iWedia Integrates Broadpeak's nanoCDN Technology With Its Teatro-3.5 Software Solution For Android TV STB

Lausanne, Switzerland /PRNewswire/ - iWedia, a leading provider of software solutions for TV devices to service operators and Consumer Electronics manufacturers, today announced that it has integrated its Teatro-3.5 software solution for Android TV Set-Top Box (STB) with the nanoCDN technology of Broadpeak, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and video-on-demand (VOD) servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, hybrid TV, and mobile operators worldwide.

The announcement was made at IBC 2015, which is being held in Amsterdam from Friday, September 11ththrough to Tuesday, September 15th. Both Broadpeak (hall 4, booth B78) and iWedia (hall 5, booth B40) exhibit at the show where the integrated solution will be demonstrated.

Broadpeak's award-winning nanoCDN technology enables operators to extend their CDN into the home network, leveraging equipment such as broadband gateways, STBs and cable modems. 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. nanoCDN implements multicast support for most popular ABR (adaptive bit rate) formats, guaranteeing a superior quality of service.

iWedia's Teatro-3.5 software solution for Android TV STB implements iWedia's ANDROID4TV framework and APIs to seamlessly extend Android and integrate all the multicast, unicast and broadcast components necessary to give support to managed IPTV, OTT TV and broadcast TV services. Teatro-3.5 allows access to live TV (over IPTV, OTT, and over DVB), on demand and catch-up services, recording and time shifting features, as well as to Google services including YouTube and the Google Play app store.

"TV ops increasingly rely on OTT distribution in addition to multicast and/or broadcast. At the same time they tend to adopt Android TV STB to enhance their content offering with a bouquet of apps," says Hervé Creff, VP Marketing at iWedia. "Our Teatro-3.5 STB software is an ideal solution to operate such a STB and the integration of Broadpeak's nanoCDN technology dramatically enhances the Quality of Experience with respect to live TV OTT."

"An Android TV STB is obviously an ideal target for the distribution of live http television using the different popular ABR streaming formats as the framework has been mainly designed for OTT support. However performances issues may happen with this type of distribution," says Jacques Le Mancq, CEO at Broadpeak. "The integration of our nanoCDN technology within iWedia's Teatro-3.5 software solution for Android TV STB solves these issues as it brings the scalability needed when millions of viewers tune in to the same live event."

About Broadpeak
Broadpeak designs and manufactures video delivery components for content providers and network service providers deploying IPTV, cable, OTT, and mobile services. Its portfolio of solutions and technologies powers the delivery of movies, television programming, and other video content over managed networks and the Internet for viewing on any type of device. The company's systems and services help operators increase market share and improve subscriber loyalty with superior quality of experience.

Broadpeak supports all of its customers worldwide, from simple installations to large delivery systems reaching capacities of several million of simultaneous streams. Broadpeak systems leverage the long legacy of Technicolor's excellence in broadcast and broadband content delivery from where the founders and technology originated. The company is headquartered in Rennes, France.

Please visit http://www.broadpeak.tv for more information.

About iWedia
iWedia, a Swiss based company, is a leader in provision of integrated software solutions for television devices. iWedia provides a world class portfolio of intellectual property (IP) for broadcast, IPTV, and over-the-top television and also software integration services to combine this IP into high volume CE products. iWedia is headquartered in Switzerland with development labs in Belgrade and Novi Sad, Serbia, and sales and support offices in China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, and Korea.

Please visit http://www.iwedia.com for more information.