arkona technologies and manifold technologies signed Savana Comunicações services and equipment provider to bring its IP core infrastructure systems to broadcasters across Brazil.
arkona technologies and manifold technologies have signed Savana Comunicações Ltda, a provider of specialized services and professional broadcast equipment, to bring its IP core infrastructure systems to top-tier broadcasters in the Brazilian market. The partnership has already proven successful, with the companies closing their first deal with a major Brazilian broadcaster.
Savana Comunicações, founded in 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, serves customers with up to date technology and specialized services. The company has earned a reputation for expertise and reliability through its skilled technical staff located throughout Brazil.
Savana Comunicações has now expanded its portfolio to include arkona’s BLADE//runner platform to provide a straightforward migration path to an IP infrastructure for broadcasters. Designed around a flexible, modular software framework, BLADE//runner comprises a suite of live broadcast production software and hardware tools for professional productions including audio/video routing, compression and processing.
The platform, designed for modern broadcast facilities where flexibility and scalability are essential, operates on arkona’s AT300 FPGA Acceleration Card. It allows creation, control and deletion of all processing functions on the fly through the company’s web-based UI and open APIs, as well as through NMOS IS-04/-05.
Savana will also sell, service and support manifold technologies. manifold technologies develop the manifold CLOUD broadcast production software that runs on COTS FPGA programmable acceleration cards (PAC). The multifunctional platform includes manifold’s MULTIVIEWER, a powerful ultra-low latency multiviewer that handles demanding live sports productions while simultaneously maintaining the advantages of scalability, resiliency, quick deployment and unified control.
Joao Pedro Homem, Engineering Specialist for Savana, said, “As Brazil continues its transformation to IP infrastructures, we are delighted to welcome both arkona and manifold to our portfolio. Both companies’ platforms will accelerate a simplified path to IP for our top tier broadcasters and we’ve already had an enormously positive response from our customers with significant interest. We look forward to a mutually successful partnership.”
“We are excited to partner with Savana Comunicações, a well-established and respected industry leader in the key Brazilian market,” said Erling Hedkvist, business development for arkona and manifold. “We’ve already had the opportunity to work together on a few major projects, including closing our first deal with a major Brazilian broadcaster, and the team’s professionalism and in-depth knowledge are evident in all they do. We are confident that they are the perfect partner as we grow our business in Brazil and are certain they will add significant value to our customers’ experience.” arkonatech.com
