Digital Rapids Corporation is a privately held technology company headquartered in

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that produces hardware and

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for the

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industry. Founded in 2001, Digital Rapids develops systems and

for media ingest, multi-screen

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, and

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. Media and entertainment companies using Digital Rapids products include Deluxe,

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, the Miami Heat

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team, NBC Universal,

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and

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. A variety of customers in

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, corporate and worship markets also use Digital Rapids products. On April 7, 2014, Digital Rapids was acquired by Imagine Communications.

Products

StreamZ & StreamZHD

StreamZ & StreamZHD are standard-definition and high-definition ingest and encoding systems supporting video ingest from live and pre-recorded sources, and real-time output in multiple formats to live streams or archive files.

Transcode Manager

Transcode Manager is enterprise-class

that automates the process of transforming large volumes of

files from one

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to another.

StreamZ Live

StreamZ Live is a

system for live-to-live applications, such as streaming live events or programs to

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, and mobile platforms.

Broadcast Manager

Broadcast Manager is enterprise-class

that controls and automates the multiple output streams of Digital Rapids encoders.

TouchStream

TouchStream is a portable streaming encoder for live video sources with a 7-inch touch-interface display.

Kayak

Kayak is a workflow management system and automation platform and the underlying technology platform for recent versions of other Digital Rapids products.

Flux

Flux is a series of PCI-Express video capture and

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cards that can be integrated into

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computers.

Awards

*''Streaming Media'' magazine, Readersí Choice Awards (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) *''CSI'' magazine, CSI Awards (2010 ìBest Web TV Technology or Serviceî, 2012 ìBest Workflow/Asset management/Automation Solutionî) * Deluxe Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, 2012 *''TV Technology Europe'' magazine, Superior Technology (STAR) Awards (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) *''TVBEurope'' magazine, ìBest of IBC Editorís Awardî (2008, 2009, 2011) *''INTERNET TELEPHONY'' magazine, Product of the Year Award, 2010 * Frost & Sullivan Market Share Leadership Award and Hot Company Watchlist, 2009, ìBroadband Transcoding Marketî *

IBC IBC is an initialism that can stand for: Broadcasting *Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 13, Philippines * International Beacon Project, Worldwide network of radio propagation beacons *International Broadcast Centre *International ...

Innovation Award, 2008 *''Broadcast Engineering'' magazine Pick Hit Award, 2008 * Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement and Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Awards, 2008, ìWorld Video Encoders and Transcoders Marketî *''

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'' Magazine, PROFIT 100 Canadaís Fastest-Growing Companies, 2007

References

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External links

Digital Rapids Corporation's official website
Software companies of Canada Companies established in 2001 Software companies established in 2001 Companies based in Markham, Ontario