IPTV
INTERNET PROTOCOL TV – A TV DISTRIBUTED VIA STANDARD TELECOMUNICATION PROTOCOL IP
IPTV stands for Internet Protocol TV, i.e. television distributed with the help of standard IP telecommunication protocol. A complex solution of IPTV and Video on Demand services, chiefly aimed at a simple installation and integration of multimedia services for end customers.
The service is designed for local operators and ISPs for the distribution of television broadcast on IP protocol to own end users through own local infrastructure. The service is suitable for ISPs, who service their customers on optic networks.
The solution is offered in the form of complex outsourcing based on a provisional system when partner of the Dial Telecom - AIM Networks is in charge of essential elements for the service operation.
- Securing the service contents by the company having the registration for external TV and radio broadcasting disseminated purely digitally in RRTV, as well as other related requisites
- Preparing the program supply, or division in packets
- Securing legislative and legal, as well as contractual relations with respect to contents owners
- Meeting obligations to contents owners and copyright protection organizations (OSA, Intergram, Dilia, IFPI, OHS, or others)
- Securing the signal of IPTV channels for the purposes of a further distribution (head-end, the so-called signal acquiring)
- Securing a distribution network in the framework of the CR for the purposes of the IPTV signal distribution
- Securing the services of Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
- Securing expansion services (VoD, targeted information system, etc.)
- Middleware including administrative interface
- Simple billing of services including a data exchange system through the XML standard
- Supplying customized HW (Videoproxy, set-top-boxes)
- Securing supervision over solution (TV channels, databases, VP operator, or STBs end customers)
- Securing technical support to the provider’s staff members
IPTV contains:
- TV and radio channels of the highest possible available quality
- Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
- Blocking channels with a parental lock – PIN
- Availability of teletext on most distributed channels
- Access to all available soundtracks on STB
- Timeshift function 24 hours for selected channels (channels for which timeshift rights were purchased)
- “Targeted information system”– a set-top-box function that can be used by the operator, housing cooperatives, towns and other third parties (see below)
- Distribution in the backbone network of UDP multicast, UDP unicast or TCP unicast
- Distribution in the access network of UDP multicast or UDP unicast
- Transmission in MPEG 2 VBR (3.5 - 8 Mbps), in the preparation of MPEG 4/H.264 (2.1 Mbps)
- Possible encryption through the Verimatrix system
- Top image quality accredited by prominent professionals in the sphere of TV (DVD etalon)
- Complex service administration
- “Dashboard” function - warning end clients on non-payment for the service and their automatic disconnection
- Local backup of part of the programs with the help of the “CSLink Backup” system
- PVR (Personal Video Recorder) function in negotiation with distribution rights owners
Optional services
Video on Demand (VoD)
- Contents supplied by partners with an extensive library of titles
- DRM security (Verimatrix, Microsoft DRM)
- Users are always offered only a part of the program supply which is regularly modified (experience from application of VoD in the world)
- Preservation of the current supply of the VoD library on Videoproxy – no need to dimension the data route for on-demand contents
- Possible local editing of program supply
- Stereo soundtrack availability (in some cases even 5.1)
- Availability in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/H.264 formats
- Top technology for HDTV VoD (3096 Kbit/s H.264)
- Top technology for SDTV VoD in H.264 (1024 Kbit/s)
- Service launching scheduled by the end of 2007
Targeted information system
- Set-top-box service
- System allowing the sending of messages to specific users and their groups
- Possible involvement of third parties (housing cooperatives, towns, administrators of municipal services networks)
- Possible establishment of users’ groups according to defined criteria
- Message display irrespective of the current use (channel, menu, etc.) of the set-top-box
- Message delivery warranty
- Possible requesting of message confirmation by the end user
- Possible display of message history by the end user through pressing a single button
- Optional rights of system users
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
- Available for an overwhelming majority of channels
- Available for the following 14 days
- Update several times a day (program changes, etc.)
- Automatic presentation of EPG changes on STB
- During the selection of a channel, an abbreviated version is displayed (current program + 2 following ones)
- A detailed description of broadcast programs, including images, available for the most watched channels
- Access to the timeshift function solved through the access to EPG history
Administrative interface
- Access through a web interface
- Authorized staffers of the interface operator use it after logging in their names and passwords
- System of user rights for an exact determination of a specific staff member’s competences
- Administration and management of end users, their services, program supply, subscriber set-top-boxes, targeted information system
- Contains an accounting system
- Clear operation statistics (accessibility, parameters VP, IPTV stream, etc.)
- Clear settlement of services and commission payments
Thank you for your interest in the services of the company Dial Telecom. A price offer will be made out for you by our employees individually on the basis of your specific demand, locality and service technology.
You can call us at the telephone number: +420 226 204 111 or send us an e-mail to: wholesale@dialtelecom.cz.
