TCS DVB Monitor Product Specification

Description

DVBMonitor consists of two main parts - the data collector/TS analyser and data presenter/APIs. The data source could be TCP/IP unicast/multicast or any DVB card which includes Single Program or Multi Program Transport Stream (SPTS & MPTS). The backend part collect in specific time frame the fragments of Transport Streams and analyse it. All data are stored in Database. The DB data are then analysed based on customer requiremnts with a lot of possible outputs in human readable form such as HTML, MS Excel, TXT or outputs usally used by other customer platfomrs such as XML or JSON.

Data Source

TCP/IP Multicast or Unicast usually as output from customer multiplexors or local headend. Another way is to emulate end customer using standard DVB compliant adapter.

Management

A standard part of the TCS DVB Monitor, there is also a Administration WEB interface, which is used to add, manage or even delete the customer specific data which are not able to be collected from collected data (genres, packages). Administrator can setup the notification subsystem easily and define who should be notified and which level to be used. For DVB specialist one can find there also some statistical data related to Transponders or Multiplexes, then also related to TV Services.

Notifications

Important part of the software is notification subsystem, which will inform you regarding changes/modifications related to customer TV service, such as Channel raster/list changes, or issues related to channel broadcast, or modifications of TV channels like new audio or subtitle track, and teletext.

APIs

All data could be provided by APIs. Data like TV raster/list in JSON or XML. The visualisation using specific charts or diagarams. Historical data presented in several specific forms. There exist a plenty of possible data colleted and send to specific customer platfrom like business support apps, channel management or corporate/ product website.

Implementation

The hosted solution could be setup in a few days based on customer requirements. The selfhosted can be delivered pre-configured including 1U server (dvb adapters included if needed).

Pricing alternatives

For more details please contact our sales department. Each customer require different feature set and several other types of data output using different formats like JSON, XML or other. We can handle the integration with your existing platforms and offer many other services as a part of TCS DVB Monitor.

Downloads

Please note that you can download here just a very simple sample data, which are missing some of important and usefull data. Each TCS DVB Monitor implementation is handled based on customer requirements.

MS Excel (Satellite TV)

This an example how the excel data export could look like. It's commonly used mainly by tech. engineers and by marketing guys as well.

MS Excel (Cable TV)

Another possible Microsoft excel output related to Cable PayTV. Two diferent TABs provide useful data.

XML (Satellite TV)

XML export is mainly used by customer internal applications. One public example is Digi Slovakia app used for STB channel reordering STB channel editor

Chansort (Satellite TV)

Such a export is used for customers and field technicians who decide to use CA Module and use for Samsung/LG TV installation the Chansort app. Such a file got all necessary data to handle the installation easily.

VDR (Satellite TV)

Some of the end customers, cable operator and TCS DVB Monitor customer used such a format for their internal equipment which support such data format.

JSON (Satellite TV)

Commonly used for integration with customer platfroms, product websites. Public example is Digi SLovakia website used for CA customers support. CA Module Support webpage