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Zeugma will
demonstrate the ability for broadband service providers to deliver movies and TV episodes
from Netflix to Roku digital video
players with guaranteed quality of service at TelcoTV (booth #841). The demonstration
will highlight the ability of the Zeugma Services Node and the Zeugma SmartVideo application
to dynamically identify Netflix internet video streams, perform connection admission
control, and incrementally allocate the appropriate amount of bandwidth exclusively
to that video stream. Together, these capabilities represent the basis of an opt-in
premium internet video service that, according to recent surveys by IDC, consumers
increasingly desire and are willing to pay for.

BSPs can add the Zeugma Services Node, a service delivery router, to any DSL- or FTTP-based
broadband network, thereby facilitating the delivery of enhanced internet services
such as gaming, VOIP, corporate VPNs, and, in this case, streaming video. In addition
to providing broadband aggregation and subscriber management functions, the ZSN incorporates
a fully federated compute grid and the Zeugma Open Application Sandbox. This construct
allows service providers to quickly prototype and deliver revenue-generating new services

The TelcoTV demonstration will employ two live video feeds from Netflix, one of which
will be protected using the SmartVideo application. Additional load from other services
on the broadband network will not cause any impairment to the SmartVideo-enhanced
stream. Zeugma will also demonstrate SmartMonitor, an application within the Zeugma
Smart Suite that produces quality of experience metrics, further illustrating the
benefits of the SmartVideo application and assisting with service provider troubleshooting,
auditing, and billing.

While providing added value to IPTV and walled-garden video on demand offerings, SmartVideo
also gives providers a less expensive but more expansive VOD alternative. Service
providers increasingly view walled-garden VOD offerings as expensive to assemble and
inherently limited in scope. Internet video is quickly supplanting walled-garden VOD
as the go-to source for on-demand video entertainment.

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Zeugma and Roku Demonstrate Premium Internet Video at TelcoTV