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Alcatel-Lucent IPTV/Multi-screen Portfolio
Alcatel-Lucent wields a formidable portfolio that centers on the Velocix platform and the Platform/MediaRoom alliances to meet operator challenges in managing multi-screen content delivery, but can it sustain a coherent marketing message? (1/12/2012)
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Cisco IPTV/Multi-screen Portfolio
Cisco’s IPTV/multi-screen solution, which leverages strengths in scalable video delivery, professional services, and network transport, is threatening to rival offers, though sustaining coordinated Videoscape messaging can prove challenging. (2/27/2012)
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Ericsson IPTV/Multi-screen Portfolio
Ericsson’s video encoding and content management expertise, and emerging managed services approach contribute to the threatening ranking for its IPTV/Multi-screen TV solution, but video network architecture messaging and influence lags behind major rivals. (1/13/2012)
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Huawei IPTV/Multi-screen Portfolio
Huawei’s proven support of multi-screen and IPTV subscriber scaling is a threat to rivals, and its Unified TV approach based on a common SDP architecture offers a compelling proposition to extend user experiences seamlessly to multiple screens. (4/11/2012)
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Motorola Mobility IPTV/Multi-screen Portfolio
Motorola Mobility’s IPTV/multi-screen solution set is competitive with rival offers, but despite robust video back-office functionality, the Google merger may disrupt efforts to extend deeper support of multi-screen video capabilities.(1/25/2012)
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• Summary
  • Portfolio Description
  • Portfolio Positioning
  • Portfolio Traction
  • Current Perspective
• Solution Elements
• Strengths/Weaknesses
• Buying/Selecting Criteria

• Content Delivery Systems
  Network video servers, primarily originated from VoD server roots, that support software developed and dedicated to IPTV applications such as VoD, ad insertion, and nPVR.
  
  
• Content Security
  The technology required to ensure the security and integrity of IP-based video applications such as IPTV. Specifically, this addresses digital rights management (DRM) and conditional access system (CAS) technologies.
  
  
• Head-end Systems/Encoders
  Part of network that concentrates video networking technologies required to deliver video over broadband. Specifically, this addresses platforms that support encoder capabilities and closely related capabilities such as content distribution.
  
  
• IPTV Middleware
  Software embedded in operator server and consumer CPE technologies (typically set-top boxes) that manage the user interface and the delivery of video to the TV such as IP-based video broadcast and video on-demand.
  
  
• STB Range and Interoperability
  The set-top box technology deployed at the consumer’s residence to enable IPTV applications and services. This includes the diversity of STB options and the ability to interoperate with requisite video networking protocols such as MPEG4/H.264 encoding.

IPTV/Multi-screen Solutions Selection Criteria

• Content Delivery System Scalability
  Content Delivery System Scalability measures the ability of the video server-based components of an IPTV solution set to deliver and grow a carrier’s personalized video services such as VoD, nPVR, custom ad insertions, trick-mode viewing, and time-shift TV. This includes metrics such as the maximum number of IPTV/video subscribers supported per system, simultaneous streams delivered, and upgrade flexibility.
  
• Head-end Systems Flexibility
  Video Head-end Systems Flexibility includes the video networking technology required to perform the acquisition, processing, encoding, management, and closely related functions for the delivery of video services. This includes the acquisition and conversion of video from a wide range of sources such as satellite and fiber, the processing of video signals including muxing, ad insertion, transrating, and grooming, the encoding of video into format such as MPEG2 and MPEG4/H.264 to gain video compression efficiencies, and the logical and physical management of video services.


• Back-Office Compatibility
  Back-Office Compatibility addresses the ability of the IPTV solution provider to fully integrate carrier back-office systems such as OSS/BSS platforms with the IPTV networking elements. This can include IPTV middleware, provisioning, and activation elements.
  
  
• Security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) Efficacy
  Content Security and DSM Efficacy relates to the ability of the IPTV solution provider to integrate security and content assurances effectively into the overall solution package. This can include securing (or facilitating) content guarantees with content providers.


• IPTV Professional Service Integration Package
  IPTV Professional Service Integration Package measures the ability of an equipment vendor (i.e., IPTV solution provider) to perform as a lead integrator for IPTV solution integration efforts. This includes IPTV equipment resource depth and breadth, experience, and effective partnerships.


• IPTV Portfolio Diversity and Depth
  IPTV Portfolio Diversity and Depth measures the ability of a vendor to provide the key elements of an IPTV solution from within its own in-house portfolio to address both lead integration opportunities and focused product sales. This can include the ability of the vendor to leverage related and complementary infrastructure technologies such as access, carrier routing, mobile, VoIP/IMS, and optical technologies from within the same common portfolio.