THE NEXT GENERATION UNIFIED TV ENTERTAINMENT AND TV COMMERCE CLOUD PLATFORM
Superapp Unified Platform
Perception TVCDN platform is available out of the box with subscriber management, a payment gateway, invoicing, linear TV channel playout with an auto EPG generator, VAST targeted ad serving, and 14 native TV apps that can be rapidly custom branded via design and language UI templates. Perception connected TV apps were the first to market with support for running third-party web apps inside the TV app, which is now known as the SUPERAPP concept.
Complete Unified OVP Platform
The diagram provides a high level summary of the network architecture of a typical Perception deployment within a telco environment.
The key platform modules are:
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Frontware - the front-end user interface video player apps - web, mobile, connected TV and custom Linux and Android STB.
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Middleware - the core logic and admin components that constitute Perception back-office such as the application and database servers.
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CDNware - the Perception streaming servers and load balancers.
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Content Sources - live stream, video files and metadata inputs into Perception such as the live TV channels, VOD files & metadata and EPG data ingestion.
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Encoderware - the ingest transcoder part of the platform.
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Unified APIs - control and data interfaces that manage the data and process flow between all modules, including communication between an operator’s OSS/BSS and Perception’s database.
14 Native Apps
Connected TV apps for:
Below table presents key advantages of fully featured IPTV app vs reduced features mobile OTT app:
*Modules which are typicaly switched off in mobile apps due to Apple and Google app store limitations and high cost of payment transactions.
Key Features:
A Proper TV Experience
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Interactive EPG
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14 days EPG (7 days forward/backward) program information fed via API
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Full program metadata for each show
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Instant access to live TV viewing, catch-up and nPVR recording
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Ultra fast channel change
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Swipe up and down for channel hopping or use the drag-out side bar menu
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Perception has one of the fastest channel change times on the market due to unification of CDN and OVP
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