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SkyBorne Regional Headends
 
The Regional Headend (RHE) is the local gateway to IPTV programming for
telephone companies, broadband carriers, enterprises and other new entrants
into video services. The Regional Headend provides content acquisition, content
management, subscriber management, packaging and delivery to the carrier's
distribution network. An effective RHE is also the access point for
revenue-generating services including ad insertion and video-on-demand. Drawing
on experience with both traditional broadcast facilities and advanced IP
networks, Globecomm develops, installs and supports turnkey SkyBorne IPTV
Regional Headends through:
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Systems design, engineering, procurement, integration, testing and turn-up
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24/7 monitoring and support
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Lifecycle support for the hardware and software we provide
Regional Headend Elements
| The SkyBorne Regional Headend consists of a pre-engineered set of building
blocks that are customized by our engineering team to the exact needs of the
customer. This modular approach, and Globecomm's depth of engineering talent
and experience, deliver the reliability and operational integrity you need at a
highly competitive price. A typical SkyBorne Regional Headend includes the
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I P T V
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Edge Receivers. Edge Receivers acquire the IPTV streaming
content from Super Headend satellite or terrestrial sources. Typically, one
Edge Receiver will down-convert a full satellite transponder with 20 to 25
programs in the IP stream. Content can come from more than one provider, and
Globecomm's pre-engineered Edge Receiver is designed to monitor, aggregate, and
distribute multiple receive streams simultaneously to the Ethernet Service
Switch (ESS).
Local Reception and Encoding. IPTV providers typically need to
receive local channels either off-air or via local cable or fiber circuits and
integrate them into the content provided to subscribers. Pre-engineered local
reception and encoding modules of the RHE digitize, encode, IP-encapsulate,
aggregate and transfer the incoming local content to the ESS.
Monitoring System. The multi-channel IPTV stream requires
automated monitoring to ensure signal quality during acquisition and
distribution. The SkyBorne RHE includes an automated monitoring module for all
incoming and outbound channels. We are experienced with the integration of
best-of-breed monitoring technology from Evertz, Miranda, Barco and other
providers.
Conditional Access and Digital Rights Management. CA and DRM
systems ensure that valuable content reaches only authorized paying customers.
Globecomm has integrated and operated Conditional Access systems from Philip’s
(CryptoWorks), Irdeto, and NagraVision CA systems. In addition, we have tested
and evaluated DRM systems from WideVine and others in our
Broadcast Lab. Based on this experience, Globecomm recommends,
provisions and integrates the customer's CA/DRM systems of choice.
Middleware. Middleware is the "operating system" of IPTV, which
supplies the essential tools that enable end-to-end management. As an RHE
provider, Globecomm recommends, provisions and integrates middleware systems
from a wide variety of vendors.
Ad Insertion. Advertising insertion systems create the
opportunity to add local and regional advertising to channels before their
distribution. Globecomm offers a unique advertising-insertion module as a
design option in its SkyBorne RHE.
Video on Demand. Video on demand systems meet subscribers' need
for television content when they want it. Globecomm provides complete
pre-engineered VOD solutions for the RHE that are customized to customer
requirements. Our VOD module includes an Ingest Gateway, which can catch
VOD-packaged files from multiple VOD pitchers (sources) including TVN and
ViewNow, and an Encoding Station for local content VOD file and metadata
generation.
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