The first P2P PVR from NDS plus innovative "Distributed DVR"
NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced two new product enhancements of Synamedia Metro, the NDS IPTV middleware solution. Distributed-DVR and ShareTV are two patent pending product features which will deliver even more benefit to IPTV service providers who choose Synamedia Metro to protect and enhance their business.
The middleware and content protection attributes of NDS Synamedia Metro combined with the power of Jungo's Open RG software, bring peer-to-peer video sharing and distributed DVR capabilities to IPTV operators.
Distributed DVR: Traditionally, DVRs require a set-top box (STB) with a disk contained in it. Distributed DVR capability from NDS uses the home network and Jungo Residential Gateway UPnP software to find suitable external hard disks for DVR TV storage. Without the need for a hard drive, the cost of the IP-STB is reduced, and the residential gateway becomes the home's virtual on-demand TV server. The subscriber therefore is not restricted by the amount of storage provided in the STB. Furthermore, the subscriber can add as much storage to the home network as required to store recorded programs.
ShareTV: Once content is stored within the home network, ShareTV allows IPTV subscribers to legally share their stored TV content using peer-to-peer technology running in the Jungo Residential Gateway software. For example, a missed episode of a TV series can be requested from other subscribers using Share TV's peer-to-peer software. ShareTV manages the download of the content from other peers on the operator's network and then stores it on a selected hard disk for playback.
Highlights:
* Solutions provide lower costs for IPTV operators while offering broader content choices for subscribers
* Reduces the cost of the DVR by using shared disks in the home network
* Using peer-to-peer technology lowers storage and bandwidth overhead of archive-TV for IPTV operators
* Residential Gateway software from Jungo, now part of NDS, works in conjunction with NDS Synamedia Metro(TM) to gather, manage and protect content in home networks and across internet connections
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