MediaKind has extended its partnership with Google Cloud to enable its Aquila Streaming solution to be offered as-a-service on the Google Cloud Platform. The launch is intended to enable MediaKind customers to leverage Google Cloud's ecosystem of solutions and assets to globally deploy media processing and optimize the distribution of OTT video services. Aquila Streaming is designed to provide video bandwidth savings, end-to-end low latency and storage reduction to support live video service up to UltraHD, across all networks.
MediaKind's cloud-native Aquila Streaming solution is designed to be deployed on bare metal, private cloud, or in any cloud service provider. Through the integration into the Google Cloud ecosystem, it now also provides access to a broader range of media applications and workloads through the cloud, in areas such as containerization, AI, machine learning and the growing network of Android TV and Google Ad Insertion solutions, while offering a managed solution.
MediaKind's disaster recovery in Google Cloud is intended to remove the need for a second headend system; the combination of Aquila Streaming and Google Cloud is intended to enable local headend services and applications to be backed up and restarted rapidly when required. MediaKind plans to expand its Aquila Streaming solution capabilities later this summer to offer self-provisioning by leveraging the Google Cloud Platform Marketplace.
Angel Ruiz, CEO, MediaKind, said: "As consumer demand for live streamed content reaches an all-time high, service providers must find ever more creative methods to deliver quicker and more affordable OTT services at scale. By launching Aquila Streaming on Google Cloud Platform, our customers will benefit from a highly flexible service that adapts seamlessly to their existing infrastructure or digital transformation program, whether purpose built as an on-premise or cloud native solution, hybrid cloud or part of an end-to-end as-a-service offering. Through deeper integration of our product portfolio on Google Cloud Platform, we can offer the necessary tools to create and deliver the best immersive media experiences on any device, with faster time to market, greater cost-efficiency and more flexible cost structures."
Aquila Streaming is a cloud-based OTT headend solution designed to enable content to be received, transcoded, packaged, encrypted and delivered.