Broadcast
Encoding and Broadcasting Solution
Cygnus is an audio/video encoding and broadcasting solution designed for professional environments. It allows real-time encoding, multiplex creation, and live streaming, with redundancy and automatic failover mechanisms to ensure service continuity. Compatible with a wide range of signals and easily integrable via SNMP and Rest API, Cygnus ensures optimal management of incoming and outgoing streams. It also enables distribution to social networks and live program creation, meeting the needs of broadcasting and cable television professionals.
A versatile solution
Cygnus is a solution that can be used in various ways:
Studio Encoder: Studio (radio or television) encoding for broadcasting and/or recording. | |
Cable Television: Creating television services for distribution on an internal cable television network. | |
Program Production: Dressing and switching between different sources for live program production for social networks. | |
24/7 Live Streaming: Live streaming on social networks. Linking with the program schedule allows automatic source switching based on the studio on air. | |
Contribution Multiplex: Creating program bundles for broadcast distributors. |
Simplified Integration
Cygnus stands out for its ease of integration within your infrastructure.
Wide Range of Signals: SDI, ASI, DVB-S2/T2/C2, TSoIP, SRT, AES, MADI… Cygnus can acquire and distribute numerous protocols and codecs. | |
Integration with Third-Party Systems: SNMP, Rest API, …: Cygnus is fully controllable and monitorable. | |
Dense: Supports interfaces with a large number of inputs/outputs and hardware acceleration cards. | |
Ease of Deployment: Depending on your needs, Cygnus can be installed on-site or in the cloud. |
Program Creation
In addition to its encoding and multiplexing functions, Cygnus offers tools for program creation and live production, making it an ideal solution for broadcasting on social networks or cable television.
Production: Cygnus allows for continuous broadcasting by switching between different incoming signals. This switching can be done manually through a simplified interface, automatically using a scheduler, or controlled by a third-party system. | |
PAD Distribution: Broadcasting recorded videos or creating slideshows from still images. |
Broadcasting
Cygnus is designed to meet diverse live broadcasting needs, whether for television, social networks, or cable television infrastructures.
Broadcast: H.264/HEVC encoding, MPEG-2 multiplexing, support for various codecs and protocols like SRT for resilient and secure streaming. Supports DVB-S2/T2/C2 modulations. | |
Social Networks: Simplified distribution to platforms like YouTube, Facebook, or any RTMP(s) or HLS-compatible service. | |
Cable Television: TSoIP or modulated distribution for direct integration with cable television networks. |
Robustness
The encoding and multiplexing stage is a crucial step in the broadcasting chain, where failure has an immediate impact on program distribution. That’s why the solution includes advanced mechanisms to ensure service continuity in case of incidents or hardware failures.
Cluster Architecture: Cygnus allows for the creation of server clusters, simplifying the administration of systems handling numerous input and output streams. This architecture includes automatic workload distribution (load balancing) and N+m redundancy. In case of a server failure, the remaining workload is automatically redistributed to operational servers, ensuring service continuity. | |
Input Redundancy: In case of a primary input failure, the system automatically switches to the backup input. Multiple switchover strategies are available. |
References

Creation of radio contribution multiplexes
MADI signals
24 MP1L2/AAC outputs, 131 services.
Automatic PMT switching according to the program schedule.
Customized supervision interface
1+1 redundancy

Studio encoding, social network distribution
SDI, MADI, AES signals
Automatic signal switching according to the program schedule.
+100 MP1L2, AAC, H.264 services
Customized supervision interface
N+1 redundancy

Studio encoding
SDI signals
16 H.264/AAC services.
Two 1+1 systems

SDI, DVB-S, TSoIP signals
Social Network Distribution
1+1 redundancy
Interfaces
Cygnus - Broadcasting Interface

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