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Many service providers today, whether considering a new IPTV implementation or migrating from a legacy system, are caught in a Catch-22.  They need to implement a robust, next-generation IPTV Middleware platform to offer a richer subscriber experience, but the CAPEX and OPEX costs of the IPTV Middleware and overall implementation are cost-prohibitive.

What if service providers could quickly and cost effectively introduce or upgrade IPTV in their service areas, achieve a rapid return on investment and maximize this investment by offering IPTV as a Managed Cloud Service to other service providers or even other businesses such as Hotels and Hospitality, which are typically outside their service areas?

v.Unison, a solution set of v.Orchestra products and Quantum Site Technology, enables a shared installation of an IPTV Middleware platform among multiple service providers or entities, while maintaining a secure, autonomous environment for each individual entity’s back-end systems and customized offerings.

The v.Unison solution set includes:

  • v.Maestro IPTV Middleware Integration & Management Platform that provides the critical entry point into a complex IPTV Middleware implementation in order to manage, integrate, and police multiple, disparate B/OSS systems and 3rd party applications
  • v.Harmonizer Device Provisioning Module that allows for multiple methods of Set-Top Box (STB) device activation and provisioning.
  • v.Harmonizer Billing Adapter Module that enables the required abstraction and auditing of billing events from the IPTV Middleware to the billing systems in the formats that the systems require.
  • Quantum Site Technology, which enables domain level segregation of data (subscribers, devices, channel maps, and users) implemented on the v.Maestro Integration & Management Platform.  Quantum Site Technology ensures that while multiple service providers (or entities) share the IPTV Middleware installation, they autonomously manage their own environment for their back-end billing and operational systems integration and management, as well as customized branded experience and unique offerings.
  • With v.Unison, service providers gain a powerful new capability to rapidly and cost-effectively roll out their IPTV services.  More importantly, they can dramatically expand the revenue-stream potential of their IPTV network infrastructure by entering new markets, such as offering rich, new IPTV Managed Cloud services to hotels, restaurants, sports bars, and other hospitality-related businesses.

Shared Content

No Shared Content

As shown in the image above, the entities have their own content head-end for their service offerings.  v.Maestro encapsulates the IPTV Middleware Platform, and Quantum Site Technology divides the Middleware into individual domain sites for each entity, thereby creating secure, autonomous environments for their v.Harmonizer billing and device modules to extract STB, subscriber and billing event data.  In addition, each site is completely branded to maintain its own look and feel. Each site receives its own branded client User Interface in addition to its own management User Interface supported through v.Maestro.

For more information on v.Unison, please contact us.