Broadpeak’s clever nanoCDN technology, which enables content to be multicast across a CDN and turned into a unicast stream inside the home, and turns unicast requests from multiscreen devices into multicast requests to capitalize on the bandwidth efficiencies created, has been integrated with the ATV1800 Quad Core Android TV box from Geniatech. nanoCDN requires a software client inside the home.
The two companies say Geniatech’s Android TV box with nanoCDN provides cable and telecom operators with a cost-effective solution for delivering live OTT video content to millions of Android set-top boxes using only a few megabits per second of the operator’s network. Broadpeak has been demonstrating the complete solution at NAB this week.
“The Geniatech Android-based STB is designed to help Pay TV operators deliver an amazing user experience that includes media-rich web and video content,” says Mr. Fang, CEO at Geniatech. “Yet, given the unpredictable nature of live OTT video consumption, we saw the value in implementing Broadpeak’s nanoCDN agent in our devices. The result is a guaranteed high quality of service for our customers at all times and the possibility for operators to deliver live OTT content to virtually any number of subscribers with our STB using the same amount of bandwidth.”
nanoCDN enables operators to extend their CDN into the home network, leveraging equipment such as broadband gateways and STBs. Because it harnesses multicast, nanoCDN makes live HTTP video delivery more scalable, turning millions of broadband gateways or STBs into active components of an operator’s content delivery infrastructure, Broadpeak explains. nanoCDN implements multicast support for most popular adaptive bit rate formats.
Geniatech’s ATV1900 Series is a quad core CPU and Octa GPU set-top box featuring 2.0GHz and support for Android 4.4 OS and 5.0 OS, including integration of DRMs such as Microsoft PlayReady, Verimatrix, Marlin and Widevine. It can decode UHD using H.264 or HEVC.
“This partnership signifies an important step forward for Broadpeak, extending the reach of nanoCDN to Android devices,” says Jacques Le Mancq, CEO of Broadpeak. “We look forward to bringing all the benefits of Geniatech’s Android STB, combined with the bandwidth efficiency and cost savings provided by our nanoCDN technology, to the Pay TV market. Android STBs were lacking scalability when millions of people tuned in to live events. This is not true anymore.”
