Broadstream And Skystream Announce Strategic Partnership To Outsource Telco TV
November 13, 2003
LAS VEGAS, NV, November 13, 2003 - Broadstream Communications, Inc and
SkyStream Networks ® today announced an agreement to offer the U.S.
telco market an entirely outsourced, multichannel video service
comparable to cable or satellite TV.
Broadstream, the industry leader in outsourced IP head-end
and video distribution services, and SkyStream, the leader in IP Video
delivery, are showcasing the new service here at the TelcoTV 2003 Expo,
attended by telecommunications companies interested in delivering the
“Triple Play”—voice, video and data. Visit SkyStream in Booth #100 at
the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas from November 13 through 14 for more
information on the service.
The Broadstream service aims to improve the economics of
offering the “triple play” for telcos by allowing them to roll-out
“triple play” services within 60 days of sign-up and by eliminating
capital expenditures for purchasing, operating and maintaining a
complete video headend and operations center.
Broadstream completely outsources the head-end
infrastructure and content provisioning to provide a groomed,
telco-friendly video signal over the Broadstream IP TV Transport
Network. Telcos pay an affordable monthly service fee and a start-up
fee to get up and running. By eliminating the barriers to entry of
purchasing the necessary video headend equipment, the partnership
between Broadstream and SkyStream allows telcos to deliver advanced
television services over their existing broadband infrastructure at the lowest possible cost.
Telco customers to the Broadstream service would deliver video to their
subscribers via a “virtual video headend” powered by Broadstream’s
state-of-the art video headend that operates both at a centralized
national delivery point and at each local edge. Broadstream allows
telcos to add a complete package of digital TV programming—including
broadcast network content, specialty channels, movies, sports and local
programming—and a full-suite of digital music programming to existing
data and voice services.
Broadstream’s edge platform located typically at the
telcos Central Office incorporates SkyStream’s Mediaplex-20 Video
Delivery Platform a multi-channel, high-density switched video
headend system that provides advanced encoding with built-in
pre-processing, video multiplexing and de-multiplexing, video
rate-shaping, transrating, stream replication, DVB to IP gateway and
ATM to IP and DVB/ASI conversion, all in a single chassis.
By seamlessly encoding analog local and community based
channels with standard video preprocessing, the Mediaplex-20 delivers
IP video to the appropriate last mile (ADSL, FTTH, BBFW, CATV). This
allows Broadstream and its customers a highly cost-effective way to
encode and stream off-air programming as well as a rich array of local
programming. The Broadstream local video service can include local
network affiliates and local news and sports programming, as well as
the community shows and programs that will allow telcos to
differentiate their offering from satellite TV services, which do not
offer community programming.
“Telcos need to invest in new strategies and architectures
for the deployment of integrated video, voice and data services that
will raise their revenues per user,” said Anthony Bontrager, President
and CEO of Broadstream. “The joint solution offered by Broadstream and
SkyStream gives service providers a competitive, sustainable and
cost-effective video platform that doesn’t require them to break the
bank on equipment before they start generating revenue from customers.”
“The Broadstream service offers telcos the cost efficiencies
and service delivery benefits that will allow them to compete with
cable and deliver services profitably,” said Jim Olson, President and
CEO, SkyStream Networks. “By using the Mediaplex-20 as part of a
virtual headend system, telco service providers can deliver video to
their subscribers in any format that integrates easily with their
existing telco network and makes it very simple for them to migrate to
future services, like MPEG-4 video delivery, video-on-demand and HDTV,
without requiring expensive upgrades.”
The Broadstream service will be available in the first
quarter of 2004.
SkyStream
provides IP video delivery platforms that enables service providers to
transform their business. With SkyStream products, they can better
manage their existing services and generate new revenues from broadcast
TV, movies on demand and multimedia. By taking IP closer to the edge,
SkyStream’s software and hardware products dramatically lower costs to
provide services and optimize video delivery in any network. SkyStream
is the leader in IP video with over 200 customers.
Broadstream Communications, Inc. is the leading provider of IPTV
network infrastructure services that enable unconstrained delivery of
national television content to telecom service providers across the
United States. Broadstream operates the industry's first all digital
(IP) virtual head-end network and service offering that enables service
providers to create an efficient, cost-effective video service offering
that breaks economic and performance barriers imposed by self-built
head-end systems. With ubiquitous coverage of the entire continental
United States from our satellites, Broadstream offers the most
extensive IP Video network in the world, and is able to offer the most
flexible and complete video solution in the industry.
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