Providing a cost effective bridge from legacy systems to advanced TV services and simplifying the digital transition

Cable operators are faced with a number of choices to make in response to new competitive threats from alternative service providers. The emerging IPTV networks are becoming competent and are now taking consumers away from cable operators. Rapidly emerging ‘over-the-top' TV services are also taking viewers away from cable operators' services.

In response to new demands for advanced and next generation TV services, and the associated products needs to integrate them into the cable operators offer, Latens has developed a service delivery architecture that meets the challenges operators find themselves in protecting content across multiple devices and from various sources such OTT.

Latens offers a content protection technology in a single platform.

To remain competitive in today's digital market cable operators need to:

• Continue to deliver the ‘extended TV' services
• Deliver more on-demand content
• Develop a strategy that positions the cable operator as an aggregator of Next Generation services
• Implement a strategy that embraces the popular internet services; e.g. YouTube, Flickr, Twitter
• Be able to rapidly integrate popular internet sites into the TV experience
• Provide services to customers when they are away from the home - such as web enabled remote control of DVR functionality and perhaps a limited TV service

By providing the content services that consumers want within a content portal environment that is continually evolving, cable operators will be able to avoid an inevitable decline in market shares and revenues. Addressing the newer devices in the home and new uses and methods of accessing content is part of this opportunity. What is critical to operators is that they are able to continue protecting their content across these multiple devices within the home.

As part of this architecture, Latens can provide a platform for cable operators that allows existing services to run, while providing support for Next Generation services.

Support for major standards such as DVB Simulcrypt and W3C Internet standards mean that this platform is ready for implementation in cable networks today.