An electronic apparatus (so-called ‘media server’) comprising a built-in flash memory of 2 TB, a hard disk with a storage capacity of 4 TB and a MPEG processor for various video, picture and audio formats. The apparatus is equipped with, amongst others, the following interfaces: — two 1Gbe (GigaBit ethernet) copper ingest ports, used for reception, — two 10Gbe SFP type, (Small Form-factor Pluggable) streaming ports, used for transmission, — two 1Gbe copper management ports for the management of the apparatus, — two USB ports. The apparatus uses the following media formats: — MPEG-2 TS and MPEG-4 (H.264), — Variable Bitrate (VBR) and Constant Bitrate (CBR), —High-Definition (HD) and Standard-Definition (SD). The apparatus is able to provide up to 2 500 streams with a speed of 3,75 Mbps. The apparatus is used by cable or internet television providers for distributing on demand multimedia products to consumers. Multimedia products, such as video sequences, pictures, data and sound are exchanged (received and transmitted) among media servers, installed within the providers' network. The apparatus records the received content and transmits it on demand via OTT (Over the Top Technology) streaming to the clients' terminal equipment, for example, television sets, automatic data-processing machines, game consoles or mobile phones.
[1][1]. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32015R0020