BCi adds 3 screen capability
Clients are increasingly demanding 3 screen capable platforms for delivery of their content. The BCi Test lab now support 3 Screen testing via the Envivio 4Caster C4. The 4Caster C4 supports live and on demand transcoding services to 3 screens in a variety of formats. Format configuration has been dramatically simplified through the use if intuitive menus resulting in rapid deployment in the Test lab.
The 4Caster C4 supports single or multiple format output allowing Operators or Content owners to provide services to mobile, PC and TV’s all from a single device. This has obvious cost and space saving implications.
BCi remains committed to maintain its position as a leader of Over the top TV services and sees onging development of its Test lab core in that goal. For more information please contact Mark Hooper on +44 (0) 2380 988606 or info@bci.eu.com
Marlin DRM added to BCi portfolio of IPTV, VoD & OTT TV integration and testing expertise
The Marlin solution meets today’s needs for content distribution and provides an end-to-end digital rights management (DRM) solution that is easy to use, efficient, cost effective and applicable to a variety of market requirements. As well as TV over Broadband and TV over Mobile solutions, Marlin is particularly well suited to Over the Top TV or Internet TV solutions.
Marlin is already active in the market and has been deployed by SONY, Activila and is being trialled by Telefonica. With its open source, community developed approach, Marlin delivers the most comprehensive and advanced DRM technology in the market today.
BCi has integrated the Marlin technology with other core hardware components into our IPTV testing lab to create a demo and testing environment to showcase Over the Top TV and Internet TV solutions.
BCi’s Consultancy, System Integration and Testing Services offer you a full range of support for Over the Top TV solutions.
BCi continues to invest in its Southampton Lab by adding 4 x 1 GigE network cards to one of the Sun servers. The Lab provides a representative broadcast eco-system to support development and testing of IPTV and VoD components and systems. The addition of these cards allows us to present in excess of 3000 concurrent video streams. This is particularly important to create appropriate test conditions for Edge QAMs, Conditional Access kit, rate shapers or SRM’s (Session Resource Managers). It perfectly compliments our RTSP test client as they will form a very effective pair for cost effective capacity testing.
This upgrade forms part of a larger investment BCi are making in the Lab. These changes will further our growth into the IPTV/VoD Consultancy and System Integration support services. In particular it will broaden our Test services and allow clients to ’stress test’ components and systems prior to launch.
