Case study – Vantrix powers Vidéotron`s innovative Illico TV

Vidéotron case study
Vantrix powers Vidéotron’s innovative Illico
TV everywhere service
A long-term partnership for
multiscreen innovation
Vidéotron, a leader in Canadian telecommunications, has delivered
innovative services to business and residential customers in Québec since
1964. Always on the pulse of the latest technology, market dynamics and
consumer demand, Vidéotron chose to partner with Vantrix to power the
multiscreen part of the company’s Illico digital TV service.
The first Illico multiscreen service launched in 2010 and provided
web-based access via PCs. Today Illico is a rich interactive TV experience
available to over 1.2 million consumers across a broad range of devices,
including PCs, tablets and mobile phones.
Vantrix is proud to have been with Vidéotron every step of the way,
providing the flexible, scalable and cost-effective media processing power
needed to support the company’s innovative TV Everywhere services.
Based in Québec, Vidéotron is a leader in Canadian
Key milestones and innovations
telecommunications, providing cable TV, internet,
phone and mobile service to over 1.8 million
• 2010 – Launch of Illico web with 32 live
consumers.
channels & VOD content for PC browser-based access.
Mobile video launches.
• 2012 – Illico app for iPad launches.
• 2013 – Launch of Club Illico OTT service
and Illico app for Android tablet.
• 2014 – Launch of iPhone app, as
well as iPad app as a TV companion with
About Vidéotron
Ultra-high-density
VoD transcoding
speeds iPhone launch
22,000 hours of media
15 hours processing time
HD quality. DRM support for premium content,
with new highly-scalable infrastructure.
The innovation continues
Challenge
Deliver innovative live streaming, time-shifted and
on-demand video TV Everywhere services to
millions of subscribers across many devices —all
while maintaining the high levels of subscriber
satisfaction that is a hallmark of Vidéotron’s
service offerings.
Solution
Vidéotron chose Vantrix Media Platform (VMP) to
Working with Vantrix, Vidéotron continues to innovate and launch new
power their Illico TV Everywhere offering.
features, such as a new highly-scalable infrastructure enabled with
Today Vantrix infrastructure enables Vidéotron to
enhanced DRM capabilties for premium content. The system maintains the
deliver up to 100 live streaming channels and
ability to pause VOD playback and resume watching on a different device.
thousands of hours of VOD content to subscribers
These leading-edge features are helping Vidéotron grow and retain their
on PCs, as well as a host of Android and iOS
subscriber base, and expand in a dynamic video landscape.
mobile devices.
Vidéotron case study
Solution highlights
• Support for multiscreen live streaming and live-to-VOD services
across iOS, Android and browser-based platforms
• Up to 100 live streaming channels supported
• Ultra-high-density power for cost-efficient media processing
• Up to 10,000 concurrent HLS streams handled daily
• Adaptive bit rate (ABR) support - Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
• Integration with Irdeto DRM key management using Microsoft PlayReady
• Deployed on high-density commerical off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware
“We are pleased to partner with Vantrix in delivering the best
multiscreen video experience to our subscribers.”
Mr. Pierre Roy, VP of Research and Development, Vidéotron
Vantrix Media Platform
Vantrix Media Platform (VMP) is a modular, integrated
system that includes video processing, bandwidth and
message optimization, as well as smart caching and
VOD
TRANSCODER
ABR
PACKAGER
STREAMER
QOE
ANALYTICS
LIVE
TRANSCODER
ENCRYPTER
SMART
CACHE
BANDWIDTH
OPTIMIZER
analytics.
With its virtualized software-defined architecture, VMP
components can be deployed as Virtual Network
Functions (VNFs) on COTS hardware in both private
and public cloud scenarios.
About Vantrix
Pioneers in media optimization since 1994, our technology is helping top mobile operators
and video service providers across the globe successfully converge traditional linear
Learn more about Vantrix
www.vantrix.com | [email protected]
http://www.vantrix.com
T: +1 514 866-1717
business models with over-the-top (OTT) multiscreen delivery
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