Mediaproxy, a leading provider of
software-based IP broadcast solutions has announced that Econet Media has chosen
its unified broadcast compliance, monitoring and analysis solution for Kwese TV. As the world’s largest scale HEVC via
satellite deployment to date, Mediaproxy software is enabling Kwese TV to ensure
delivery of its premium pay-TV service to consumers in Ghana, Rwanda, Zambia, and
Kenya.
Econet Media, a subsidiary of the Econet Group developed Kwese as a new satellite
television brand and service catering to the African market. Kwese TV offers viewers
access to premium sports and entertainment programming including exclusive and
first-to-market third party channels such as Revolt and Viceland, as well as leading
sports content including NBA and ESPN, only available on Kwese TV. Viewers can
purchase three, seven or 30-day subscriptions to unlock Kwese TV’s premium content
through an HEVC compliant satellite set-top box. The Kwese portfolio of services also
includes a free-to-air channel – Kwese Free Sports – which sits under Kwese’s Free
Bouquet that has at least five channels available free of charge. On Kwese’s product
offering, people can also purchase the recently launched Kwese Play which is an IPTV
box that gives them access to a three month free subscription to Netflix through a one
of its kind partnership and 100 free streaming channels including TED Talks, Redbull
TV, Youtube amongst others.
The Mediaproxy solution comprising of LogServer, TSAnalyzer, and Monwall has been
deployed at Econet’s headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa along with a second
system in Sardinia, Italy for providing high availability and full redundancy.
Mediaproxy LogServer decodes and captures over 67 HEVC streams in HD and SD,
which are then relayed to the Monwall client for real-time monitoring. TSAnalyzer is
used to monitor and analyse Kwese TV’s satellite downlinks.
“Assuring a quality service and viewing experience is a top priority for us,’ said David
Alpert, CTO at Econet Media. “For this reason we choose Mediaproxy to ensure the
highest level of service quality while being able to scale up our service in line with the
strong growth in demand for Kwese TV.’
“We are very pleased to have been able to contribute to this innovative pay-TV
service, the largest HEVC video service of its kind.’ said Mark Horchler, SVP Marketing
at Mediaproxy. “We look forward to continue working with Econet and Kweze as they
embark on their next phase of service expansion and market growth.’
