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CSI Awards 2014

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Contents

03 Introduction

04 Judges bios and awards ceremony host

The shortlist:

06 Best digital video processing technology

08 Best cable or fibre contribution/distribution/transmission solution

09 Best satellite contribution/distribution/transmission solution

10 Best monitoring or network management solution

11 Best customer premise technology

12 Best workflow/asset management/ automation solution

14 Best content protection technology

16 Best content-on-demand solution

18 Best interactive TV technology or application

20 Best IPTV technology or service 21 Best mobile TV technology or service

22 Best Web TV technology or service 24 Best ultra HD TV technology or project

26 Best TV Everywhere/multi-screen video

28 Best social TV technology, service or application

29 Best contribution to TV accessibility

30 Best HbbTV technology or service 31 Best data & analytics innovation

There are not

many things

that date as

quickly as

technology.

The fast change of

technological change is also changing

consumption habits, which have altered

significantly in recent years. Even just five or

so years ago, the onset of multi-screen

viewing caught many companies by surprise.

Some large UK broadcasters admit they were

caught unawares that there was a demand

for people to watch videos on devices other

than the main TV set. Liberty Global CEO

Mike Fries at this year’s Cable Congress

went so far as to say that the cable industry

needs to thank Netflix, the early pioneer and

poster child of the OTT movement if you will,

for showing cable operators the way.

Studies estimate there are now 6+

connected devices in the average European

home and these are the new battle ground

for TV going forward. Conversely, despite the

onset of time-shifted TV in all its different

guises across all different platforms, live TV

still rules and has proved remarkably

resilient. It is easy to always get excited by

the next big thing on the horizon but the

broadcast industry also does a good job of

being grounded to its roots.

This combination of pragmatism and

optimism is also in the heart of the CSI

Awards. We like to keep up with the times

and introduce and honour new technologies

and achievements. Last year’s new ultra HD

category has grown in line with an evolving

ecosystem (as reflected by the variety of

entries on our shortlist) that will take over

ten years to play itself out. This year we

welcome HbbTV and Big Data & analytics

into the fold, both of which promise to bring

many benefits to businesses and consumers

alike. People often say that broadcasters

have been too slow to adapt to the

opportunities of data as the internet

continues to permeate the sector, so we look

forward to seeing how things develop on this

front.

Those who wisely argue that technical

complexities should be hidden away from

end-users know this is often the real

challenge. Behind every shiny UI is a backend

and piece of kit that is less sexy but crucial

to real-life operations. This is why CSI has

always prided itself on rewarding less

glamorous fields and will continue to do so.

At the same time, a few of the platforms

that have made this year’s shortlist have

been around for two or three years but have

managed to innovate to stay relevant, a little

like fine wine.

On that note, come to Room E102 at

the RAI and do enjoy the drink as much

as the trophy celebrations and well done

to everyone who has made the shortlist.

Hope to see all of you back in 2015!

Goran Nastic, editor, CSI

Introduction

CSI Awards 2014

Dr Roger Blakeway

Dr Blakeway is president of the SCTE, a post which he has held for over 18 years. The SCTE serves the technicians

and engineers involved in the cable telecoms and allied fields. Dr Blakeway has been involved in the cable industry for

over 28 years, holding engineering director positions in Racal-Oak, Westminster Cable TV, Videotron, Cable &

Wireless and DIVA. He chairs the BSi Cable Networks Standards Committee and is Chair of Finance and Audit at IBC.

Dr William Cooper

William is founder and chief executive of interactive media consultancy informitv, where he advises clients on

convergence and digital media strategy and implementation. Previously, as head of interactive at BBC Broadcast, he

operationally managed the launch and delivery of its online and interactive TV services. William began his career as a

broadcast journalist and is a regular contributor to international conferences, with papers published at IBC.

Professor Jonathan Freeman, Managing Director, i2 Media Research

Jonathan is a leading expert in media psychology and human factors of digital media. Jonathan is Managing Director

of i2 media research, which he founded in 2002, as a spin-off company from the academic research team he

established and leads at Goldsmiths University of London. He is also Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths

University of London in which role he Coordinates the EC FP7 funded CEEDs project (ceeds-project.eu), a pan-

European multidisciplinary project which is exploring the potential of the human subconscious as a sensor to

support human understanding and discovery in large scale creative visualizations of big data.

Guido Gybels, ICT Expert

With over three decades of experience, Guido is a veteran technology expert with a proven track record of award-

winning innovation, research and development, software and hardware engineering, standardisation and policy and

regulation. Guido has been closely involved in accessibility and usability of telecommunications, broadcasting and

general IT solution for the last 15 years. He currently is also involved in a variety of cloud based infrastructure

projects. He has contributed to standards within BSI, ETSI, CEN/CENELEC, IETF and IEC.

Dr Klaus Illgner-Fehns, Managing Director, IRT

Dr Illgner received his diploma degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis on communications engineering at

RWTH Aachen in 1991, earning a doctorate in 1998 for his thesis on “Scalable Video Coding”. He worked for Texas

Instruments and Siemens before being appointed managing director of the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT),

Munich. He is determined to strengthen the research institute of the public broadcasters in Germany, Austria and

Switzerland as an internationally oriented scout of broadcasters in current technical developments. Dr Illgner is also

member of the board or steering group of various national and international bodies and consortia, including IEEE,

EBU TC (Vice Chair), DVB SB and HbbTV Association (Chairman).

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Jeff Heynen, Infonetics Research

Jeff is a widely recognised author, speaker, and consultant with expertise in telco and cable IPTV. He tracks

equipment, services, and subscribers, and authors regular market share and forecast reports, moderates webinars,

speaks at industry events. Jeff is also a consultant. Prior to joining Infonetics in 2005, he spent four years with

VoIP switch equipment startup sentitO Networks, and two years at Tellabs.

Philip Hunter

Philip is a technology journalist covering TV broadcasting and content technologies. Coming from an IT background

as a former programmer and software test analyst he is well placed to understand the current migration of content

to a digital platform served on demand. Philip writes for CSI on a variety of topics.

Jean-Marc Racine

Jean-Marc started his career in the 1990s, before joining the French research laboratory for Philips where

he was involved in designing the first generation of real-time MPEG2 encoders. He joined CANAL+ in 1997

where he stayed until 2004 in various executive and technology roles. Prior to joining Farncombe, Jean-Marc

worked as an independent consultant for mobiflux, a company he founded in 2005.

Steve Tyler, Head of Solutions, Strategy and Planning, RNIB

Steve ensures that blind and partially sighted people can take full advantage of new technical and business

propositions by developing services and products delivered through RNIB. He has led on key recent innovations

such as the first accessible set top box and TV range in the world. His academic background includes research in

Artificial Intelligence.

Peter White

Peter has been involved in technology for 30 years, and is now the lead analyst at Faultline, a digital media research

service offered by Rethink Technology Research. In his work, Peter understands all aspects of delivering video files.

He is currently advising major players and start up ventures in this field.

Babita Sharma

Babita is a presenter for BBC World News and is the co-host of Newsday, a daily news programme presented

live from Singapore & London. Babita got her first break in television in the UK, working as a

student for Thames Valley Television and for BBC Radio Wales. She then moved to Dubai to

work in TV and radio presentation for Channel 4. Babita re-joined the BBC in 2002 working

at Radio Berkshire and BBC South Today. Following a stint presenting for ITV early morning

news, Babita returned to BBC News in 2005 as a TV producer for the BBC News Channel.

She was chosen to front and launch Your Money, before becoming a regular presenter for the channel’s

business bulletins. Babita joined BBC World News as a freelance presenter in 2008 before becoming a

permanent part of the presentation team in February 2011. She has been at the forefront of major breaking

news stories including the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, UK General Election 2010, the Northern Rock

banking crisis, the Japan earthquake and tsunami, the death of Osama bin Laden, the Arab uprisings and the

death of Kim Jong Il. She was also part of the team for the Royal Wedding and 2012 Olympics.

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Best digital video processing technology THE SHORTLIST

ARRIS Group

GT-3 Multiple Bitrate Transcoder

The transcoder offers exceptional video

processing performance, achieving the

highest-quality video experience for

operators. It results in a disruptive

reduction in headend operational costs

and makes the best use of limited

bandwidth access networks. The high-

density 1RU configuration that can

support up to 48 HDTV channels

requires only a fraction of the headend

space and power that alternative

solutions require.

Cisco Systems

Virtualized Video Processing

The V2P solution addresses the extreme

complexities in video processing. A

software solution, V2P simplifies the

entire operation of video processing by

abstracting critical functions to an

orchestration layer and decoupling the

configuration and management of the

physical resources from the workflow

execution. Consequently, service

providers can now manage resources in

a highly granular manner while

improving the way they utilise

resources.

Envivio

Muse 4K Ultra HD HEVC

Part of its Muse encoding software,

Muse Ultra HD can encode up to 4kp60

(60 frames per second) signals in HEVC

format using a 2-RU Intel-based server,

for delivery to Ultra HD-capable TV sets.

Envivio’s 4k Ultra HD compression

technology was used by French

broadcaster TDF for live streaming of the

French Open 2014 tennis championship.

This represents the world’s first DTT

broadcast video transmission delivered in

4K, using HEVC (H.265) compression.

Ericsson

Virtualized Encoding

Ericsson Virtualized

Encoding is a unified

software solution

designed specifically

to remove the complexity of TV Anywhere

video processing. The solution acts as an

abstraction layer between the operational

aspects of video processing and the

platforms utilised to run the algorithms. It

is currently being deployed in test labs

and will be generally available in Q3’14.

Harmonic

Electra XVM

This is a fully converged, broadcast-

ready, virtualised media processor. The

software-based XVM transforms content

playout, distribution, and multiplatform

service delivery by integrating real-time

encoding, high-quality branding and

graphics, and transport stream playout

for broadcast and multiscreen services,

providing content providers and service

providers with unparalleled function

integration, increased operational

flexibility, and unlimited scalability.

Designed to operate on common

hardware platforms in IT data centres.

intoPix

TICO Lightweight

Compression

TICO is a new

disruptive video

compression

technology tackling efficiently and

invisibly important cost and bandwidth

challenges faced by the industry to move

to UHD 4k/8K and HFR with a fully

scalable networked media infrastructure.

The codec provides lossless or visually

lossless compression up to 4:1 with few

pixel lines of latency and small in FPGA.

http://www.envivio.com/nuage

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Best cable or fibre contribution/distribution/transmission solution THE SHORTLIST

Harmonic

NSG Exo distributed CCAP system

NSG Exo distributed CCAP system is a

flexible, standards-based cable edge

device that enables the deployment of a

Distributed Access Architecture (DAA)

utilising coax networks. By providing

service providers with a single solution

for CMTS and edgeQAM capabilities, NSG

Exo eases the migration path to IP-based

video delivery. Harmonic launched the

NSG Exo as a product in May. NSG Exo

is the ideal solution for service providers

looking to efficiently and cost-effectively

deploy video, data, and voice services to

dense pockets of coax infrastructure,

including MDUs, hotels, college campuses,

hospitals, office buildings, etc.

MultiDyne

LightningSwitch

LightningSwitch is a 48x48 pure optical-

to-optical routing switch that simplifies

the routing of fibre-optic signals within

broadcast and other video

infrastructures by eliminating the need

for fibre patch panels. Relying on highly

reliable piezoelectric beam-steering

technology, LightningSwitch minimises

optical connection loss and maximises

optical performance from a high-density,

compact 1-RU chassis, enabling cost-

effective, trouble-free optical routing of

video, audio, and data signals. The

LightningSwitch supports a wide range

of applications.

Net Insight

Nimbra VA 220

Video Appliance

The Nimbra VA 220

enables cost-efficient

and bandwidth saving

media transport over the internet. It is a

high-performance hybrid MPEG-4 AVC

encoder, which offers broadcasters and

media service providers with significant

cost savings and faster service

deployment by using state-of-the-art

compression and unique deployment

options. The solution’s interface

conversion between baseband video and

IP according to SMPTE2022 ensures a

perfect fit in every broadcaster

environment.

Teleste

ACE8 Intelligent deep fibre node for

DOCSIS 3.1 environments

The ACE8 is one active output node for

deep fibre solutions. It is the first DOCSIS

3.1 node in the market, and fully meets

requirements for DVB-C2. Designed for

flexible, future-proof network

installations, the node offers service

providers cost-efficient access to high

transmission capacity. Downstream

frequency band reaches up to 1.2 GHz

which ensures fulfilment of future

bandwidth needs. Upstream is flexible

and it can be easily updated to 200 MHz.

LightningSwitch

Teleste Node

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Best satellite contribution/distribution/transmission solution THE SHORTLIST

AVIWEST

DMNG RACK180

DMNG RACK180 is an advanced hybrid

contribution video encoder designed to

optimise bandwidth and video quality

for breaking news and live event

applications. Integrated with AVIWEST’s

SafeStreams technology, the DMNG

RACK180 expands the capabilities of

newsgathering vehicles by taking

advantage of both satellite and cellular

networks. Additionally, the DMNG

RACK180 allows users to transmit live

HD videos or recorded files over bonded

cellular networks from a moving vehicle.

Newtec

Newtec Dialog®

Broadcasters operating today face

numerous challenges which include more

complex workflows, increased user

expectations for always-on connectivity

and pressure on efficiency in both the

space and ground segments. All of these

result in the need for OPEX savings. The

solution addresses these challenges by

being a single scalable, flexible

multiservice IP based platform, providing

abstraction of underlying technologies

among a host of other benefits.

NovelSat

FreeBand

With FreeBand, broadcasters can access

free satellite bandwidth for DSNG video

contribution using the same bandwidth

and frequency that they own and already

use to deliver video to the point-to-

multipoint distribution network (eg, cable

headends). Broadcasters no longer have

to pay for satellite bandwidth for each

DSNG within the footprint of their

satellite distribution network. This

translates into huge savings in

operational costs. If you consider that

satellite bandwidth for a DSNG can cost

$250 per hour, FreeBand can pay for

itself in a matter of weeks.

SIS LIVE

Manpak100

ManPak100 is a

portable satellite

terminal with integral

wireless camera

receiver providing a wire free link from

camera to satellite. This system allows a

user to operate a camera up to 1.5km

from the uplink unit, with a small COFDM

transmitter fitted onto the camera, the

video is sent to the receiver located

within the uplink unit. The uplink terminal

can then transmit the video to a satellite.

The system is designed to be transported,

setup and operated by a single operator

with minimal training.

Newtec Dialog®

ManPak100

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ARRIS Group

ServAssure Wi-Fi Solutions

Operators are observing an increase in

service calls related to Wi-Fi and wireless

problems. However, operators need better

visibility and tools to assist their

subscribers. ServAssure Wi-Fi Solutions

offer assistance with initial Wi-Fi

installation and trouble calls. ARRIS

addresses the problem by constantly

improving the Wi-Fi experience and

visibility into the home.

ServAssure Wi-Fi Solutions is a browser-

based application that provides

automated and assisted home network

monitoring, diagnosis, and

troubleshooting.

Bridge Technologies

VB288

The VB288 delivers visual content

extraction, status displays and alerts,

and graphic displays of monitoring and

analysis data to a virtual videowall

display viewed through any web browser.

Powered by a standard high-specification

server, the VB288 displays large

numbers of HD H.264 and H.265 4k

channels in multiple browser windows for

QoE verification. Users can customise the

display within minutes with any

combination of content extraction and

other graphical analysis displays unlike

traditional videowalls, no specialist skills

are required.

JDSU

VSE-1100

The VSE-1100 is the industry’s first

consolidated digital spectrum analyser

and noise-troubleshooting platform

designed for the challenges of the CCAP

and remote PHY evolution. It is developed

specifically for the digital cable world and

the rise in unicast traffic. It also helps

maintain optimal network performance

with spectrum analysis for preventive

maintenance and troubleshooting.

Masergy Communications

Intelligent Service Control (ISC)

ISC enables customers to dynamically

control their network services in real

time, giving them complete interaction

with Masergy services in real time on

any web-enabled device. ISC’s global on-

demand network elasticity and control

is an industry-unique feature providing

instant bandwidth that can be dialled up

or down to meet any application needs.

Customers can increase and decrease

the port size and service planes in

real-time, and only pay for the extra

bandwidth used just for the time

they used it.

Net Insight

Nimbra Vision 6.5

including XML based

Northbound

Interface (NBI)

The solution exposes

the advanced control plane of Nimbra

MSRs to external software plug-ins.

Through the NBI third party software

operators get a network wide control of

media services and access to Nimbra

features such as sub-second

provisioning, guaranteed bandwidth,

advanced protection mechanisms and

embedded service monitoring.

Best monitoring or network management solution THE SHORTLIST

VSE-1100

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ADB

Wideband Tuner

ADB Wideband is an

advanced media hub

for the redistribution

of content to tablets,

smartphones, connected TVs and other

STBs. It lets subscribers access content -

live TV, recordings, VOD, catch up and

OTT services - on up to five devices

simultaneously, with fast channel

changing capability. Canal Digital Kabel-

tv went live with ADB Wideband in

September 2013, becoming the first

operator to deploy an 8-tuner multimedia

gateway in Europe.

AirTies Wireless Networks

Air 4820

The Air 4820 is the world’s fastest

Wireless Video Access Bridge/AP using

the Quantenna 4x4 802.11ac with beam

forming chipset, which increases delivery

speeds fivefold over traditional wireless

video; from 600 Mbps to 1.7Gbps; and is

able to simultaneously stream up to ten

HD videos to multiple devices around the

home. Targeted at IPTV and payTV

operators, the Air 4820 solves the

critical issues facing operators today: the

cost of installing a Pay TV service and

the problem of consumers not getting the

internet speeds they are paying for when

connecting multiple devices in different

rooms or on different floors.

Albis Technologies

SceneGate Micro

SceneGate Micro is an entry-level STB

that delivers IPTV and OTT video content

in 1080p HD display quality through a

compact footprint that is cost-effective.

Harnessing the platform’s processing

engine and memory capabilities, service

providers can deliver a wide range of

offerings from a personalised UI. The

SceneGate Micro is based on an open

software-based architecture that can

easily be integrated with today’s popular

OTT services.

ARRIS Group

VIP25n2W Wireless IP Set-Top Series

The VIP205n2W Series allows a

subscriber’s TV to be placed anywhere in

the home because the set-top no longer

needs to be wired to the broadband

router. The VIP2502 version is a

Mediaroom set-top with wireless

capability, recently introduced by Bell

Canada for the launch of its Fibe TV

service. The series delivers easier

installation and location flexibility.

Technicolor

Smart Box

The first TV-connected Smart Box

enabling an extensive suite of

applications. Based on AllSeen

technology, the first open ‘Services of

Things’ platform, it bridges various

application domains such as

entertainment, personal media, video

communication, e-health, wellness,

security and automation. This Android-

powered SmartLife Hub benefits from

multiple radios (Bluetooth LE, Zigbee,

Zwave, Wifi, 3G/ or LTE) to hook all

connected objects in the home and deliver

a user experience on all screens.

Best customer premise technology THE SHORTLIST

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Broadcasting Center Europe

Integrated TV Services for RTL CBS

Asia Entertainment Network

With BCE’s Integrated TV Services the

workflow of a channel is fragmented

globally and allows the reduction of

costs at all levels. Television has to be

thought as a service. The CMS and its

workflow are a real step forward for RTL

CBS Asia Entertainment Network. Being

tapeless is just one point,

decentralisation of the workflow is the

real breakthrough. Combined with

Movie2Me, the MediaCMS and the

broadcast solutions allow a channel to

operate anywhere in the world. No tape,

no heavy infrastructure costs and a

reduced staff for a HD TV channel in

multiple languages, plus catch-up TV.

Xstream

MediaMaker OTT Loading dock

Xstream has built a loading dock service

with the sole purpose of preparing and

sorting content from multiple third

party systems before the content is

presented to the ingest process. Briefly

described, it is a supply chain for OTT

video. The Xstream Loading Dock

manages external dependencies on extra

data before it is pushed to the ingest

workflow to ensure that the ingestion of

metadata and video files runs smoothly,

reducing time to market and time spent of

dealing with large technical challenges

which often is the case today with

ingestion of content.

Best workflow/asset management/automation solution THE SHORTLIST

A special thanks to all of you that

entered the 12th annual CSI Awards.

Wishing you all success with your entries

from the CSI team.

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Arxan Technologies

Tamper-resistant jailbreak and root

detection Guard, and resource

verification Guard

Arxan leverages a diverse number of

Guard types (or security mechanisms)

that protect mobile apps from attack to

create a multi-layered and dynamic

security scheme called a GuardSpec. In

October 2013, Arxan launched the

addition of two new Guards, the Tamper-

Proof Jailbreak Detection Guard and the

Resource Verification Guard, widening

the spectrum of defences. These Guards

have been developed to operate on all

major mobile platforms, such as iOS,

Android, Blackberry, and Windows.

Cisco

VideoGuard DRM

A next-gen DRM for multi-platform

payTV, it enables pay-TV operators to

launch secure multi-platform services

with advanced content and service

protection on a multitude of devices.

Offering a natural and seamless

extension to existing broadcast systems,

VideoGuard DRM provides a versatile,

holistic approach to multi-platform

content protection that incorporates the

operator’s core TV offering. Since its

introduction, VideoGuard has been

enhanced several time, most recently

during 2013 when it was enhanced to

support home networking services.

NAGRA

anyCAST PRM

PRM technology provides the ability

to secure up to 18 different OTT and

home networking use cases to help pay-

TV service providers deliver premium

content to any screen. The solution

underpins services like Canal+ Spain’s

YOMVI, DISH Network DISH Anywhere,

as well as placeshifting powered by

Sling Media. It is the only pay-TV-

operator-controlled DRM authorised

for re-transmission of DTCP-protected

content. In addition, PRM was recently

approved by DECE for streaming to

uncontrolled devices.

Verimatrix

VCAS Broadcast-Hybrid

A multi-network revenue security solution

that better enables combinations of RF

and multicast linear delivery with

advanced adaptive bitrate streaming

video services, while ensuring harmonised

rights management for subscribers at

home and on the go.

Viaccess-Orca

Eye on Piracy

Helps content service providers

effectively respond to the growing threat

of piracy by protecting content rights,

assets, and revenues. Eye on Piracy

provides a suite of services targeting the

illegal card sharing and redistribution of

Control Word (CW), and the illegal

redistribution of live TV (live streaming)

content over peer-to-peer networks. It is

currently under trial with three major

EMEA operators.

Best content protection technology THE SHORTLIST

anyCAST PRM

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ActiveVideo

Ziggo: Interactive Digital Cable TV with

NO STB

Ziggo last year became the first cable

operator to deliver VoD/catch-up TV

services to CI+ 1.3 devices, and now has

become the first payTV operator to

remove the STB entirely from the

equation for VoD and catch-up services.

The CI+ service eliminates entirely the

need for an STB, allowing consumers to

realize the Bring Your Own Device

(BYOD) promise by enabling advanced

navigation guides and on-demand content

that are delivered to modules inserted in

customers’ choice of TVs and are

navigated via television remote controls.

ADB

Graphyne TV

Graphyne TV is a set

of complete multi-

screen client

software for any

service providers wanting to deliver video

and other services to any device.

Graphyne TV delivers exactly the same

set of services to all subscribers’ screens

increasing revenues and reducing churn.

It treats all media identically and provides

the same experience to all screens. It

incorporates ADB’s Graphyne UX user

experience framework and UnifyTV, the

application environment featuring a write

once, run anywhere set of APIs.

Clearleap

The Clearleap platform

The platform is built to deliver and

monetise streaming video solutions

across all screens, gracefully managing

transitions from traditional delivery to

IP-streaming. Spanning all video

platforms, it addresses and resolves the

increasingly complex technical and

business needs of implementing cross-

device TV solutions. Multiscreen video

preparation and packaging is

orchestrated and executed via ClearFlow

and user experience, access to that

experience, and the monetization is

handled via ClearPlay.

HBO Europe

HBO GO

HBO GO is a subscription based digital

streaming service that offers users the

opportunity to enjoy premium content in

outstanding quality on the most popular

household devices and mobile gadgets.

HBO Europe’s system is currently

available in 13 countries throughout

Europe and continuously expanding in

Asia as well.

Saffron Digital

MainStage

MainStage enables broadcasters,

studios, operators and retailers to

quickly and cost-effectively provide a

quality multi-screen experience. The

platform is an end to end online video

solution specifically designed to manage

and deliver premium video content. It

combines in one place all the tools

necessary to launch a premium multi-

platform entertainment service, including

protection, management, storefront

services, a digital locker and secure

player.

Best content-on-demand solution THE SHORTLIST

Graphyne TV

•Your window to the world of digital TV and media • Targeting top-levelindustry decision-makers • Independent news, insight and analysis

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ActiveVideo with BrightLine USA:

Interactive TV Ad experience at scale to

every Connected Device

This unique interactive beauty network

and utility app showcases L’Oreal’s full

female brand portfolio and content

library, providing knowledge and

inspiration from beauty professionals

and makeup artists through the TV.

Written in HTML5 for smart TVs and

connected devices with HTML5 browsers,

OnBeauty is breaking new ground by

being streamed from the cloud to Roku

devices that lack native HTML5 support.

Applicaster

CrossMates

CrossMates is a digital format, which can

be integrated into any TV vertical;

scripted, reality, or kids-TV. Customers

using CrossMates include Univision,

Mediaset and Televisa. CrossMates

offers viewers direct and personal

communications with TV characters

through the broadcaster’s TV app.

Viewers select a hero to socialise with,

and they start receiving bits of the story,

personal messages and commercial

offers in context of the show. Commercial

offers are interwoven into the plot.

Civolution

SyncNow - Live Triggering Solution

Based on watermarking and

fingerprinting technologies, SyncNow

Automatic Content Recognition

technology has been extended to offer

live triggering on second screens during

live events including sports. The new

feature helps advertisers leverage their

exposure during live events by offering

real-time targeted advertising as the

action takes place, increasing brand

recognition and facilitating purchases via

the second screen.

Freesat

The Freesat App

The Freesat App

allows viewers to

access on-demand

content, using

Freesat’s Freetime service to roll back

over the past seven days of TV, on top of

other features. Downloaded over

200,000 times on iOS, it has since been

extended to Android.

Netgem

TotalTV

TotalTV technology

provides an out-of-

the-box solution for

any operator looking

to start and operate a fully connected TV

experience in the home. As a hybrid

technology solution, TotalTV enables

viewers to access content on-demand

with ease using traditional operator

models, whilst incorporating HD IPTV

and OTT streaming to any screen.

SoftAtHome

Universal Cast

Dongle powered by

SoftAtHome

A new class of device

that incorporates all

cast technologies and is compatible with

both Google and Apple cast ecosystems,

but with support for live and linear TV

alongside on-demand content. See page

20 for more details.

Best interactive TV technology or application THE SHORTLIST

Freesat App on iPad

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Amino

Home Reach

Amino Home Reach was created for

operators to enable them to add home

monitoring and control services alongside

entertainment and broadband offerings

using an existing Amino set-top box. The

solution combines a range of devices -

Wi-fi cameras, smart plugs, movement

detectors, and door and motion sensors -

with a smartphone app and operator-

grade cloud-based service delivery to

enable consumers to monitor and manage

their homes wherever they are. The

existing Amino STBs effectively become a

gateway to the connected home.

Edgeware

Distributed Video Delivery Network

D-VDN is a unified solution for video

delivery that provides a simple and highly

scalable platform to deliver next

generation video services with the

highest QoE to any screen, independent

of the underlying network infrastructure.

It is made up of two main components to

form a coherent and integrated

architecture: the Orbit Hardware and the

Convoy Management Software.

Harmonic

IPTV 2.0 solution

A next-gen video delivery framework that

simplifies the migration to a unified

architecture for all screens on any

network. It paves the way towards a

long-term future of an all-HTTP ABR

video delivery. IPTV 2.0 provides IPTV,

cable, and OTT operators with a unified

platform for live and on-demand services

to all possible screens. The solution was

recently deployed by Totalmovie to power

its new live TV streaming service

spanning 40 countries.

Prodea Systems

Residential Operating System (ROS)

ROS is a managed service platform

(consisting of a cloud service and CPE-

based client software) that allows

service providers to deliver a broad range

of content and services - entertainment,

education, health and wellness, social TV,

home security, automation, energy

management, interactive advertising and

enhanced communications - all in one

integrated convenient package with one

monthly bill that can be deployed over

any broadband network.

SoftAtHome

Universal Cast

Dongle powered by

SoftAtHome

The universal Wi-Fi

dongle represents a

new class of cost-optimised device in a

compact form factor. It incorporates all

cast technologies in a single miniaturised

device, directly connected to the TV set’s

HDMI connector. The dongle is fully

compatible with both Google and Apple

cast ecosystems, but with the additional

vital ingredient of support for live and

linear TV alongside on-demand content.

thePlatform

mpx Live Events and on-demand service

Both Fox Sports and NBC Olympics relied

on mpx for large sporting events. mpx is

the only major platform with a 4-9s SLA

required for events of this magnitude. The

cloud-based system is used by to upload

video, manage metadata, enforce viewing

and monetization policies, and publish

not just on-demand video but also live

events across computers, tablets and

smartphones.

Best IPTV technology or service THE SHORTLIST

Harmonic ProStream 1000

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Comigo

Cloud-based multiscreen platform

The platform allows broadcasters and

pay-TV operators to provide a personal

and social user experience, with increased

viewer engagement. Easily integrated to

an existing operator’s BSS and OSS

solutions, the platform provides

operators with the flexibility and control

to manage and launch value-added

services and features. The platform

extends viewing of live, VoD, and OTT

content on multiple devices. Through the

open, secure platform, operators can

deliver customized apps, social

promotions, personal content

recommendations, and targeted

advertising.

EchoStar Corporation

SlingPlayer for Windows 8.1

This is the companion application for

Slingbox owners who own a Windows 8.1

device. With a Slingbox connected to a

cable set-top box or satellite receiver, the

SlingPlayer software on the Windows 8.1

device enables users to watch live TV,

control their DVR and change channels

wherever they are. This application

delivers an enhanced SlingPlayer

experience across Windows 8.1 devices,

including Surface, desktop PCs, laptops

and convertible devices. SlingPlayer for

Windows 8.1 also includes a media gallery

for discovering new TV programs and is

touch-enabled to work across tablets and

convertibles that have a touch interface.

Motive Television

Tablet TV

Tablet TV is a new service which aims

to maximise the use of traditional

broadcast television. Tablet TV enables

customers to watch and record the

existing broadcast television available

in their local area on their tablet and

smart devices. Initially this is achieved

using a low cost WiFi dongle that can

be positioned anywhere to get the

optimum signal reception. Live broadcast

television is only the start, Tablet TV also

offers premium content datacast directly

to the portable devices, as well as

integration with social network and IP

based content when a suitable network

connection is available.

Best mobile TV technology or service THE SHORTLIST

Comigo solution

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Broadpeak

nanoCDN Video Transparent Caching

nanoCDN video transparent caching

(VTC) application enables operators to

effectively handle unmanaged video

content delivered over their network.

Leveraging home gateways as probes,

VTC determines popular video content

from the internet so that it can be cached

on local servers by operators. By caching

popular and regional content closer to

the end-users, and relying on an efficient

optimised network, nanoCDN VTC

eliminates contention points and reduces

peering costs.

Dogus Media Group/Tvyo

A multi-platform premium ad-funded

video service that leverages Akamai’s

Media solutions to support more than

3.5 million unique visitors a month.

Delivering high quality streams of eight

on-air broadcast channels, including live,

video-on-demand and catch-up TV

content to any consumer device, in just 16

months tvyo.com has become the leading

VoD service in Turkey with over 1.6 million

downloaded mobile apps and over 13

million video plays each month. Features

include ‘Follow-me TV’, socially

interactive linear TV, content e-commerce,

full social network integration and time-

shifted TV.

Envivio

Any-Screen Software Solution

Envivio is powering premium live HD

sports channels on Apple TV for BSkyB’s

Now TV service. The premium channels

on this Web TV service are being

compressed using Muse Live encoders,

and protected using a new encryption

mode by Halo network media processors

(NMP) before being delivered to Apple TV.

Envivio also offers the Guru network

management system to optimise system

management in a service-centric fashion.

Ericsson Broadcast

and Media Services

Managed Player

(EMP)

EMP provides

broadcasters and TV

service providers with a unique end-to-

end hosted platform (as-a-service) to

quickly launch highly customised OTT,

VoD, time shifted and live TV services in

order to attract new audiences and

monetise content in multiple ways. EMP

utilises a pay-as-you-grow business

model, fast time to market (<90 days)

and plug-and-play modules including

unique dynamic CDN selection mechanism

on top of a host of other features.

Kaltura

Yes Go, powered by Tvinci

yes GO is Israel’s first multi-screen OTT

TV service. With individual log-ins for

each user in the home, and a cross-device

personal zone, yes GO is a revolutionary

service which allows yes Satellite to get

to know their end users and create a

truly personal and social TV experience

anywhere.

Opera Software

TV Snap

Opera TV Snap is a breakthrough

technology that turns existing online

video channels into ready-to-run HTML5

apps optimised for Smart TV devices in

less than a minute. It brings live

broadcast content and VoD

entertainment options to viewers of the

Opera TV Store at zero cost and at

unprecedented speed. It lowers the

barriers to entry for brands and content

owners seeking to capitalise on the

Smart TV platform for distribution.

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ATEME

TITAN

The soltuion improves the video quality

and bandwidth efficiency of content

delivery to TVs, smartphones, tablets,

consoles and PCs over managed

networks and the internet. Virtually any

video source, file/live, IP/SDI, can be

transcoded in MPEG-2, H.264 and HEVC

for terrestrial, satellite, cable, IPTV and

OTT services, now up to ultra-HD.

Grass Valley

K2 Dyno Replay System

Significant enhancements and upgrades

have been made to Grass Valley’s widely

used K2 Dyno Replay System for live

event production and live sports. K2

Dyno’s available new key features

include 4K pan/zoom support with

HD extraction, 6X ultra slow-motion

playout (from the LDX XS camera),

6x2 I/Os, full with the EDUIS nonlinear

editing software, and the tOG-Sports

application from RT Software. It’s also

the only system of its kind to enable 4k

pan/zoom support, advanced graphics

telestration, and full editing capability all

from one UI.

Harmonic

Ultra HD solution

Harmonic is making Ultra HD a reality by

offering the broadcast community an

end-to-end solution for UHD content

preparation and delivery. The solution

features integrated video compression,

storage, and delivery components that

enable live and VoD streaming of UHD

content, based on its PURE Compression

Engine, which provides groundbreaking

video quality and bandwidth efficiency.

NAGRA

Project ULTRA - NAGRA 4K ULTRA HD

UI-UEX

The advent of large screens means and

the quality means that there has to be a

lot of attention paid to the UI and the

User Experience in a 4k Ultra HD

environment. NAGRA’s UEX Studio in

California has been working on a project

that is specifically based around

augmenting the User Experience and

what this new technology will permit.

Based on OpenTV Connectware and

using HTML5, CSS, Javascript they have

driven the technology to its limits to see

what can be done.

Samsung Electronics

UE65HU8500

For 2014, Samsung introduced the

‘World’s First Curved UHD TV’ to deliver

the ultimate immersive television

experience for viewers. As the flagship of

Samsung’s television range, the

UE65HU8500’s advanced curved

screen, combined with an UHD resolution,

delivers an unsurpassed level of detail

and clarity, with the eight million pixel

curved screen complementing the

advanced processing and upscaling.

Best ultra HD TV technology or project THE SHORTLIST

K2 Dyno

ATEME, TITAN

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Sky Deutschland

The world’s first live broadcast over

satellite in Ultra HD with 50fps

On 26 April 2014, during the match

between FC Bayern Munich and SV

Werder Bremen, SkyD conducted the

world’s first live broadcast over satellite

in Ultra HD with 50 frames per second

(50fps) encoded with the new standard

HEVC. A total of six 4k cameras

combined with another four HD cameras,

which were up-converted to ultra HD in

the broadcast van, delivered a match with

a resolution of 2160p50 to several UHD

televisions in Sky’s headquarters in

Unterfoehring and to the labs of technical

partners.

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EchoStar Corporation

SlingPlayer for iPad

SlingPlayer for iPad is the companion app

for Slingbox owners who have an iPad

with iOS 7.0+. Traditionally, the

SlingPlayer for iPad application enables

Slingbox owners to watch live TV, control

their DVR and change channels wherever

they are. In 2013, we broke tradition and

took SlingPlayer for iPad to new heights.

While retaining those core features, we

revamped the entire UI and built robust

functionalities that enhance the user’s

entire TV-viewing experience. Watching,

discovering, sharing and socializing can

all be done on an iPad, in real time,

turning what was considered a second

screen into the first.

Kaltura

KabelKiosk white label IPTV offering

(meinFernsehen), powered by Tvinci

KabelKiosk is Germany’s wholesale pay

TV operator, supplying infrastructure for

over 300+ affiliate pay TV operators.

Tvinci was chosen to provide the platform

for KabelKiosk’s white label IPTV offering

which can be customised for each

affiliate. The service is available across

iOS and Android smartphones/tablets,

PC/Mac and HbbTV STB. With linear,

SVoD, TVoD and catch up, the service

will serve over 4m German households

and will allow service providers to

profile each end user and to provide

them with an entirely personal and

social experience across all of the

household’s connected devices.

Piksel

OSN Play

OSN Play is the MENA region’s first

online TV viewing platform. Launched in

March 2012, the service allows

subscribers to access OSN content

through an internet connection on

multiple devices. It represents a

pioneering innovation - the first online TV

platform launched in MENA delivering

both live streams and on demand content

to a breadth of devices, most recently

rolled out to Android Tablets, Samsung

Smart TV, iPhones and Android

Smartphones, across 22 countries and

with an enhanced customer experience.

Portugal Telecom

MEO Go

Available for more

than 3m customers,

MEO Go aims to

increase the value

proposition of MEO, Portugal Telecom TV

service, by providing access to the entire

experience of TV, in an integrated

multiplatform experience, anytime and

everywhere. New functionality includes

Download & Play, premium channels, VoD

access to all Portuguese, without the

need to be MEO Client and a new app

with a new UI for iPhones. Multiple forms

of payment are also supported, as is TV

control and social networking.

RGB Networks

Cloud Xtream

Based on OpenStack, RGB’s new initiative

facilitates and accelerates the deployment

of new revenue generating services.

Cloud Xtream integrates with other

cloud-based applications to provide a

new dimension in the deployment of video

services all over IP, geo-redundant, highly

scalable and able to respond to elastic

demand for transcoding, Just-in-Time

Packaging (JITP), IP streaming, nDVR

storage, and Ad Insertion.

Best TV Everywhere/multi-screen video THE SHORTLIST

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UUX

Internet TV as a Service Platform

A cloud-based iTaaS platform enabling

operators to launch an OTT TV service by

leveraging the cloud to offer live TV,

catch-up TV and VoD content across all

connected devices. It combines cloud-

based distribution with product planning,

content, network management, CRM and

billing, apps, and more providing an all-

inclusive fully managed solution that

enables operators to launch an OTT TV

service in under 90 days.

Virgin Media

Virgin TV Anywhere

The service enables customers to enjoy

more live TV channels (over 70) on

multiple screens, wherever there is a WiFi

connection, for no extra cost. Users can

also choose from thousands of hours of

on demand entertainment, and set and

manage recordings on their home TiVo

box while away, and discover content.

Virgin TV Anywhere has expanded to

Android and the Amazon Kindle Fire, as

well as adding more Sky content. ITaaS

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ActiveVideo

Liberty Puerto Rico Social Content

Navigator

Social Content Navigator is a major

advance in how viewers find television

content in a social context: a

personalised UI that uses real-time

viewing metrics to display program

popularity. Social Content Navigator is a

video-rich personalised mosaic that

enables content discovery based on what

is trending across communities and in

areas of personal interest. Using the

CloudTV GuideCast platform from

ActiveVideo, Navigator overcomes the

limitations of existing, single-tuner STBs

to simultaneously display on a single

screen up to eight different live video

channels. Web-based metadata provides

continuously updated rankings of

viewership for each of the channels.

Cisco

ECHO

Smart devices can provide rich second

screen experiences, however this is

disjointed as the user has to divide

attention between screens. Using

advanced mirroring technology, ECHO,

re-imagines the second screen experience

as an extension of the TV screen. Using a

simple mechanic called the “Bridge” ECHO

enables users to touch and interact with

the video content on the TV. The ECHO

app also demonstrates how video,

commerce and social media coming from

many sources can be integrated to

provide a uniform experience to help

brands retain position in the living room.

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Story

Story is designed for news, entertainment

and sports TV producers tasked with

creating the social segments for today’s

events. Easy to use, built by people who

have spent their lives in broadcast, road

tested with our customers and ready to

plug right away into the world’s leading

broadcast graphics systems, story can

be used to aggregate ugc from social

media sites including Twitter, Facebook,

Instagram and Vine into programming,

and to tightly integrate with companion

apps that enable viewers to interact with

their televisions using an iPad, tablet, PC,

or smartphone.

Piksel

2Si

2Si is a new product which offers a wide

range of second screen features such as

social, programing, recommendations,

VoD, advertising, and interactivity for a

number of different market segments.

With 2Si it’s easy to create a second

screen experience for a show, channel or

network. Using a series of customisable

modules 2Si was designed as a low

impact implementation that can be

seamlessly integrated into existing

propositions, or can be offered as a

self-standing product.

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Story

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Red Bee Media

Subito Real-time

Accessibility

Platform

The challenge: create

a solution to the

ever-increasing demands from

broadcasters around the world for

accurate, low-latency, resilient live

subtitling with as much onward value for

the subtitles produced as possible. The

project used Red Bee Media’s depth and

breadth of knowledge and experience of

live subtitling, together with the software

development talent of Polar Moment, to

work through the complexity created by

the requirement and build a fully-resilient,

multi-client, multi-user, schedule-aware

live subtitling software. The solution:

Subito Real-time Accessibility Platform

allows multiple subtitlers to produce live

subtitling for major broadcast clients and

maximises onward use for the subtitles

generated.

Samsung

UE65HU8500

As part of its new range of televisions

for 2014, Samsung has developed three

new features to greatly improve the

accessibility of television for a wider

range of society. This UHD Smart TV

offers vastly enhanced accessibility by

adding Voice Guide (Text to Speech), an

Enlarge or Zoom function and High-

Contrast User Interface functionality.

These features will particularly benefit

the increasing number of consumers with

vision impairments. In addition to the new

features, there are significant

enhancements to a number of other key

features in the UE65HU8500 that will

also improve Accessibility.

YouView

YouView

On demand TV service YouView

launched market-leading accessibility

updates in November 2013 for blind

and partially sighted customers and

those with motor skills and cognitive

impairment to improve the customer’s

journey to find their favourite

programmes TV. YouView improved

its unique zoom functionality, accessible

from the dedicated Zoom button on every

YouView remote control, which now

allows visually impaired users to zoom

into and navigate the user interface (UI).

The guide has also been specially

redesigned when zoom is used. It also

offers the option to change the EPG to

super high contrast black and white.

Other updates focus on the needs of

people with moderate to severe motor

dysfunction and include the option of

navigating the YouView programme guide

using any USB connected UK keyboard.

In partnership with SCOPE, YouView

has also developed series of ‘Grid Set’

navigation screens for the ‘Grid 2’

software computer programme,

which enable users with more severe

disability to navigate the YouView

programme guide with the press of

just one button.

Best contribution to TV accessibility THE SHORTLIST

YouView box

Samsung TV

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FRANSAT

Fransat Connect

FRANSAT Connect is an interactive

hybrid TV portal, from the French

DTH platform FRANSAT, operated by

Eutelsat and available via the Eutelsat

5 West A satellite. Launched this month,

it uses a full HbbTV 1.5 standard for

accessing linear TV and a wide range

of interactive services. Through a modern

design along with a simple, intuitive and

accessible navigation, it proposes

seamless integration of live TV and

Radio, catch-up TV, and a wide range

of on-demand services, notably a

backwards/forwards EPG with ten

days of next-to-come programmes and

seven days past programmes available

on catch-up.)

Harmonic

World’s first commercial MPEG-DASH

OTT multiscreen service based on

HbbTV 1.5 specification

Teaming up with Nagra and Harmonic,

Abertis Telecom launched the world’s first

commercial MPEG-DASH OTT multiscreen

service based on HbbTV 1.5 specification

in September 2013. By supporting DASH,

a new universal streaming format,

Abertis Telecom, Nagra, and Harmonic

are breaking new ground and building the

future of multiscreen delivery. Leveraging

the powerful new infrastructure, Spanish

broadcasters and pay-TV services

providers can cost-effectively deploy

advanced multiscreen television services

to more than 12 million homes.

HTTV

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The solution is the worldwide first

deployment of HbbTV on an IPTV

network. It allows IPTV STBs to get

immediate access to popular HbbTV

services offered by broadcasters. It

allows the extension of their live content

with attractive OTT services. It also

allows IPTV network operators to build

their services such as Program Guide,

VoD, Catchup with the HbbTV open

standard for connected services. The

solution also supports advanced services

such as multi-screen content access and

graceful QoS degradation from IPTV to

OTT when a specific service is not eligible

over IPTV to a specific subscriber.0

Best HbbTV technology or service THE SHORTLIST

Harmonic ProMedia Multiscreen

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CSI Awards 2014

AT&T

Nanocubes

Like a Monet, massive

data sets are

unintelligible until

they are analysed in

both a macro and micro view, highlighting

the importance of data visualisation

technologies. AT&T Labs created

nanocubes, a visualisation software that

provides users with real-time interactivity

of massive datasets. The software was

released into GitHub’s open source

community in late 2013.

Bridge Technologies

Micro Analytics

A monitoring and analysis solution for

IP media and OTT services, encompassing

miniature probes, embedded software

agents, and data correlation and analysis

servers. microAnalytics provides the only

economically feasible alternative to the

cost and inefficiency of on-site visits

by engineering maintenance staff when

problems arise with the subscriber’s

service quality. It allows service providers

to access real-time detailed information

from all subscribers, and use advanced

correlated data analysis for service

provisioning and planning, diagnostics,

pinpoint fault tracking and pre-fault

prediction.

Cisco Systems

VCS Analytics Bringing Big Data to TV

A one-stop shop for all analytics needs

from measuring service performance to

understanding content consumption

trends and giving operation-wide insights

on multi-screen offering. VCS Analytics

at its core is a problem-solving service.

Service providers don’t have the same

profile of revenue opportunities or service

optimisation issues, but the data science

that can solve all these problems can be

part of the same infrastructure.

Genius Digital

Insight Platform

It is becoming increasingly complicated

for operators to collect, integrate, and

manage customer data. Insight is an end-

to-end data warehousing solution,

capturing, analysing and applying data

for content providers and operators,

providing a complete understanding of

consumer behaviour experience. Built in

response to the growing complexity of

managing viewer data, it allows targeting

four key areas: customer acquisition,

content acquisition, subscriber marketing

and customer retention/churn.

Guavus

CareReflex

A powerful operational intelligence app

that can dramatically reduce the costs

associated with MSO network operations

and customer support functions, by

rapidly identifying the root causes of

service issues impacting on customer

experience. CareReflex continuously

correlates over 20 unique big data

streams from disparate network

operations and customer support

systems to detect and diagnose the

cause of anomalous events. It eliminates

unnecessary engineer call-outs and

automates call handling.

SeaChange International

Adrenalin Business Intelligence

BI is a set of tools for operators

developed to help them maximise VoD

and linear broadcast revenues and

margins. It lets operators combine data

from many different components of the

Adrenalin platform as well as external

data sources. The data is stored in a data

warehouse and made available through

reporting tools, interactive dashboards

and analysis tools.

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