Scalable and versatileIPTV systems

SnapTV System Components

SnapTV DVB to IPTV Gateway

With built-in channel list management,electronic program guide management,set-top box boot-up and GUI server, thisproduct is much more than just an IPTVgateway; it is a complete IPTV head-end inone box!

TV Recorders and VOD Servers

The SnapTV Recorder and Streamer is ahybrid networked video recorder and VoDserver.The product is used to offer time-shiftingservices (pause and individual playback ofrecorded events) and to offer video or music on demand.

SnapTV Portal

The SnapTV Portal is your primary tool forbranding your services and promoting yourproducts. The SnapTV portal is web-basedso branding to the operator requirements iseasy and can be done through standard webtechnologies such as CSS and HTML.

SnapTV Monitoring and control

The SnapTV monitoring and control systemallows you to manage your radio and TVchannels, movies, electronic program guide,recorder quota etc. Also the system allowsyou to check the status of end user servicequality, view resource usage and usagepatterns. The system is web-based.

The SnapTV all-in-one solution

From SnapTV you recieve a state of the artIPTV system allowing you to offer advancedIPTV services to your customers includinga la carte channel subscriptions, time-shifting,electronic program guide, program recording,movie rental and more.

The SnapTV Subscriber Management Systemkeeps your back-office recource requirementsto a minimum because the purchase of yourproducts and services is done online by yourcustomers, requiring no manual intervention.

The SnapTV Monitoring and Control Systemallows you to change channel lineup easily,and provides you with a near real-timeoverview of the quality of the IPTV channelsin your network.

Building an IPTV system is a puzzle and requires both depth and broad-ness in know-how.A typical IPTV system consists of TV gateway

technology, time-shifting technology, middleware, applications, a subscriber man-agement system, a monitoring and control system as well as user-terminals.

Finding and qualifying suppliers of the abovetechnologies and finding the systemintegration partner capable to integrate, test,deploy and maintain such an eco-system can be a challenging, expensive and lengthyprocess.

This is why SnapTV has developed an all-in-one IPTV solution aiming at the smaller andmedium sized network operators withambitions to add modern and future orientedIPTV services to their customers.

Key Features

• Versatile input: - DVB-S, S2 - DVB-C - DVB-T - DVB-ASI - Multistandard PAL/NTSC - Baseband AV - Media files• Up to 12 input modules pr unit • Simple web-based setup• Up to 500 Mbit/s streaming per unit• Up to 200 TV channels per unit • MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC• SD and HD • Live MPEG-2 encoding• Compatible with 3rd party IP/IP transcoders • CA Stripping• STB software provisioning• Live encryption • Channel list management and EPG provisioning

Application

With built-in channel list management, electronic program guide management, set-top box boot-up and GUI server, this product is much more than just an IPTV gateway; it is a complete IPTV head-end in one box!

With up to 12 inputs, which can be any combination of DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-ASI, CVBS, S-video, RF/PAL or RF/NTSC and multicast streaming capacity up to 500 Mbit/s, this product in addition has excellent channel density and flexibility. 12 separate CI slots in the front allows for optional decryption of all channels on all transponders.

With real-time analysis of all audio and video streams passing trough the gateway, real-time system resource monitoring and a real-time notification system to inform you as IPTV operator of any unusual event such as continuity error in the streams, stop in decryption, high bit-error rate on the inputs etc., this product allows you to detect and correct problems before your end customers, and enables you to offer carrier-class reliability and streaming quality.With web-based set-up and on-line management, the product is easy to install, commission, maintain and support.

With optional live TV encryption from leading providers of content protection technologies such as Secustream Technologies and SecureMedia, multicasts are protected against piracy to allow for pay-TV business models.

SnapTV DVB to IPTV Gateway

Administration interface

PID dropping:• Language based• Reduce bandwidth• Adapt to the descrambling capacity of the CAMs

Input (1-12)DVB-S/S2 input• Input terminal: F-type 75 Ohm• Receiving Frequency: 950 ~ 2150 MHz Tuning Range• Input Level: -65~25 dbm• Symbol Rate: 2~45 Msps• FEC: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 and Auto• LNB Supply Voltage: 13 or 18V• DiSEqC: 1.2• Support Data Burst & Tone Burst• Antenna and LNB Control: 22KHz Tone• Max. LNB Supply Current: 400MA with Short Circuit Protection

ASI input• Up to 16 inputs• Input terminal 75Ohm BNC connector• Input ReturnLoss >17dB• Physical Layer DVB/ASI-C• Bit-rate 0..214 Mbit/s• 188 or 204 bytes TS packet size

DVB-T input• Input Terminal: IEC 75 Ohm • Receiving frequency: 51~858 MHz tuning range • 2K or 8K FFT Size• Punctured Codes: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6 and 7/8• Bandwidth: 6, 7 or 8 MHz • Reed-Solomon Decoder (204,188)• Up to 32 pids

DVB-C input• Input terminal: F-type 75 Ohm• Receiving frequency: 62~870 MHz tuning range.• Input level: -20~+30dBm• Symbol rate: 7Msps max• QAM size: 16,32,64,128,256, Auto• Roll-off factor: 0.13;0.15• FEC: Annex A & C

Analog input• CVBS• S-video• NTSC format at 29.97fps: Full D1: 720x480, MPEG1: 352x240• PAL format at 25fps: Full D1: 720x576, MPEG1: 352x288• Audio capture formats: 32/44.1/48 KHz, 16bit stereo, 192/224/384Kbits/sec

Compliance and Safety• EN 60950-1• EN 55022 • EN 55024 • EN61000-3-2

Output• Single program transport streams carried in UDP/IP unicast or multicast. RTP is optional.• 2x Combo 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet, RJ45 connector

CA stripping • Via DVB Common Interface• Conditional access support may vary depending on input type. Please ask for your application.

PC Connection• 5x USB 2.0 (3 in rear, 2 in front) • 1x VGA• 1x PS/2 keyboard/mouse• 2x RS232 9-pin D-sub male Set-up (web-based)• Input sources• Service filters• Mapping of multicast address to channel numbers

STB provisioning• Integrated DHCP server• Integrated STB boot server• Automatic channel list update of STB• Automatic generation of electronic program guide from EIT

MonitoringWith SnapTV Service Monitor (web-based)

Physical Dimensions• Height: 6.9” (4U) / 176 mm• Width: 17” (19” Rack Mount) / 431 mm• Length: 16.3” / 413 mm• Weight: 14 kg (approx.)Power Supply• 90Vac - 264Vac @ 50-60Hz

Power Consumption• 400W max

Key Features

• Hybrid Video on Demand and networked recorder and streamer• Web-based set-up and monitoring• RAID-5 or RAID-6 redundancy• 0,5 - 32 Terabytes storage• 225-700 Mbit/s streaming capacity • Pre-integrated with program guide and set-top boxes• Up to Up to 20,000 hours of recording at 2 Mbit/s • Up to 80 Mbit/s recorder ingest• Scheduled recordings• Content upload via web• Movie pre-encryptor• Virtual PVR client interface• VOD client interface• XML billing data• Client Integration Kit available• SOAP API for movie upload

Trick play: Pause & resume, fast forward and rewind, start over, bookmarks.

Application

The SnapTV Recorder and Streamer is a hybrid networked video recorder and VoD server. The product is used to offer time-shifting services (pause and individual playback of recorded events) and to offer video or music on demand.

The SnapTV Recorder and Streamer is easily set up via web to record a selection of multicasts, each multicast represents a TV or radio channel. The Recorder maintains and stores historic electronic program guide data to enable users to search and navigate in stored programs.

TV Recorders and VOD Servers

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Video compatibility • MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)• CBR and VBR• SD and HD

Storage• From 2-24 Terabytes gross storage• RAID 5, 6• Recording capacity up to 60 Mbit/s

Network• Input protocol: MPEG-TS over UDP/IP• Streaming protocol: RTSP or HTTP• Playback up to 700 Mbit/s

Management software• Web-based set-up• SSH (secure command line interface)• Console login

Monitoring• Continuous monitoring of RAID controller, disk partitions, CPU and memory use usage pattern (concurrent streams) with SnapTV Service Monitor

Compliance and Safety• EN 60950-1• EN 55022 • EN 55024 • EN61000-3-2

SnapTV nPVR/Combo 360GBPX• 4U (h) x 19” (w) x 413 mm (d)• Weight 15kg• Power supply 100-240Vac 500 W• Ports - 1x VGA - 6x USB (4 in rear, 2 in front) - 2x PS/2 (keyboard and mouse) - 2x RS232 9pin D-sub male - 2x GbE RJ-45 • 2-6 Terabytes storage capacity• 300 Mbit/s streaming capacity

SnapTV nPVR-GHI-480• 4U (h) x 19” (w) x 650mm (d)• Weight 40kg• Power supply 100-240Vac 700W max • Ports - 1x VGA - 4x USB (rear) - 1 PS/2 mouse - 1 PS/2 keyboard - 1 RS232 9pin D-sub male - 2x Gbe RJ45 • 8 to 24 Terabytes storage capacity• 700 Mbit/s streaming capacity

SnapTV GHB-B05 VOD Micro unit• 77mm (h) x 280mm (w) x 268 (d)• 19” rack mountable• Weight 6kg• Power supply ACE-4518 AP (180W ATX)• Ports -1x VGA -4x USB -1x RS232 9pin D-sub male -2x Gbe RJ45 • SSD 256 GB / 512 GB / 768 GB

Recorder usage monitorRecorder user interface

SnapTV Portal

Application

The SnapTV Portal is your primary tool for branding your services and promoting your products.

With a 100% web-based solution, the specifics of customer equipment (set-top boxes, IDTVs or PCs) is removed and you can adapt the look and feel of the portal by using standard techniques like HTML, Javascript, CSS and Ajax.

The SnapTV Portal is fully integrated with the SnapTV Service and Subscriber management system, allowing your customers to purchase your products directly on the TV screen with the use of their remote control.

For your customers, the SnapTV Portal is the facade through which they consume your products. With intutive and quick navigation, advanced functions and context-sensitive navigation help, your customers will enjoy one of the most user-friendly TV services in the market.

Key features

• Main menu Access to all portal pages

• TV-channel page List of TV channels with program information

• Radio-channel page List of radio channels

• Settings Language settings and other user preferences

• Information HTML page available for service operator

• TV favourites User´s own favourite TV channels

• Radio favourites User´s own favourite Radio channels

• Recordings Navigation in and playback of recorded programs

• Video on demand Navigation in and playback of movies

• TV guide (EPG) Navigation in program schedules and tagging of programs for recording or reminder

• Program information Detailed information about current program

• Reminder function To remind you of future programs

Radio channel favourites

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Settings

Recordings

Add to/Remove from favourites

Go to favourite channels

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Tv-channel list

Browsing channels and programs

TV-channel list TV-channel list Recordings

Information

Screenshots

Customer profiles

my.snap.tv

Application

my.snap.tv is a SnapTV’s browser-based user interface for IPTV services. With my.snap.tv installed, your user community has access to your IPTV products and services though a web-browser using their PC.

my.snap.tv is highly customisable, allowing installations of the system to be branded/personalised based on the requirements of the customer.

my.snap.tv provides electronic program guide (EPG) information, multicast TV channels, multicast radio channels, recorded TV channels, movies and other digital assets to end-users via a portal interface.

The portal interface is fully customizable:

Logos, imagery, channel icons and colours relating to all the presentation elements outlined above may be branded/personalised.

Available services can be enabled/disabled as required (e.g. Live TV, Live Radio, On-Demand).

Key Features

Fixed-layout GUI elements:

• Top Navigation Bar – e.g. Live TV, Live Radio, On-Demand• Content Navigation Panel – channel carousel with channel icons• Video Playback Window – the main video rendering element• Side Navigation Menu – information on current playing item• Side Navigation Menu – channel organization/filtering• Category Menu Item, e.g. Sports, Movies, News• Page Header and Footers – Header may include any logo, footer may include logos and text• Optional GUI elements• Advertising Panels; horizontal and vertical panels that can be used to display marketing material, web-based content, local events and information etc. • Social Services; displays related information from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

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Content Navigation Panel:

• Channel navigation using a scrollable carousel of channels• Channel carousel to include Now and Next EPG or programme information, where available. • Channel ordering configured using the side navigation filters: - Basic filtering of channel listings based on usage. - Advanced filtering based on social usage/ friends is available if the 21media.tv social service is enabled.

Video Playback :

• Full-screen / windowed within web based GUI • Volume controls and mute • Seek slider-bar for seeking/navigating for non-live content• Based on the VLC browser plug-in

Social Services:

• YouTube: presents results for related content based on channel and show being viewed• Facebook: display Facebook friends usage and filter channels using this information. • Twitter: presents search results from Twitter based on channel and show being viewed, filtered by locale (e.g. UK).

Live Statistics Viewer:

• View live channel usage via web page. Monitors channel usage for a 24 hour period as shown below:

Feature Descriptions

HotelTV Portal

Application

The SnapTV HotelTV Portal is your primary tool for branding your hotel and promoting your hotel’s service.

With a web-based management tool, you can easily add your own information pages about hotel activi-ties et cetera, and adapt the Portal to the design guidelines of your Hotel.

The SnapTV HotelTV Portal can be integrated and customized to interact with all leading PMS systems, allowing your guests to get personal welcome message, view room bill, check out etc. directly from the TV screen, and allowing service use to be charged directly to the guest’s room bill.

For your guests, the SnapTV HotelTV Portal is the primary user interface in the room, through which they keep updated about your Hotel’s service offer-ings. With intuitive and quick navigation, advanced functions and context-sensitive navigation help, your guests will enjoy one of the most user-friendly TV services in the market.

Key features

• Welcome Personalized to guest name

• TV List of TV channels

• Hotel services - About the hotel - Hotel activities - View roombill - Room service - My messages - Wake up service - Express checkout

• Languages Language settings, including support for middle east and far east langugaes

• Information - News - Weather forecast - Nearby attractions - Phone numbers - Airport departures - Airport arrivals - Exchange rates • Games - Tetris - Checkers - Tic-tac-toe

• Music Changeable categories

• Video on demand Changeable categories

SnapTV entertainment TV portal

FEATURE SETUP SOURCE

Welcome Automatic (*) PMS

News SnapTV Web/RSS

Weather SnapTV Web

Nearby attractions Hotel IT staff Static

Flight arrivals SnapTV Web

Flight departures SnapTV Web

Wake up services Hotel staff and guest Static

Languages Guest Static

Movies Hotel IT staff Static

My messages Hotel staff Static

Roomservice Hotel staff Static

TV Hotel IT staff/SnapTV Static

Music Hotel IT staff Static

Games SnapTV Static

Phone numbers Hotel IT staff Static

Exchange rates Hotel IT staff Static

About Hotel Hotel IT staff Static

Hotel activities Hotel IT staff Static

Room status Hotel staff PMS

View roombill Hotel staff PMS

Maintenance, service and support

SnapTV offers:

• Customized portal to hotel’s graphical profile • 24/7 system monitoring• Channel list updates and maintenance• Remote management, monitoring and support• Online diagnostics• Support via mail & skype• Software upgrades• Incident response within 24 business hours• 12 months guarantee• Extended guarantee available• 36 months spare parts guarantee • Fixed monthly cost

Multiple in-room design options:

• TV plus set-top box - If Hotel already has TVs or has preference on TV brands

• TV with built in IPTV - One power supply, one remote, one LAN cable only!!!

Examples of customized portals

SnapChannel composer

Key Features

• WEB based CMS system• ASP Hosting Option• Highly Scalable System• Easy screen layout design• Playlist Scheduling• Player Management• Permission Manager• User and Client Manager• System Backup and Restore• Player Notification Module• Support for various Formats - Video - Pictures - Text - Flash - Audio - RSS Feed - HTML Slides - Browser Pages

Application

The SnapChannel composer is an advanced web-based content management system for professional Digital Signage applications.

The SnapChannel composer provides an easy to use graphical user interface for the creation and distribution of advanced infochannels based on a mix of local content, internet-based content and content from SnapTVs live or recorded TV material.

The SnapChannel composer supports grouping of SnapChannel players and linking of defined infochannels to individual SnapChannels players or groups of players.

The infochannels created with the SnapChannel composer are transferred to and locally stored in the SnapChannel player-screens, thus securing continous infochannel playback even in the case of network failures.

SnapChannel system diagram:Screenshot of composer:

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SnapChannel repository

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Application

The SnapTV system comes with powerful tools for easy setup, maintenance and monitoring of your end user services.

Through a simple web-based interface, you tune to and arrange your radio and TV channels, upload your movies and accompanying metadata, check the status of end user service quality through logging in to you private web page that contains a number of different graphical “views” such as status map, service group details, host details, problems, ingest signals, output quality, usage patterns, system resource use, trends, availability, alerts and notifications.

Based on user-defined thresholds you get notified via mail or SMS messages abut warnings or alert situations.

With a centralized monitoring solution for multiple deployments, you stay in control and ensure carrier-grade service quality.

Provisioning features

• Channel list setup and maintenance• EPG aggregation and provisioning• Client boot software setup and provisioning• Selective channel encryption• Cluster configuration• Central back-up• Information multicast• Alerts and notifications• Auto-recovery options

Monitoring features

• Memory usage• System load• RAID integrity and BBU status• RAID fill elvel• Ingest signal quality• Service availability• Service quality• Status map• Usage pattern• Alerts and notifications

Memory usage

RAID fill level

Usage pattern

Service availability

System load

SnapTV Portal

Watch your favourites when it suits you

With SnapTV, you can calmly put your kids to bed while your favorite TV show is on. When the sweet ones finally are asleep, you relax in your coach and watch the program that started half an hour ago from the start. And you don’t need to program your receiver, all programs are buffered in the network so that you can watch them when it suits you!And the boring parts… well – skip them!

Add to/Remove from favourites

Go to favourite channels

Channel up/down Page up/down

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Create your own channel list

Remember the good old days when only a handful of TV channels were available? Today’s explosion in thematic channels call for new ways to purchase and organize your TV channels. SnapTV offers direct purchase of TV channels from a la carte menus on your PC or your TV screen, allow-ing you to purchase the channels YOU want.

Save your favourites

Any favourite program or series you want to find easily or save for later?Just open the TV guide, tag your favourite program for recording and it will stay available for as lang as you want.

Offices

OsloLilleakerveien 2E2N-0283 Oslo

TromsøFr. Nansen plass 6N-9008 Tromsø

Electronic addressesE-mail: sales@snap.tvPhone: +47 47397482Fax: +47 21037667Web: www.snap.tv

Selected deployments