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March 18th, 2013

Broadpeak + Andorra Telecom... Serving Up Streaming (SatBroadcasting™—VOD)


[SatNews] Broadpeak has announced that telecommunications provider Andorra Telecom has deployed...

...Broadpeak's CDN manager and the Viaccess-Orca service delivery platform, along with Sofrecom's know-how, to power a new VOD (Video On Demand) service. Since 2009, the operation of Andorra's IPTV platform has been guaranteed by Sofrecom, which provides proactive solutions. Sofrecom is the system integrator for Broadpeak's high-performance CDN technologies and Viaccess-Orca's RiGHTv™ service delivery platform, to enable Andorra Telecom to cost-effectively deliver a high-quality VOD service to its subscribers.

Using Broadpeak's BkS100 streaming VOD servers, Andorra Telecom can stream SD and HD VOD content from its IPTV network. The streaming servers effectively eliminate jitter that causes network impairments, providing Andorra Telecom subscribers with a superior quality of experience. Load balancing and failover tasks are managed by Broadpeak's BkM100 unified CDN manager, which has been integrated by Sofrecom experts with the Viaccess-Orca RiGHTv service delivery platform to ensure seamless operation. The BkM100 system allows Andorra Telecom to deliver VOD content in the most cost-effective and efficient manner by optimizing content deployment on its network based on its popularity. Based on a highly customizable, scalable, and open architecture, Viaccess-Orca RiGHTv is a robust service delivery platform that allows Andorra Telecom to reliably create and manage its extensive VOD service. Throughout the entire system integration process, Sofrecom provided Andorra Telecom with an unmatched engineering expertise of on-demand technology solutions that simplified the installation.