Tenders Are Invited For Communication And Multimedia Software Package

Communication And Multimedia Software PackageVle Media Delivery Solution Rfi Proc Pin 2020Description The Open University Ou Is Looking To Develop A Long Term Relationship With A Supplier That Will Address Hygiene Factors Surrounding The Delivery Of Media Over The Internet And Also Provide Best Of Breed Pedagogical Innovation The Emphasis Is On Integration With Our Existing Vle And The Possibility To Integrate With Our Future Archiving Solutions Potentially Storage Services Using Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure It Is Crucial That The Media Player Is Fully Accessible And Also Operable Across Major Desktop Tablet Mobile And Smart Tv Platforms We Have Identified The Following Core High Level Functional Requirements Solution Must Be Able To Store And Deliver High Quality Video And Audio To Ou Moodle Vle Users Solution Must Be Able To Support Adaptive Bitrate Streaming And Allow Users To Automatically Consume Different Media Asset Qualities Based On Their Platform Network Device Capabilities Solution Must Support Download Of Media Files For Offline User Consumption Media Should Only Be Viewable By Those With Appropriate Permissions Solution Must Be Able To Be Integrated With The Ou Bespoke Xml Based Content Publication System Solution Should Offer A Html5 Based Media Player Solution Should Offer Innovative Media Delivery Features Suitable For Use In An Educational Context E G Such As Chapter Markers In Video Annotations Quizzing Video Branching Etc Media Consumption Through The Media Player Should Be Fully Accessible To All And Solution Should Comply With All Local Uk LegislationSolution Should Offer Support For Detailed Data Analysis Of User Interactions Analytic Data Storage And Manipulation To Be Appropriately Legally Compliant Media Management Should Be Restricted By Permissions Management Within The Ou EnvironmentSolution Should Support Automated Workflow With Appropriate Notifications And Task Management From Master File Ingestion To Appropriately Encoding And Packaging Media For Delivery To Consumers And Eventual Archiving Solution Should Provide Simple Audio Video Editing Capabilities Solution Should Be Able To Be Integrated With Third Party Subtitle Transcript Providers The Solution Must Offer The Capability To Integrate Using Industry Standard Approaches With Other Parts Of The Ou Digital Estate The Following Non Functional Requirements Have Been Identified Student Facing Media Delivery Should Have 24X7 Availability Most Of The Assets Are Stored At 2 Resolutions 320X176 Average Size Of 10 Min Video With Encoding System Currently Employed 44 3 Mb 640X360 Average Size Of 10 Min Video With Encoding System Currently Employed 54 1 Mb Currently Our Vle Holds Approximately 18 500 Unique Video Assets At A Mean Size Of Approximately 39 MbFor Our Formal Fee Paying Learning Systems That Are Accessible By Approx 200 000 Students And Staff In May 2017 There Were 300 000 Views Of 6 400 Videos By 23 000 Unique Users As Video Usage Is Increasing Year On Year It Would Be Reasonable To Expect In Excess Of 4 500 000 Views In 2020 For Our Formal Fee Paying Learning Systems It Has Been Estimated That Peak Downloads In A Minute Is Less Than 150 Our Informal Free Public Access Learning System Openlearn Has A More Complicated User Profile Due To Its Public Nature The Usage Profile Will Be Highly Irregular Visitor Numbers Will Spike With A High Concurrent User Access For A Period After Transmission Of Bbc Ou Co Produced Programmes Initially Only 20 30 Staff Would Be Expected To Have The Ability To Upload Media Into The System For Processing Delivery Information Security Should Comply With Iso 27001 Gdpr And Support Requirements Such As Anti Malware Anti Virus Checking Of Uploads

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