Centra Gateway Video Distribution Platform

Centra Gateway is you comprehensive video streaming network management and monitoring solution for all you video streams. Deployable with Zixi, SRT, RIST, RTMP, HLS and other transport protocols Centra Gateway is the core functionality of Sencore’s new Centra software platform, namely, the reception, transmission and conversion of internet protocols for optimized distribution of video. Protocols supported will include RIST, SRT, Zixi, and HLS, along with MPEG over IP. With the aim to take advantage of the benefits associated with RIST and SRT protocols in terms of reliability, low latency, packet-drop compensation and forward error correction.

Centra Gateway has the capability to monitor and analyze the entire network which provide insight into every mile of video transport, flagging a significant range of potential error types, as well as providing historical analytics for more strategic assessment of network performance over time. Through monitoring by exception Centra will notify and provide users with a streamlined path to rectification, linking to the correct department, site, engineer or solution required.

Thanks to the latest software and API tools, Centra Gateway is fully scalable to the needs of the broadcaster, at a range of bitrates depending on the appliance model or the capacity of the cloud platform selected. Future iterations of the Centra platform will integrate an increasing number of third-party devices, protocols and services through REST API, acting as a single point of coordination through which broadcasters can access all of the components needed for effective, efficient network management.