Solution

Analogue TV can soon be history while billions of video enabled connected devices will be in play. These devices under multiscreen video concept rely on IP networks dominated by video. Our modular architecture to offer multiscreen video can be defined under 6 main components which can work together to provide an end to end solution or can be integrated as individual modules into existing services.

Proposed target groups for the solution

Cable
TV operator

Satellite
Operators

Mobile
Operators

Broadband
Operators

Edge devices – phone/tablet/pc/stV

Middle Ware

  • Customer Portal
  • Reporting
  • Advertisement
  • Recommendation
  • Social media / interactivity
  • Bookmark
  • Electronic Program Guide
  • Campaign

Streaming

  • Content Delivery Network
  • Origin Server
  • DRM

Encoding

  • Online Encoder
  • Offline Encoder
  • Capture Server

Content Management System

  • 1- Time Shift TV planning/enabling
  • 2- Vendor licensing / pricing / revenue share

Standard Infrastructure: storage / server / DC switching / load balancer

BENEFITS FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS

  • Streaming live, downloadable, or on-demand video content
  • Providing dynamic streaming and caching: Stop/start/restart/recall on any device
  • Streaming encrypted live TV content
  • Getting incremental revenue from existing customer base
  • Attracting new potential customers via new generation services

To improve an existing multiscreen service

  • Matching the evolution of video delivery platforms Getting better manageability of existing services
  • Expanding scale or service offerings by upgrading a certain part of an existing multiscreen video solution:
    • Providing advanced search, discovery, and content recommendation
    • Integrating Social media
    • Inserting advertisement
  • Improving Quality of stream (based on device) and Quality of Experience (QoE)
  • Managing period of rental, ownership, and storage rights
  • Real-time, convergent billing
  • Adding parental permissions and access controls
  • Digital Rights Management (DRM) and security
  • Supporting new screens

BENEFITS FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE SERVICE

  • Having all the flexibility and comfort for reaching their favourite content, at their convenient time, from any size of device that they prefer; as long as they have internet connection for their video enabled devices
  • Receiving live TV broadcast, in both SD & HD formats
  • Watching a TV show that has already played in the past, without having made a previous recording request (time shift)
  • Choosing movies, TV series etc on demand, from a broad range of digital video content
  • Enjoying games & music from the same platform
  • Accessing social media tools such as Facebook & Twitter
  • Getting interactivity with other users of the platform