US House taps Elemental for video processing


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Michelle Clancy

| 31 October 2015





The US House of Representatives is using Elemental video processing.


The technology supports live streams, video-on-demand (VOD) assets and archival recordings of all House committee and sub-committee sessions in an effort to make these governmental activities more transparent for US citizens.

“We are now able to reliably offer Americans uninterrupted viewing of proceedings with the high quality they expect,” said Todd Redlin, senior engineer, broadcast specialist for the US House of Representatives. “Space-saving, energy-efficient video processing solutions from Elemental are easy to use, and streamline video operations so our engineers can be deployed more effectively.”

The US House, including all 20 House committees and sub-committees, uses Elemental Live and Elemental Conductor to stream and record proceedings for video delivery to YouTube, where constituents may watch hearings in real time or view at a later date on demand. In addition, two separate video archives are created simultaneously for the congressional content. One is stored in a local archive, and the second is officially preserved by the Library of Congress as a record of national history. The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress.

“We are proud to support the US House of Representatives as they embrace efforts to enhance governmental transparency,” said Dan Marshall, SVP of worldwide sales for Elemental.

“Elemental software-defined video solutions enable insightful coverage of the country’s highest proceedings to the US public.”