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Transforming live IP video streaming: Elevate the viewing experience for IPTV and OTT services 

Today's consumers expect live streaming of news and sports events - including in-game betting - to be seamless, with instant switching between events, real-time viewing, and minimal latency. However, meeting these expectations poses significant challenges for service providers, broadcasters, and content providers who rely on traditional content delivery networks (CDNs) or enhanced video on demand (VOD) technologies. These legacy solutions can result in frustrating visual distortions, slow channel switching times of up to four to five seconds, and difficulties in maintaining low latency during live streaming - all common drawbacks of conventional CDN-based delivery.

The advanced capabilities of the Nokia Video Broadcast Optimizer (VBO) address these challenges directly. Furthermore, the VBO is a key component of our CDN for Live solution, a groundbreaking advancement that transforms and enhances the linear live broadcast TV experience.

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Overview

Featuring hybrid-routed unicast and multicast capabilities, with support for a wide range of video formats, profiles, middleware, and codecs on a unified platform, the Video Broadcast Optimizer (VBO) redefines live IP video streaming for IPTV and OTT services. It ensures near-zero latency, instant channel switching, and exceptional video and audio quality while minimizing visual distortions and delivering a seamless viewing experience — without significantly increasing bandwidth demands.

Nokia CDN for live IP video streaming

As a key component of the Nokia Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Live solution, the Nokia VBO works in tandem with the high-performance Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR) and advanced Nokia Bell Labs video technologies to transform and enhance linear broadcast TV. This groundbreaking solution is specifically designed to serve both OTT and IPTV subscribers simultaneously, marking a significant advancement in live entertainment streaming.

Nokia Video Broadcast Optimizer

Nokia Video Broadcast Optimizer

Nokia CDN for live solution

The Nokia CDN for live solution is designed to ensure ultra-reliable real-time IP video streaming services over any access network and directly to end users.  

 

 

Nokia CDN for live application note 

 

Nokia CDN for live network architecture

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The Power of the Nokia IP Video Distribution Platform

The Nokia IP video application is fully integrated into the 7750 SR platform.  The 7750 SR serves as a unified video broadcast distribution platform, offering high-performance edge and core routing for the IP network while efficiently delivering ultra-reliable, real-time IPTV and OTT IP video for transport and streaming across any access network directly to end users.

Advanced, patented Nokia Bell Labs video technologies integrated into the 7750 SR guarantee uncompromised video quality and reliability. The 7750 SR platform provides real-time, end-to-end monitoring and repair of packet impairments —from the video headend to subscriber end devices — ensuring seamless, instant video streaming with near-zero live latency from any distribution feed or peering point.

Features and benefits

Efficient

  • Near-zero live latency compared with digital live broadcast TV 
  • Ultra-fast channel delivery and change for an uninterrupted viewing experience 
  • Open, vendor-supported integration toolkit for flexible and streamlined device integration 
  • Seamless integration with Conditional Access Key servers for enhanced content security 

Scalable

  • Live IP video streaming over any access network - broadband, mobile, fixed wireless and earth orbiting satellites 
  • Supports both multicast (IPTV) and routed unicast (OTT) for versatile content delivery 
  • Middleware-agnostic design ensures compatibility with diverse middleware solutions 
  • Optimized IP video delivery without the cost of traditional CDN buffering and caching

Reliable

  • Ultra-reliable Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) streaming, to five-nines or above
  • Provides the capability to retransmit lost packets over both routed unicast and multicast transmissions
  • Perfect Stream and Video Quality Monitoring (VQM) capabilities detect and repair impaired video packets during network transmission
  • Robust monitoring and reporting deliver comprehensive operation statistics

Resources

Resources

Application notes

  • Nokia CDN for Live solution

Datasheets

  • Video Broadcast Optimizer

Related products

Related products

Product

7750 Service Router

High-performance IP edge and core routers.

Featuring hybrid-routed unicast and multicast capabilities, with support for a wide range of video formats, profiles, middleware, and codecs on a unified platform, the Video Broadcast Optimizer (VBO) redefines live IP video streaming for IPTV and OTT services. It ensures near-zero latency, instant channel switching, and exceptional video and audio quality while minimizing visual distortions and delivering a seamless viewing experience — without significantly increasing bandwidth demands.

Nokia CDN for live IP video streaming

As a key component of the Nokia Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Live solution, the Nokia VBO works in tandem with the high-performance Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR) and advanced Nokia Bell Labs video technologies to transform and enhance linear broadcast TV. This groundbreaking solution is specifically designed to serve both OTT and IPTV subscribers simultaneously, marking a significant advancement in live entertainment streaming.

Nokia Video Broadcast Optimizer

Nokia Video Broadcast Optimizer

Nokia CDN for live solution

The Nokia CDN for live solution is designed to ensure ultra-reliable real-time IP video streaming services over any access network and directly to end users.  

 

 

Nokia CDN for live application note 

 

Nokia CDN for live network architecture

Gaming team

The Power of the Nokia IP Video Distribution Platform

The Nokia IP video application is fully integrated into the 7750 SR platform.  The 7750 SR serves as a unified video broadcast distribution platform, offering high-performance edge and core routing for the IP network while efficiently delivering ultra-reliable, real-time IPTV and OTT IP video for transport and streaming across any access network directly to end users.

Advanced, patented Nokia Bell Labs video technologies integrated into the 7750 SR guarantee uncompromised video quality and reliability. The 7750 SR platform provides real-time, end-to-end monitoring and repair of packet impairments —from the video headend to subscriber end devices — ensuring seamless, instant video streaming with near-zero live latency from any distribution feed or peering point.

Efficient

  • Near-zero live latency compared with digital live broadcast TV 
  • Ultra-fast channel delivery and change for an uninterrupted viewing experience 
  • Open, vendor-supported integration toolkit for flexible and streamlined device integration 
  • Seamless integration with Conditional Access Key servers for enhanced content security 

Scalable

  • Live IP video streaming over any access network - broadband, mobile, fixed wireless and earth orbiting satellites 
  • Supports both multicast (IPTV) and routed unicast (OTT) for versatile content delivery 
  • Middleware-agnostic design ensures compatibility with diverse middleware solutions 
  • Optimized IP video delivery without the cost of traditional CDN buffering and caching

Reliable

  • Ultra-reliable Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) streaming, to five-nines or above
  • Provides the capability to retransmit lost packets over both routed unicast and multicast transmissions
  • Perfect Stream and Video Quality Monitoring (VQM) capabilities detect and repair impaired video packets during network transmission
  • Robust monitoring and reporting deliver comprehensive operation statistics

Resources

Application notes

  • Nokia CDN for Live solution

Datasheets

  • Video Broadcast Optimizer

Related products

Product

7750 Service Router

High-performance IP edge and core routers.

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