Linear TV channels are distributed over many different technologies, like digital terrestrial television, satellite television, different types of cable TV technologies, IPTV and over-the-top internet TV services.

Telia Solutions for Media provide all tools to launch a linear TV channel feed, distribute it to any distribution network accessible over a data connection, or stream to internet viewers over the CDN.

A typical step-by-step process to launch a new TV channel and distribute it to subscribers on different platforms would include the following steps.

• Start by getting the content into the cloud playout service. Connect your video content storage and send your live studio stream into the playout. There are several ways how to do that in different scenarios. Our experts will advice you which one is the best for you.

• Schedule the content into a linear feed with all graphics, media assets and live sources.

• Send the linear output over the network to distribution centers. Use Zixi to send the linear stream to remote destinations like satellite teleports, ISPs/telcos or configure the stream for ingest into our Video Cloud for OTT distribution.

• Get the stream in the Video Cloud and transcode it for adaptive streaming over the internet.

• Record and store the stream in the library for compliance. You can store only the lowest quality to save on storage cost. Setup automated retention so that only needed storage time is maintained, e.g. 3 months.

• Configure the player for your TV channel web page, by setting the visual appearance and content restrictions like geoblocking and embedding lockand. Publish the player on your web page.

• Alternatively use the streams directly in your mobile, smart-TV or set-top-box applications.

You can launch a TV channel in a matter of days or even hours this way.