...live end-to-end monitoring set-ups for multi-platform video delivery and multiscreen environments, and present the cutting edge in video service quality assurance for IP, cable and OTT.
Additionally, Agama Technologies has announced that Norwegian triple-play service provider Altibox has expanded its existing end-to-end IPTV quality monitoring solution from Agama into the Over-The-Top (OTT) space. The extended Agama solution will help ensure that Altibox Chill, a TV Everywhere service to multiple viewing devices, is always available with the right quality to meet customer expectations. Launched in December 2011, Altibox was the first operator in Norway to create a TV Everywhere solution, offering live TV and VOD services across multiple screens to its customers. The Altibox Chill service delivers content in several different profiles to PCs, Macs and iOS devices using adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming in HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Smooth Streaming formats. With Agama, Altibox now has support to ensure that its OTT services works optimally 24/7.
Building out its existing Agama DTV Monitoring Solution, Altibox gathers monitoring information from all Agama Analyzers and Agama Embedded Monitoring probes for IPTV and OTT video delivery into one single system. Leveraging Agama's analysis engine to perform QoE and QoS monitoring of ABR streaming services, the solution provides top-level alarms, dashboard widgets and service status overviews, as well as drill-down features with detailed metrics and extensive event logs down to each individual session. This will provide Altibox with awareness and understanding of problems and their impact on the end customers' TV experience.