Hotel and resort IPTV
Live channels, video on demand, a welcome screen and advertising push, delivered over the building's existing network.
Overview
Broadcast television
A hotel system is judged on the guest experience and on how little maintenance it needs. Both come down to the same decision: whether the property already has an IP network good enough to carry the channels.
Where it does, an IPTV deployment uses the existing cabling and adds only the headend. Where it does not, the choice is between running new cable and modulating onto the existing coaxial distribution — which is why we ask about the building before quoting.
How the system works
The signal path for this kind of project, from the sources on the left to what the end user receives on the right.
Design
What decides the design
Four things that change the specification more than the equipment list does.
- Existing cabling An IPTV build over a working network is quick. Over coaxial, a modulator onto the existing distribution is usually cheaper than recabling.
- Video on demand VOD needs storage sized to the library, not the room count. Tell us the number of titles and the expected concurrent streams.
- Welcome screen and branding The room screen is the first thing a guest sees. Branding, welcome messages and advertising are configured per property.
- Maintenance by hotel staff The system is designed to be restarted and monitored by the property's own engineering team, not by a specialist on call.
Typical configurations
Indicative starting points. Send us the actual figures and we will come back with a real configuration.
| Property size | Rooms | Channels | Headend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boutique property | Under 50 | 12–24 | Single unit |
| Resort | 50–200 | 24–48 | 1 rack |
| Large hotel or group | 200+ | 48+ | 1–2 racks |
Describe the site and we will design it
Tell us the scale, the location and what the network has to do. Our engineers will come back with a configuration and a factory price.