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November 23, 2009

BH Telecom Selects Envivio IPTV Headend Solution

By Anil Sharma, TMCnet Contributor


BH Telecom, a telecommunications operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has selected Envivio IPTV Headend solution, integrated by Smart Com, for its new IPTV service.
 
The Bosnian Triple Play (News - Alert) Provider has already begun the rollout of its new “Moja TV” IPTV service.
 
Envivio officials said that the deployment will help BH Telecom to offer a full suite of live and on-demand channels complete with electronic program guide, PVR and other interactive features to its more than 2 million subscribers.
 
According to the company officials the Envivio (News - Alert) IPTV headend includes the 4Caster C4 high quality, three screens encoder/transcoder paired with 4Stream IP Gateways and comprehensive monitoring and redundancy protection from the 4Manager management system.
 
Company officials claimed that it provides an efficient, all-digital, IP-based signal flow that can directly ingest channels from any source and deliver the highest quality video at low bit rates that enable the service to optimize its reach and channel count.
 
Smart Com provided complete integration services for the BH Telecom installation, including BeeSmart middleware to enable converged multimedia services such as electronic program guides, video on demand, web browsing and mail.
 
Smart Com is a solution provider for TV service operators and hospitality market.
 
“We identified two primary factors that we believe will contribute to subscriber interest in Moja TV, variety of content and quality of experience,” said Nedim Dzaferovic, deputy director ID BH Line, in a statement. “The well-managed, redundant headend from Envivio provides the reliability and video quality subscribers expect from us, at bit rates that ensure we can extend our reach to the most subscribers possible.”
 
Dzaferovic said that Smart Com’s expertise helped the entire project to be completed efficiently while delivering a world-class feature set that lets subscribers control their own viewing.
 
Envivio Inc. is a technology provider of IP video convergence solutions for operators and broadcasters.
 

Anil Sharma is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anil’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Marisa Torrieri


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