SmartVision
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Technicolor
SmartVision is the latest update of the SmartVision service platform software, intended for use for a converged media service for set-top boxes, mobileTV and PCs to access content in a time-delayed, on-demand or linear manner. The content is delivered agnostic to the network, but adapted to different terminals to enable a full convergent user experience. The latest version deployed is SmartVision 2.6.3. It was released end March 2008. Thomson SmartVision has been adopted by a number of tier 1
Telco operators, of which France Telecom
is worth mention. As part of this deployment, SmartVision is the most widely deployed commercially available IPTV platform.
and time shifting
, an interactive program guide with integrated search and scheduled recording. SmartVision allows operators to create and manage TV channel bouquets and pay-per-view services. The end-user can select a program or a channel through an electronic program guide
or through a mosaic, and watch multimedia content on various devices: TV sets, PC
, mobile phone
and portable Video Players. SmartVision incorporates facilities to encrypt videos and interfaces with all major Conditional Access Systems to manage users’ licenses for live and pay-per-view
services.
SmartVision can be interfaced with third-party platforms to propose interactive services such as weather forecasts, news, games, and other video applications. Viewers will be able to interact with programs, selecting different views, participating in game shows, voting, betting or requesting more information on a commercial. SmartVision delivers a user interface that can be easily customized to match specific look-and-feel, branding, business models or specific multimedia services to the homes.
SmartVision is also designed to quickly launch integrated Triple Play services. It can be easily deployed with leading VoIP platforms such as Thomson’s Cirpack
MultiNode-B to offer a unique user experience. Telephony is integrated in the TV portal to manage voice features such as musical ring back tones or call forwards with a user-friendly interface. Caller ID is shown on TV and live programs will automatically pause to let users answer calls. Voice and video mail, email and MMS are now easily accessed via the TV set.
has a complete infrastructure solution that lets Telecom service providers rapidly deploy TV services over broadband
infrastructures. SmartVision is only one of the components of this solution.
This solution set features a range of IPTV
head-end equipment, including SD and HD encoders, digital media asset and content management platforms, video processing equipment for transcoding, advertising insertion or video manipulation, the SmartVision service management platform, which organizes content and manages IPTV
services and subscribers, video server and content distribution platforms, the home gateways range or products that include FEMTO functionality, a choice of SD and HD set-top boxes and options to deliver home-entertainment services.
Thomson
has also joined France Telecom
and Sagem
as a founding member of a joint venture named Soft at Home, aimed at the standardization of the digital household.
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
SmartVision is the latest update of the SmartVision service platform software, intended for use for a converged media service for set-top boxes, mobileTV and PCs to access content in a time-delayed, on-demand or linear manner. The content is delivered agnostic to the network, but adapted to different terminals to enable a full convergent user experience. The latest version deployed is SmartVision 2.6.3. It was released end March 2008. Thomson SmartVision has been adopted by a number of tier 1
Tier 1
Tier 1 may refer to:*Tier 1 capital*Tier 1 network or Tier 1 carrier, an ISP which can connect to the entire Internet without paying transit fees*Scaled Composites Tier One, Scaled Composites' suborbital human spaceflight program...
Telco operators, of which France Telecom
France Télécom
France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...
is worth mention. As part of this deployment, SmartVision is the most widely deployed commercially available IPTV platform.
Overview
Thomson SmartVision includes all the features of Thales SmartVision, including support for on-demand and live video, video recordingDigital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
and time shifting
Time shifting
Time shifting is the recording of programming to a storage medium to be viewed or listened to at a time more convenient to the consumer. Typically, this refers to TV programming but can also refer to radio shows via podcasts....
, an interactive program guide with integrated search and scheduled recording. SmartVision allows operators to create and manage TV channel bouquets and pay-per-view services. The end-user can select a program or a channel through an electronic program guide
Electronic program guide
Electronic program guides and interactive program guides provide users of television, radio, and other media applications with continuously updated menus displaying broadcast programming or scheduling information for current and upcoming programming...
or through a mosaic, and watch multimedia content on various devices: TV sets, PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
, mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
and portable Video Players. SmartVision incorporates facilities to encrypt videos and interfaces with all major Conditional Access Systems to manage users’ licenses for live and pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
services.
SmartVision can be interfaced with third-party platforms to propose interactive services such as weather forecasts, news, games, and other video applications. Viewers will be able to interact with programs, selecting different views, participating in game shows, voting, betting or requesting more information on a commercial. SmartVision delivers a user interface that can be easily customized to match specific look-and-feel, branding, business models or specific multimedia services to the homes.
SmartVision is also designed to quickly launch integrated Triple Play services. It can be easily deployed with leading VoIP platforms such as Thomson’s Cirpack
Cirpack
Cirpack develops local exchange and transit switches for telecom operators to deliver all the primary line voice services over legacy TDM networks as well as new broadband local loops using VoIP protocols....
MultiNode-B to offer a unique user experience. Telephony is integrated in the TV portal to manage voice features such as musical ring back tones or call forwards with a user-friendly interface. Caller ID is shown on TV and live programs will automatically pause to let users answer calls. Voice and video mail, email and MMS are now easily accessed via the TV set.
Further information
Thomson SAThomson SA
Technicolor SA , formerly Thomson SA and Thomson Multimedia, is a French international provider of solutions for the creation, management, post-production, delivery and access of video, for the Communication, Media and Entertainment industries. Technicolor’s headquarters are located in Issy les...
has a complete infrastructure solution that lets Telecom service providers rapidly deploy TV services over broadband
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
infrastructures. SmartVision is only one of the components of this solution.
This solution set features a range of IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
head-end equipment, including SD and HD encoders, digital media asset and content management platforms, video processing equipment for transcoding, advertising insertion or video manipulation, the SmartVision service management platform, which organizes content and manages IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
services and subscribers, video server and content distribution platforms, the home gateways range or products that include FEMTO functionality, a choice of SD and HD set-top boxes and options to deliver home-entertainment services.
Thomson
Thomson SA
Technicolor SA , formerly Thomson SA and Thomson Multimedia, is a French international provider of solutions for the creation, management, post-production, delivery and access of video, for the Communication, Media and Entertainment industries. Technicolor’s headquarters are located in Issy les...
has also joined France Telecom
France Télécom
France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...
and Sagem
SAGEM
SAGEM was a major French company involved in defence electronics, consumer electronics and communication systems.In 2005, Sagem merged with SNECMA to form SAFRAN...
as a founding member of a joint venture named Soft at Home, aimed at the standardization of the digital household.