Deutsche Telekom Launches New Multiscreen TV Service With Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwired - Sep 13, 2013) - IBC -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is proud to be working with Deutsche Telekom, one of the world's leading telecommunications companies to support the roll-out of the operator's recently launched TV Everywhere service "Entertain to go" through the provision of Cisco's Videoscape^™ Distribution Suite (VDS) enhanced content delivery technology.

Cisco^® VDS, part of Cisco's Videoscape Unity TV services delivery platform, enables the distribution of video content across multiple screens, protocols, applications and networks. VDS serves as the network distribution engine behind the Videoscape^™ architecture. It is an open, component-based, complete, interoperable and holistic solution that bridges cloud and network functionality -- providing greater levels of insight into, and management of, content delivery networks.

Deutsche Telekom's "Entertain to go" service allows subscribers of its 'Entertain' IPTV service to view 40 TV channels on their PCs and mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. Priced at EUR 4.95 per-month the service gives access to the Entertain content on devices that are connected to the users' home WiFi network, as well as allowing them to view on demand content from the Entertain video library.

Highlights:

• Key benefits recognised by Deutsche Telekom include the ability to effectively manage and monitor multiple aspects of their delivery network, including the type of viewing device and delivery logs, with customizable reporting and dashboards to enable the identification and resolution of any issues and ensure a quality of service.
• Cisco Videoscape Distribution Suite (VDS) features a number of components that offer unique capabilities; together they provide a comprehensive and industry leading solution.
• VDS builds on the Cisco content delivery network (CDN) service footprint serving more than 50 global customers, with over 3 million cloud-based time-shifted and live video streams delivered.
• One of the key components of VDS is the Cisco's Videoscape Distribution Suite Service Manager (VDS SM), a purpose-built CDN analytics and reporting solution that gives operators insight into their CDN infrastructure with a low total cost of ownership (TCO) and immediate benefits to the operations teams.
• Cisco VDS simplifies CDN management while reducing operating costs through consolidated live origin services and recording, edge caching particularly for OTT content, Radio Access Network (RAN) optimization, real-time CDN analytics and remote provisioning capabilities.

Supporting Quotes:

• Holger Diekmann, Technical Project Lead Entertain to go and Senior Expert Service Management, Telekom Deutschland GmbH
  "Working with Cisco to bring the 'Entertain to go' service to market has been a very positive experience characterized by flexibility and speed of reacting to our specific requirements. The Cisco team was strongly committed to developing and deploying new features within the desired time frame, which enabled us to bring this new service to our customers in a very short time."

Supporting Resources:

• About Cisco Videoscape: http://www.cisco.com/go/videoscape
• Cisco Service Provider blog: SP360: http://blogs.cisco.com/sp
• Follow Cisco IBC news and activities on Twitter: #CiscoIBC and #Videoscape

Tags/Keywords
Cisco, cloud, cloud-DVR, Content Delivery Network, CDN, CDN Analytics, IPTV, Holger Diekmann, service provider, Internet video, IP, IP video, network, network DVR, online video, OTT, streaming video, video, Videoscape, Videoscape Distribution Suite, VDS, "Entertain to go", Deutsche Telekom,

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About Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with 144 million mobile customers, 32 million fixed-network lines and more than 17 million broadband lines (as of June 30, 2013). The Group provides fixed-network, mobile communications, Internet and IPTV products and services for consumers, and ICT solutions for business and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in some 50 countries and has over 231,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenue of EUR 58.2 billion in the 2012 financial year -- over half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2012).

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