Broadcasting and webcasting government and open meetings over the Internet

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Videoassembly
Videorecording and broadcasting assembly sessions over the Internet
Governments need to provide their people with user-friendly, easy to access information
concerning administrative and political activities in which they wish to participate.
interact’s Videoassembly integrates all different kinds of data in a comprehensive multimedia
archive for both live and on-demand broadcasting.
Our end users are governing bodies and other public administrations who are offered a turnkey
solution for their communication needs. Videoassembly gives them the chance to videorecord,
index and broadcast all Assembly Hall events and activities onto the Web.
ICT technologies have been a key factor in upgrading interact’s Videoassembly system key advantages:
and renewing government procedures.
The web enables people to access integrated data open, versatile and scalable architecture, that ensures
sources, procedures and collaboration, thus ensuring an efficient customization based on customer’s
the quality and transparency of the relationships transmission requirements and demands
between citizens and institutions.
full compliance with usability and accessibility
Videoassembly enables public bodies to promote standards currently in force at an international level
participation in public activities, improve relationships
with citizens and build advanced governance models wide multi-platform support
between institutions and private actors by enlarging
the number of people involved in decisional processes. well-established expertise at a high technical level
gained thanks to projects created for the major
organs of the Italian institutions (starting from
Parliamentary assemblies).
With interact’s Videoassembly you can:
create digital video recordings of assembly sessions assign titles and indexing keys
to assembly broadcasts and recordings
live broadcast assembly sessions over
intranet/internet in multiple formats including search extracts, subjects and single interventions
Flash, Windows Media, Real and H.264, at multiple bit rates by speakers in the video archive throughout one
or more sessions
Stop and rewind live A/V streams in real time -
no need to wait until the end of live transmission Archive session AV recordings in all formats
including D1 (Full Screen PAL)
Videoassembly is a unique solution of its kind and has contributed towards implementing among the most
complete government video communication projects such as, for instance, the “Camera in diretta” for the Italian
Chamber of Deputies: http://www.camera.it/audiovideo
interact SpA: via a. bargoni, 78 - 00153 roma - tel +39 06 58318301 - fax +39 06 58318303
interactvstudio1: via a. bargoni, 24 - 00153 roma - tel +39 06 58318301 - fax +39 06 58318303
www.interact.it - www.streamcast.it - sales@interact.it

2. interact
Videoassembly
Videorecording and broadcasting assembly sessions over the Internet
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AND TECHNOLOGY system
Data Base server
Mario Rossi
speaks during Video
assembly session Encoder
Manager
Web server
Mario Rossi’s
speeches:
Feb 02 2006
Audio Mar 10 2006
Streaming server internet
Router End users
CAPTURE INGESTION / DISTRIBUTION INTRANET ACCESS WEB ACCESS
Videorecording and indexing
Capture and encoding
A hardware device (encoder) records, encodes Videos may be indexed in two ways. In the first mode,
and transmits audio/video signals onto the network. the Assembly Hall voting system, if preset, automatically
Signals are captured and compressed in multiple formats transmits the data/meta markers required for indexing
via an audio/video capture card and a special encoding the video/audio stream, on the basis of descriptive keys
software (interact Encoder Manager). preset in the system. If no voting system is installed
An onboard control application ensures full automation in the Assembly Hall, the operators autonomously index
and remote control of the capturing and encoding contents during recording by entering the meta markers
processes, via a dedicated client interface. manually via the client interface dedicated to encoder
The interface activates and interrupts the transmission management and control.
and/or recording of a session, updates video capture
parameters, defines encoding profiles and sets timers
when required. Transmission and Web access
Recorded contents are transmitted onto the distribution
Indexing and Voting system integration platform and published online on an intuitive, functional
Using this system you may integrate descriptive data Web interface. Consequently intranet/Internet users can
in the multimedia flow, associating audio/video signals access live contents and consult archives on demand
to meta markers in real time. The data describes different using an advanced search mask, facilitated by indexing
variables pertinent to a session’s progress (such as subjects and keys displayed in the foreground.
subjects, speakers, voting procedures), indicates The interface integrates a multimedia player (Flash,
Web addresses where the recorded contents have to Windows Media, Real, Flash or VideoLAN) for visualizing
be linked, and so on. Entering meta markers organizes contents and an informative chart based on indexed
recorded data into a logical structure based on subjects, information. The graphic interface is customised according
in line with specific administration requirements, to the required layout and fully complies with the
ensuring full retrieving availability of session contents. accessibility requirements for institutional internet sites.
The data entered will be visualised inside the Web Videoassembly architecture also includes a Web
consultation application in the form of an information interface for metadata management and post-production
chart associated to the video content and as a search where authorized users can modify data entered during
key for consulting archives by end users. recording and already broadcast onto the Web.
interact SpA: via a. bargoni, 78 - 00153 roma - tel +39 06 58318301 - fax +39 06 58318303
interactvstudio1: via a. bargoni, 24 - 00153 roma - tel +39 06 58318301 - fax +39 06 58318303
www.interact.it - www.streamcast.it - sales@interact.it