FastCastTM - The market’s most cost-efficient solution for Push VoD
FastCast enables broadcasters to launch VOD by using broadcast. It is far more reliable than carouseling the content, as we can guarantee the delivery of the content by 99,99%. On top of that it uses far less bandwidth than the other solutions.
As a result, for the first time broadcasters can really offer a Push VOD to their customers – and make money with the concept.
Expway's promise
- With one transmission the delivery is guaranteed to reach all set-top-boxes. As a result, you send the content only once and you don’t need to carousel it.
- FastCast uses 50% less bandwidth than the other Push VOD technologies do.
- No dedicated tuner at the set-top-box is necessary and the set-top-boxes can be low-end ones.
- Customer Service calls will get reduced, as end-users are guaranteed to get the movies they expect.
- It brings independency to the broadcaster; from the threat of ISPs capping the consumers' broadband bandwidth.
How does it work?
FastCast solution is patented and it is based on a state-of-the-art algorithm that is optimized to deliver large digital files over a broadcast network. It consumes 50% less bandwidth than competing solutions and ensures 99.99% reception success rate. One of our customers stated:
“With our previous Push VOD service the delivery guarantee is 70%, meaning that from the 3 movie titles we send to our subs, they receive only 2. To charge “premium price” for our PushVOD service, we must ensure 100% delivery.
Expway’s PushVOD solution enables us to guarantee the delivery, while it also lets us use 50% less bandwidth than we could with other solutions out there. These two factors are crucial for us: We want to do better business with this service while also save in satellite bandwidth costs, both at the same time!”
Who is using FastCast?
FastCast was first deployed in 2006 and since then it powers millions of devices on a variety of environments. More recently, FastCast was selected for the national Push VOD service over DTT in Japan that will be launched in Spring 2012. The consortium is led by broadcasters such as Fuji TV, TV Asahi, Tokyo Broadcasting and Sky Perfect JSAT and Expway’s partner in deploying the service is NTT.
Download NTT case study (here).
What are FastCast's unique features?
- The solution works for both unconnected and connected set-top-boxes.
- The solution is based on optimized algorithms and on extremely fine-tuned Error Correction (protects the whole file, not only on the transmission packets).
- The delivery guarantee is the highest available, while the system uses less bandwidth than any other system at the market.
- It works with any kind or any size of digital data: 3D, HD or SD videos, short clips, games, maps, widgets etc.
- It has a myriad of different ways to solve any unique challenge the broadcaster has: the files can be split between different transponders, content can be trickled to the STBs, you can only push correction delta to the network, etc. It is extremely flexible, allowing a large variety of business scenarios to be applied.
- The client software has a low footprint and integrates smoothly with existing market leading middleware.
- It works with all broadcast standards, at both mobile and fixed networks.
- It comes with two solutions: Broadcast Delivery Server for the stations and a Client Solution for the end-user devices.
Download FastCast brochure (here).
Do you want more information? Please contact sales.
- Case studies
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FastCast powers the world's largest Push VOD deployment, at DTT in Japan. -
PBS uses all three Expway products, at ATSC-MH in the US: FastCast, FastESG and FastCollection. -
Broadcasters with FastESG can sell banner advertising and generate revenue at Broadcast Mobile DTV. -
NDS uses BinXML™ to compress the DTH operators' EPG data. The solution makes the STBs faster to browse and use.