Starfish Secures European and US Patents Within TS Splicer

Starfish is bags patents that cover a number of techniques that allow the TS splicer to offer clean switching of encoded streams across different modes of operation.

FREMONT, CA: Starfish Technologies, a leading provider of transport stream processing and advertising insertion solutions, secures European and US patents that cover a range of techniques employed within its TS splicer product. The TS Splicer is a software-based solution for clean switching of encoded transport streams and is leveraged for media switching and content replacement for advertising insertion and slating. 

 Starfish is incredibly proud to bag patents that cover a number of techniques that were invented by its engineering team. The benefits of these techniques allow the TS splicer to offer clean switching of encoded streams across different modes of operation. Its customers have long recognized the benefits in the performance of its product, and the company is delighted that this intellectual property is now formally protected.

The International patent granted TS Splicer is a software-based product that splices multiple Transport Streams – frame accurately. It comprises the capabilities of decoding SCTE 35 opt-out signaling, media storage, and splicing, to provide a complete media insertion system. The TS Splicer is available as a standalone product or can be integrated with Starfish playlist and media management products to develop a completely automated Ad insertion or media replacement system. It has applications in traditional broadcast, IPTV, satellite and cable TV systems.

Starfish Technologies has an excellent reputation for meeting international broadcasters' expectations with innovative products and systems. It has a proven track record in service and has been implemented by an impressive list of international customers. Starfish has also developed a wide range of in-house expertise in technologies including Transport Stream splicing, Transport Stream processing, Multi-platform delivery, Opt-out encoding/decoding, Video Encoding and Transcoding, Compliance recording and Audio Description. With this broad software expertise and systems design experience, the company is ideally suited to build automated systems for media suppliers across a wide range of applications.