Ingest Solutions Market: Overview

Ingest solutions streamline the broadcasting process by seamlessly transferring video and audio content between network folders, servers, editors, and other devices. Ingest solutions provide the framework to collect, import, load, process, integrate, and transfer broadcasting content from diverse data sources. Some of the data sources include regional offices, central servers, studios, live feeds, and social media. Ingest solutions decrease the requirement of broadcasting infrastructure and human interference by automating the repetitive tasks and generate multiple content formats and resolutions in a single step. Ingest solutions provided by several market players are compliant with HD and SD television operations. Some features of ingest solutions include frame lossless operation, instant response time, wide content format support, and excellent reliability. Furthermore, the solutions support multi profile, multi-channel recording such as Serial Digital Interface (SDI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog composite, and component. Moreover, ingest solutions automate clip naming, accelerates turnaround time, and facilitates multisite media playback. Numerous solutions provided by market players also support a wide range of broadcast codecs and formats including Sony XAVC-I and XAVC-L MPEG-4, and Panasonic AVC-LongG.

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Ingest Solutions Market: Drivers and Restraints

The broadcasting industry has witnessed significant transformation in terms of technology adoption, government regulations, and changing viewer preferences in the last few years. Market players are focusing on providing technologically advanced solutions with extensive range of formats and codec support in order to cater to the demand. In January 2017, a leading ingest solutions provider, Metus, updated its “Metus INGEST” solution with GPU-based JPEG2000 codec support. Switch to on-demand digitized content and benefits such as content format independence are anticipated to drive the ingest solutions market during the forecast period. Expansion of the subscription-based content delivery model has led to consumers increasingly accessing large content on demand, on the go. Furthermore, proliferation of mobile devices and strong internet connectivity has enabled digital over-the-top (OTT) players, such as Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, to gain stronghold in the market. Emerging economies in Asia Pacific such as China and India have witnessed strong adoption of wireless internet connectivity technologies including 3G and 4G. This is expected to generate strong demand for on-demand content and present lucrative opportunities for the ingest solutions market in the region during the forecast period.a