A television set that is connected to the Internet via built-in internet capabilities (i.e., a Smart TV) or via a consumer electronic device with internet capabilities such as a gaming console or streaming box or stick and is able to access a variety of video content.
Program content that has been encoded into a particular bit rate, frame size and/or frame rate. ABR streaming technology provides consistent, high-quality viewing in situations where bandwidth may fluctuate, and where viewers may be on a wide range of devices by combining multiple variants into a single package that represents
A streaming video service that offers consumers access to on-demand video content which includes advertisements. This term is typically associated with a streaming service delivering TV though an application on a Connected TV.
Smallest referenceable unit in CMAF containing at least a MovieFragmentBox (moof) and a MediaDataBox (mdat) atom.
Parameter that enables you to add a delay on a linear channel. This is useful when the channel is viewed from a different time zone.
Group of Pictures (GOP) is a collection of successive pictures within a coded video stream. It is composed of I, P, B and D frames which are composing the GOP structure.
Over-The-Top (OTT) is a term used to describe video services which are taking leverage of the user internet access. It can be either deployed over managed or non managed network. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms, the companies that traditionally act as a controller or distributor of such
A subset of Connected TV, a television set that is connected to the Internet via built-in internet capabilities
A manifest refers to a text file that describes other files that can be fetched as part of Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR). A master manifest is a text file which describes a list of rendition manifests along with the resolution, bitrate, location (URL) and other details of each rendition. A rendition
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