Your introduction to DIVA Platform, DIVA solutions, ecosystem, and supported Cloud providers.*
This article introduces the DIVA Platform.
The following topics are covered here:
What is DIVA?
DIVA stands for Data Integrated Video Application. It's an advanced OTT, next-generation video player synchronizing real-time sport and entertainment data with rich interactivity, built around user engagement. DIVA provides users with an immersive experience, bringing fans as close to the action as possible.
Intelligently combining live and video-on-demand (VOD) content with detailed data and statistics, DIVA increases value and helps to promote user engagement. Transforming and enhancing the way audiences consume content through interactivity, DIVA's video player supports live game stats, social media integration, full Digital Video Recorder (DVR) with a visual interactive timeline, virtual reality and 360° videos, alternate audio tracks, subtitles and captioning, video casting, alternate streams, native Picture-in-Picture, commentary, and much more.
DIVA gives fans full control to watch and recap favorite moments in crystal clear quality, providing a unique viewing experience. Consume live synchronized data alongside the action, curate a bespoke highlight reel, easily revisit key moments, then jump straight back into the live action.
Due to DIVA’s extensive feature set, project customizations and business logic will need to be applied. It’s a solution that’s scalable, easy to deploy, and available in multiple configurations.
This article outlines available solutions and breaks down the DIVA ecosystem. Visit our DIVA 5 FAQ article for answers on trending topics.
DIVA solutions
DIVA is available in two solutions; an end-to-end project and a bring your own Online Video Platform (OVP).
Solution 1: End-to-end project
Our DIVA complete solution is managed entirely by Deltatre Project teams who look after the following:
- Video workflow – Deltatre Project teams take care of ingestion, protection, distribution, and monetization.
- Back Office – Deltatre operators control live video assets and are responsible for video-on-demand (VOD) encoding.
- Video Player – Deltatre operators configure player features and behavior.
Solution 2: Bring your own Online Video Platform (OVP)
The new DIVA 5 solution is a streamlined, modern, API-based player SDK for new and existing clients. DIVA 5 decouples DIVA Player from DIVA Back Office enabling clients to integrate with their own choice of Online Video Platform (OVP). We've made the process of integration and configuration easier and more intuitive for client developers and operators:
- Video workflow – clients plug in their own OVP and video workflows.
- Back Office – client/Deltatre operators control live video assets.
- Video Player – client/Deltatre developers configure Player features and behavior.
Read our DIVA 5 solution article for more information on our new offering. For technical documentation, including SDKs and APIs, visit our DIVA developer hub.
Solution 2 benefits include:
- Simpler SDK integration, configuration, and setup with clients’ existing technology stack.
- Leverage the best of the DIVA API-based Player integrated with any existing video workflow.
- Significantly reduces effort-to-market and client integration costs.
DIVA Platform ecosystem
DIVA is made up of three key components, DIVA Workflow, DIVA Back Office, and DIVA Video Player.
DIVA Workflow
DIVA Workflow provides an end-to-end video playback solution. This is the initial stage for each project and is managed by Deltatre Project teams who work closely with clients and their specific needs. Read our DIVA Back Office article to view an example of a typical DIVA Back Office workflow setup.
DIVA Back Office
DIVA Back Office is a video Content Management System (CMS) offering three main services:
- Video CMS - create and manage your own full live and VOD video catalog.
- LiveToVod transition - DIVA Back Office provides the orchestration of the LiveToVod workflow at the end of a live session.
- Data integration - integrate data into a video stream such as timeline markers, chapters, and commentary into DIVA Back Office.
DIVA Video Player
DIVA Player is the front-end video player supporting video, data, and rich user interactivity. Providing Playback features, Content discovery, Synchronization features, Integrations, Content protection, and Advertisements, key features include real-time data visualization, interactive timeline, synchronized data overlays, fan engagement features, monetization support, multi-camera viewing, and 360° videos.
DIVA's video player is a fully customizable embeddable component distributed as a client-side SDK for various platforms, including Android, iOS, iPadOS, web, AndroidTV, WebTV, tvOS, and Roku. The video player sits inside applications and is launched upon a video stream selection. DIVA's unique interface takes control of the screen from the launch point, where video features are accessed.
Visit our DIVA Player section for more information.
Supported Cloud providers
DIVA 5 clients are no longer bound by a single Cloud provider. Choose between deploying with Amazon Web Services (AWS), an infrastructure and hosting partner (supported from June '22), or Azure Media Services (AMS), a Microsoft Cloud Provider currently used in DIVA 4.