Watch up to 70 digital TV channels anywhere on your LAN

A unified solution bringing television to screens, signage and desktops

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Encoded Media Digital TV Server is a new way of making live television and recorded programmes available throughout an organisation.

A hardware appliance provides instant access to any digital free-to-air UK and / or any foreign satellite television channel† by streaming the signal across your current IP network.

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Digital TV Server can also be used as a network video recorder, its full featured electronic programme guide allowing users to pick and choose exactly what they want to record. Live and recorded TV can be seen in full DVD quality on any PC, projector, or television screen with access to the LAN.

Administrator users have access to usage statistics together with complete control over which channels are available.

Encoded Media Digital TV Server - company wide TV coverage, but without the fuss of a TV system.

† Requires a Freeview antenna, satellite dish or other source. Organisations must ensure they possess relevant TV Licences.

Digital TV Server is ideal for...

Corporate, Finance and Banking

• Deliver business critical information direct to desks, make news and business channels available on trading floors, and provide general news and information to public and rest areas

Hospitality

• Deliver digital TV to hotel rooms, digital signage systems, public areas and sports stadia

Healthcare

• TV delivery to patient bedsides
• Communal areas

Public Sector

• Get vital news and information to government buildings, emergency services and the military

Student or Key Worker Accommodation

• Turn PCs into TVs with recording capability, with no need for multiple aerials / satellite dishes

Communications

• PR and media monitoring, crisis management, media training

Encoded Media Digital TV Server is connected directly to a Freeview antenna and / or satellite dish—no need for a stack of decoder boxes—saving space, reducing maintenance costs and ensuring the highest quality digital picture.

Administrators take control through a full-featured web configuration screen, deciding which channels are available, and who has access to them. Digital TV Server will even integrate with Active Directory.

The signal is sent over an existing LAN, eliminating the need for a separate TV cabling infrastructure. Viewers can connect using any laptop, PC or dedicated receiver box and select what they want to watch or record.

Digital TV Server also comes integrated with a free video-on-demand Content Management System, allowing you to organise, store and distribute any recorded programmes

Benefits

• Reduces the cost of installing a complete new TV or satellite system in a building
• Easy, secure method of providing TV content to anyone, anywhere
• Connects directly with your satellite or Freeview antenna, maintaining the highest quality picture throughout
• Supplied with free video on demand server software for watching recorded programmes
• Control access to premium subscription content
• Streams as IP multicast, minimising impact on existing LAN users
• Full Integration with Encoded Media Video Library Server for delivery of internally recorded content
• Entirely LAN based product, with no separate infrastructure required
• Reaches the full extent of your LAN or WAN, without any limitation on cable length
• Can be configured to work on a dedicated VLAN or, if required, a dedicated network
• One server can deliver to multiple sites over a WAN, removing the need for television systems in every building across a campus

Components

• TV Server appliance [4]
• Video Library Server [5]
• Video Publisher [6]
• Encoded Media Player [7]

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