabs-compliant MPEG-2 and H.264 content faster than real time with the confidence that it will pass the most stringent of conformance checks

Captioning and Subtitling
A comprehensive — and growing — set of tools for automated caption insertion, extraction and modification

Complex Multi-Channel Audio Processing
The industry’s broadest set of cloud-based tools for transcoding and streaming cinema-quality surround sound to any device in multiple languages

Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Package your VOD files with the industry’s leading DRM platforms — or a proprietary system — without adding unnecessary complexity and cost to your operation

Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI)
Preserve SCTE-35 triggers or insert new ad markers as part of the transcoding and packaging workflow, ensuring delivery of revenue-generating ads to the broadest possible audience

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Processing
Support for the most common HDR formats — Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG — as well as Dolby® Atmos and metadata sidecar files

Ludicrous Mode High-Speed Processing
Our proprietary, ultra-fast parallel processing technology, letting you transcode and package HD content at up to 20% of real-time and UHD at up to 30% of real-time

Transcoding
Deliver superior-quality video in multiple formats to accommodate the ever-expanding landscape of browsers, mobile devices and home entertainment platforms

Qualify Automated QC
Validate all VOD content using our cloud-native QC service at the time of transcoding