OTTAWA – Direct-to-home (DTH) satellite operators may soon be able to offer IPTV services to their customers via a new suite of products from International Datacasting Corporation (IDC).
The Ottawa-based company said Tuesday that its IDC Digital Tattoo portfolio will enable DTH satellite operators to extend the range of services they offer through Ehernet-based content distribution within multiple dwelling units (MDU) like apartment buildings, hotels, campuses and gated communities.
Digital Tattoo allows content to be delivered by satellite to a micro video server within the MDU which can be used to provide a video on demand service, for example. Server content, which remains encrypted, is delivered and managed using IDC's Centient media aware CDN platform and can be streamed over the MDU Ethernet network to residents' set top boxes.
The Tattoo Gateway is a high density, multi-transponder satellite-to-IP converter designed specifically for the MDU market. A single rack unit Tattoo Gateway can process up to 8 transponders of satellite content and convert it to Gigabit Ethernet for distribution within the MDU, providing subscribers with exactly the same linear content offering as existing DTH subscribers.
"IDC is committed to bringing innovative, cost-effective solutions to market that provide revenue generating opportunities for our customers," said president and CEO Frederick Godard, in the announcement. "Digital Tattoo extends the reach of existing DTH services to MDU markets worldwide, and expands the scope of services satellite operators can offer."
The products will be demonstrated at IDC Booth SU2608 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show in Las Vegas from April 16 – 19, 2012.
