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Simplifying OTT





Internet enabled content delivery presents enormous business opportunities for TV service providers.

But with so many content sources and consumer electronic devices out there, it is hard to strike a balance between staying in control of your media to gain revenue and allowing consumers to control their video experience.

NDS Infinite TV™ provides that balance with a complete multi-screen solution for over-the-top (OTT) delivery.

A modular solution, NDS Infinite TV lets you control content ingestion, management, publishing, monetization, protection and delivery to horizontal and vertical devices.

It also ensures your subscribers will enjoy an optimal and consistent viewing experience; whether they are using an OTT STB, connected TV, tablet, PC, mobile device or games console.

 


One solution
    for multiple screens

NDS Infinite TV has all the key elements for offering a true television experience on any device, over managed and  unmanaged IP networks.

Content management

NDS Infinite TV uses automated content management workflows for building large on-demand catalogs. This saves your platform considerable time and money. It also offers intuitive, user-guided menus enabling your non-technical staff to price, publish and re-purpose on-demand assets for different environments and devices.


Multi-screen user interface (UI)

A thin-client UI application, the OTT navigator helps you get the most out of each device's navigation features while maintaining a consistent user experience on all platforms. You can apply the OTT navigator to the most suitable application engine for each device for optimum performance. That way, your subscribers can enjoy the best possible user experience, no matter what device they use.

Of course, you can easily tailor the OTT navigator to ensure that your branding and service are extended consistently on all devices.

Business management

NDS Infinite TV provides a set of services for monetizing your OTT platform. User management tools let you associate devices with subscriber domains (households) and control all content offers, purchases and access to booked content from these domains. The data gathered from monitoring and reporting user transactions and system usage can then be fed to business intelligence systems for analysis.


Robust service and content protection

NDS Infinite TV also incorporates VideoGuard Connect™, NDS' proven DRM solution, to protect your OTT services with strong authentication. In addition, VideoGuard Connect provides proactive content protection. Audited by Telecordia, an independent, studio-approved security auditor, VideoGuard Connect received exceptionally high ratings in all categories. NDS technology has also been approved by all the prominent studios, including Disney, Fox, HBO, NBC Universal, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros.

Content discovery

NDS Infinite TV's efficient search and browsing capabilities let you import content from various sources and present it to users via a catalog. It also provides the tools to promote content via the UI as well as integrating with third-party promotion and recommendation engines. This makes it easy for your subscribers to discover and aggregate the content they like and so drives pay-TV revenue.


Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) streaming

NDS Infinite TV uses adaptive bit rate (ABR) streaming technology so your subscribers can enjoy an optimized video experience that adapts to their network and available bandwidth.

The ABR stream format is applicable for multiple devices. A single stream could be delivered to the CDN for serving multiple platforms, saving considerable network bandwidth. NDS ABR metadata can also reuse the same live content delivered to a CDN for supporting a Catch-up TV service.


Keeping you competitive


Deploy faster for less

NDS Infinite TV can also be offered under a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. This enables your pay-TV business to deploy an OTT platform faster, with a lower initial investment.

Scalable to serve your growing subscriber base

NDS Infinite TV scales itself to your platform's subscriber base and can handle large volumes of streams. Its automated content management workflows allow you to handle large on-demand catalogs.

Delivers a superior media experience

NDS Infinite TV's OTT navigator user interface is clean, simple and easy-to-use on any device. Its built-in advanced search and content discovery features mean that discovering linear, VOD and OTT content on any device has never been easier for your subscribers.

Business models that generate revenue

NDS Infinite TV supports a wide range of business models including subscription, transactional access to linear, on-demand content and applications. The system also supports free-to-air content distribution models featuring robust advertising campaign management and insertion capabilities as well as ad impact measurement.

You can, of course, also apply varied business rules to different devices.


The NDS Infinite TV system is ideal for pay-TV operators looking to quickly upgrade their existing broadcast system and add OTT delivery to multiple screens.

                  

Because NDS Infinite TV relies on the modular architecture of the NDS Unified Headend™, you can build your OTT system in phases and add new screens at short notice. You can also quickly introduce any new features that NDS has previously deployed with other Unified Headend customers.

While time-to-market is important, NDS Infinite TV brings other key benefits which help keep your platform competitive on multiple screens for the long term.

Efficient delivery that reduces costs

NDS Infinite TV uses a single ABR stream instead of multiple streams to deliver content to portable CE devices. This saves your platform considerable bandwidth and operating costs.

 


Let our experience
      guide you to the future


Since 1990, NDS has been at the forefront of the digital TV revolution, establishing pay-TV systems for leading operators around the world.

NDS' VideoGuard® is the world's market leading content and service protection solution, deployed in 114 million pay-TV households. VideoGuard conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technologies safeguard pay-TV service revenues exceeding $50 billion.

NDS is experienced in system design with proven integration and support capabilities. We can offer an end-to-end framework that integrates leading third-party products or uses all of NDS' best-of-breed technology.

As you stand poised to lead your television platform into the future of OTT, let NDS Infinite TV guide you through these challenging times.

To learn more about how NDS Infinite TV can help you deliver OTT content faster and better, visit the Web page or contact us.


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