Bethany Lutheran College - a private, 4-year liberal arts college in Mankato, MN - has installed an automated broadcast infrastructure from Tightrope Media Systems with cloud-based streaming to distribute programming for community TV broadcaster KTV. The centralized workflow is intended to enable KTV, the public access and education/government (PEG) channels co-owned by the municipalities of Mankato and North Mankato, to dynamically schedule and deliver content to viewers on local cable TV systems and the web.
The deployment uses Tightrope's Cablecast Reflect, the company's Internet video distribution service.
Reflect is designed to interface with Cablecast Pro VOD and Live streaming servers to deliver H.264 streams to online viewers without taxing the college's local network. Reflect automatically caching the content in the cloud after it's initially viewed. Viewers can stream KTV content online live and on-demand.
The Reflect solution also integrates with a Cablecast SX2HD dual-channel broadcast automation system to schedule and automatically deliver programs for traditional cable broadcasts, which are scheduled to be upgraded to HD in the near future.
