Premium push-VOD: DirectTV
DirecTV requirements and expectations: DirecTV was looking to offer a premium push-VOD catalog to the end-user. The targeted solution had to meet the following requirements: A pristine video quality enabling a Blu-ray like experience in HD. The highest bandwidth efficiency to ensure from a fast download and play on the user’s Set Top Box.
DirecTV challenges: DirecTV had to face the following challenges
- Combination of a pristine quality and the lowest bitrates.
- Integration of the targeted solution into an automated workflow.
- Robustness of the transcoding process in regard to various input formats.
How could ATEME’s KFE/TITAN File meet these requirements?
- Quality : Best-in-class video codec developed by ATEME for 10 years.
- Workflow : File-based transcoder leveraging a full network-oriented approach, intelligent load balancing across the entire processing farm as well as northbound API for an easy integration into DirecTV CMS.
- Robustness : Full control on the technology resulting in error-in resilient workflow.
How is ATEME going beyond the customers’ expectations?
- ATEME enables the extension to multi-screen delivery with the support of Web and mobile profiles, on top of the TV profiles.
- ATEME drastically reduces the operational costs with the “all-in-one” TITAN File platform.