Mariner xVu will monitor Telefónica Digital's global video platform

The provider of IP video-based technologies Mariner xVu will monitor Telefónica Digital's global video platform in order to ensure the provision of high-quality IPTV and OTT services.

Telefónica Digital has chosen the technology Mariner xVu as the monitoring and control tool for your global video platform (GVP), which currently offers two types of services: one of Pay TV that uses IPTV or hybrid satellite TV, and another service called Play video on demand, available for a wide range of devices (TV, smartphones, pills, game consoles, etc.). Both services have previously been launched in Brazil and will be implemented in European and Latin American countries in the coming years..

The objective of this election is, as the head of media services at Telefónica Digital emphasizes, Luis Velo, “deliver high-quality, secure video services to a growing number of screens and devices, which requires uniform monitoring, point to point, in all GVP services. We choose Mariner xVu, an IP software based on real-time video analytics, for its unique ability to identify network and content issues affecting multiple consumers.”.

Mariner xVu is a renowned video-based IP monitoring solution that collects information from multiple sources to build a real-time picture of video delivery and usage., associated with client devices, homes, neighborhoods, networks and content sources.

This information facilitates the rapid identification and location of problems that affect customers, significantly improving the service offered.. IPTV services on GVP are based on Mediaroom middleware from Microsoft and in MiB technology for OTT networks.

As Curtis Howe explains, President and CEO of Mariner, “Consumers value superior video quality, and we are seeing a global trend of new service offerings that include Internet and mobile video for a wide range of customer devices. Mariner xVu software is in its fourth generation of deployment and is a proven, reliable solution to increase video delivery security and customer satisfaction as your network scales.”.