Sunrise DVB-IP Software - Ocean Blue Software

Sunrise DVB-IP

DVB Software and Internet Protocol TV

Sunrise DVB-IP software is a suite of software products which can be used alongside most IP middleware products to capture Free To Air digital TV channels and support Freeview Playback PVR functionality into a hybrid IPTV set top box (with digital tuner).

The IPTV set top box is connected to an ASDL broadband modem for applications such as internet access, Video on Demand and Broadband TV.

Support for Analogue & Digital Broadcasts

Consumer electronics vendors have previously required two software products on board - one for digital and one for analogue. This slowed development time and could provide a clumsy user interface.

With Ocean Blue's Sunrise, channel tuning for analogue and digital is accomplished through the same user interface, giving consumers a common look and feel across multiple broadcast mediums. It will also assist the consumer with an easy dual set up process for idtvs via one single user interface.

The multi-mode software is based on Ocean Blue's Sunrise product and includes Sunrise (DVB-T & S), additional software plug ins are Surfsoft PVR (Freeview Playback compatible) and Voyager MHEG-5 & DSMCC middleware software. These software layers compliment and enhance normal IP software components such as Java virtual machines and browsers.

High Definition (HD) Support

Sunrise provides comprehensive support for music, video, TV, High Definition TV MPEG- 4 H.264, images, text and the data necessary for a hybrid IPTV set top box. It also provides support for conditional access and pay-per-view security systems.

Software inside a hybrid IPTV set top box will consist of both IP and DVB software layers, as per the diagram below:

Ocean Blue Software and IPTV Middleware
(Hybrid Set Top Box)

The IP software stacks are highlighted in dark blue and the DVB software components are highlighted in jade green, both software stacks are compatible.

The IP software products provide functionality, e.g. accessing the Internet, Video On demand, whilst the DVB software layers provide functions for Digital terrestrial broadcasts such as channel tuning, MHEG interactivity, channel changing, downloading and running of MHEG applications and capturing and displaying Freeview TV channels.

DVB & IP Middleware software is essential for the Digital Home and any form of Digital TV Broadcasting or streaming of content. The value of middleware software is to allow operators the flexibility to scale, adopt new applications help generate new business opportunities, revenue streams and create new products and services for the consumer.

Ocean Blue offers a complete and comprehensive range of DVB software products, such as DVB-T, DVB-S and MHEG-5, which consist of the following features and functions;