Back Office

The Minerva Back Office enables operators to manage a full range of entertainment experiences including linear TV programming, video on demand (VOD), subscription VOD (SVOD), pay-per-view (PPV), and Internet-based over-the-top (OTT) content as well as personal media. These content sources can be bundled with premium features such as Whole-home DVR, Network-based DVR, Catch-up TV, Restart TV and multiscreen delivery.

Key functionality includes:

Device Management

  • Manage multiple device types per customer account

  • Define business rules to manage the maximum devices and streams per device type

  • Customize channel packages and other service attributes at the device level

Asset & Metadata Management

  • Ingest assets and metadata from multiple sources

  • Manage offers and pricing for both transaction and subscription VOD assets

  • Ingest rich metadata for live and on demand content

Content & Package Management

  • Create multiple channel line-ups based on programming, region, or time zone

  • Channels can be defined as multicast, QAM, and/or HLS content sources

  • Define business rules for content rights enforcement at the channel, package, or device level

Subscriber Management

  • Manage subscriber data directly through the Back Office or through OSS/BSS API’s

  • Add channel and VOD packages based on region or service level

  • Assign key features such as DVR/nDVR, Catch Up TV, Restart TV, and Multiscreen services

Search

  • Enhance content discovery through federated search across linear and on demand metadata

  • Include OTT content sources in search results

Recommendations

  • Tap into leading recommendation engine solution

  • Engage subscribers with recommendations for live and on demand content

  • Promote specific content through data analytics

Analytics

  • Capture subscriber, device, and usage data to provide actionable intelligence to marketing and network operations teams

  • Access analytics data through flexible, cloud based reporting tools

  • Export data to third-party ad-insertion and business intelligence systems

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