Telecom Lead Europe: Octoshape is set to power Deutsche Telekom’s LiveStream video Perform.
Deutsche Telekom’s new cloud-based video solution provides the best quality video distribution of over-the-top (OTT) content via fixed and mobile broadband networks.
The LiveStream Perform solution is capable of providing the dial-tone reliability of broadcast TV through broadband networks.
Powered by Octoshape’s streaming technology, LiveStream Perform enables scale and efficiency for operators and provides predictable business models for broadcasters.
Karim El-Khazen, vice president, Business Development and Innovation, said: “Thanks to the Octoshape technology, we can expand our product portfolio with a service that represents a differentiating factor and accompanies our customers into the next phase of video distribution over the Internet.”
Infonetics Research recently said the cost of implementing a service delivery platform (SDP) is a major barrier to deployment, and operators are turning to more productized solutions, including commercial off-the-shelf software.
“Though many of the basic drivers behind SDP investments haven’t changed – things like shortening time to market for new services and reducing Opex – operators are definitely looking to SDPs to monetize their networks and manage the impact of over-the-top providers on the bottom line,” said Shira Levine, directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber intelligence at Infonetics Research.
According to an Infonetics Research survey, getting services to market faster is overwhelmingly the top business driver behind survey respondents’ SDP investments, followed closely by exposing network APIs for 3rd-party developers and internal development teams.
Around 46 percent of operators surveyed say their SDPs are or will be based primarily on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software with only minor customization. Half of respondent operators named their IT department as the group that holds the purse strings for SDP purchase decisions, and 33 percent named marketing.