SmartTUBE 5

Datasheet

SmartTUBE is a comprehensive multiscreen solution for the provision of interactive television services in IPTV, OTT, and hybrid networks.

The solution is comprised of the service management platform SmartTUBE

Server and SmartTUBE Clients.

Key benefits

Free Evaluation

SmartTUBE includes all the components that are necessary to launch a digital television service. To deploy a minimal configuration of the service, you just need to download the distribution package and install the software on the server and we allow service providers to test the platform for free.

Modern client interfaces and applications

SmartTUBE includes beautiful and responsive client for set- top-boxes

(STBs), applications for mobile devices and interactive TV sets that can be combined to multiscreen solution.

Clients may be customized to meet the branding needs of a service provider*.

SmartTUBE Client for STBs includes a number of innovative solutions – integrated OTT applications*, integration with social networking websites*, remote control via smartphone and smartwatch applications*.

Innovative solutions

SmartTUBE includes a number of innovative solutions: search and recommendation is becoming increasingly important. Within SmartTUBE, content from external OTT services* is combined with linear and on demand content to create a unified content catalogu to drive our search and recommendation solution, SmartTUBE Recommender.

Simple and convenient service management

You can manage service delivery in a user-friendly SmartTUBE web interface that offers management tools for an EPG editor, platform administrator, content editor, support engineer, analyst, and other profiles.

Flexibility and customization

SmartTUBE Server and SmartTUBE

Clients can be customized to meet individual requirements of a customer.

SmartTUBE software products can be easily integrated into the existing infrastructure of an operator*.

Optimization of operating costs

SmartTUBE Server is designed to deliver high performance without the need for high performance server infrastructure, and SmartTUBE Server may even be operated in a virtual environment.

PostgreSQL DBMS may also be used to further reduce deployment costs.

Proven efficiency and leadership

SmartTUBE is designed to address the business needs of a wide range of service providers from T1 national operators to competitive OTT operators.

With over 5 million subscribers relying on SmartTUBE based services every day, delivered over IP, OTT, DVB hybrid and mobile networks, the solution is widely proven.

SmartTUBE is constantly being developed and extended to meet the changing needs of our customers and the wider market. As a result Smart-

TUBE customers have the opportunity to add new features and additional interactive services.

* - only in commercial version www.smartlabs.tv

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Work logic

SmartTUBE solution includes platform for service delivery management SmartTUBE Server and clients for STB, interactive TV sets and mobile devices and web. SmartTUBE Recommender is an optional component for the creation of viewing recommendations.

SmartTUBE Server

SmartTUBE Server is the core of the solution; it allows you to manage services, users, content, pricing, and metadata; provides interaction with an operator’s billing and/or payment gateways and facilitates the use of other external information systems. For details, please see the technical description.

The modern and user-friendly web “Admin UI” interface has been developed for you to manage services, content, users, and access to statistical reports on service consumption.

Supported network types

• IPTV

• OTT TV

• Hybrid (DVB-C, DVB-T / DVB-T2)

TV services

• Linear TV

• TSTV, CatchUP

• VoD (SVoD, TVoD, EST), nPVR*, local PVR*

Supported content categories

• TV channels, TV shows, series, seasons, episodes, movies

• External OTT libraries *

Additional features

• Multi operator settings*

• Multi regional settings*

• Multiscreen

• Multiroom

Unified content catalogue

Generates a unified catalogue of con- tent that can be taken from multiple sources, such as external OTT libraries and local libraries of content; and allows you to work with the complete library of content.

Smart mechanism of recommendation

The additional component SmartTUBE

Recommender generates content recommendations with consideration for individual interests and personal preferences of a subscriber.

The recommendations are formed based on analysis and processing of data relating to an individual profile of a subscriber and the whole subscriber base.

Recommendations of content editors

Manually created recommendations in the form of editorial selections.

Managing access to the services

• On a network layer

• On the client applications layer

Advertisements

• Targeted banners

• Promo channels *

• Sending information messages to the subscribers

Discounts, bonuses

Support for discounts* and promotions.

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Billing

Pricing of services is performed by the platform using the internal functionality for initial billing.

Charging is made in the external billing system or using payment gateways.

Support for pricing plans with complex business logic* and the possibility to configure price lists, limit access to content based on the number of views, time of watching, time of offer validity and other parameters.

• Integration with OSS / BSS via

SmartTUBE API

• Integration with payment gateways

EPG management

• Support for multilingual EPG

• Includes EPG importing and editing

Metadata management

Includes metadata importing and editing; forming of your own unique metadata library for the unified catalogue.

Analytics and reporting

• Basic reports of service usage

• Improved reports of service quality

(by using SmartCARE solution) *

Management

Includes multilingual graphical administration web interface that offers management tools for an EPG editor, platform administrator, content editor, support engineer, analyst, and other pro les.

* - only in commercial version

SmartTUBE Clients

SmartTUBE Clients is a range of applications for the end-users of digital TV. We offer beautifully designed and responsive applications for STBs, interactive TV sets, desktop PCs and mobile devices.

STB

Linux

Android

Mobile iPhone iPad

Android tablet

Android phone

TV

Android

Smart TV Samsung

Smart TV LG

Desktop

Chrome

Internet Explorer

Firefox

Opera

What do we offer

To operators:

Multi-platform

Support for a wide range of devices and ability to work in various types of digital TV networks thus ensuring convenient and fast access of subscribers to the services.

Content protection

Support for all popular means of CAS / DRM content protection.

Impressive customization capabilities

We are committed to an individual approach to our customers by adapting the user interface to the operator’s preferences.

Built-in advertising tools

Built-in recommendation capabilities

To subscribers:

Broad functionality

A large set of features including multiscreen, recommendations, integration with social networks*, and many more.

High performance

Interface performance is increased through the use of OpenGL graphics acceleration.

Unified User Experience

Unified design for all device types, and support for the multiscreen feature that allows you to create a pleasant and convenient environment for service consumers.

Attractive interface

Our interfaces have been widely deployed across the world and proven themselves as robust, flexible and easy to use.

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Additional features of SmartTUBE Сlient STB

Support for integrated OTT applications *

Such as Netflix etc .

Social networks *

Integrated vk.com application with access to the news, messages and videos.

Support for YouTube and YouTube leanback

Using YouTube leanback needs a compatible STB.

Information services

Weather, currency rates, maps, etc.

Integrated web browser

WebKit 602.1

Cloud Gaming ready

An STB can be used as a game console.

More multimedia

More multimedia Live radio, SMB and DLNA access to the media library, USB memory stick: playing a video, watching photos and listening to music.

Remote control using a phone or smart watch

Remote control applications for iPhone and Apple Watch

Efficient search Search through all available content sources.

SmartTUBE Clients specs

SmartTUBE Client STB

A firmware for OTT, IPTV and Hybrid Linux-based STBs. UI based on OpenGL libraries. Client support for built-in web-browser, integrated OTT applications *, remote control using a phone or smart watch, YouTube, SMB and DLNA access to the media library and other innovative features.

Supported STB types: OTT, IPTV, Hybrid (DVB-C, DVB-T / DVB-T2)

ОS: Linux

STB vendors: SmartLabs, Motorola, ZyXEL, Infomir, Telsys, Albis,

Promsvyaz, Yuxing

Chipsets:

• STMicroelectronics STi7100, STi7101, STi7105, STi7108,

STi7109, STi5202, STiH206, STiH301 (Liege2)

• Broadcom BCM7230, BCM7250, BCM7251S, BCM7252S

• Sigma Designs SMP8634, SMP8756, SMP8758

• Amlogic S805

SmartTUBE Client Android TV

An application for Android TV and Android STB. UI based on

OpenGL libraries.

SmartTUBE Client SmartTV

Web application for LG Smart TV and Samsung Smart TV.

User equipment with Android 4.4 and later, that meet the requirements of Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD).

Samsung Smart TV and LG SmartTV released in 2014 and later.

SmartTUBE Client iPhone

An application for iPhone including “Remote control application” for Apple Watch.

iPhones with iOS 8 and later.

SmartTUBE Client iPad

An application for iPad.

SmartTUBE Client Android

An application for Android phones and tabs.

SmartTUBE Client Web

Web client for browsers.

iPads with iOS 8 and later.

Devices with Android 4.4 and later.

Supported browsers:

• Google Chrome 40 and later

• Mozilla Firefox 37 and later

• Opera 33.0 and later

• Internet Explorer 11 and later www.smartlabs.tv

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