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Overview

DigiCaster is DigiCAP’s flagship all-in-one transport solution for ATSC 3.0 and TV 3.0. By integrating media signaling, transport, scheduling, and transmission into a single software-based system, it streamlines operations and reduces OPEX. Its flexible, hybrid-ready architecture makes it ideal for modern broadcast environments. More than 50% of U.S. broadcasters trust this system. For ATSC 3.0 stations, DigiCaster is the industry standard, now fully optimized for Brazil’s emerging TV 3.0 ecosystem.

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Key Features

DigiCaster is a unified ATSC 3.0 transport platform with features like:

  • Standards-compliant with ATSC 3.0 and TV 3.0
  • Cloud-native deployment
  • Support for broadcast-enabled streaming TV and SSAI integration
  • Static or floating software licenses
  • RESTful APIs, Prometheus metrics, and web dashboards

Why DigiCaster?

DigiCaster’s cloud-ready, simpler architecture means faster deployments, lower operating costs, and native support for immersive video (VVC), MPEG-H audio, and interactive apps.

  • Single intuitive web dashboard
  • Automation of broadcaster tasks
  • Guided workflows and built-in validation
  • Information-rich configuration giving full visibility
  • Redundancy-ready and integrates seamlessly with DigiCaster-R for STL failover
  • Unified ATSC 3.0 transport solution without silos or complexity

Specifications

Standards

ATSC 3.0 A/321, A/322, A/324, A/331, A/332, A/344, A/360; ABNT NBR 25601/25602/
25607/25608.

Deployment

Bare-metal, VMs, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP.

Monitoring

Prometheus metrics, REST APIs, and Web dashboards.

Transmission

STLTP, LDM, MIMO, FEC encoding (SMPTE 2022-1).

Redundancy

Full integration with DigiCaster-R.

Architecture

Core Platform Capabilities

  • Media subsystem: IHandles multiplexing of video/audio/captions, ROUTE/MMTP transport, signalling (LLS/SLS), and EPG-to-ESG.
  • Scheduler subsystem: Constructs ALP packets and baseband frames, manages STLTP output with NTP/PTP sync, and supports advanced modes.
  • Unified control plane: Operators manage both subsystems via a single intuitive web UI/dashboard.
  • Automation & monitoring: Full REST APIs, prometheus-based metrics, role-based access, and real-time alarms.
  • Inputs: ROUTE/MMT/WebDAV, multicast/unicast IP, ALPTP, DSTP.
  • Outputs: ROUTE/MMTP streams, STLTP, DSTP.
  • Compression: ROHC-U IP compression for efficiency.
  • Formats: Supports NRT APIs for datacasting.