Advanced Advertising Video Ad Insertion Platform for Automatically Inserting Local Video Programs Into Encoded TV Content without the Use of Network Cue-Tone Signals. Integrates Unique MPEG-2 Splicing and Video Identification Algorithms Into a Single Robust System. DVB ASI Input and Output.

Standard Features:

• Automatically identifies video ads in network programming content at frame boundaries and replaces them with locally inserted ads
• Input: MPEG-2, SPTS or MPTS, up to six channels
• Output: MPEG-2 MP @ ML, IP (UDP or TCP, Unicast / Multicast) (Optional H.264 output version available – Gen2 H.264)
• Frame-precise and seamless splicing
• Video fingerprint based advertisement replacement
  • Local video ad file formats: MPEG-2 MP@ML program streams and transport stream, AVI
  • Maximum resolution: D1 (720x576, 720x480)
  • Maximum file size: 200 megabytes per file
  • Maximum system storage: 20 gigabytes
• Supports schedule-based ad insertion
• Automatic or manual ad insertion
• Field upgradeable
• Web-based GUI
• 1 RU rack mountable frame
• Optional text and graphics overlay
• Optional lower resolution proxy output for picture-in-picture
• Optional output for 3GPP mobile video services

Methodology:

Uses techniques similar to AI to learn the patterns in  the existing ads. Ads need to be seen by system prior to use so  that the fingerprint can be crated..

Applications:

• Inserting local ads into national programming
• Inserting ads into TV station website videos
• IPTV
• Mobile TV
• VOD (Video on Demand)
• Optional text and graphics overlay for local advertising and announcements, station logo, etc.