Service

The service offers a full range of solutions for linear television channel(s) and Video On Demand (VOD) platforms, assisting our customers to manage and run a successful channel operation, cost efficiently and with as few human resources as possible. The service is expandable and can be customized based on any of our clients’ specific needs.

THE STANDARD FULL-SERVICE PACKAGE INCLUDES

  • Traffic and handling of video and audio content
  • Technical inspection of supplied video and audio content at delivery
  • Setup of the content catalogue including EPG data
  • Installation of the broadcast equipment
  • 24/7 monitoring and control of the system
  • Software updates for playout solution
  • Storage and backup of encoded material
  • Logo insertion in the playout including the possibility of dual logo insertion

ADDITIONAL BROADCAST-RELATED SERVICES

  • Scheduling
  • Language localization (audio and subtitling) including translation in multiple languages
  • Closed captioning
  • Satellite reception from most European satellites
  • LIVE broadcast
  • Transcoding
  • Studio-controlled AI-enhancing of content 
  • LIVE audio commentating and text insertion
  • DTMF / SCTE-35 markers for advertising insertion
  • Low-cost streaming deliveries worldwide (E.g. SRT and / or HLS) delivery
  • Studio facilities (audio & video)

ADDITIONAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES

  • Organization of broadcast licenses
  • Operational services
  • Licensing & distribution of TV channels and Video on Demand (VOD) content
  • Access to the Media Gateway for low-cost contribution of channels in the Benelux

Contact

GRIDSHOT® is owned, trademark and operated by theFrontDoor, is situated at a stone’s throw from Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands. The GRIDSHOT® playout-, contribution- and distribution system has been developed by our in-house software engineers. GRIDSHOT® has a proven track record for playout- and broadcast services for over 14 years without a single outage. GRIDSHOT® is reliable, flexible and (cost-) efficient in providing stable and secure broadcast signals and streams around the world at high quality and low cost.