Alticast to demonstrate Windmill

Middleware provider Alticast will use ANGA Cable to demonstrate its next-generation platform, Windmill, with demos taking place at the Radisson Blu Hotel opposite the Congress centre.

Alticast’s Windmill enables operators to distribute content and services to multiple platforms, with support for cable, satellite, DTT, IPTV, OTT, Cloud-based delivery and hybrid systems. It also enables operators to provide and monetise advanced new multiscreen experiences through its support for Android, according to Alticast.

Windmill comprises altiPlatform, a middleware core, with support for HTML-5, Android, GEM, HbbTV and Blu-ray, altiView, which provides Windmill with a user interface allowing for content discovery across broadcast and OTT content, altiAd, which invites viewers to engage and reacts to their responses and altiMetrics, which provides insight into audience response for programmes and interactive services.