Leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and live and video-on-demand (VOD) technology, Broadpeak, last week announced that its nanoCDN technology has been integrated with the ATV1800 Quad Core Android TV box from Geniatech, providing cable and telecom operators with a cost-effective solution for delivering live OTT video content to millions of Android set-top boxes (STBs).
The ATV1900 which features 1GB RAM, 8GB NAND Flash, 802.11b/g/n/ac network, and Bluetooth connection is capable of decoding Ultra HD (4K) using H.264 as well as HEVC video compression standards.
Broadpeak said that nanoCDN technology enables operators to extend their CDN into the home network, leveraging equipment such as broadband gateways and STBs. Through the power of multicast, nanoCDN makes live HTTP video delivery to any device truly scalable, turning millions of broadband gateways or STBs into active components of an operator’s content delivery infrastructure.
According to Broadpeak, leveraging home networks, operators can cost-effectively manage the consumption peaks of live multiscreen services for millions of simultaneous viewers using only a few megabits per second from their network. nanoCDN implements multicast support for most popular ABR (adaptive bit rate) formats, guaranteeing a superior quality of service.
Fang, CEO at Geniatech
The Geniatech Android-based set-top box is designed to help pay-TV operators deliver an amazing user experience that includes media-rich Web and video content. 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.
Jacques Le Mancq, CEO of Broadpeak
This partnership signifies an important step forward for Broadpeak, extending the reach of nanoCDN to Android devices. We look forward to bringing all of benefits of Geniatech’s Android STB, including increased simplicity, ease of use, and performance, 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.
