Ensures Easy Path to WebTV for Network Operators
CESSON-SÉVIGNÉ, France — Oct. 13, 2010 — Broadpeak today announced the completion of integration between Mediator, its content delivery network (CDN) management system, and Inlet Technologies’ Spinnaker™ live streaming appliances. The tight integration enables a turnkey Web TV offering for multichannel providers, such as cable and telco operators and network service providers worldwide, who are looking to provide access to their content via the Web for existing subscribers or to new subscribers via an over-the-top application.
Advanced redundancy between the technologies from Broadpeak and Inlet ensures highly reliable, high-performance adaptive bitrate (ABR) encoding from Inlet that powers the delivery of content over IP networks provided by Broadpeak. The easy to operate, pre-configured system dramatically trims deployment time and eliminates costs for integration and troubleshooting. The Broadpeak system also features advanced monitoring of the encoded content to ensure quality and network performance.
“We’re excited to offer customers a turnkey solution like this thanks to our collaboration with a trusted name like Inlet Technologies,” said Jacques Le Mancq, Broadpeak’s president and CEO. “We recognize our responsibility to help network operators reach new audiences easily and efficiently. This pre-configured solution helps our customers exploit new opportunities — and all the systems work has been done for them.”
Focused on CDN and video-on-demand (VoD) servers, Broadpeak is a spinoff from Technicolor, formed by a team of experts who previously worked at Technicolor and spent years working with large-scale deployments by leading IPTV, cable, and hybrid pay-TV operators worldwide.
The scalable Broadpeak Mediator system enables network service providers to efficiently deliver content to multiple screens, over any type of network, using intelligent popularity management to optimize system storage capacity and system load balancing to ensure high-performance. The system’s servers feature redundancy and fail-over management and network topology is easily managed for efficiency using advanced, secure, multilayered PoP technology. Ideal for over-the-top Web television delivery, Mediator also provides geolocation and geoblocking features for Internet streaming. It can be used as a private CDN or installed as a wholesale platform.
Spinnaker is Inlet Technologies’ family of award-winning real-time streaming appliances. Spinnaker’s robust, reliable platform can stream in multiple formats to any device, including iPhone®, iPad™, feature phones, and smart phones. Spinnaker offers full support for adaptive bitrate streaming, which allows viewers to move seamlessly from one resolution and data rate to another, without pausing or buffering.
“Collaboration with a leading CDN provider like Broadpeak helps Inlet Technologies meet its goal of enabling consumers to view content when and where they want it,” said Donald Bossi, CEO, Inlet Technologies. “Through this key partnership with Broadpeak, we help content providers to extend their reach, content distributors to increase subscriber satisfaction, and both groups to realize greater value from their content. We’re happy to partner with suppliers like Broadpeak who share our vision of innovative, reliable solutions that deliver quality content.”
About Inlet Technologies
Inlet Technologies is redefining the online video experience with innovative solutions for media preparation that combine striking video quality with surprising simplicity and reliability, enabling content owners to expand their audience and realize greater value from their content. Industry leaders such as Major League Baseball, Microsoft, NBC Universal/Vancouver Winter Games, Yahoo!, France Télévisions, and Home Shopping Network rely on Inlet for easy implementation, technical prowess, and enterprise scale for their mission critical operations. More information about Inlet Technologies is available at www.inlethd.com.
About Broadpeak (www.broadpeak.tv)
Broadpeak designs and manufactures multiplatform broadband video delivery solutions for Internet Service Providers and IPTV, cable, and hybrid pay-TV operators worldwide. Its portfolio of video network components powers the delivery of movies, television programming, and other content over managed networks and the Internet for viewing on any type of device. Broadpeak systems leverage the long legacy of Technicolor’s excellence in broadcast and broadband content delivery from where the founders and technology originated. The company’s systems and services help network service providers increase market share and improve subscriber loyalty with superior quality of experience. Broadpeak is headquartered in Rennes, France. More information about Broadpeak is available at www.broadpeak.tv.
Agency Contact:
David Cohen
202 Communications
Tel: +1 215 283 4459
E-mail: david@202comms.com
Broadpeak Contact:
Jacques Le Mancq
President and CEO
Tel: +33 2 99 22 79 45
E-mail: jacques.lemancq@broadpeak.tv
