# Beam for reception

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## Highly adaptable cloud-connected professional receiver

Beam for reception is engineered to meet the evolving demands of processing at the edge of your network, delivering high-quality video and audio decode with maximum efficiency. Its flexible architecture allows for seamless integration into existing workflows, providing a future-proof solution for content turnaround and distribution.

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## Tech specs

- **Compressed input:** IP inputs with IGMPv3-based redundancy, dual multicast redundancy, Pro-MPEG FEC, SRT.
- **Audio decoding:** RTMP, MPEG-2 TS
- **Satellite Demodulation:** DVB-S, DVB-DSNG, DVB-S2, DVB-S2X
- **Video DEcoding:** Chroma & bit depth 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 10-bit / 8-bit
- **Audio codecs:** MP1 L2, AAC, AAC 5.1, HE-AAC v1 & v2, HE-AAC 5.1, Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 & 5.1, Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) 2.0 & 5.1
- **Resolutions:** 480i (SD), up to 2160p (UHD)
- **Audio channels:** Up to 8 stereo pairs per service
- **Framerates:** 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94
- **Transcoding:** MPEG-2/H.264/HEVC to MPEG-2/H.264/HEVC
- **Monitoring & Control:** Conversion HDR to SDR, UHD to HD, HD to HD (1080p to 1080i and 1080p to 720i), HD to SD
- **Passthrough:** Linear PCM, Dolby E, Dolby ED2, DD, DD +
- **Compressed Output:** 
  - Cloud control MK.IO
  - Interface: Web interface or REST API
  - Format: SPTS, MPTS
  - Protocols: IP, UDP, RTP, RTMP/RTMPS, ASI
  - Reliable transport: SRT caller/listener mode, RIST sender/listener mode, Zixi sender/receiver
  - Line rate: Up to 25GbE
  - Standard protocols: SNMP, NTP, IGMP
- **Uncompressed output:** 
  - Baseband over IP SMPTE ST 2110 with NMOS IS-04, 05 and PTP, SDI over IP (SMPTE ST 2022-6)
  - SDI: Up to 8 x HD-SDI or 8 x3G-SDI or 1 x 12G-SDI
  - Connector: BNC (F) 75 ohms
  - Subtitles: Passthrough and translation for EIA 608/708 Closed Captions, SCTE-20, DVB Teletext, DVB Subtitles, SCTE-27

## Content replacement

- **Ad insertion:** Ingested MPEG-TS stored locally, scheduled based on SCTE-35, Out-of-band fallback

## Content security

- **Decryption:** BISS Mode 1 & E, BISS CA, Fixed key 128/256 AES, Director v6
- **Common interface:** All major CAMs supported

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## Commercial

MK.IO Beam is charged on-demand, per channel to align with your distribution consumption.

### Perpetual

|                          |        |
|--------------------------|--------|
|                          |        |
|                          | $3,400 |
| Adds UHD and JPEG-XS    | $7,200 |
|                          |        |

### Pay as you go

|                          | Per channel rate |        |
|--------------------------|------------------|--------|
| Decode                   | $91 /month      | $3.80 /hour |
|                          | +                | +      |
| Standard transcode       | $124 /month     | $5.14 /hour |
| Premium transcode        | Adds UHD and JPEG-XS | $260 /month | $10.96 /hour |

Pricing valid until 06/30/2026

## Dimensioning

MK.IO Beam runs on certified COTS servers or on servers provided by MediaKind.

### A-SERIES
| Form factor | Economical, low |        |        |
|-------------|-----------------|--------|--------|
| 2           | 2               |        |        |
| 2           | 2               |        |        |
| - X        | 2               | 2      |        |

### E-SERIES
Standard form factor, high density, high I/O
| AV          | 2               | 2      | 2      | 2      |       |
|-------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------|
| - X        | 2               | 2      |        |        |       |

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## HARDWARE support

### Beam Hardware
For Beam deployments on Beam hardware.

- Hardware repair services
- MediaKind remote diagnostics
- Coverage includes Beam hardware and I/O cards (not software)

## Software support

### Beam Base
- Access to ticketing system

### Beam Enhanced
Everything in Beam Base and:
- Reactive support services with service-level agreement (SLA) and service credits
- Access to latest software releases
- Technical support ops available on chargeable basis

### Beam Premier
Everything in Beam Enhanced and:
- Assigned customer success manager
- Dedicated Slack channel
- 5 hours per month of technical ops support
- Additional technical support ops hours at discounted rate

## SLA response times
| Severity          | Response           | Remedy                |
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
| 1 – Critical      | 30 min             |                       |
| 2 – Major         | 8 hours            |                       |
| 3 – Minor         | Restore 1 hour     | 16 business hours      |
| 4 – Technical query| 12 business hours  | Date shared within 10  |

## Cold spares
Customers are encouraged to purchase cold spares :
- Ideal for mission-critical environments
- Beam software entitlements are easily transferred to spare units
- Beam licences tied to MK.IO account for seamless reallocation