The cloud-based content distribution and master control solution you’ve been searching for

About Us

Since 2015, PMM has led the charge in leveraging cloud technology to offer a variety of services to broadcasters. PMM was the first, and remains the only cloud-based master control solution in public television. Serving 22 stations and tens of millions of households, our services continue to expand to meet our clients’ needs in a rapidly shifting media environment. Partnering with our clients, PMM is continuing to innovate and provide new services to keep our stations at the forefront of broadcasting technology.

CURRENT SERVICES

Our hybrid-cloud managed service is designed to scale, react to new opportunities, and advance the interests of our broadcast clients. We provide master control services to Public Media stations nationwide and manage two national channels, FNX and WORLD. PMM is a hybrid-cloud solution that puts technology at the station, while allowing them to share access to a cloud repository of managed content. With our partners at Crispin and Myers, we apply automation tools to make the process highly efficient.

Master Control

PMM’s Master Control service allows you to keep control of your on-air product from your station. As a hybrid-cloud service, our master control solution is made up of 3 components, the Network Operations Center (NOC), the PMM Cloud, and the Node at your station.

The PMM NOC is operated 24/7/365 by expert staff ready to support your station. The NOC acquires, runs quality control checks, and preps national content that is stored in the PMM Cloud and ready for your station to air. The NOC monitors the health of your on-air streams and playlists along with the hardware and software that resides at your station.

The PMM Cloud offers a simple web interface that provides access to over 50,000 titles in PMM’s growing archive. The PMM Cloud offers users the ability to search, preview, and download media from its flexible web-based interface. Hosted by Amazon Web Services, the PMM Cloud is backed by AWS’ security, reliability, and high availability.

The PMM Node downloads content from the PMM Cloud as you schedule it, eliminating repetitive and time-consuming tasks at your station. The PMM Node includes playout redundancy and a store-it-forward design to ensure your station stays on the air even if you lose networking connectivity.

Storage

Manage your production and broadcast archive with the PMM Cloud platform. PMM’s managed archive offers stations the ability to manage their media from a single platform, utilizing tools such as transcoding, captioning, and more. Collaborate with internal and external users with live work sessions along with secure file sharing and contribution capabilities.

Content Distribution

Use PMM to grow your audience. PMM’s Cloud platform offers the tools and services to get your content where you want it, when you want it. For example, the PMM Cloud can host your content to be distributed to other stations across the system. And if you are interested in delivering your channel to subscribers, PMM can distribute your stream throughout the country.

The Future..

PMM launched in 2015, and beginning in 2019, we have been working with our partners to build a cloud native distribution platform. Our migration to the cloud aligns well with our strategy to expand the PMM master control service to incorporate Social Media and Digital Publishing within the same platform. The addition of these services will provide stations with a unique view of the overall success and management of their content.

In addition, the transition to ATSC 3.0 promises to provide stations the ability to move to higher bandwidth, 4K content, as well as an ability to offer more channels. Cloud playout gives PMM the ability to operate as a pay-as-you-go platform, allowing stations to experiment with a variety of content and streaming options as well as the flexibility to launch “pop-up channels” that meet your audience’s needs. And with PMM, you can do all of this efficiently, and not be locked into costly hardware environments.

Thank you to the following innovative stations for their support over the past 6+ years:

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Testimonials

“The workflow of every department - traffic, development, production, graphics, accounting, programming, and master control - is smoother than ever with PMM.”

— Windell Wood, Director of Engineering Alabama Public Television

“As a result (of PMM), Maryland Public Television is on target to save approximately $2 million over of the course of  our contract.”

— George Beneman, CTO Maryland Public Television

“The first immediate and obvious benefit of PMM was the improved on-air look, which the new graphics capabilities provided. Not having to make a major investment in automation and archiving equipment also had a very positive impact on our budget. We are looking forward to using cloud storage for most of our local archive needs.”

— Alan Pizzato, President and CEO WYES-TV