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SPL IPTV MIDDLEWARE
Feature rich, most comprehensive middleware to manage SPL IPTV platform
The SPL middleware is the most comprehensive IPTV service management tool. It has made possible the seamless integration of entire products line in IPTV value chain.
Features:
User Management
It provides the dynamic user interface (UI) to Set Top Box (STB). It also keeps track of the Set Top Box security ID, maintains STB usage log for billing and security purpose. It provides the web based STB remote controlling ability useful for helpdesk and technical support. The STBs can be remotely upgraded. The UI of STB can be customized and can be assigned to individual users or multiple user groups.
Content Management
The content is the key and highly valuable asset for the service provider and it needs to be handled with great care. Content management is one of the most complex tasks in managing the IPTV services. The SPL Middleware works in conjunction with SPL Security and DRM solution.
Set different costs to different content, Decide the usage pattern, Package in different content groups. It manages and tracks content repository on Network attached storage (NAS). It swaps the content among the streaming servers to balance the load and also among streaming servers and NAS. The content with high demand is placed on the edges (Streaming Servers) while the one with low demand is kept at back (NAS). The intelligent content swapping function is transparent to users and the content is delivered to user STB without any noticeable delay irrespective of the content stored on edge or at back. It makes optimal use of the system to cater maximum users at any point.
Infrastructure Management
The effective system monitoring and smart management ensures smooth IPTV service. It is impossible and very costly to keep manual track of every server system in any mid to large size IPTV deployment. SPL middleware makes life easy by providing completely automated functions. It allows configuring server roles, functions, control the input and output parameters. It provides manual and automated tools for load balancing.
It is integrated with the SPL security solutions and provides multiple levels of user administration control.
It checks the heart beat of all servers and activates the fail over mechanism in case of any failed component. It instantaneously alerts system administrator by sending SNMP based signals using multiple preset options viz. Send Email, SMS, Activate electric buzzer alarms etc
It maintains the complete information of content usage, service usage, user database, network devices, and operational parameters. It also provides extensive APIs to interface with the system for applications like billing system, Remote Helpdesk and support call center operations, Third party messaging etc.
Revenue Generating Functions
SPL's IPTV platform enables service provider with additional revenue generating streams apart from the content offerings. Advertising is one of the major sources of additional revenues. SPL middleware has patented "Targeted AD mechanism" that ensures guaranteed AD delivery to users from different user groups based on variety factors like age groups, ethnic communities, demographic groups, niche interest groups and many more options. It allows the dynamic AD insertion in the content.
It supports a one to one and one to many messaging function that can be used to provide service of sending multimedia greetings, text messages.
The system enables users with real time Interactivity which can be used for running online casinos, gambling and betting services. It can also be very helpful to marketing agencies to conduct user surveys.
Highlights:
- Complete management tools of SPL IPTV platform
- Flexible user management - Can configure user profile individually and in groups
- Effective content management - Manage, load balance and swap content among multiple servers and NAS. Conserves the storage space and cost for maintaining individual content copy on each streaming server
- Reliable system management - It enables the server cluster management, load balancing function, auto fail over mechanism
- Monitors the Heart Beat of entire system components and raises alarms at critical points
- Enables dynamic advertise insertion
- Push and targeted advertisements
- Enables messaging interoperatibility between heterogeneous communication networks - Text / Multimedia messages like songs, videos etc to STB, Send/Receive SMS to mobile phone
- Provides network PVR facility
- Provides remote STB upgrade mechanism
For more Information
contact us at info@splinnotech.com
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