MCTV Picks Broadpeak And Enghouse Networks For Streaming

MCTV, a local US cable TV operator providing video and broadband services, has chosen France’s Broadpeak and Canadian telco equipment maker Enghouse Networks as technology suppliers for a video streaming service.

Called MCTV Stream, the service will use Broadpeak’s CDN, BkM100 Video Delivery Manager, BkS400 HTTP Video Cache Servers, and BkS350 Origin Packager to deliver live, catch-up TV, NPVR, and VOD content to MCTV Stream subscribers. These Broadpeak components are integrated with Enghouse EspialTV, a managed IPTV platform hosted in the cloud.

“We replaced our previous streaming video platform with a solution from Broadpeak and Enghouse to continue to improve and strengthen the future of our video product offerings,” said Katherine Gessner, president at MCTV. “MCTV takes pride in superior-quality delivery and provides an exceptional experience for customers. Capitalizing on Broadpeak’s expertise in video delivery, with a high-quality user experience enabled by Enghouse, we ensure the optimal streaming experience.”

Broadpeak contends that its CDN platform will significantly improve the QoE (Quality of Experience) for MCTV Stream subscribers. With the BkM100 Video Delivery Manager, MCTV can continuously monitor the popularity of content based on usage patterns and deliver popular content from the most appropriate HTTP video cache servers to reduce costs. MCTV will use Broadpeak’s BkS350 Origin Packager to securely deliver live, time-shifted, and VOD services to any device. On-demand packaging on the BkS350 will reduce MCTV’s need for encoding and storage resources, while also providing high-throughput capacity to maximize cost savings.

EspialTV in turn helps MCTV customize the user interface of its video streaming service to address multiple consumer and business market segments. Since EspialTV is a cloud-based SaaS package, it can be deployed readily at a low startup cost. 

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