Case Study: Cadent Network achieves 13x media throughput and 12x faster turnaround with Telestream Vantage

Cadent Accelerates Media Processing of National Spots for Cross-Platform Distribution using Vantage

Cadent is a leading media, advertising technology and data solutions provider for the pay-TV industry, serving a footprint of over 140 million households. Facing an exponential increase in short-form spot deliveries to its network operations center and hard broadcast deadlines, Cadent needed to replace slow, manual tape-based processes with an automated, file-based workflow to keep up with demand and maintain on-time, high-quality deliveries.

Cadent implemented the Telestream Vantage Transcode Pro platform with Lightspeed GPU servers, integrated it with CatDV and a proprietary web portal, and automated end-to-end media processing. The result: throughput grew from about 38,000 to 500,000+ files annually, turnaround for 100 spots dropped from 24 hours to 2 hours, operational efficiencies eliminated the need to add NOC staff, and the company achieved a payback on Vantage/Lightspeed investment in roughly three years.

Cadent Network

Joe Kovach

Vice President of Technical Operations