Time-shifting and Loving It

Wide adoption of DVR-based time shifting, combined with the growing abundance of online TV programming and movie rental services, are accelerating the need for more Video On Demand (VOD) channel space. The challenge: finding a fast-track, yet low-cost solution to add capacity to accommodate this high-value demand for VOD.

BigBand's VOD Solution

BigBand Networks' VOD platform leverages our expertise in reliability and scalability to provide a cost-effective content ingest and scalable storage and streaming solution.

In the core, diverse fiber routing, with 50 ms or less switchover times in the case of a fiber cut or other service-affecting event, ensures high network availability. At the edge, the BigBand BEQ™6000 4:1 Edge QAM and the BigBand BEQ™6200 8:1 Edge QAM provide flexible and economical edge processing of switched content while significantly improving total cost of ownership.

An easy-to-use GUI (Graphical User Interface) speeds the configuration of BigBand BEQ QAMs, while pre-encryption and session-based encryption via bulk encryptors ensures content security, particularly crucial for the most highly valued VOD content such as first-run movies. Subscriber billing information is likewise protected.

Add it up and you get a sensible solution that enables you to fully leverage the coming wave video on demand. Just another way we move the pictures that move you