MK.IO Beam

Overview Specifications Pricing
Contribution Reception Headends

Input

Baseband input

12G/3G/HD/SD-SDI

SDI over IP (SMPTE ST 2022-6)

SMPTE ST 2110 with NMOS IS-04, IS-05t

Output

Formats
SPTS, MPTS
Protocols
IP, UDP, RTP, RTMP/RTMPS, ASI
Reliable transport
SRT, RIST, Zixi
Satellite modulation
DVB-S, DVB-DSNG, DVB-S2, DVBS2X

Content security

Encryption
BISS Mode 1 & E, BISS CA, Fixed key 128/256 AES

Video encoding

Video codecs
HEVC, H.264, MPEG-2, JPEG-XS
Chroma & bit depth
4:2:2 10-bit / 8-bit
4:2:0 8-bit (10-bit UHD)
Resolutions
480i (SD), up to 2160p (UHD)
Framerates
23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94

Audio encoding

Audio codecs
MPEG-1 Layer-II, AAC, HE-AAC v1&v2(1), HE-AAC 5.1, Dolby Digital® (AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1, Dolby Digital Plus® (E-AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1
Audio channels
Up to 8 stereo pairs per service
Passthrough
Linear PCM, Dolby E®, Dolby Digital®, Dolby Digital Plus®
Data rate
From 4.75 kbps to 320 kbps (from 64 to 1024 kbps for DD+)

Metadata

Subtitles
Passthrough and translation for EIA-608/CEA-608 and EIA-708/CEA-708 Closed Captions, SCTE-20, DVB Teletext, DVB Subtitles, SCTE-27

Monitoring & control

Cloud control
MK.IO
Interface
Web interface or REST API
Standard protocols
SNMP, NTP, IGMP
  1. MPEG Extended HE-AAC audio software licensed from Fraunhofer IIS.

Input

Compressed input

IP inputs with IGMPv3-based redundancy, dual multicast redundancy

Pro-MPEG FEC, SRT

RTMP, MPEG-2 TS

Satellite
Demodulation: DVB-S, DVB-DSNG, DVB-S2, DVB-S2X

Video decoding

Video codecs
HEVC, H.264, MPEG-2, JPEG-XS
Chroma & bit depth
4:2:0, 4:2:2, 10-bit / 8-bit
Transcoding
MPEG-2/H.264/HEVC 4:2:0 to MPEG-2/H.264/HEVC 4:2:0
HD to SD downconversion
Resolutions
480i (SD), up to 2160p (UHD)
Framerates
23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94

Audio decoding

Audio codecs

MPEG-1 Layer-II, AAC, HE-AAC v1&v2(1), HE-AAC 5.1

Dolby Digital® (AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1, Dolby Digital Plus® (E-AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1

Audio channels
Up to 8 stereo pairs per service
Passthrough
Linear PCM, Dolby E®, Dolby Digital®, Dolby Digital Plus®

Compressed output

Format
SPTS, MPTS
Reliable transport
SRT caller/listener mode, RIST sender/listener mode, Zixi sender/receiver mode
Protocols
IP, UDP, RTP, RTMP/RTMPS, ASI
Line rate
Up to 25GbE

Uncompressed output

Baseband over IP

SMPTE ST 2110 with NMOS IS-04, 05 and PTP

SDI over IP (SMPTE ST 2022-6)

SDI
Up to 8xHD-SDI or 8x3G-SDI or 1x12G-SDI
Connector
BNC (F) 75 ohms

Metadata

Subtitles
Passthrough and translation for EIA 608/708 Closed Captions, SCTE-20, DVB Teletext, DVB Subtitles, SCTE-27

Content replacement

Ad insertion
Ingested MPEG-TS stored locally (max. 90m)
Scheduled based on SCTE-35
Out-of-band fallback

Content security

Decryption
BISS Mode 1 & E, BISS CA, Fixed key 128/256 AES
Common interface
All major CAMs supported

Monitoring & control

Cloud control
MK.IO
Interface
Web interface or REST API
Standard protocols
SNMP, NTP, IGMP
  1. MPEG Extended HE-AAC audio software licensed from Fraunhofer IIS.

Input

Compressed input

IP inputs with IGMPv3-based redundancy, dual multicast redundancy

Pro-MPEG FEC, SRT

RTMP, MPEG-2 TS

Baseband input

3G/HD/SD-SDI

SDI over IP (SMPTE ST 2022-6)

SMPTE ST 2110 with NMOS IS-04, IS-05

Video encoding

Video codecs
HEVC, H.264, MPEG-2
HDR compatibility
HDR10, HLG10, PQ10, and Dolby Vision 8.1 & 5.0
Rate control
CBR, VBR, and CVQ
Data rate
100 kbps to 60 Mbps

Audio encoding

Audio codecs

MPEG-1 Layer-II, AAC, HE-AAC v1 & v2(1), HE-AAC 5.1

Dolby Digital® (AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1, Dolby Digital Plus® (E-AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1

Audio channels
Up to 8 stereo pairs per service
Passthrough
MPEG 1 LII, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3)
Data rates
From 4.75 kbps to 320 kbps (from 64 to 1024 kbps for DD+)
Processing
Loudness control

Metadata and ad insertion

Subtitles
Passthrough and translation for EIA 608/708 Closed Captions, SCTE-20, DVB Teletext, DVB Subtitles, SCTE-27, and ARIB B24
Streaming subtitles
WebVTT for HLS, DFXP for HSS, WebVTT or SMPTE-TT for DASH
Ad insertion
EBIF/EISS/AIT, SCTE-35 passthrough
Nielsen
Watermark extraction for multi-screen devices

Broadcast output

Formats
SPTS, MPTS
Protocol
IP, ASI
Multiplexing
Full remuxing with SI/PSI generation, HbbTV, terrestrial
Encryption
DVB-CSA, BISS CA, AES, Director

Streaming output

Streaming

Apple HTTP Live Streaming (over CMAF or TS), Microsoft Smooth Streaming, DASH

Low-latency chunking

RTMP

Multi-audio
Multiple audio streams per output for HLS, Smooth Streaming, and DASH
Content protection

Microsoft PlayReady DRM for HLS/TS, Smooth Streaming, and DASH

Apple Segment for HLS/TS, FairPlay for HLS/TS and HLS/CMAF

Adobe Primetime Access

Widevine, PlayReady, and Marlin for DASH

Content publishing
Pull scenarios in just-in-time packaging and publishing to local storage or to WebDAV servers
CDN integration

Interface with leading CDNs

Certified with Akamai MSL 4 for HLS and DASH

Monitoring & control

Cloud control
MK.IO
Interface
Web interface or REST API
Standard protocols
SNMP, NTP, IGMP
  1. MPEG Extended HE-AAC audio software licensed from Fraunhofer IIS.