Harmonic, Nagra and Abertis Telecom promote the first commercial multi-screen OTT MPEG-DASH service

The multi-screen service is already being used by Spanish broadcasters for their HbbTV-based services and will be enhanced to become what is expected to be the world's first commercial deployment of MPEG-DASH.

Harmonic announced at IBC 2012 that it has partnered with Nagra to drive an innovative cloud-based OTT video service for broadcasters and pay TV service providers offered jointly by the Spanish telecommunications infrastructure operator Abertis Telecom and Nagra.

The multi-screen service is already being used by Spanish broadcasters for their HbbTV-based services and will be enhanced to become what is expected to be the world's first commercial deployment of MPEG-DASH, a standards-based adaptive streaming protocol that supports multiple DRM systems through a common encryption, as well as the first deployment of HbbTV 1.5.

Como parte de una solución multi-pantalla totalmente integrada, la suite ProMedia de Harmonic y la solución Nagra MediaLive Multiscreen proporcionan al servicio en la nube de Abertis Telecom-Nagra una infraestructura de vídeo integrado capaz de ofrecer aplicaciones OTT de alta calidad, incluyendo emisión en vivo, VOD y en diferido, a televisores, ordenadores, tablets, smartphones, set-top boxes y otros dispositivos IP conectados.
Para garantizar una implementación exitosa, Nagra y Harmonic trabajan estrechamente para definir e implementar las interfaces necesarias entre las soluciones de procesamiento de video de Harmonic y los servidores clave DRM maestros de Nagra, permitiendo que el servicio proteja el contenido al mismo tiempo con múltiples sistemas de gestión de derechos digitales, incluyendo Nagra PRM, Microsoft PlayReady y Marlin.

Leveraging the multi-DRM capability of the Nagra MediaLive Multiscreen, the Abertis Telecom-Nagra cloud service can support a wide range of connected devices while reducing the total cost of ownership. Nagra's end-to-end solution includes the flexible MediaLive Service platform for digital asset management and service delivery; award-winning digital rights management (Nagra PRM) technology; Nagra Media Player, a sophisticated media player that delivers securely open device services, and the MediaLive-Ninja ‖ Client Framework, a flexible cross-device application framework that accelerates the deployment of innovative services to multiple connected devices.