Helix Broadcaster is the easy to use, multi-screen transcoder appliance. Simply connect your video source and be streaming to smartphone, tablet, PC or Smart TV within minutes.

1. Helix Broadcaster
Multi-Screen transcoder appliance
David J Smith
djsmith@realnetworks.com

2. Q: Want to send video multi-screen?
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A: Easy with Helix

3. • All-in-one appliance
• Transcode > Protect > Deliver > Multi-screen
• Middleware API’s for session, security and archiving
• A flexible appliance solution for all your content needs
• Packetize content to all delivery methods (RTSP, DASH, HLS, RTMP)
• Encrypt to protect content using studio approved DRM
• Any Input Source to Any Output Type
• IP, SDI, HDMI , DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C, composite
• Six appliances from portable, rack mountable and blade systems
• Affordable for any budget, scalable from 2 to 400+ channels
Helix Broadcaster
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4. 4RU HB-600
1RU HB-500
3RU HB-300 or HB-400
• Event broadcasting
• HB-100 & HB-200
• 2 x HD-SDI or 2 x DVB
• High density connectivity
• HB-300 or HB-400
• 8 x HD-SDI or 8 x DVB per 3RU
• High density IP ingest
• HB-500 or HB-600
• 10 to 100 x 1080p ingest feeds
Helix Broadcaster – Series 100 to 600
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Portable HB-100
1RU HB-200

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Helix Broadcaster – multiple scaling

6. • Create, Packetize, Encrypt, Aggregate Source Content
• Delivery to CDN, PDN and direct to device playback* simultaneously
• One encode, multiple destinations
Helix Broadcaster – multiple destinations
2012
Helix Broadcaster
Multi-DRM / Segmentation / Multi-
codecs / Management / Direct to CDN /
Direct to Cloud / Evolves with
Standards
CDN Provider
Shared Host /
Co-location / Cloud
Private Delivery
Infrastructure
DRM
Transcoder
*up to 200 concurrent unicast streams
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7. • Ingests multiple sources in multiple formats
• Encodes to single and multi-rate profiles
• Deliver locally PDN and CDN for multi-screen play-out
Helix Broadcaster – multiple sources
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IP + SDI Camera
SDI + HDMI
MPEG-2 TS IP Ingest
Live IP Source
Playback
Content
DVB A/V
File
Archive Content
Transcoder
TerrestrialSatellite
Smartphone to
SmartTV

8. • Connecting Helix Broadcaster to DVB sources provides the ability to
create multi-rate, multi-channel IPTV broadcasts
• Content delivered into multiple delivery solutions
Multi-Screen, Multi-Channel IPTV / OTT
Playback
Content
DVB TV Source
1Mbps
512kbps
256kbps
1Mbps
512kbps
256kbps
1Mbps
512kbps
256kbps
Channel1Channel2Channel3
Internal / Hosted
Streaming Platform
CDN
Playback
Content
Transcoder
TerrestrialSatellite
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Smartphone to
SmartTV

9. • Connecting Helix Broadcaster to a video source provides
the ability to create multi-rate live broadcasting
• Content optionally encrypted using DRM technologies for
protected playback and delivered via a CDN for scale
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Playback
Content
1Mbps
512kbps
256kbps
CDN
Transcoder
Smartphone to
SmartTV
SDI + HDMI

10. Helix Broadcaster enables
• OTT, Multi-screen, Social TV and many other applications
• Reduces TCO, management and investment
• Consistent integration points for real-time billing, subscriber management,
reporting and content security
• Combine with Helix Media Delivery platform for scalable deployments
• A platform for advancements in technology
Contact
David J Smith
djsmith@realnetworks.com
Skype: djsmith.real.com
Helix future proofing your investment
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11. Further Information
Helix Universal Media Server
http://www.realnetworks.com/helix/streaming-media-server/
Helix Broadcaster
http://www.realnetworks.com/helix/helix-broadcaster/
Helix Producer
http://www.realnetworks.com/helix/video-encoding-with-helix-
producer/
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12. Next steps?
Contact
djsmith@realnetworks.com