Levira introduces transport stream ad insertion with Starfish

16.03.2023

Starfish Technologies, a pioneer in transport streaming processing, has supplied its patented transport stream processing technology to Levira, based in Tallinn, Estonia. Among the applications is the ability to splice content, such as targeted commercials, into live streams without the need to decode and recode. Levira operates one of the largest playout centres in northern Europe. It runs a terrestrial network in Estonia and provides delivery services to global channels to markets across the Baltic States and Scandinavia, and as far as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. As part of its Tallinn TV Tower, it also offers an advanced and highly secure...

The English-Language Polish TV Channel TVP World Was Added to the Estonian Free-to-Air Channels

29.06.2022

From Tuesday, June 28th, the English-language channel TVP World of the Polish public television company Telewizja Polska (TVP) will be broadcast in Estonia. “It is a great pleasure to see that another international news and information channel is being added to free-to-air broadcasting, which will enrich the choices of free-to-air TV...

Need for balance – how to match your TV channel business model with the playout technologies and services available? What about taking back the control?

02.12.2021

At the end of 2021, and for the foreseeable future, both national and international TV broadcasters face the challenges of how to find the balance between fast-changing external market forces, the business model chosen, and the technologies implemented to gain market success. In the real world, there are always discrepancies between...

Levira’s showcase at BaM Live! with the focus on cutting-edge media technology

30.11.2020

Levira will step up at IABM’s BaM Live! go-to virtual event on Wednesday 2nd of December 2020 at 2.30 pm GMT time, when we will hold a workshop “Designing high reliability media distribution network – lessons learned”. In the event, Levira will technically open up its pan-European media distribution network with...