Case Study: How Ateme Powered Cable Bahamas’ OTT Transformation

Cable Bahamas has been a pioneer in transforming the digital landscape of the region since its inception in 1995. With approximately 65,000 TV subscribers, CBL embarked on a transformative journey starting in 2016 to introduce a “TV Everywhere” system. This initiative aimed to provide subscribers with the ability to access their favorite content anytime, anywhere, across multiple devices.

To achieve this vision, CBL issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify the best technology ecosystem capable of delivering seamless, high-quality OTT (Over-The-Top) services. Ateme, (then Anevia), responded with a tailored solution in collaboration with partners Minerva (service platform), Verimatrix (DRM), and Wisi for transcoding.

The key features of the solution included:

In response to Cable Bahamas’s RFP, Ateme (then Anevia) collaborated with its ecosys- tem partners, including Minerva (service platform), Verimatrix (DRM), and a transcoding platform (Wisi), to deliver a state-of-the-art Over-The-Top (OTT) solution. This solution was designed to address CBL’s specific requirements, which included:

• Live Encrypted HLS Streaming: 60 channels delivered at 5Mbps per channel
• Catch-Up TV (CUTV): with a three-day viewing window.
• Shared Copy Network DVR (nDVR): for content recording for up to 30 days
• Streaming peak: Support for 5% of CBL’s 60,000 subscribers streaming simul- taneously at 3 Mbps.

At the heart of this deployment was Ateme’s NEA DVR system with Embedded Dis- tributed Storage (EDS) a solution leveraging Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware from HPE and Dell. This integration of compute and storage functions minimized infrastructure requirements and ensured robust performance.