PARIS, Sept. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is developing a new technology
architecture that will enable pay TV providers to offer the ability
to store favorite TV programs in the cloud cost effectively while
maintaining compliance with content rights legislation.
In many countries today, copyright laws concerning television
follow a 'private copy' model. This means each consumer must have
their own copy of a TV program they have recorded. This makes
network recording services uneconomical due to the cost of storage
being hundreds of times higher than in a 'shared copy' model where
only one recording is kept for all consumers.
Alcatel-Lucent's 'virtual private copy architecture' solves this
issue by combining economical tiered storage with enhanced
intelligence in the Velocix Content Delivery Network (CDN) to
enable pay TV providers to cost-effectively deploy private copy
cloud recording and comply with copyright laws.
Every time a user wants to record a program, Velocix Scheduler
logs the request and initiates the recording. One recording is made
per user, in accordance with content rights. These recordings can
be kept in simple, low-cost storage archives as they do not require
fast and frequent access. Innovative new techniques in the Velocix
CDN allow the distribution of unique recordings in a method that
can be cached.
Compared to a private copy environment, Alcatel-Lucent's virtual
private copy architecture means storage costs can be reduced by up
to 75%. As playback comes directly from the CDN, latency is also
reduced, improving the quality of experience for users.
Alcatel-Lucent is currently developing a prototype solution
based on this architecture that will be ready to trial mid-2015,
with product available towards the end of 2015.
Quotes
Paul Larbey, head of
Alcatel-Lucent's IP Video business: "We've been talking with
several customers about ways to help them comply with content
rights issues and still offer their customers the advantages of
cloud DVR services. This new architecture is the result of those
discussions and removes the single biggest barrier to deployment –
the cost of storage in a private copy environment."
About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)
We are at the forefront of global communications, providing
products and innovations in IP and cloud networking, as well as
ultra-broadband fixed and wireless access to service providers and
their customers, and to enterprises and institutions throughout the
world. Underpinning us in driving the industrial transformation
from voice telephony to high-speed digital delivery of data, video
and information is Bell Labs, an
integral part of the Group and one of the world's foremost
technology research institutes, responsible for countless
breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications
industry. Our innovations have resulted in our Group being
recognized by Thomson Reuters as a Top 100 Global Innovator, as
well as being named by MIT Technology Review as amongst 2012's Top
50 "World's Most Innovative Companies". We have also been
recognized for innovation in sustainability, being named Industry
Group Leader in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector in
the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review, for making global
communications more sustainable, affordable and accessible, all in
pursuit of the Group's mission to realize the potential of a
connected world.
With revenues of Euro 14.4 billion
in 2013, Alcatel-Lucent is listed on the Paris and New
York stock exchanges (Euronext and NYSE: ALU). The company
is incorporated in France and
headquartered in Paris.
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