UK pay TV provider Sky is leveraging Elemental Technologies to process and deliver its over-the-top (OTT) TV service, NOW TV, and mobile TV service, Sky Go.
Sky Go is a mobile multiscreen service for Sky TV customers, which is intended to allow access to live and on-demand programming on computers, smartphones and tablets. NOW TV service provides contract-free, flexible access to Sky's content and is delivered by IP-enabled boxes for viewing on TVs or via an app on more than 60 compatible devices. NOW TV offers monthly passes to Sky Movies or Sky's Entertainment Channels or week and day passes to watch Sky Sports.
The Sky OTT service infrastructure is deploying Elemental Live as the video processing engine in a workflow controlled by Elemental Conductor. For the Sky VOD workflow, Elemental Server systems transcode content into multiple formats and encrypt it for output to consumers' devices, including Apple TV, over the Sky Content Delivery Network (CDN).
