The success of the solution and use cases such as those at DAZN and RTBF are strong indicators of a broader industry shift toward agile data-driven operations—where agility, efficiency, and intelligence take center stage in managing increasingly more dynamic and innovative media workflows.

The transformative power of dataminer.MediaOps

dataminer.MediaOps stands out because of its innovative new take on how a modern data-driven solution entirely redefines how media and broadcast operations can plan, operate, and optimize their media services. This results in numerous strategic and competitive advantages, all contributing to the omnipresent quest for better, faster, and more cost-efficient operations.

It is the first solution in the industry ever to effectively break down silos and provide an open-architecture, data-centric solution where all stages of the operation—from resource inventory to planning and scheduling, live operation, and post-service processing such as billing and optimization—seamlessly feed into each other. This results in massive savings and unlocks unprecedented opportunity for innovation.

The solution is available as a continuously expanding off-the-shelf solution supporting all mainstream use cases, while its open-source nature enables further expansion and adaptation to meet specific needs and strategic differentiation. After all, thriving in today’s world requires rapid evolution and continuous innovation to stay ahead in an unpredictable landscape.

Many of these improvements involved integrations of LLM technology to drive down costs. Ben Vandenberghe, CEO at Skyline

“We have already witnessed great examples of rapid continuous evolution, with DevOps teams capitalizing on new opportunities shortly after they were identified” commented Ben Vandenberghe, CEO at Skyline. “Not surprisingly, many of these improvements involved integrations of LLM technology to drive down costs, for example, in the ingest of booking data. Others were fueled by our unique Low-Code Apps capabilities to provide tailored and very unique user experiences. However, the overall underlying key strategic capability is rapid and efficient continuous iteration, as nobody can predict what the next major gain will be.”

The standard dataminer.MediaOps solution

“The dataminer.MediaOps proposition is set to transform the media supply chain and streamline media operations with unprecedented flexibility and efficiency. It caters to any of the needs of broadcasters, broadcast unions, content creators, and aggregators, as well as satellite operators, services providers, and any other media-related organizations,” said Reinout Daels, Product Manager at Skyline Communications. “Booking teams can plan capacity and services with greater ease and reliability than ever before. Engineering teams can efficiently prepare, build, and test media workflows. MCR teams gain complete oversight of incoming and outgoing feeds, ensuring services are set up correctly and ready to go live, with the ability to make quick corrections when needed.”

“The standard MediaOps.PLAN solution, which can already be deployed in just a few minutes from our DataMiner Catalog, continues to evolve and expand continuously. Furthermore, it is available on a pay-as-you-go basis, making it very accessible and affordable for any type of operation,” added Reinout.

The initial release in the Catalog includes four powerful planning and scheduling applications:

• Scheduling: A smart, unified scheduling system for media operations, ensuring efficient allocation of resources such as media processing devices, network capacity, staff, and production facilities.
• Resource Studio: Dynamic inventory management for technical and operational resources and pools. Users have the flexibility to define resource capabilities and capacities, facilitating automated resource selection.
• Workflow Designer: A user-friendly design environment for building and automating complex media workflows, enabling streamlined operations from production to distribution.
• People & Organizations: A comprehensive module for managing personnel, teams, and external collaborators, ensuring seamless coordination in media operations.

“This is just the beginning,” Reinout further elaborated. “We’re expanding the standard dataminer.MediaOps solution to also cover orchestration, live controls and monitoring, and even costing and billing—ultimately supporting the entire media supply chain. And again, this will demonstrate the tremendous power and potential of the dataminer.MediaOps proposition, as planning and live will seamlessly blend together, unlocking significant operational efficiencies and cost reductions as compared to the typical mash-up of various tools and points solutions in the past. You can come and see us at NAB 2025 in Las Vegas to see some of these exciting and game-changing innovations, including our MCR Cockpit.”

Operate better, faster, and cheaper

Stan Moote, CTO of IABM, called MediaOps “a groundbreaking integration of media and ICT,” highlighting what makes DataMiner unique. The solution seamlessly integrates secure, scalable ICT with expert media technology and workflow automation, ushering in a new era of better, faster, and cheaper operations across all operational domains, from scheduling to media distribution.

“dataminer.MediaOps creates a better operation by introducing convenience and consistency across users, external users, and event collaborators,” said Thomas Gunkel, Market Director. “The DataMiner Digital Twin—a comprehensive digital representation of the network, services, events, and bookings—provides a shared, real-time view for all users and teams, ensuring seamless collaboration, while our low-code applications let users tailor interfaces to their individual needs, optimizing convenience and usability. Automating network and operational workflows results in faster operations, but also reduces repetitive manual tasks, making the overall operation cheaper and less prone to errors.”

A groundbreaking integration of media and ICT Stan Moote, CTO of IABM

“Media operations are under constant pressure to deliver better quality, adapt to changing business requirements faster, and reduce costs. dataminer.MediaOps is the perfect solution to meet these challenges, offering a platform that strikes the ideal balance between vendor-specific point tools and the need to build everything in-house,” said Ben Vandenberghe, CEO at Skyline Communications. “DataMiner provides a wealth of out-of-the-box media operations tools, such as scheduling and resource management, while also offering the flexibility that DevOps teams require. We deliver the platform that offers hands-down the best ROI for media companies.”

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