Operation Support Systems

Lysis iDTV enables broadcasters, network operators, content aggregators, and other DTV service providers to seize control of their technology environment, handle more programmes in a variety of formats, and generate new revenues by adding interactivity and other enhanced features. Lysis iDTV reduces technological complexity, saves time and money, and prevents errors. But above all, Lysis iDTV is about maximizing revenue.

Lysis Service Applications provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing and controlling the business functions required for successful DTV broadcast.

The Lysis Central Repository is used by the Service Applications to maintain program and services information, the schedule, and business rules.

The Lysis Notification Center ensures communication and synchronization of all Lysis applications, and most importantly, external systems. Lysis Agents interface the Lysis Notification Center with critical external systems such as conditional access, video servers, archiving systems, EPG/SI generators, subscriber management systems, data carousels, interactive service platforms and other applications.

Lysis Business Solutions are implementations comprising subsets of all these modular elements, running on the Lysis iDTV Operating Platform.

Digital Business Solutions

Pay-Per-View Channel Management--A business solution enabling the schedule-driven management of NVOD, PPV Movies, EPG, PPV Live Events, and Pay-TV turnaround. The Lysis PPV Channel management Solution interfaces with Compaq MediaCentral for storage and archiving, the Oracle8 database as a central repository for program and product information, and the Oracle Video Server for play-out.

Enhanced TV Service Management--A sophisticated, ATVEF-compliant toolset for creating, synchronising, scheduling and broadcasting enhanced TV services.

• Propagate a schedule change for hundreds of services for a whole month by pointing and clicking
• Implement multiple staggered offsets for NVOD playout schedule using templates
• Templates for common classes of shelf-space deals, content providers, content types
• Content provider payment processing based on SMS feedback and contractual information
• Provide dynamically scheduled feeds to SMS, Data Carousels, SI and EPG Generators
• Track viewer choices via return path information and make detailed statistical usage analysis
• Compliant with industry standards, including ATVEF, DVB, ATSC, CORBA, and SNMP.

Operating Systems

• Intel 486 or Pentium or compatible with mouse; CD-ROM drive
• Microsoft Windows 95 or NT; 32MB of RAM; 100MB free hard disk space
• 800 x 600 VGA display