Minerva IP Television Lab System is a complete end-to-end IP Television Headend that allows network operators to streamline and evaluate the complex process of testing and deploying interactive television services prior to full commercial deployment. The Minerva IP Television Lab includes all of the components needed to test your network and to evaluate a broad range of services prior to full commercial deployment. An IP Television Headend is the central point of subscriber management, media aggregation, and distribution of video services over high-speed broadband IP networks. Minerva IP Television Lab is a compact IP Television Headend connected via a broadband network to NTSC or PAL set-top boxes. This fully integrated solution includes an application server (running Minerva® iTVManager management software), a video server, a high-performance 100Base-T Ethernet switch, and a video acquisition subsystem. Depending on customers¹ preferences, the video acquisition sub-system can be configured with either analog MPEG-2 carrier class encoders or DVB-to-IP demultiplexers for digital turn-around of satellite signals.

The Minerva IP Television Lab can be expanded to accommodate a full IP Television deployment.

TV BOOK
Minerva ® TVBook is a complete, portable and cost effective IP Television simulation system that enables testing and evaluation of advanced television services over any broadband IP network.

TVBookincludes Minerva® iTVManager, Minerva's television services management software, and Kasenna'sMedia Base video server software, preloaded with two hours of content. Both iTVManager and Media Base come pre-installed and pre-configured on a powerful notebook PC weighing less than eight pounds. TVBook is designed for broadband network operators, equipment manufacturers, engineering consulting firms and systems integrators who need a simple, low-cost solution to evaluate and demonstrate a variety of IP Television services.This complete headend simulation system supports the streaming of four channels of programming to up to five STBs. TVBook can be used to deliver a broad range of video services including live TV, VOD, NVOD and PPV. Operators can also evaluate back-office management functions including subscriber and set-top box management, channel creation, channel listing and billing.For more information about obtaining TVBook, please contact our sales team.