CHR Solutions Delivers Media(n) to Streamline IPTV Delivery and Profits with Microsoft(R) Mediaroom(TM)

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CHR Solutions today announced the immediate availability of Media(n) – a seamless IPTV interface solution that synchronizes all the elements of the IPTV ecosystem to streamline back office operations and drive revenue with Microsoft^® Mediaroom™.

“Media(n) speeds time to market and helps level the playing field for CSPs looking to deliver IPTV to their customers with Mediaroom.”

Microsoft^® Mediaroom™ is the world’s premier IPTV platform – a unique and functional solution for delivering next-gen television services. Mediaroom™ provides high levels of subscriber personalization and the best in programming and functionality.

Media(n) was designed to interface seamlessly with Communication Service Providers (CSPs) existing b/oSS and Microsoft^® Mediaroom™, to provide a true end-to-end automated experience for provisioning and activating services. With Media(n), CSPs that want to deliver unrivaled IPTV services no longer need to struggle through the complexities and uncertainties of IPTV integration. CHR Solutions and Media(n) provide a solid, predictable solution that ensures successful integration.

"Today’s Communication Service Providers are seeking to deliver the best experience to their customers using Microsoft^® Mediaroom™,” said Jerry Weber, director, IPTV and field services at CHR Solutions. “Media(n) speeds time to market and helps level the playing field for CSPs looking to deliver IPTV to their customers with Mediaroom.”

Media(n) enables CSPs deploying IPTV to integrate Mediaroom with OMNIA and OASIS. Media(n) leverages the full power of OMNIA and OASIS, enabling CSPs to manage the entire process seamlessly from A to Z. For example, customers can now order a new channel and have it activated without assistance from customer service representatives or technicians. Media (n) provides a true order-to-cash flow that eliminates time wasted determining how a customer’s PPV event will be billed, provisioned, and tracked.

Media(n) is uniquely designed to leverage the full power of a CSPs B/OSS including: automated provisioning and device management; service order management, subscriber management; event management and credit limit management. This powerful IPTV interface solution synchronizes all the pieces of the IPTV ecosystem.

Media(n) Advantages:

• Communication with Mediaroom (New, Change, Disconnect, and Suspend orders)
  • Media(n) Integrates with the B/OSS, reducing the need for switching among multiple network management terminals to track activity and problems across various segments of the corporate network

• Customer credit limit management within Mediaroom
  • Media(n) transforms the cumbersome and complex process of setting credit limits to a single one click function.

• Retrieving Pay-per -view (PPV)/Video on Demand (VOD) events from Mediaroom
  • Media(n) provides an automated process that ensures full revenue recognition for PPV/VOD events and an end to revenue leakage.

• Creating “Other Charges and Credits” (OCCs) to bill VOD and PPV events
  • Media(n) Eliminates dual order entry and automates OCCs for PPV/VOD events

Media(n) will be available through channel partners to enable CHR Solutions to experience shorter sales cycles and penetrate the market faster. CHR is a member of the Microsoft^® Partner Network and other key industry strategic alliances.

About CHR Solutions:

CHR Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of services and solutions to communications service providers around the world. CHR is a comprehensive, single-source provider of business consulting, engineering, software and managed IT services. CHR’s team of industry experts helps clients grow revenues, reduce costs, while improving operations, managing risk, and aligning technology. CHR serves over 900 clients, and employs approximately 500 team members. CHR has ten offices and two network operating centers in six states and two countries.