Functions

Authentication

• Guest user support
• Logged-in user support
• Self-contained authentication or single-sign-on (SSO) integration option
• Dynamic service-code-to-content-enablement logic
• Content filters
• Sub-account capability with full control of access and content filters

CMS Integration & Content Management

• Ingestion of metadata from Content Management System (CMS)
• Portal content management via web-based Administration Console
• Unlimited content listings
• Integration with CDN (including Akamai and Limelight) for video streaming
• Browse content – Flash and HTML-based presentation
• 4 level video asset display (content type, content source/channel, list of assets, single asset detail)
• View trailers
• View full-length content in full player

Video Streaming & CDN Integration

• Player integration (including Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Media Player, Flash, SMIL driven players, etc.)
• Embedded and full-screen players
• Trick-play support

• Integration with CDN (including Akamai and Limelight) for video streaming
• URL Tokenization via MD5 hash key or library-based

• Able to support streaming of live TV content

• Full end-to-end DRM integration for protected content
• Tokenized URL CDN support
• License key player support
• Single content play per account by content type

Transactions

• Purchase access option for on-demand content
• Purchase access option for pay-per-view (PPV) content
• Integration with existing billing systems, billed directly to user’s service-provider account
• PPV time/channel and resolution (SD/HD) selection

Extended Features

• Ingestion of guide metadata
• Presentation of guide GUI
• Channel logos
• Filter by time-zone, date, time, all channels or subscribed channels, channel range
• Program details in EPG
• Full program details with all airings of show
• Links to content detail pages for content available on-demand or PPV

• Category-based recommendations
• Previously-watched-based recommendations

• Simple search with prioritized search results based on type of hit
• Search across EPG and all content types
• Advanced search, set any of the following values:
  • Program name
  • Description
  • Cast & crew
  • Timeframe
  • Category
  • Rating
  • Format (SD, HD)
  • Language
  • Filter in/out channels by channel or content type

• Advertising server integration capability via SCTE-130 interface or other

• IP-based geo-location conditional access

• Able to integrate real-time feeds such sports scores, game and player statistics

• 3-level fully dynamic data-drive Help
• Content managed through Administration Console
• Ability to integrate instant-messaging e-chat with CSR, user-initiated or system auto-initiated chat, passed to live agent upon user acceptance of chat session

• Multi-lingual support – any language
• Set preferred language at any time

• Control of content display prioritization
• Priority override capability for full control of featured content
  • Feature specific assets
  • Control display sequence
• Content Category management, select categories and assign display sequence
• Initiate manual CMS data pulls and system cache refreshes
• Dynamic FAQ/Help section management
• Access control for each user
• Dynamic portal updates: upload new content (HTML, graphics, etc), validate on stage, push to production

• SSL integration for sensitive transactions
• Triple DES and AES encryption capability
• MD5 hash or library-based URL tokenization
• Passed third-party security audit testing
• Approved by major content providers

Integrated Logging & Reporting

• Full system activity logging

• Self-contained reporting capabilities
• System integration to Reporting tools (Adobe Omniture SiteCatalyst, etc.)

Flexible Deployment Options

• Can be deployed in fully redundant architecture, load-balanced with full failover capability for high-availability 24/7 uptime
• Can be deployed on-site at the service provider, or as a fully hosted SaaS-based solution

Mobile Access

• Optional mobile access for smart-phones (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Palm Pre, etc.)
• Platform-specific applications or XHTML-based solutions
• Mobile authentication integration capability
• Triple DES and AES encryption