Ericsson takes video to the cloud to enable the ultimate time-shifted TV experience
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
* Ericsson launches cloud DVR (digital video recorder) solution at NAB 2015
following its acquisition and integration of Fabrix Systems
* Immediately positions Ericsson as market leader in cloud DVR through new
video storage and processing platform
* New platform works to reduce cost and complexity in consumer homes,
shrinking set-top-boxes while delivering consumers with on-demand, anywhere
TV access to their content
Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) Media Vision 2020 research predicts that by the year
2020, time spent watching on-demand and time-shifted content will have reached
50:50 parity with linear and live TV. As the trend for time-shifted viewing
combines with 'anywhere access', TV service providers must ensure their service
offerings keep pace by giving consumers control to record and watch live TV
content anytime, on any device. In response to this change in viewing behavior,
Ericsson has launched its cloud DVR solution, applicable to all QAM and IP-based
TV platforms. This crucial consumer application is powered by the Ericsson Video
Storage and Processing Platform, a high performance, software-based
infrastructure.
Ericsson's new platform offers a unique, proven infrastructure, which allows for
seamless augmentation and replacement of legacy TV services with new cloud-based
services. It integrates and virtualizes the storage and processing capabilities
of as many Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) servers as needed, providing
outstanding performance gains and allowing operators to avoid many of the
complexities and costs associated with launching new services.
Ove Anebygd, Vice President and Head of Solution Area Media, Ericsson, says:
"Today's viewers are more prescriptive than ever. They want simplicity in
discovery and immediacy of access to TV Anywhere services, and content delivered
in the highest possible quality. They require the flexibility and speed to
connect to huge libraries of content, and the ability to record and watch live
and linear content whenever they choose. Providing these features can be
expensive and many legacy infrastructures simply do not have the functionality
to do it. Our customers need the most advanced cloud-centric solutions to drive
functions from the home into the cloud, and to enable service differentiation
and new efficiencies. Our new cloud DVR solution places us at the forefront of
technology capability and performance, with proven deployments at the most
demanding customer sites, totaling over 150 petabytes of storage capacity".
In addition to powering the most proven-at-scale cloud DVR deployments, the
Ericsson Video Storage and Processing Platform also enables multiple video
storage and video processing applications that include:
* Master video library - Scale-out storage providing the ability to ingest,
process and ubiquitously stream master or "gold copies' of licensed content
* Long tail server - Allows operators to store and deliver less popular, or
long tail, content directly from a large, central storage vault, eliminating
the need to replicate entire libraries at the edge of the network
* Dynamic origin server - High performance scale-out storage has integrated
recording, storage, and delivery functions
* CDN (content delivery network) assist - Allows operators to expand their
library and adaptively stream content over-the-top, as well as to legacy
systems
* Enhanced VOD - Improves performance, flexibility, and scale in VOD
solutions
NOTES TO EDITORS
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communications technology and services. Our long-term relationships with every
major telecom operator in the world allow people, business and society to
fulfill their potential and create a more sustainable future.
Our services, software and infrastructure - especially in mobility, broadband
and the cloud - are enabling the telecom industry and other sectors to do better
business, increase efficiency, improve the user experience and capture new
opportunities.
With approximately 115,000 professionals and customers in 180 countries, we
combine global scale with technology and services leadership. We support
networks that connect more than 2.5 billion subscribers. Forty percent of the
world's mobile traffic is carried over Ericsson networks. And our investments in
research and development ensure that our solutions - and our customers - stay in
front.
Founded in 1876, Ericsson has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Net sales
in 2014 were SEK 228.0 billion (USD 33.1 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ
OMX stock exchange in Stockholm and the NASDAQ in New York.
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