TAGs partnership with OCI certifies Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a platform for deploying the full TAG monitoring suite at any scale, marking a further step in TAG's cloud strategy.
TAG Video Systems has formed a partnership with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), marking a further step in TAG's cloud strategy. The move establishes OCI as a certified infrastructure platform for deploying the full TAG monitoring suite at any scale.
Golan Simani, Director of Cloud and Tech Operations at TAG Video Systems, said the company's aim is to allow users to deploy their workflows on whichever cloud platform they choose, integrating into their specific cloud or hybrid environments. "Adding OCI support helps us to continuously evolve our support for new infrastructures and technologies our users need to develop their operations," he said.
Cost of Flexible Compute
TAG finds that broadcast cloud migrations often hinge on one question – what does it cost to run here? For continuous, high-bandwidth signal monitoring across multiple sites and regions, data movement costs can dominate a cloud budget, but may initially go largely unnoticed. OCI addresses the issue with a free egress tier and bandwidth pricing that contrasts with standard hyperscaler rates.
Because OCI’s network architecture is mainly dedicated, rather than shared, users can avoid a problem that is common in multi-tenant cloud environments where one customer's heavy use can affect the performance of others. By combining this kind of deterministic network performance and flexible compute built for on-going broadcast workloads, OCI makes a good match for large-scale monitoring operations.
Kip Schauer of OCI Media Services said that OCI is built for the performance and cost requirements of media and entertainment organisations. "Working together with TAG means broadcast teams can now access monitoring and quality control without compromising on infrastructure economics," he commented.
Monitoring Stack
So far, TAG's Realtime Media Platform is now deployed and certified on OCI, with work underway to bring the full TAG product portfolio to the platform. Broadcasters working with OCI will have access to a fully supported, production-validated monitoring stack that integrates natively into OCI-based workflows.
Together, TAG and OCI have three goals. First is end-to-end IP-native signal visibility from ingest to playout on a cloud infrastructure built for high-throughput media workloads. They also aim for scalable, flexible compute that adapts to the bursty, always-on nature of live broadcast, and helps users avoid overprovisioning and unexpected costs. Finally, they wish to jointly support a deployment path for broadcasters migrating from legacy on-premises or alternative cloud environments, assured by TAG's integration expertise and OCI's enterprise infrastructure.
TAG Video Systems and Oracle will show their joint solution at NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas. tagvs.com
