GTel Teleconnections has selected the Verimatrix (News - Alert) Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV to help enhance the value of pay-TV networks.

 

VCAS for IPTV (News - Alert) is fully integrated with the Falcon IP/Complete IPTV delivery system, which encompasses content aggregation and delivery from satellite, router, and DSLAM past the middleware where other systems end.

 

Bruce Bohnsack, president of GTel says the deal will allow the company to roll out its triple-play services in Q2 of 2009 with a ramped up channel lineup and advanced functionality, including more than 200 SD and HD channels due to the comprehensive IP/Complete platform.

 

“One of the reasons we selected Falcon’s IP/Complete platform is its integration with leading IPTV vendors. Verimatrix delivers flexible security that grants access to premium content and provides overall operational efficiencies,” said Bohnsack.

 

IPTV is digital television content that is not delivered through regular broadcast or cable formats, but rather received by customers on their televisions through computer networks.

 

GTel's initial channel lineup is expected to include more than 130 standard-definition channels, 24 premium movie channels, 35 high-definition channels, 56 music channels and other functions, such as video recording and parental controls, according to Bohnsack.

 

The VCAS for IPTV 2.3 is designed to provide unlimited wholesale support for IPTV architectures with a combination of central and local provisioning of linear and video-on-demand (VOD) content, according to said Steve Oetegenn (News - Alert), chief sales and marketing officer of Verimatrix. 

 

“The IPTV wholesale market is important in North America to enable independent telcos to provide competitive pay-TV services to their subscribers,” said Oetegenn.

 

Because traditional conditional access systems are architected around one-way communications, Verimatrix moved to designed its solutions from the ground up using modern two-way IP infrastructure. These cryptographic and e-commerce technologies enable VCAS to offer a more secure level of content protection than traditional “smart card-based systems” which are vulnerable to sophisticated attack and cloning techniques, according to Verimatrix. 

 

In addition, VCAS for IPTV 2.3 features end-to-end encryption for any combination of centralized or distributed subscriber management, including mixes of middleware systems and set-top boxes to meet specific local needs of its IPTV retailer community.

 

Oetegenn says the unified, software-based security solution, provides platform flexibility that improves the integrity of content distribution while decreasing hardware and management costs.

 

 “We are proud to add GTel to our joint list of customers with Falcon IP/Complete,” said Oetegenn.