Through years of experience in broadcasting equipment development and SI business, Valups has built a special level of expertise. Valups provides a variety of IP applications and optimal IP VOD, which can satisfy the diverse demands of customers and the market.
Valups provides total VOD solutions that are developed in-house for service providers and set-top box manufacturers, to provide via IP networks. Our main products include an IP set-top box for customers to access VOD services, a VOD client that can be equipped with a terrestrial or satellite broadcasting set-top box, and a VOD client for PCs, as well as a VOD head-end server system that enables a manager to effectively control and operate a server.
The total VOD solutions provided by Valups ensure maximum network efficiency even when network bandwidth is low, and include Valups’ own Cooperative Delivery Technology, which enables customers to effectively distribute contents to members, helping them to improve their service quality.
- IP set-top box with Sigma Designs platform
- PC VOD client
- VOD client SDK for other set-top boxes
- Cooperative Delivery Technology: PeerNet™
- VOD Head-end server system
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- Secure quality control
- Progressive download and play
- Supporting contents format (WMV9/HD) (optionally H.264/VC1)
- MS-DRM for contents DRM
- Cost efficient contents delivery using the Cooperative Delivery Technology: PeerNet™(Optional)
| Processor | Sigma Designs EM8622/23L, SMP8634, (SMP8654 ready) |
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| Memory | 8-16MB Flash, 128~512MB SDRAM |
| HDD | 80~160GB IDE/SATA (factory option) |
| Video out | Composite, Component (HDMI optional) |
| Audio out | 2ch Stereo, S/PDIF |
| Network | 10/100 base Ethernet, 802.11b/g WLAN (factory option) |
| Media management | Contents files, subtitles, thumbnail images and others |
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| Content management | Contents metadata |
| Product management | Support for VOD products, Including VOD, PPV and package products |
| Device interface | Interface for SOAP-based various external devices |
| External interface | Billing system, member management system, and others. |
PeerNet™ is Valups’ P2P(Peer-to-Peer) solution brand, which overcomes the limitations of IP VOD systems of conventional client & server models. With the PeerNetTM solution, a service provider can dramatically reduce network costs. Through modularization, PeerNet™ can support optimal customization depending on customer need.
- PeerNet™ server: Windows, Linux
- PeerNet™ set-top box client: Sigma Designs 86xx Type, Broadcom 74xx type, Linux OS
- Controlled peer-to-peer technology
- Peak time bandwidth saving through active caching mechanism
- Enable to deliver HD contents
- Secure contents management and QoS
- PC & set-top box support
