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| Channel 4 Selects Cape Clear for New Video-on-Demand Services Channel 4 has selected Cape Clear Software as the integration platform to power its new PC-based Video-on-Demand services. As the first broadcaster to launch a comprehensive video-on-demand service, Channel 4 has delivered an ESB Platform deployment which will scale to manage over a quarter-of-a-million digital assets. The rapid delivery of this project, utilizing a Service-Oriented Architecture, using only a small internal development team demonstrates the proven performance of an ESB Platform-approach to enable SOA. Channel 4 has been a consistent innovator throughout the revolution in the television industry. As such, VOD is an integral part of Channel 4's commercial strategy. The new service – to be made available via televisions and PCs – will include all commissioned programming and the best of acquired programming available. Viewers will be able to download films, catch up episodes, previews and archive programmes. According to recent research from analyst house Informa Media and Telecoms, by the end of the decade, one-third of the world's TV viewing households will be using VOD services. Cape Clear was selected to manage the lifecycle of video assets within the PC VOD platform – each sized up to a gigabyte – from internal Channel 4 storage through to distribution. Cape Clear's open-standards approach, unified toolset, and ability to work with Channel 4's existing technology environment enabled Channel 4's small team of developers to deliver the project in the extremely aggressive timeframe. Business Process Execution Language for web services is an XML-based standard that facilitates designing, defining, implementing, and deploying composite applications and services from a number of distributed and autonomous software components. The ability to design, deploy and manage BPEL-based processes is a key feature of Cape Clear's ESB Platform. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |