VCAS™ 3
Revenue Security for Multi-Network, Multi-Format Video Services
VCAS 3 is the next generation of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™). It provides the tools and support digital TV operators require in order to address the new opportunities arising from the accelerating convergence of video delivery over various types of networks - whether managed or unmanaged - to a multitude of devices. This convergence must encompass a proactive revenue protection and enhancement approach that enables service operators to cast a much wider net with their service offerings. As a consequence, the central value proposition for the pay-TV enterprise shifts beyond that of content protection alone, towards the broader perspective of revenue security, in order to turn these new challenges into opportunities for growth:
- Extending the operator brand and subscriber relationship beyond the living room screen.
- Addressing the competitive impact and opportunities of the Internet, OTT and mobile video offerings.
- Offering personalized choices and viewing models across growing number of devices.
- Enabling service delivery and content monetization spanning multiple networks and geographies.
- Assuring subscriber loyalty, enhanced average revenue per user (ARPU), and new revenue streams via self-management services, innovative online applications, targeted advertising, etc.
VCAS 3 — Deployment Versatility and Opportunities
VCAS 3 is the realization of the Verimatrix 3-dimensional digital-TV security strategy, which extends beyond the legacy conditional access (CA) approach in order to protect pay-TV services delivered to any screen over any network while combating any threat. It is ideally suited for operators engaged in or planning:
- “Walled garden” IPTV and DVB over managed networks: telco, satellite, cable, terrestrial.
- Hybrid services, extending linear DVB services with IP-based on-demand services and vice versa.
- Internet TV, OTT and mobile services implementing HTTP Live Streaming (adaptive rate streaming).
- Wholesale-retail content distribution: a centralized, hosted service with local control options.
- Harmonized rights management across heterogeneous networks and devices.
- Legacy CA system replacement with software-based security for all types of networks and devices.
Based on a highly modular system architecture and efficient form factor, VCAS is inherently cost effective for the smallest deployment while scaling easily to operations with millions of subscribers.
Thanks to a vast Verimatrix partner ecosystem, operators can choose from a wide variety of pre-integrated components, such as middleware/subscriber management systems (SMS) and video-on-demand (VOD) servers, and more than 150 set-top box (STB) models.
Key Features
- OS: Linux and Solaris
- Database: Oracle Enterprise Edition
- Video encoding: MPEG-2, MPEG-4/H.264, VC1, DivX
- Video encapsulation: MPEG-2 Transport Stream
- Content encryption: 128-bit AES, RC4, DVB-CSA
- Digital certificates: X.509 compliant, 1024-bit PKI signature hierarchy
- Network management integration: SNMP v1, v2c, v3
- VOD content ingestion: Manual or automated with flexible workflow
- Head-end integration: XML-RPC, SOAP, DVB-Simulcrypt
- Hierarchical distribution: Enables multi-level content delivery channels without intermediate re-encryption
- Client flexibility: Supporting very wide range of broadcast and hybrid STBs, plus PC and other devices
- Clone detection: Revenue protection through patent-pending monitoring and response techniques
- Watermarking: Robust tracing of illegitimate content copies through patented VideoMark user specific watermarking implementations
The documents listed below offer a deeper dive into the technology components of VCAS for specific markets. We invite you to register your interest in receiving a copy of any of these documents and it will be sent to you via email.
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