Alticast at IBC

Click on the link below to see a video of a couple of Alticast's demonstrations at IBC, including Cloud UI, Cloud DVR and HMDI Media Express.

http://advanced-television.com/2014/10/10/alticast/

Alticast Powers World’s First Major Deployment of Cloud-Based Personal Video Recorder Service

SkyLife Chooses the Alticast Cloud Media Platform for Pioneering Cloud PVR Service

SEOUL, South Korea – February 26, 2014 – Alticast, a worldwide leader in interactive television, announced today that its Alticast Media Cloud Platform has enabled Korean Telecom (KT) SkyLife (SkyLife),” South Korea’s leading satellite television broadcaster, to launch its “SkyLife on Demand” (SOD) service, the world’s first large-scale deployment of a Cloud-based personal video recorder (PVR) service. 

SkyLife’s olleh TV SkyLife service – which combines direct-to-home (DTH) television programming with KT’s video on demand (VOD) services – was launched in August 2009 and today offers multiscreen TV Everywhere services with more channels, HD programming and VOD titles than any of its cable or IPTV competitors.  Eager to stay ahead of competitors, SkyLife enhanced their TV service with its SOD service, enabling each subscriber to record many channels simultaneously using Cloud storage. 

“Our new Cloud-based SOD service is the most recent example of our commitment to providing subscribers the very latest broadband video and data services delivered with the outstanding quality and reliability they have come to expect from our services,” said Ji-Woong Kim, leader of SkyLife’s new business development team.  “To deploy this new service, we turned to our trusted partner Alticast, which supported our initial launch of interactive TV and is following it up with the software solutions and expertise we need for this important new project.”

“SkyLife continues to make advances in TV Everywhere technology with its state-of-the-art Cloud-based PVR service,” said Thomas Jung, Alticast’s Chief Marketing Officer.  “In addition to SkyLife, major cable operators, telecom carriers, satellite providers and other service providers worldwide are in various stages of exploring Cloud-based PVR services to leverage the inherent advantages of virtual storage.  The success of SkyLife’s SOD service validates both the concept of Cloud-based PVRs and the capabilities of our Alticast Media Cloud Platform.”

At the heart of SkyLife’s SOD service is the Alticast Media Cloud Platform, which is comprised of four major components:  a Cloud content ingest/delivery system, a Cloud service system, a Cloud media storage system and a Cloud streaming system.  Each component is optional and interoperable with any existing pieces of a service provider’s Cloud-based PVR system. SkyLife is also using the Alticast AltiProtect DRM solution to ensure content protection by encrypting content when it is recorded.

Complementing its SOD service, SkyLife already offers an existing catch-up service, which utilizes local USB storage to optimize network bandwidth.  When content rights do not allow for programs to be stored in the Cloud, they are instead recorded at the customer premise using USB storage.  Subscribers locate recorded content via the STB UI and then seamlessly play the programs regardless of location.  Cloud-stored content allows viewing flexibility as these videos can be played back on approved mobile devices.

Alticast: The Future of TV, Simplified

Alticast, a worldwide leader in open standards based software for video service delivery, announced today that they will present technology that promises to simplify the television experience for viewers and streamline the implementation process for operators, at IBC in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 13-17.

In Hall 1, F36, Alticast will showcase various IP Migration Paths, Innovative HTML5 UI/UX designs, Cloud PVR, Companion Applications and several set-top boxes based on the Reference Development Kit (RDK) software developed by Comcast.

RDK and DVB-RDK

As one of the first licensees for the RDK, Alticast is an expert integrator working with major operators worldwide to leverage RDK as part of the transition to IP. Alticast will demonstrate its total DVB-RDK set-top box solution for operators, featuring Broadcom’s leading BCM7428 solution for high-performance, high-definition IP set-top box clients with integrated MoCA 2.0 and Alticast’s Windmill^TM UI. The Broadcom BCM7428 represents one of many RDK-ready set-top box SoCs that can support Alticast’s DVB-RDK stack and Windmill UI, enabling operators to quickly develop complete gateway and client RDK solutions.

Alticast complements the RDK with Alticast components including support for critical DVB standards as well as media control, application lifecycle management and device administration.

Next Generation In User Interfaces. 

Partnering with MOVEA, Alticast provides a Gesture User Interface for your TV experience. Utilizing Alticast’s years of UI expertise with Movea's Smartmotion server and remote provides control literally at your fingertips. This is something you need to come experience.

Also being demonstrated is the next generation of Windmill.  This advanced navigation software extends a consumers choices providing access to content and applications from several sources.

Windmill Commercial Launch

Also being showcased is Korean MSO T-Broad’s newly deployed User Experience. This state of the art set-top includes Alticast’s full architecture from AltiPlatform to AltiView.  AltiPlatform provides easy access to standards-based TV functionality and innovative web and mobile services with the security and reliability that customers require.

Cloud PVR

As operators continue to shift toward All-IP, Network DVR or “Cloud DVR” becomes increasingly important.  Alticast will demonstrate Cloud DVR, which will increase subscriber satisfaction, speed up STB integration time and minimize CAPEX.