Beamr and Bridge Digital Inc. to Deliver “Forever Video” to Broadcasters and Video Streamers
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Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ: BMR) has announced a collaboration with Bridge Digital Inc. to deliver 'Forever Video' services to broadcasters, streamers, and companies with large video repositories. Beamr's GPU-based technology reduces video file sizes and live streams by up to 50% while maintaining original quality. The partnership aims to offer:
1. Future-proofing of video content
2. Efficient, automatic, and scalable processes
3. Significant cost reduction
4. Upgrades to AV1 format for long-term compatibility
Beamr's services process videos 10X faster at 1/10 the cost of software-based workflows. The service is accessible to AWS and OCI customers, providing automatic, scalable, and cost-efficient video pipelines that are AI-ready. This collaboration addresses the challenges of rising costs and complexity in the expanding video world.
Positive
- Collaboration with Bridge Digital Inc. to expand market reach
- GPU-based technology reduces video file sizes by up to 50% while maintaining quality
- Video processing 10X faster at 1/10 the cost of software-based workflows
- Service accessible on major cloud platforms (AWS and OCI)
- Addresses rising costs and complexity in the video industry
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Bridge Digital Inc. to Distribute Beamr’s GPU-Based, High-Performance and Future-Proofed Video Service to News, Sports, and Entertainment Broadcasters and Streamers, along with Other Companies With Large Video Repositories
Herzliya, Israel, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beamr Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: BMR), a leader in video optimization and modernization technology and solutions, today announced a collaboration with Bridge Digital Inc., a proven video technology integrator.
Beamr’s patented, GPU-based and award-winning technology - available through scalable cloud services - significantly reduces video files sizes and live streams by up to
Combined with Bridge Digital Inc.’s extensive expertise, Beamr and Bridge Digital Inc. will offer a specialized service for companies and organizations with large-scale video repositories, including news, sports, entertainment and user-generated content for delivery and distribution. Beamr and Bridge Digital Inc. will enable companies that rely on video for their daily operations or manage vast video libraries to achieve “Forever Video” - future-proofing their content to ensure long-term compatibility through efficient, automatic, and scalable processes, all while significantly reducing costs.
Beamr’s high-efficiency, high-quality video service also enables upgrades to AV1 format (AOMedia Video 1) - ensuring long-term compatibility of the videos.
“The collaboration with Bridge Digital Inc. leveraging their extensive expertise in media storage and video management, provides Beamr customers with a streamlined approach to fully benefit from our video pipelines”, said Beamr CEO, Sharon Carmel. He added: “In the expanding video world, companies face rising costs and complexity. Beamr GPU-based services process videos 10X faster at 1/10 the cost of software-based workflows, providing critical value to the broadcasting, streaming, IoT, and edge computing industries.”
“Beamr adds significant value to the process we coined ‘Forever Video’”, said Bridge Digital Inc. CEO, Richie Murray. He elaborated that “Video modernization to AV1 or HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Codec) formats provides remarkable value to companies with large video repositories, ensuring they can be played in the decades to come, secured with high-quality, or transferred to new storage systems if needed”.
Beamr Cloud optimization and modernization service is easily accessible to AWS (Amazon Web Services) and OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) customers, offering automatic, scalable and cost-efficient video pipelines that are AI ready.
Bridge Digital Inc. is a US-based integrator of video technologies, specializing in improving video workflows. Over more than two decades, they have served dozens of video creators and owners in managing, monetizing, distributing and archiving video repositories effectively and efficiently.
About Beamr
Beamr (Nasdaq: BMR) is a world leader in content-adaptive video optimization and modernization. The company serves top media companies like Netflix and Paramount. Beamr’s inventive perceptual optimization technology (CABR) is backed by 53 patents and won the Emmy® award for Technology and Engineering. The innovative technology reduces video file size by up to
Beamr Cloud is a high-performance, GPU-based video optimization and modernization service designed for businesses and video professionals across diverse industries. It is conveniently available to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) customers. Beamr Cloud enables video modernization to advanced formats such as AV1 and HEVC, and is ready for video AI workflows. For more details, please visit www.beamr.com
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