Planetcast Media Services

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks’ (SPN) digital platform, SonyLIV has extended its OTT partnership for its sports section with Planetcast Media Services, the Mumbai-based company that specialises in digital broadcast technologies globally.

As part of the agreement, Planetcast’s hi-tech and intelligent publishing and feed management platform will help SonyLIV receive around 30 feeds, which can then be converted into in-house formats before they can be published in the HLS (HTTP live streaming) format, which is DRM (digital rights management) enabled.

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