xSPACE Brochure
Unique hybrid set-top box technology adds IP video to your broadcast TV offering.
xSPACE™ technology from NDS caters to subscribers’ appetites for diversified, personalized on-line content. It makes certain your STB remains the main point of consumption for TV and other digital media by integrating broadcast and on-line content.
Give your subscribers the best of on-demand Internet audio and video content.
From video podcasts and blogs to streaming radio stations, xSPACE makes it all a seamless part of your offering. It lets you offer the best of both worlds—broadcast TV and Internet video content.
Everything-on-demand. xSPACE helps meet market demand for the vast catalog of Internet content by offering a set of EPG and server-side components. It eliminates the complexity of providing access to Internet content and integrates it with the broadcast TV domain.
xSPACE offers a variety of revenue models:
- Bundling. Attract subscribers to your premium content tiers. When they choose a movie package, xSPACE can provide them with bundled access to a library of related on-line video content. Boost the perceived value of premium offerings, increase ARPU, enhance subscriber satisfaction, and reduce churn.
- Advertising. Tap into new revenue streams such as the ad insertions (“bumper ads”) that support audio and video content. Extend your reach by putting together campaigns that populate Internet content with enhanced targeting and audience measurement.
- Internet PPV. Offer a pay-per-view distribution channel for Internet content providers that would otherwise be limited to the advertising model on traditional web channels.
- Managed access. Use xSPACE to attract a virtually infinite number of online audio and video content providers to your network by offering on-line content on your EPG, as well as browsing and searching capabilities.
xSPACE creates a win-win situation because it is on-demand but not demanding.
It gives you a competitive edge over your competition while it lets subscribers enjoy even richer offerings:
- Unified user experience. Remove the barrier between the walled garden and the Internet. With xSPACE, viewers can use the branded service they already know to access Internet content.
- Scalable EPG for easy navigation. Subscribers will easily find their way in any new services you offer—even if you add thousands of hours of Internet audio and video content.
- Integrated DVR capabilities. Combine xSPACE with the XTV™ DVR to offer complete time-shifting, push-loading and progressive download for broadband delivered content.
- Integrated infrastructure. xSPACE integrates existing infrastructure with external servers by providing direct access to digital media wherever it is hosted on the Internet. The result: reduced cost of ownership without the need to manage an on-demand system for Internet content.
- Flexible business models. Combine xSPACE with NDS VideoGuard® conditional access to extend existing business models—PPV, rentals, subscriptions and bundled services—to any on-demand services you introduce.