QuickPlay Media has unveiled a new Mobile Set-Top Box solution it says will enable TV service providers to easily extend traditional set-top box capabilities beyond the living room to popular consumer electronic and mobile devices.
QuickPlay’s Mobile Set-Top Box solution is available to Cable MSO and IPTV providers, the Toronto-based company describes. By extending their current services, including user authentication requirements and business rules, these providers can become a ubiquitous presence in their subscribers’ daily lives. The Mobile Set-Top Box functionality allows viewers to access content previously restricted to their cable set-top boxes and enjoy it anywhere, anytime on all types of consumer electronics and mobile devices.
“As we have seen with our award winning PrimeTime2Go service, consumers are eager to take their entertainment experience beyond the confines of their living rooms. With the Mobile Set-Top Box solution, we enable service providers to extend the value of their premium programming by making it available to subscribers anywhere they may go, complete with all of the capabilities they’ve come to count on from their set-top boxes,” Wayne Purboo, president and CEO, QuickPlay Media, said in a release. “At the same time, we allow providers to retain control of their content while managing specific business rules and entitlements across multiple devices. Until now, this cross-device management capability had been the missing link preventing the promise of truly portable entertainment from becoming a reality.”
The solution delivers a variety of innovative features that make it easy for service providers to ensure the optimum user experience across multiple devices, without sacrificing content protection. Features include:
Digital Rights Management (DRM) Protection with Content Expiry: Ensures content rights are extended securely to mobile device platforms, enabling a number of VOD entitlement models such as rentals and subscriptions.
DVR Capabilities: Enables consumers to set the device of their choice to automatically download their favorite programs. Additionally, subscribers can pause programs and return to them later or, in the case of an incoming call, have the service pause automatically and resume when the call is finished.
Geographic and Entitlement Access Control: Ensures that content can be accessed only by approved customers within specified regions.
Smart Download Technology: Allows content to be delivered to a device during periods of intermittent network availability to make sure that customers can always access their favorite shows.
Multiple Network Transfer Support: Provides options for users to access and download content over Wi-Fi, high-speed cellular networks and via sideloading.
Advanced Device Management –Storage, Memory and Battery: Detects and alerts customers when their device storage, memory or battery is low, allowing them to manage their device and settings accordingly.
Cross-Device Quality: Lets users enjoy the same high-quality entertainment experience regardless of where or how they choose to view the content on their mobile device.
Multiple Viewing Options: Offers customers multiple viewing options including live TV, video-on-demand (VOD) and automatic content downloading.
QuickPlay Media Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, with sales offices in London and throughout the U.S.