ALBtelecom Selects Minerva’s Entertainment Delivery Platform
IBC, Amsterdam, NL – Minerva Networks, a leading provider of software solutions for the delivery of multiscreen television services, today announced that ALBtelecom, the incumbent telecommunication service provider in Albania, has selected Minerva’s Entertainment Delivery Platform to offer television services in the region.
The Minerva platform will enable the Albanian operator to offer advanced pay TV services over its broadband network. ALBtelecom will offer four bundled packages, including 50-100 TV channels and 1-8 Mbps Internet access, priced at €9-28 per month. The new offering will enable ALBtelecom to attract new subscribers and increase ARPU for existing customers.
“With the Minerva platform we will be able to offer our customers a next-generation pay TV service,” stated Floreta Zhulali, Chief Marketing Officer of ALBtelecom. “Working closely with Minerva and their eco-system partners we intend to bring the best entertainment experience to our customers for years to come.”
The Minerva solution enables the delivery of personalized television services to connected devices. Advanced features like catch-up TV, restart TV, pause live TV, multiscreen services, and a compelling user experience can be offered to broadband subscribers equipped with cost effective IP set-top boxes.
“We are very pleased that ALBtelecom has selected our platform,” said Eric Freund, VP of Product Marketing at Minerva. “ALBtelecom was looking for a proven solution that would allow flexibility and scalability and could be deployed quickly and reliably over their existing network infrastructure. Minerva was able to deliver on all fronts.”
About Minerva Networks
Minerva is the leading provider of carrier-class solutions for the delivery of multiscreen television services to connected devices. Over 300 operators worldwide have deployed Minerva’s entertainment delivery platform. For more information, visit www.minervanetworks.com
About ALBtelecom
ALBtelecom is the biggest provider of fixed telephony and the internet in Albania, offering a wide range of products and services to the country, including its mobile part, Eagle Mobile, which entered the market as the third GSM operator in 2008. Now the company offers to Albanians 3in1 service packages: fixed and mobile internet, telephony and TV (IPTV) only in one cable. This company is one of the few operators using full NGN system in the Balkans.
Contact:
Leila Salarpour
408-240-1259
lsalarpour@minervanetworks.com
Minerva and Harmonic Deliver Integrated Network DVR Multiscreen Solution
Amsterdam – IBC — Minerva Networks, a leading provider of software solutions for the delivery of premium television services, today announced that a new integrated solution featuring Harmonic’s ProMedia® Origin streaming video server and its entertainment delivery platform will enable operators to deliver time-shifted services across a broad range of set-top boxes and multi-screen devices. Service providers will be able to offer advanced features such as network DVR, catch-up TV, and restart TV across a broad range of devices.
“Pay TV operators need to reduce CPE (customer premise equipment) costs while delivering advanced services to both managed and unmanaged devices,” said Jean-Georges Fritsch, EVP and CTO at Minerva. “Our integration with Harmonic’s ProMedia Origin server provides a certified solution that will allow operators to achieve these important objectives.”
Minerva’s entertainment delivery platform has been proven across over 300 deployments worldwide to be a robust and scalable solution for operators to offer premium pay TV services. It is an open and flexible solution that provides simplified content, subscriber, and device management across a variety of television delivery networks including xDSL, FTTH, and HFC.
“Operators need a unified solution for the delivery of live TV, VOD, catch-up TV and network DVR services to the growing variety of devices being used by their subscribers,” said Thierry Fautier, VP of Solutions and Strategy at Harmonic. “The combination of our ProMedia Origin streaming video server with the Minerva platform uniquely addresses this need.”
Harmonic’s ProMedia Origin is a highly scalable and easy to manage HTTP streaming video server, ideal for originating advanced multiscreen services. ProMedia Origin leverages industry-standard adaptive streaming protocols that deliver media to a broad range of set-top boxes and multiscreen clients.
About Minerva Networks
Minerva is a leading provider of service management solutions for the delivery of premium television services. Over 300 operators worldwide have deployed Minerva’s platform to offer next-generation entertainment services to their subscribers. For more information, visit www.minervanetworks.com.
Contact:
Leila Salarpour
408-240-1259
lsalarpour@minervanetworks.com
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