Launching a New Freely Channel with JWP
JWP’s end-to-end solution for the Freely platform, allows broadcasters and content providers to onboard and distribute their programming quickly onto Freely.
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Freely is a new streaming service launched by EveryoneTV (ETV), a UK entity which also owns and operates the Freeview and Freesat and Freely in the UK. EveryoneTV is owned by BBC, Channel4, Channel5 and ITV.
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JWP is a proven supplier for live channel streaming services on Freely providing the ingest and encoding of live feeds; the storage, live origin and CDN delivery of live feeds onto the Freely platform. JWP also manages the curation and delivery of EPG metadata that drives the Freely user interface and experience.
JWP Workflow for Freely
How Launching a Freely Channel with JWP Works:
Broadcaster Specific Ingest
The JWP Professional services team can work with you to design an ingest mechanism for live channels. JWP can provide live transcoding in the cloud or even take pre-encoded feeds into our Broadcast Live platform.
Live Encoding, Origin and Distribution
The Broadcast Live platform manages the ingest, live multi-bitrate encoding, the storage and packaging of live streams into Freely approved formats that are ready for immediate distribution on the Freely platform.
Content Protection
JWP’s Studio DRM product provides Freely approved DRM protection compatible across all platforms (PlayReady, Widevine & FairPlay)
Freely EPG Compatibility
JWP’s Media Selector API provides a Freely compatible data feed that drives the EPG experience of the Freely apps providing necessary metadata, content protection and functionality required by the Freely platform.
Live Event Monitoring
24/7 proactive monitoring of your live channels by an in-house NOC team, backed up by a second level of support engineers.