Cloud-Native Platform to Plan, Make and Monetize TV


Empower

your business to thrive, maximizing profitability across every screen

Evolve

with a cloud-native architecture for broadcast & digital, ready to meet changing viewer habits

Engage

viewers with premium AV quality, seamless transitions & sophisticated branding on all screens

Experience

higher efficiency at any scale, and easy operations accessible from anywhere

Plan, make and monetize content.

on One, ground-breaking Cloud Platform.

Imagine Aviator lets you leverage the best of cloud at your fingertips for a powerful converged solution to originate and monetize linear programming and video-on-demand content.

Designed for broadcast TV and digital TV, Aviator enables you to meet audience demands for sophisticated, premium-quality channels and content across every screen, while priming all programming for seamless local and dynamic ad insertion.

Tap into the power of a single, unified platform to:

  • Manage scheduling, rights management, and content acquisition
  • Oversee the media supply chain and secure appropriate storage
  • Provide premium playout
  • Ensure optimal use of ad inventory, accurately targeting commercials
    to audiences and monetizing even in difficult-to-anticipate live event scenarios

PLAN TV

Rights
Content Planning
Scheduling

MAKE TV

Media Supply Chain
Command and Control
Playout

MONETIZE TV

Sales
Ad Decisioning
Traffic and Billing

Explore Aviator
EXPLORE AVIATOR
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Management
Portal
Orchestration
Orchestrate and automate sophisticated software for media workflows in the cloud
Monitoring
Unified monitoring utility to gather telemetry and metrics from both cloud infrastructure and Aviator applications
Distribution
Decide the destination of every playout channel
Plan
TV
Make
TV
Monetize
TV
Rights
Management
Content Rights
Content contracts and financial rights management for linear and on-demand agreements
Utilization Management
Extensive planning tools to maximize rights usage and rights inventory reporting
Version Management
Workflow-driven material preparation with the ability to manage multiple content versions
Content
Planning
Planning (weeks)
Short-/long-term planning for live linear scheduling and automated tools for on-demand scheduling
Content Decisions
Insights from content and scheduling repository drives greater decisions for utilization
Draft Layout
Template for slot layout managed with rule-based allocation
Scheduling
Scheduling (days)
Daily schedule for linear channels, spot ingest, ad scheduling tools with online validation
Playlists
Daily linear playlist with output to playout automation and on-demand schedule output
Programming Guide
Export EPG schedules using flexible listings templates
Media Supply
Chain
Content & Metadata
Integrated asset management toolset designed to control media acquisition and content preparation in the cloud
Workflows
Advanced rules and engines providing flexible and adaptable workflows to drive efficiencies and bridge ground to cloud
Storage
Centralized storage management, elastically scalable to the infinite to store and protect media assets in the cloud
Command &
Control
Playout Automation
Modern, elastic, anywhere access playout automation optimized to drive linear channels in the cloud
Master Control
Single pane of glass for operation and monitoring, with customizable dashboards to manually interact with cloud channels
Live Streams
Centralized control of all the contribution streams reaching your virtual network in the cloud
Playout
Channels
Essentials Channel
Provides lower-cost options to stand up and operate simple, thematic-style linear channels in the cloud
Standard Channel
Launch full time or occasional use linear channels with branding and master control capability
Premium Channel
Cloud origination with advanced graphics, including DVE, master control and optional low latency capability
Ad Sales
Cross-Platform Sales
Sell ad campaigns across live linear, streaming and on-demand inventory
Business Rules
Controls and rules for content restrictions, competitive separation, clash avoidance, and frequency
Audience Data Analysis
Leverage rich 1st- and 3rd-party audience data for planning and targeting purposes
Ad Decisioning
Video Ad Serving
Sophisticated ad decisioning to match the campaign and audience
Audience Fulfillment
Make sure the right ads reach the correct audience and demographics
Inventory Optimization
Latest inventory optimization algorithms to increase yield and maximize revenue
Traffic & Billing
Campaign Stewardship
Advanced sales and traffic solution ensures campaigns are delivered to the right audience
Copy Automation
Ingest and manage use of the correct copy for ad placement
Reconciliation & Billing
Reconcile ads placed against campaigns for reporting, analytics and billing
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Aviator Deployment Manager

Spin channels up and down alongside the underlying cloud infrastructure.

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Aviator Content Portal

Asset management toolset designed to control media acquisition and content preparation in the cloud.

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Aviator Control

Single pane of glass for operation and monitoring, with customizable dashboards to manually interact with cloud channels and support live events.

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Aviator Playlist

Modern & flexible playout automation optimized to operate linear channels in the cloud.

Aviator Monetize

View advertising revenue, health, and performance in Aviator Monetize dashboards

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NAB Best of Show 2022

NAB Best of Show 2022 awards acknowledge outstanding products and solutions in the technology and media industries on display at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas, USA.

CABSAT 2023 Best in Broadcast Playout

The BroadcastProME Manufacturer Awards celebrate the companies whose equipment and products play a key role in the dynamic output and performance of the region’s broadcast sector.

THE BENEFITS.

Unified Solution

Access origination + monetization for broadcast and OTT on a common UI; leverage Imagine’s Ad Tech, Playout & Networking experience via a single platform

New Ways to Buy

Align costs to revenue through flexible pricing models, including subscription and SaaS options

Ready for the Future

Maximize audience monetization with truly flexible origination solutions for all screens

Increase Ad Revenue Potential

Optimize ad delivery, reach more viewers, monetize across broadcast and OTT

Path to Cloud

Run sophisticated workflows in the cloud, complementing existing infrastructure on-premises; add extra capacity on-the-fly, experiment with new business models as the market demands 

Premium Services

Provide premium AV quality for all channels regardless of delivery platform, with content rights and scheduling, playout and live event control, ad management and monetization

       

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