Overview

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In today's digital content-rich world, Network Operations Centers (NOCs) use a multitude of systems from different vendors to manage the increasingly complex and evolving requirements for content acquisition, management, and distribution. SunUp's open system applications provide an end-to-end layer of content management. They work in conjunction with the CAS/DRM, Middleware, SMS, VOD, digital headend, and back office systems to unify the operator interface, improve operational efficiency, simplify content management, and make it easier to implement new business models and integrate new technologies and standards in the future. SunUp modular products combine to support different delivery mechanisms (IPTV, Satellite DTH, Cable, or Content Distribution networks) and the business models that service providers plan to implement.

Software Applications

SunUp software is divided into four broad functional modules:

• The Asset Factory module includes content workflow tools and management to streamline content ingest, creation, and staging, including resource management.
• The Asset Manager module includes content workflow tools and management for receipt, metadata management, automated distribution, and resource management for content
• The Broadcast Manager includes schedule and service management for playout of broadcast services such as turnaround, PPV and other originated channels, power scheduling tools for Barker and NVOD, as well as subsystem control and streams manager
• The Business Manager includes a set of tools that link the business processes with content, tracking content contracts and enforcing terms, creating and synchronizing content offers, and computing and posting provider payments

Open Platform

SunUp's applications are built on an architecture that is open, highly scalable and highly available. They support standards-based integration with installed new or legacy systems in order to meet the evolving business, content and service management requirements of network operators. They minimize the downtime for upgrade or transition to new technologies in the network. Specific integration features include:

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  Support for multiple protocols for integration, including XML over HTTP and Web Services interface
• Complete support of Cablelabs, DVB, and other industry standards for interfaces
• Configurable communication and notification using SNMP, TCP/IP, RPC, SOAP or other protocols
• Custom interfaces for communicating business specific information

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