Cisco Introduces ‘Videoscape Unity’ TV Platform to Enable Advanced Multiscreen Video and TV Services
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Cisco Introduces ‘Videoscape Unity’ TV Platform to Enable Advanced
Multiscreen Video and TV Services Videoscape Unity, Integrating Cisco and NDS Video Portfolio, Empowers
Service and Content Providers to Deliver Unified and Unique Video
Experiences Across All Screens LAS VEGAS, Nevada, CES 2013, January 7, 2012 - Today in a press
conference at CES 2013, Cisco will unveil Videoscape Unity, its new and
expanded Videoscape video services delivery platform. This new platform
empowers service providers and media companies to deliver new intuitive
and synchronized multiscreen video experiences. These include a
multiscreen cloud digital video recorder (DVR), which enables consumers
to restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured
content from anywhere, on any screen. For the first time, video operators will have an agile, open software
platform that goes above and beyond “TV Everywhere” services,
empowering operators to speed the delivery of immersive multi-screen
video experiences that advance their unique service and brand visions.
During Cisco’s press conference (streamed live online at 5 p.m. ET
with a replay available at 6 pm ET), Marthin De Beer, senior vice
president of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group, will host a panel
of leading service and content providers for a discussion titled, “The
Future of TV: Above and Beyond TV Everywhere,” during which they will
share their visions for delivering personalized video experiences.
Panelists include: ● Len Barlik, EVP, chief product officer, Cox Communications ● Bill Bradford, senior vice president, Digital Media, Fox
Broadcasting ● Joe Inzerillo, senior vice president, Multimedia and Distribution,
Major League Baseball Advanced Media ● Balan Nair, chief technology officer, Liberty Global ● Andrew Olson, director of product planning and design, BSkyB New Preintegrated Offers Enabled by Videoscape Unity Include: ● Multiscreen Cloud DVR: Offers cloud-driven video recording with
capture and storage in the cloud instead of the end device. Consumers
can restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured
content from anywhere, on any screen. ● Video Everywhere: Broadens the TV Everywhere proposition with
unified search, discovery, and viewing functions to allow consumers to
watch premium live and on-demand content on any (service provider
managed or unmanaged) connected device regardless of location. ● Connected Video to Any Device in the Home: Cisco’s Connected
Video Gateway serves as a single entertainment hub, with back-end
management of IP and QAM video, for distributing video content and
metadata to any IP-connected device in the home, while providing a
unified user experience. ● IP Video over Cable: Gives consumers expanded choice of content and
IP video services, with faster delivery of on-demand and interactive
offerings, across a wider range of service provider managed devices -
with the flexibility to add unmanaged devices. About Videoscape Unity Cisco announced its Videoscape TV services delivery platform at CES in
2011. Videoscape Unity was created by integrating Cisco Videoscape with
the assets and business model of NDS, the leading video software and
content security and experience provider acquired by Cisco in 2012. The
new platform comprises a set of cloud, network and client based
components, connected by open interfaces. ● The cloud and network components power new, personalized video
services and enable multiple screens to be synchronized to create a
single unified experience for the subscriber, so things look and feel
the same no matter what device they use. ● Client components use the Cisco Snowflake interface design model
and NDS Media Highway multiplatform clients. This approach enables
network operators to design exciting user experiences, engineer them
into clients for connected devices and set-top boxes, and quickly deploy
them across multiple screens and throughout large service footprints. Flexible Deployment Options ● Videoscape Unity can be deployed in one of many end-to-end
pretested configurations, which can be tailored to each operator’s
service plan. ● Operators can also opt to select individual components and tailor
them into their operations via open interfaces. ● For the first time, Cisco is offering Videoscape “as a
service,” allowing operators to have Cisco build, monitor, operate
and even host their video infrastructures. Advantages for Operators ● Compelling multiscreen experiences delivered from the leading video
experience platform and continuosly refreshed by Cisco’s 7,500+ video
engineers. ● A modular open platform, which operators can enhance with
third-party components using open interfaces built into the Videoscape
Unity platform. ● For operators that deploy Videoscape Unity for one service can
easily enhance and add to the modules they initially deploy to bring
other services to market quickly. ● Reduced operations costs by the elimination of single-service,
“siloed” platforms, and the need for constant in-house
engineering to keep platforms current. Supporting Quotes ● Balan Nair, executive vice president and chief technology officer,
Liberty Global “The entertainment landscape is continually evolving. Consumers are
interacting and discovering content in new ways. Liberty Global strives
to provide our customers with as much flexibility as possible, and a
wide variety of methods to consume content. Our partners, NDS and Cisco,
are providing us the technology to deliver on this promise. Service
providers like LGI are in a prime position to address changes in both
technology and consumer behavior, enabling an unparalleled entertainment
experience. The Horizon platform, and our work with Cisco/NDS, positions
us with a next-generation video service that will take us to the next
level and provides both the infrastructure and innovation that we need
to continually surpass our customers' expectations.” ● Len Barlik, executive vice president, chief product officer, Cox
Communications “Consumers expect more choice, freedom and flexibility in what they
watch, and when, where, and how they watch it. They want to shape and
socialize what is displayed on their own screens. Working with both
Cisco and NDS has helped us to evolve our video services platform beyond
TV Everywhere to more ‘TV your way,’ personalized video experiences,
giving our subscribers more of what they enjoy. We are excited about the
combination of Cisco and NDS, and the possibilities the new Videoscape
Unity portfolio has to offer.” ● Gunnar Evensen, CEO, Get AS "The marriage of Cisco and NDS presents unique opportunities for
service providers looking to evolve their video platforms and offer
consumers better experiences. Our partnership with both companies
provides us with the sophisticated architecture, software, and services
that we need to deliver an exceptional experience to our subscribers." ● Itzhak Elyakim, vice president of Engineering and CTO, YES “Cisco and NDS together presents a host of new opportunities for us
to further advance the TV experience for our subscribers. The new
Videoscape Unity platform offers a strong combination of innovative
cloud technology, network hardware and software to help us as we evolve
our video infrastructure to manage interactive, multiscreen
experiences.” ● Jesper Andersen, senior vice president and general manager, Cisco
Service Provider Video Technology Group “When implementing next-gen video, service providers and media
companies previously had to choose between custom integrated solutions
that stranded them in a point solution, or standard product-based
solutions that had limited opportunities to customize and bring their
brands to life. Videoscape Unity combines the advantages of these
approaches - offering a set of standard service-powering cloud, and
network components with the ability to design and deploy customized user
experiences across many screens.” Supporting Resources ● Tune in to watch Cisco’s CES press conference streamed live
online at 5 p.m. ET /2 p.m. PT (replay available at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m.
PT).
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le21/onlineevts/ces2013/details.html ● Cisco Videoscape Unity: http://www.cisco.com/go/videoscape ● Cisco IBSG Supporting Research:
- Study: “It Came to Me in a Stream…” The Upward Arc of Online
Video, Driven by Consumers
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/Online-Video-Consumption_Consumers.pdf
- Infographic: It Came to Me in a Stream
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/It_came_to_me_in_a_stream.pdf
- White Paper: Streaming Under the Clouds: Solutions for Multiscreen
Video Delivery
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/Streaming_Under_the_Clouds.pdf
- Video: Streaming Media Hits the Mainstream
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/sp/streaming_media.html ● Cisco Service Provider blog: SP360: http://blogs.cisco.com/sp ● Follow Cisco Service Provider news and activities at CES on Twitter
#VideoscapeUnity, #PersonalTV Tags/Keywords Cisco, Cox Communications, cloud, GET, IP Video, Itzhak Elyakim, Len
Barlik, Liberty Global, Multiscreen Cloud DVR, NDS, Videoscape,
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Cisco Introduces ‘Videoscape Unity’ TV Platform to Enable Advanced
Multiscreen Video and TV Services Videoscape Unity, Integrating Cisco and NDS Video Portfolio, Empowers
Service and Content Providers to Deliver Unified and Unique Video
Experiences Across All Screens LAS VEGAS, Nevada, CES 2013, January 7, 2012 - Today in a press
conference at CES 2013, Cisco will unveil Videoscape Unity, its new and
expanded Videoscape video services delivery platform. This new platform
empowers service providers and media companies to deliver new intuitive
and synchronized multiscreen video experiences. These include a
multiscreen cloud digital video recorder (DVR), which enables consumers
to restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured
content from anywhere, on any screen. For the first time, video operators will have an agile, open software
platform that goes above and beyond “TV Everywhere” services,
empowering operators to speed the delivery of immersive multi-screen
video experiences that advance their unique service and brand visions.
During Cisco’s press conference (streamed live online at 5 p.m. ET
with a replay available at 6 pm ET), Marthin De Beer, senior vice
president of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group, will host a panel
of leading service and content providers for a discussion titled, “The
Future of TV: Above and Beyond TV Everywhere,” during which they will
share their visions for delivering personalized video experiences.
Panelists include: ● Len Barlik, EVP, chief product officer, Cox Communications ● Bill Bradford, senior vice president, Digital Media, Fox
Broadcasting ● Joe Inzerillo, senior vice president, Multimedia and Distribution,
Major League Baseball Advanced Media ● Balan Nair, chief technology officer, Liberty Global ● Andrew Olson, director of product planning and design, BSkyB New Preintegrated Offers Enabled by Videoscape Unity Include: ● Multiscreen Cloud DVR: Offers cloud-driven video recording with
capture and storage in the cloud instead of the end device. Consumers
can restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured
content from anywhere, on any screen. ● Video Everywhere: Broadens the TV Everywhere proposition with
unified search, discovery, and viewing functions to allow consumers to
watch premium live and on-demand content on any (service provider
managed or unmanaged) connected device regardless of location. ● Connected Video to Any Device in the Home: Cisco’s Connected
Video Gateway serves as a single entertainment hub, with back-end
management of IP and QAM video, for distributing video content and
metadata to any IP-connected device in the home, while providing a
unified user experience. ● IP Video over Cable: Gives consumers expanded choice of content and
IP video services, with faster delivery of on-demand and interactive
offerings, across a wider range of service provider managed devices -
with the flexibility to add unmanaged devices. About Videoscape Unity Cisco announced its Videoscape TV services delivery platform at CES in
2011. Videoscape Unity was created by integrating Cisco Videoscape with
the assets and business model of NDS, the leading video software and
content security and experience provider acquired by Cisco in 2012. The
new platform comprises a set of cloud, network and client based
components, connected by open interfaces. ● The cloud and network components power new, personalized video
services and enable multiple screens to be synchronized to create a
single unified experience for the subscriber, so things look and feel
the same no matter what device they use. ● Client components use the Cisco Snowflake interface design model
and NDS Media Highway multiplatform clients. This approach enables
network operators to design exciting user experiences, engineer them
into clients for connected devices and set-top boxes, and quickly deploy
them across multiple screens and throughout large service footprints. Flexible Deployment Options ● Videoscape Unity can be deployed in one of many end-to-end
pretested configurations, which can be tailored to each operator’s
service plan. ● Operators can also opt to select individual components and tailor
them into their operations via open interfaces. ● For the first time, Cisco is offering Videoscape “as a
service,” allowing operators to have Cisco build, monitor, operate
and even host their video infrastructures. Advantages for Operators ● Compelling multiscreen experiences delivered from the leading video
experience platform and continuosly refreshed by Cisco’s 7,500+ video
engineers. ● A modular open platform, which operators can enhance with
third-party components using open interfaces built into the Videoscape
Unity platform. ● For operators that deploy Videoscape Unity for one service can
easily enhance and add to the modules they initially deploy to bring
other services to market quickly. ● Reduced operations costs by the elimination of single-service,
“siloed” platforms, and the need for constant in-house
engineering to keep platforms current. Supporting Quotes ● Balan Nair, executive vice president and chief technology officer,
Liberty Global “The entertainment landscape is continually evolving. Consumers are
interacting and discovering content in new ways. Liberty Global strives
to provide our customers with as much flexibility as possible, and a
wide variety of methods to consume content. Our partners, NDS and Cisco,
are providing us the technology to deliver on this promise. Service
providers like LGI are in a prime position to address changes in both
technology and consumer behavior, enabling an unparalleled entertainment
experience. The Horizon platform, and our work with Cisco/NDS, positions
us with a next-generation video service that will take us to the next
level and provides both the infrastructure and innovation that we need
to continually surpass our customers' expectations.” ● Len Barlik, executive vice president, chief product officer, Cox
Communications “Consumers expect more choice, freedom and flexibility in what they
watch, and when, where, and how they watch it. They want to shape and
socialize what is displayed on their own screens. Working with both
Cisco and NDS has helped us to evolve our video services platform beyond
TV Everywhere to more ‘TV your way,’ personalized video experiences,
giving our subscribers more of what they enjoy. We are excited about the
combination of Cisco and NDS, and the possibilities the new Videoscape
Unity portfolio has to offer.” ● Gunnar Evensen, CEO, Get AS "The marriage of Cisco and NDS presents unique opportunities for
service providers looking to evolve their video platforms and offer
consumers better experiences. Our partnership with both companies
provides us with the sophisticated architecture, software, and services
that we need to deliver an exceptional experience to our subscribers." ● Itzhak Elyakim, vice president of Engineering and CTO, YES “Cisco and NDS together presents a host of new opportunities for us
to further advance the TV experience for our subscribers. The new
Videoscape Unity platform offers a strong combination of innovative
cloud technology, network hardware and software to help us as we evolve
our video infrastructure to manage interactive, multiscreen
experiences.” ● Jesper Andersen, senior vice president and general manager, Cisco
Service Provider Video Technology Group “When implementing next-gen video, service providers and media
companies previously had to choose between custom integrated solutions
that stranded them in a point solution, or standard product-based
solutions that had limited opportunities to customize and bring their
brands to life. Videoscape Unity combines the advantages of these
approaches - offering a set of standard service-powering cloud, and
network components with the ability to design and deploy customized user
experiences across many screens.” Supporting Resources ● Tune in to watch Cisco’s CES press conference streamed live
online at 5 p.m. ET /2 p.m. PT (replay available at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m.
PT).
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le21/onlineevts/ces2013/details.html ● Cisco Videoscape Unity: http://www.cisco.com/go/videoscape ● Cisco IBSG Supporting Research:
- Study: “It Came to Me in a Stream…” The Upward Arc of Online
Video, Driven by Consumers
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/Online-Video-Consumption_Consumers.pdf
- Infographic: It Came to Me in a Stream
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/It_came_to_me_in_a_stream.pdf
- White Paper: Streaming Under the Clouds: Solutions for Multiscreen
Video Delivery
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/Streaming_Under_the_Clouds.pdf
- Video: Streaming Media Hits the Mainstream
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/sp/streaming_media.html ● Cisco Service Provider blog: SP360: http://blogs.cisco.com/sp ● Follow Cisco Service Provider news and activities at CES on Twitter
#VideoscapeUnity, #PersonalTV Tags/Keywords Cisco, Cox Communications, cloud, GET, IP Video, Itzhak Elyakim, Len
Barlik, Liberty Global, Multiscreen Cloud DVR, NDS, Videoscape,
Videoscape Unity, Jesper Andersen, Yes RSS Feed for Cisco: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/rss.html About Cisco Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies
seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can
happen when you connect the previously unconnected. Cisco Canada Co., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco, has offices across Canada dedicated to
customer support, sales and service. For ongoing news, please go to
http://newsroom.cisco.com/canada/. -30- Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing
of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks.
Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective
owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership
relationship between Cisco and any other company. Contact Information Karin Scott
Cisco
416-709-2138
kariscot@cisco.com Andrea Berry
StrategicAmpersand Inc. (for Cisco)
416-556-6975
andberry@cisco.com