synthisHorizon

Content operations, intelligently run

The AI operating platform for content operations

Two cloud-native platforms — Horizon for the media supply chain and Horizon Live for live production — unified with the workflows, AI and enterprise systems that surround them, and delivered with the integration work that makes them operational.

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The platforms

Two platforms, one operating layer

Horizon runs the media supply chain. Horizon Live runs the show. Both sit on the same metadata model, so live output moves into versioning and delivery without a handoff.

Media supply chain

Synthis Horizon

Manage, package and deliver video content to any endpoint from one cloud-native pipeline — without re-rendering a master for every version.

Capabilities

  • Frame-level deduplication across localised and compliance versions
  • IMF-native versioning built from composition playlists
  • Cloud-native parallel transcoding — a feature title in about two minutes
  • 100+ prebuilt delivery package templates
  • Automated file QC with Netflix Photon and Interra Baton
  • Forensic watermarking applied in-pipeline
  • Five role-based dashboards and an end-to-end analytics warehouse
  • GraphQL API across every platform object

Up to 70% smaller storage footprint · 100+ delivery templates

All Synthis Horizon capabilities

Live production

Synthis Horizon Live

Replace the hardware truck and the switcher with cloud-native production, so a distributed crew can cut a live multi-camera show from anywhere.

Capabilities

  • Live proxy vision mixing with synchronised proxy-to-master timing
  • 70+ frame-synchronised cameras in a single production
  • Time-addressable replay straight from cloud object storage
  • Remote and distributed galleries with no venue hardware
  • Parallel curations for broadcast, YouTube, Twitch and TikTok
  • Productions that spin up in seconds from automated workflows
  • Public API across editing actions, camera cuts and graphics
  • Direct handoff into the Horizon supply chain

Over 50% saving per production hour · 70+ synchronised cameras

All Synthis Horizon Live capabilities

Performance figures shown here and on the platform pages are published benchmarks for the underlying platform technology, measured across production deployments. They are not results from Synthis engagements and are not a performance commitment for any particular catalogue or production.

Capability index

What the platforms actually do

The operational surface at a glance, from arrival through delivery, live production and reporting.

Ingest & organise

  • Native-format ingest with automatic metadata extraction
  • Caption and subtitle extraction on arrival
  • No-code title hierarchies and custom metadata
  • Virtual folders, tags and placeholder titles

Process & version

  • Distributed parallel transcoding
  • Frame-level deduplication and duplicate detection
  • IMF and IMP native support
  • Incremental versioning for edits and localisations

Package & deliver

  • Flat, IMF, iTunes, Apple Avails, Amazon MMC and MEC
  • S3 copy, Aspera, Netflix Backlot, Apple Transporter
  • RSS/MRSS feeds, FTP and SFTP
  • On-demand package generation per endpoint

Produce live

  • IP camera contribution, 70+ synchronised feeds
  • Proxy vision mixing from anywhere
  • Time-addressable replay and in-show highlights
  • Simultaneous broadcast and social delivery

Control & assure

  • Automated file QC and third-party delivery QC
  • Forensic watermarking during processing
  • Rule-driven storage tiering
  • TPN-assessed AWS infrastructure

See & integrate

  • Executive, IMF, Media Services, Ingest and QC dashboards
  • Analytics warehouse across the whole supply chain
  • GraphQL API, workflow events and webhooks
  • Adobe Premiere Pro panel and proxy workflows
Who Horizon serves

Built for the teams who run the content

Horizon starts with business functions, not industries — every team responsible for creating, managing, governing and delivering content.

  • Studio Operations
  • Media Operations
  • Content Supply Chain
  • Distribution
  • Production
  • Live & Sports
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Marketing
  • Creative
  • Brand
  • Advertising
  • Corporate Communications
  • Learning & Development
  • Sales Enablement
Why Horizon

Six pillars of an intelligent operating layer

The principles that make Horizon an operating platform rather than another tool in the stack.

AI-Native

Copilots and autonomous agents are embedded in every stage of the lifecycle, not bolted on afterwards.

Unified Operations

People, content, workflows and enterprise systems operate on a single intelligent layer.

Workflow Intelligence

Orchestrate intake, review, approval, publishing and distribution across teams and rules.

Enterprise Ready

Governance, permissions, retention, audit trails and rights management built into the core.

Open Ecosystem

Open APIs, events, webhooks, connectors and an SDK that integrate with what you already run.

Built for Scale

One operating platform across every function, region and content volume your organization carries.

The content operations challenge

Disconnected work, delayed outcomes

Most organizations run content across disconnected teams, disparate tools and manual handoffs. Horizon replaces that sprawl with one intelligent operating platform.

Today

  • Disconnected teams
  • Disparate tools
  • Manual handoffs
  • Delayed outcomes

With Horizon

  • One unified experience
  • AI embedded in every stage
  • Orchestrated workflows
  • Measurable performance
Platform architecture

Built for intelligence, designed for operations

Seven layers, from the people using the platform down to the business systems it connects.

  1. Users

    People across your organization

    Every role. Every team. One unified experience.

  2. AI Copilots

    Your intelligent assistants

    Embedded guidance that helps users work smarter, faster.

  3. AI Agents

    Autonomous agents that act on your behalf

    Specialized agents that execute, decide and continuously optimize.

  4. Workflow Orchestration

    Intelligent automation across processes

    Orchestrate complex workflows across teams, systems and rules.

  5. Content Intelligence

    Understand, enrich and connect your content

    Unified metadata, search, taxonomy and knowledge graph at the core.

  6. Enterprise Integrations

    Connect everything seamlessly

    Open APIs and connectors that integrate with your entire ecosystem.

  7. Business Systems

    Your systems. Your data.

    ERP, DAM, CRM, HR, finance, storage and more.

Business outcomes

What changes when operations get intelligent

Not feature bullets — the operating results teams measure after Horizon becomes the layer everything runs on.

  1. Accelerate campaign delivery

  2. Improve creative collaboration

  3. Reduce operational costs

  4. Increase asset reuse

  5. Improve governance

  6. Eliminate manual work

  7. Increase visibility

  8. Prepare for AI

Implementation

The licence is not the operation

Workflow design, systems integration, automation, training and managed services — the work that turns a platform into a running pipeline.

Synthis implements both platforms directly: mapping the current pipeline, designing the target state, integrating it with rights, scheduling, MAM and finance systems, and operating it alongside your team for as long as that is useful.

Implementation & services
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