[SatNews] Mirifice announced that European telecommunications and Internet service provider, Telenor Broadcast Holding AS, has selected Mirifice’s MiriATE system to automate the testing of digital television STBs before they are deployed to Telenor’s customers. Automating testing will improve the quality of the STBs, resulting in greater customer satisfaction and lower costs.

Telenor is the latest television service provider to select Mirifice for test automation. Telenor selected Mirifice’s MiriATE system after a thorough evaluation process that considered a wide range of aspects of the solutions available in the market. Mirifice’s MiriATE automated test system is specifically designed to test customer premises equipment such as STBs by emulating a human user, so the results have the advantages of automation but reflect the experience of a real viewer watching television through the STB.

Telenor regularly introduces new STBs to its customers, after a thorough testing cycle to ensure that the STB meets stringent quality criteria. Prior to automation all tests were done manually, however manual testing cannot reliably test for long periods or repeat tests accurately, making regression testing, soak testing (long term) and stress testing difficult. Automation improves the quality and reliability of testing by increasing the accuracy and repeatability of tests, while shortening test time for greater efficiency.