Metus INGEST at the heart of the Connected TV The Landing at Media City UK’s.

A new Connected TV research facility will open at Media City UK’s The Landing. It is dedicated to understanding how consumers engage and interact with today’s connected devices.

With the installation of PTZ cameras and a Metus INGEST multi-channel, Multi-codec recording solution, the centre is now ready for Action Smart televisions, the PVR, multimedia games consoles and WiFi tablets are all threatening the dominance of tradition­al linear forms of entertainment, such as satellite and terrestrial TV. The surge in IP delivery and interactive devices has been so fast that content creators and applications developers are in a constant state of flux, researching and testing new products as consumers adapt to each new technology.

Metus Ingest is a software application that can record mul­tiple channels of video and audio with the option of either dual-codec capture or automated file transcoding. With the camera SDI feeds ingested by Blackmagic Design’s Decklink Quad card onto an HP Xeon-based workstation, The Landing has a complete multi-channel, multi-codec file recorder

Adam Levitt at Holdan adds: A new Connected TV research facility will open at Media City UK’s The Landing. It is dedicated to understanding how consumers engage and interact with today’s connected devices. With the installation of PTZ cameras and a Metus INGEST multi-channel, Multi-codec recording solution, the centre is now ready for Action.