Minerva 10 Platform Overview

Already powering television services to millions of subscribers worldwide, Minerva 10 is the most advanced and proven next-generation video service management platform in the market today. A feature rich back office enables operators to manage customers, devices, channel packages, as well as catch-up TV, restart TV, VOD, and network DVR services. The platform supports pure IP (IPTV and OTT) or hybrid Cable and DTH environments, giving operators ultimate flexibility in managing the transformation of their legacy infrastructure.

In order to enhance their Pay TV services operators must transform their video delivery infrastructure: legacy back-end systems must give way to flexible management tools able to support rapidly evolving business rules and legacy set-top box functionality (e.g. PVR) must migrate into the network, enabling the replacement of dedicated devices with powerful consumer products.

The Minerva 10 platform enables operators to offer a highly personalized television experience to a broad set of devices (Clients), minimize latency by moving functionality into the access network (Edge) and maximize service velocity with flexible management tools (Back Office).

Real World Results

Transition Legacy Video Business from Surviving to Thriving

Improve the Value of your Video Service

Reduce Legacy Equipment Footprint and Operational Costs

Average NPS
improvement

Average OTT
usage per month

Average non-liner
usage per month

Average reduction in churn
of legacy subscribers after
adding multiscreen services

Source: Telecom Argentina
Flow TV service, powered by Minerva platform
Enjoyed by 1.5M+ subscribers in three countries

Back Office

The Minerva Back Office enables operators to manage a full range of entertainment experiences including linear TV programming, video on demand (VOD), subscription VOD (SVOD), pay-per-view (PPV), and Internet-based over-the-top (OTT) content as well as personal media. These content sources can be bundled with premium features such as Whole-home DVR, Network-based DVR, Catch-up TV, Restart TV and multiscreen delivery.

Minerva Entertainment Delivery Platform

Key Functionality includes:

POLICY RESOURCE MANAGER (link for more)

  • Manage peak loads
  • Enforce content rights
  • Restrict concurrent streams

DEVICE MANAGEMENT

  • Manage multiple device types per customer account
  • Define business rules to manage the maximum devices and streams per device type
  • Customize channel packages and other service attributes at the device level

ASSET & METADATA MANAGEMENT

  • Ingest assets and metadata from multiple sources
  • Manage offers and pricing for both transaction and subscription VOD assets
  • Ingest rich metadata for live and on demand content

CONTENT & PACKAGE MANAGEMENT

  • Create multiple channel line-ups based on programming, region, or time zone
  • Channels can be defined as multicast, QAM, and/or HLS content sources
  • Define business rules for content rights enforcement at the channel, package, or device level

SUBSCRIBER MANAGEMENT

  • Manage subscriber data directly through the Back Office or through OSS/BSS API’s
  • Add channel and VOD packages based on region or service level
  • Assign key features such as DVR/nDVR, Catch Up TV, Restart TV, and Multiscreen services

SEARCH

  • Enhance content discovery through federated search across linear and on demand metadata
  • Include OTT content sources in search results

RECOMMENDATIONS 

  • Tap into leading recommendation engine solution
  • Engage subscribers with recommendations for live and on demand content
  • Promote specific content through data analytics

ANALYTICS 

  • Capture subscriber, device, and usage data to provide actionable intelligence to marketing and network operations teams
  • Access analytics data through flexible, cloud based reporting tools
  • Export data to third-party ad-insertion and business intelligence systems

Clients

The Minerva platform features a broad set of HTML-5 and native Clients that provide a highly engaging entertainment experience. Intuitive navigation, personalization, recommendations and filters let users find and enjoy relevant content easily and quickly. The Minerva Clients are supported across a broad range of hybrid and pure IP set-top boxes, as well on a broad number of connected consumer devices.

All Content, All Platforms, One Experience

BROAD DEVICE SUPPORT

  • IP Set-Top Boxes
  • Hybrid Set-Top Boxes
  • Streaming Media Players
  • Smartphones
  • Tablets­

RICH FEATURE SET

  • Personalization with recommendations for live and on demand content
  • EPG and VOD with search and filters
  • Whole home DVR and network-based time shifting services (Restart TV, Catch-up TV, nDVR)
  • OTT content sources integration
  • Cross-device parental controls
  • Companion screen integration

Minerva YourTV Now

CONNECTING YOUR SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BEST CONTENT

A turnkey white label cloud pay TV service powered by the award-winning Minerva 10 platform, Minerva YourTV Now allows operators to efficiently turn their video services into the “best place for the best content.” Minerva YourTV Now, pre-integrated with popular OSS/BSS systems, features service management, video encoding/transcoding, time-shifting and streaming services.

COMPELLING USER EXPERIENCE

  • Personalized Recommendations
  • Unified Navigation Across All Content Sources
  • Voice Search and Filters for Ease of Discovery
  • Restart, Catch-Up, and Pause Live TV
  • Series and Binge Watching
  • Client Applications for Consumer Devices and Set-Top Boxes

CONFIGURABLE USER INTERFACE

      • Easily Create Stripes and Pages
      • Define Rules to Place Content on Stripes
        • Recommendations
        • Trending
        • Curated Content
        • Filters
      • Specify Style and Links for Stripes and Pages
      • Dynamically Promote Specific Content
      • Customizable Presentation by Device Type

POWER OF EXPERIENCE

  • Full End-to-End Solution
  • Best-of-Breed Service Management Platform
  • Millions of Delighted Subscribers
  • Advanced Monitoring Tools
  • Comprehensive Analytics

SUPERIOR OPERATOR CONTROL

  • Full Service Administrative Console
  • Content Promotion and Merchandising
  • Regional Line-ups and Service Packages
  • Playback Policy Rules by Device and Content
  • Hospitality Specific Services

MOST FLEXIBLE TRANSFORMATION PATH

  • Support BYODs, Linux and Android TV Set-top Boxes
  • Efficient Transition from any Legacy Systems
    • IPTV
    • Cable
    • Satellite