Interactive TV. Budget solution

The purpose

The solution is designed to organize digital Live TV and VoD broadcasting in small and medium-sized hotels, as well as in the networks of collective reception of satellite and terrestrial programs. The network is built on the basis of two Crypton devices and several unmanaged switches. Scaling can be achieved by proportionally increasing the amount of equipment. Video streams are broadcast to client devices via the HTTP protocol, which allows using both stationary set-top boxes or TVs and mobile devices on the network.

System components

Organization of IPTV broadcasting from Crypton - IPTV Headend block diagram - budget solution 1 Gbps

Sat-IP Gate Way is an equipment for capturing satellite, terrestrial or cable television programs. An example of such equipment are digital satellite and terrestrial receivers-decoders of the Crypton Compact HeadEnd series, capable of broadcasting digital streams of selected programs to an IP network, for example CRT1081IRD-S2-IP.
Crypton IPTV Video Server Lite is a hardware and software complex, providing recording of streams of digital television programs on disk drives with the organization of address http broadcasting of selected programs to user equipment.
Crypton Catch-up TV Client is a cross-platform IPTV/VoD player application with an advanced user interface optimized for searching and playing archived TV programs.

Specification

Number of connected LNBs: 8 x n (n — depends on the list of programs)
Number of CI slots: 8 x n (n — depends on the list of programs)
Depth of TV archive*: 24 hours
Number of IPTV programs: up to 250
Number of VoD programs on one server**: 128(SD) or 40(HD)
Number of independent users***: 250(SD) or 80(HD)
Output streams transfer interface: DVB-over-Http
Broadcast type: Live, VoD
Crypton Device Control Interface: Web, SNMP
Available client equipment****: Windows/Linux PC client, Android IPTV player, MAG250/254

Notes:

* — the depth of the TV archive depends on the HDD array installed in the system and can be increased by increasing its capacity or decreasing the number of recorded programs.

** — the number of VoD programs depends on the capacity of the HDD array installed in the system and the depth of the TV archive.

*** — the number of independent users depends on the resolution (SD/HD) and the total bit rate of simultaneously broadcast programs.

**** — devices adapted to Crypton Catch-up TV infrastructure are indicated. It is possible to use IPTV players and devices from other manufacturers.