The Industry's Gold Standard for Mobile Video Delivery

Customers rely on the Helix Platform to stream video content, such as live sports events, news and user-generated content to tens of thousands of concurrent subscribers using 3GP-compliant devices, such as the iPhone.

The Helix Media Delivery Platform is the cross-platform, multi-format video delivery infrastructure of choice of more than 100 mobile operators worldwide thanks to its reliability, scalability and manageability.

The Products of Helix Platform

Create

Software encoders transform audio and video into the most popular formats for streaming and download to PCs and mobile devices, including Real Media, 3GPP (H.263 and H.264), Flash, Windows Media, QuickTime, MPEG-4, MP3 and more.

• RealProducer
• Helix Mobile Producer

Deliver - Monitor - Monetize

The delivery products of the Helix Platform broadcast encoded audio and video to clients on PCs and mobile devices for playback. Proxy-cache functionality pulls content from the Internet and rebroadcasts it with high quality and reduced latency. APIs enable client control and interval log reporting for authentication, authorization and accounting.

• Helix Server and Helix Proxy (for broadband delivery)
• Helix Mobile Server, Helix Mobile Proxy and Helix Mobile Gateway (for mobile delivery)
• Helix Security Manager (broadband and mobile editions)
• Helix Session Manager (broadband and mobile editions)

Play

RealNetworks has been a leader in client technology solutions since the RealAudio Player first brought sound to the Internet in 1995. Today, that heritage of innovation continues with our family of cross-platform and multi-format media players for PCs and mobile and emerging devices.

• RealPlayer Enterprise
• RealPlayer for Mobile Devices
• Helix DNA Client

The Helix Advantage

The Helix Platform includes all the tools needed to rapidly build and deploy mobile TV services to subscribers, from media encoding and asset authentication through to accounting and playback.

Carrier-Grade Scalability
Helix Media Delivery Platform is specifically designed to scale and deliver content reliably across distributed networks.

Bandwidth Efficiency
Maximize bandwidth efficiency and improve quality of service through multi-tier architecture enabling splitting and content caching.

End-To-End Quality and Reliability
From encoder to server, from server to server or from server to player, the Helix Platform can be configured fully redundantly to provide a proven, fault-tolerant failover delivery service.

The Broadest Reach
The Helix Media Delivery Platform offers proven handset interoperability and is fully 3GPP compliant delivering the broadest reach to any device including, PCs, mobile phones, smartphones, iPhones, netbooks, MIDs and other emerging devices.

The Mobile Video Ecosystem
Helix Platform technology at every stage of Mobile TV delivery from content creation through playback ensures the highest quality end user experiences.

Latest Feature Advancements

• iPhone HTTP Streaming
  Stream video to the growing iPhone audience. Supports HTTP streaming and HTTP streaming with adaptive bit rate to the iPhone and iPod touch.
• Live Rate Adaptation (LRA)
  Improves overall end-user QoS by automatically delivering the highest bit-rate stream supported by the network at any given time. Seamlessly manages network fluctuations, such as signal strength, bearer handover and network congestion.
• Ad Enablement
  Monetize video with enhanced ad capabilities. Insert advertisements as pre-roll, post-roll or interstitial clips. Ads are dynamically updatable, live or on-demand.
• Server-Side Play List (SSPL) Management
  Increase end-user engagement with mobile video content by combining live and on-demand video assets in compelling and interactive ways in a single session. Playlists are dynamically updateable and may be created by content providers, mobile operators or customized by subscribers.
• Flash Progressive Download
  Deliver Flash Video (.flv) and Flash animation (.swf) from Helix Mobile Server using HTTP progressive download.
• Fast Channel Switching
  Allows quick changes to the media input for a continuous stream, eliminating the need to set up a separate session for each stream. This brings a more "TV-like" viewing experience to users as they "change channels" between different pieces of video content.

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