JETZ Broadband Pte. Ltd. Announces the launch of its JETZ Family of VoD, IPTV and Triple Play solutions

Singapore , June 14, 2005 . Jetz Broadband Pte. Ltd. today announced the launch of their revolutionary family of VoD servers for Triple Play, IPTV and all Video on Demand (VoD) services where broadcast quality is a key requirement. Integrating off-the-shelf, industry standard hardware with customised software packages, the Jetz VoD solution is modularly designed and aimed at meeting the needs of telecoms, broadband service providers, gated communities, corporate entities and communities in general for broadcast quality video/audio streaming over IP networks. A ‘single-stop’ solution, Jetz comprises Repository or Content Servers, Streamers or Transmitters as well as the all important Middleware for intelligent load balancing, asset management and interactive control functions. In addition, Jetz also provides complete authentication, encryption and real-time audits. Engineered from the ground up, Jetz software has been developed on the Linux platform for greater robustness, stability, reliability and complete security.

Jetz interfaces with leading STB and Access Network manufacturers as well as PCs and Gateways (for multi-point, single location usage) for interactive audio/video delivery from the on-demand server, via the available network whether it be Ethernet, ADSL or cable. It supports a range of streaming formats including, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 Part 2 (XViD 1.0) and MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264) and can handle concurrent Unicast and Multicast video/audio streams.

Moreover, the Jetz solution is completely scalable from as few as fifty to as many as several thousand concurrent Unicast streams and can be effortlessly integrated in a single-location VoD network or a multi-location distributed network seeking high-throughput, multi-stream, broadband content delivery.

Jetz functions as a master server for management of video/audio delivery such as service announcements and server negotiations; relays live streaming (Multicast) and handles session management, authentication and audit.

Ashish Mukherjee, President of Jetz Broadband, had this to say, “By tightly integrating off-the-shelf, non-proprietary hardware, with custom-tailored software solutions for particular, and individual, user requirements, Jetz will be giving its customers a significant edge in quality to cost ratios.

Furthermore, the use of standard hardware not only results in singularly lower costs over proprietary hardware based solutions, but also enables the service provider to reap the benefits of ongoing technology innovations from the world's leading hardware suppliers.”

A prototype Jetz VoD solution was used by a leading, Asian telecommunication network to launch their broadband services in January, 2005.

KEY FEATURES

Streams video and audio
Streams both Unicast as well as scheduled Multicast video/audio
Supports a range of streaming formats including MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 Part 2 (XViD 1.0) and MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264)
Supports:

Networks – Ethernet, ADSL and Cable
Clients – PC, STB and Thin Clients

Scalable server architecture that supports from as few as 50 to as many as several thousand concurrent Unicast streams
Remote administration and monitoring
Intelligent load balancing
Authentication and authorisation of content access
Interactive control functions
Accounting and audit – comprehensive real-time logs

TECHNICAL FEATURES

Components

Jetz VoD Server
Jetz Transmitter
Jetz Middleware Server
Jetz Repository/Context Server
Jetz Encryption Engine
Jetz Authentication Server
Jetz Audit
Jetz VoD Client

Architecture

The Jetz VoD server, transmitter and database server are connected to an internal network, with the VoD server and transmitter also linking to the ‘public’ network to serve the client.

Jetz VoD server: This is the daemon, managing delivery of multi-format, multi-mode video streams. It is implemented as distributed processing using RPC (Remote Procedure Call). This provides a lean transport mechanism enabling the VoD server to remain independent of the database – so reducing the load on the VoD server itself. Authentication is handled through the Linux Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which provides a flexible method of choosing an authentication mode.

Transmitter/Streamer: This is the end service point streamer using RTP-RTSP and is administered by the Jetz VoD server. The transmitter does not announce its presence directly to any clients. It is assigned the task of streaming only when a session is established. It supports IPv4 and IPv6.

Scalability

The overall Jetz system is developed on a modular structure so that scalability, with respect to demand, can be met with the addition of Servers and Transmitter modules. Jetz is highly configurable, enabling it to accommodate multiple servers and transmitters and handle them efficiently. Server modules are designed with industry standard hardware components that are available off-the-shelf.

JETZ is designed to run on a distributed architecture and even its core database functions can be distributed across multiple servers.