WiseDV’s Playout - WisePlay Wins 2023 NAB Show Product of the Year Award!
NAB Show announced the winners of the fifth annual Product of the Year Awards during a live awards ceremony on April 18 at the 2023 NAB Show in Las Vegas. WiseDV's WisePlay - A FAST Channel Playout wins for the Asset Management, Automation, and Playout ca
San Diego, California(18 Apr 2023)
WiseDV announced that its Playout - WisePlay is an Asset Management, Automation, and Playout winner in the 2023 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards. This official awards program recognizes some of the most significant and promising new products and technologies showcased by exhibitors at the NAB Show.
WisePlay - An Interactive FAST and Broadcast Channel Playout
WisePlay is a cost-effective and versatile channel playout platform for broadcasters to automate and optimize their scheduling time and frame accurate SCTE-35 markers insertion for monetizing content. WisePlay supports UDP, HLS, SRT, RTP, RTMP, WebRTC, NDI, SDI, and ASI, enabling on-premises/cloud and hybrid deployment. It offers complete control over OTT or on-air content, supporting up to 4K resolution. It includes AI-based metadata fetching for movies and automated speech-to-text captions, thus saving expensive human time and effort in daily channel operations. The sophisticated rule-based dynamic graphics automation tools of WisePlay provide content owners with the capability to originate FAST channels with the same uncompromising visual quality as traditional satellite and cable TV channels.
Its AI-based breakpoint detection automatically splits media for ad breaks at viewer-friendly midpoints, eliminating the most frustrating problem of so many FAST channels – ad breaks interrupting people talking on the screen mid-sentence. It supports viewer engagement tools like interactive voting polls with on-screen QR codes, trivia questionnaires, etc.
WisePlay has advanced scheduling capabilities, allowing scheduling up to a year in advance, and has many intelligent content scheduling features that decrease the time needed to create the following weekly schedule by 3-4 times, compared to other playout vendors. With its ability to end the ingested live IP streams based on time, manually, or on SCTE triggers, WisePlay is ideal for live news and sports channels. Over 300 channels use WisePlay due to its reliability, flexibility, and ability to meet the modern broadcasting and streaming industry demands of FAST and TV broadcasters
NAB Show Product of the Year Award Winners was selected by a panel of industry experts in 15 categories and announced in a live awards ceremony at NAB Show on April 18. To be eligible for an award, nominated products had to come from companies exhibiting at the 2023 NAB Show and be delivered within the 2023 calendar year.
"We are thrilled to have received this prestigious award, which is a testament to the hard work, innovation, and dedication of our team at WiseDV. Our team's agility and collaboration, especially with the help of Bozu (https://bozu.us) in improving our remote teamwork since the pandemic, has been critical in developing the best playout software. At WiseDV, we believe that we can develop any technology as long as we don't need to bend the laws of physics. We will continue to innovate and push the boundaries of what is possible in the broadcasting and streaming industry," said Atul Anandpura, the CEO and Founder of WiseDV Inc.
“During our centennial year, NAB continues to recognize the products that are transforming how content is being created, connected, and capitalized throughout the broadcast, media, and entertainment industry,” said NAB SVP and Chief Customer Success Officer Eric Trabb. “Congratulations to WiseDV for winning the 2023 NAB Show Product of the Year Award in recognition WisePlay, a product that has demonstrated its ability to help storytellers face the challenges of the present and future by revolutionizing a critical stage of the content lifecycle.”
About WiseDV
WiseDV Inc. was founded in 2006 as a privately held corporation based in San Diego. The company is the ultimate broadcasting solutions provider, delivering cutting-edge streaming and broadcasting solutions that revolutionize the industry and enable modernized streaming and broadcasting experiences.
The company's extensive portfolio includes advanced technologies such as FAST- Channel Playout for UHDTV (4K), DTMF cue tone, SCTE-35 Ingest, Ad Insertion, SSAI, SDI Recorder, Remote Production, and OTT technologies, alongside Roku, iOS, and Android apps that offer Billing, Subscriber Management, VOD, AVOD, SVOD, and complete end-to-end solutions for video asset monetization.
WiseDV has established a strong industry reputation for innovation, quality, and reliability and has partnered with numerous broadcasters and content providers worldwide.
About NAB Show
NAB Show, held April 15-19, 2023, in Las Vegas, is celebrating its centennial year as the preeminent conference and exhibition driving the evolution of broadcast, media, and entertainment. It is the ultimate marketplace for next-generation technology, inspiring superior audio and video experiences. From creation to consumption across multiple platforms, NAB Show is where global visionaries convene to bring content to life in new and exciting ways. More information is available at www.nabshow.com
About NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is the premier advocacy association for America's broadcasters. NAB advances radio and television interests in legislative, regulatory, and public affairs. Through advocacy, education, and innovation, NAB enables broadcasters to serve their communities best, strengthen their businesses and seize new opportunities in the digital age. More information is available at www.nab.org