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evolution service capability.
Now, add an open and modular
middleware with flexible UI (for
example with HTML5) where
you can pool developers from
web, mobile and broadcast
industries and add functional
components incrementally (e.g.
PVR library and planner or
Push-VOD portal).
Next, choose a software CAS
that not only delivers you
savings of up to 60% when
compared with a hardware CAS,
but also yields efficiencies in
distribution and logistics
complexity, additionally giving
you the ability to respond to
threats more rapidly and
dynamically. Add a sprinkling of
remote diagnostics and service
management capability to
monitor and assure your
customers’ quality of service.
Finally, package all this into a
pre-integrated, tested solution
and you have the foundations to
start a profitable and future-proof pay-TV
business.
In our tale earlier, we illustrated a
possible pay-TV strategy for Africa that starts
with an initial deployment of linear TV
followed by service evolution with PVR,
push-VOD and start-over, but how does an
ace’s leadership
position in the payTV industry is built
upon our proven ability to
tame new technologies
and rapidly turn them into
high-quality products.
Pace is a prime solution
provider to many of the
world’s leading operators
(e.g. MultiChoice,
DirectTV, Comcast, AT&T,
Sky Italia, Sky
Deutschland, Foxtel, Astro
and many others) where
our world leading hardware, Elements
software platform and ECO Service
Management system means we can
deliver pre-integrated, pay-TV solutions
that get pay-TV operators to market
fast, with low risk and optimum total
cost of ownership.
On Booth 16 in the AfricaCast zone at
AfricaCom, we will be demonstrating a
wide range of products and solutions –
new market entry STBs for DTH and
DVB-T2, an operator deployed OTT
operator get to OTT and multiscreen services
from here?
Challenged by Africa’s current
infrastructure constraints, adding the twoway connectivity required to deliver OTT
services through the STB will require
inclusion of a wireless connection to the
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solution and our whole-home, multiscreen platform. Across all of these
products we’ll be showing our Elements
software platform in action:
1. Elements Tungsten and Helium
device software powers set-top-box
and gateway services respectively;
2. Titanium’s Unified Rights
Management protecting operators’
content and revenue;
3. Cobalt’s Service Delivery Platform
enables the delivery of converged
Internet – either directly via a
USB modem or indirectly via
Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to the
customer’s smartphone. If we
also take account of the
phenomenal and continued
growth of mobile, a possible
future could be where OTT
becomes a predominantly
second-screen application with
local wireless connectivity to the
STB enabling the pay-TV
operator to deliver a seamless
and integrated experience with
the large screen.
Despite Africa’s market and
geographical challenges, service
providers are demonstrating
tremendous tenacity and
ingenuity in delivering attractive
TV services, there’s no doubt it’s
going to be an exciting market
for the foreseeable future.
If you would like to hear
more tales of ‘Tortoise’ and his
pay-TV exploits, Pace will be
speaking at Africa Cast at 15.30
on Wednesday 13th November, our topic
‘Maximising your pay-TV investment’ will
discuss many of the areas covered above and
explore how pay-TV operators can make the
most from their STB investments.
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broadcast and VoD
Services;
4. Oxygen’s User Interface
Framework ensures that a
consistent experience can
be delivered to any screen;
5. Finally, we’ll be
showing how Pace’s ECO
Service Management
simplifies delivery,
management, and support
of any IP-connected
device.
Nobody knows
hardware better than Pace
– so nobody knows better how the right
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