NetRange, a provider of Smart TV solutions, and Octoshape, a provider of cloud- based streaming technology, have partnered to integrate Infinite HD-M multicast technology into NetRange smart TV portals.
The concept, also called Triple OTT, will allow consumers to watch linear TV via the DVB platform as they do today, but also add the ability to view unlimited amount of linear channels in broadcast quality via the public Internet, including access to smart TV applications and services.
“With Triple OTT, we deliver exactly what the consumer wants. Besides linear TV based on DVB and our portfolio of smart TV applications, Octoshape will enable our devices and our content partners to make more content available at the highest quality with flat fee per channel pricing,” said Jan Wendt, Founder and CEO of NetRange.
“Octoshape’s Infinite HD-M technology will become a major component in our OTT strategy. Their focus and reputation for providing for large-scale broadband TV audiences coupled with its unique technology enabling global video quality will provide a new platform for content owners and device manufacturers with unparalleled consumer video experiences.”
The partnership integrates Octoshape’s Infinite HD-M Federated Multicast platform into NetRange-powered smart TV portals. Infinite HD-M enables large volumes of broadband TV consumption to be delivered efficiently over last mile networks without requiring the vast infrastructure upgrades necessary with traditional video delivery platforms.
With more than 400 customers, NetRange is a service provider for smart TV solutions working for clients such as ITN news, Maxdome, Mercedes-Benz, Brainpool, ARD Tagesschau and the Bauer Media Group. NetRange has developed applications and services not only for its own portal, but also for other current smart TV portals, such as Samsung, LG and Philips.
“The partnership with NetRange is an explosive catalyst in the ecosystem,” said Michael Koehn Milland, CEO of Octoshape. “The combination of the consumer friendly NetRange smart TV portal with the quality, scale, and economic aspects of the Infinite HD-M platform will create an unbeatable consumer video experience on the broadband connected television.”
Telco and cable operators that are part of the Infinite HD-M Federated network receive the signals via native IP Multicast in a way that allows them to easily manage large volumes of traffic without upgrading their Internet capacity.
Octoshape’s federated linear broadband TVecosystem will continue to expand globally throughout 2012 in carefully planned phases adding content contribution partners, Tier 1 broadband providers, connected television manufacturers and conditional access providers.
