Alibaba Cloud introduces video solutions

ApsaraVideo Live and ApsaraVideo VOD designed to support live streaming and wholistic video production.

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Alibaba Cloud has introduced new video solutions - ApsaraVideo Live and ApsaraVideo VOD - to support customers including broadcasters in Europe with live broadcast services and wholistic video production and management tasks.

“Video content and formats are increasingly diversified and rich in the new media era, with growing demand for fast yet reliable multi-media services such as live streaming and automatic transcoding,” said Raymond Ma, General Manager of Europe, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. “Underpinned by our robust infrastructure and cutting-edge technologies, we are introducing cost-effective and robust media solutions to the European market to meet our customers’ evolving demands for optimized video experiences.”

ApsaraVideo Live is an end-to-end live streaming platform for both audio and video supported by Alibaba Cloud’s large-scale real-time transcoding technology. It provides high-definition and uninterrupted live audio and video services with low latency and high concurrency. Alibaba Cloud’s proprietary Narrowband HD ™ 2.0 technology provides high-definition videos at 50 frames per second, while its 8K live streaming services deliver vivid images with a resolution up to 7680 × 4320. There are also tailored live streaming solutions for various industries, covering e-commerce, entertainment, online education, gaming, finance, and large-scale events. It also has a wide range of live streaming encryption technologies that provide comprehensive detection and protection of multi-media content. The platform provides media processing capabilities including material management, content recreation and media distribution.

ApsaraVideo VOD is an all-in-one video solution that supports functions including video online editing, uploading, media management, automatic transcoding, video review and analysis, as well as video delivery acceleration. Leveraging Alibaba Cloud’s resilient infrastructure and high-quality video transcoding technology, the solution enables the easy and cost-effective management of video-on-demand services. It can provide bandwidth of 150 Tbps to deliver high-quality video playback services, and uses the industry-leading narrowband HD transcoding technology to reduce 30% of the bandwidth costs without losing video quality. The solution also supports multiple video protection functions, including anti-leeching, playback authentication and video encryption.

“We will continue to enhance our video service offering with local partners by introducing innovative media solutions to the market,” said Ma. “We hope to facilitate our customers to capture the new growth opportunity amidst the changing media consumption landscape.”

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