Castanet 5G, Forsway, and partners launch video-on-demand over satellite service

Castanet 5G and Forsway, alongside Mainstream Data, Apogee Networks, and Vodomedia, are unveiling a groundbreaking hybrid VoDoS (Video-on-Demand-over-Satellite) solution that seamlessly blends one-to-all 5G Broadcast delivery and edge-caching. This innovative solution slashes costs, enhances quality, and scales effortlessly to address the streaming industry’s biggest challenges: cost, reach, and last-mile reliability. Exclusive demos are available during the NAB Show East, NYC, October 22-23.

The new hybrid VoDoS solution merges national-scale distribution with direct-to-consumer edge-cached storage, delivering a B2B2C wholesale satellite service with unmatched efficiency for ISPs—cellular, cable, WISPs, satellite (GEO/LEO), OTT platforms, and legacy DTH providers. -“The VoDoS satellite CDN offers ISPs a fully end-to-end wholesale service that eliminates regional data centers and middle mile costs for seamless, cost-efficient content delivery directly to consumers,” says Vern Fotheringham, Castanet 5G Executive Chairman.

Forsway’s advanced equipment enables direct-to-consumer access, seamlessly integrated with VodoMedia’s robust online and offline digital rights management (DRM), ensuring secure, flexible

content delivery to end users. -Tobias Forsell, Forsway CEO, adds, “Our hybrid VoDoS consortium creates a game-changing one-stop offering for ISPs of all types to easily roll-out video-on-demand services and live streaming to a wide range of users with low cost of delivery, streamlined connectivity, andscalability for emerging business models.”

The partners provide a one-stop, end-to-end solutions seamlessly combining Forsway’s hybrid IP satellite tech and user devices, Mainstream Data’s ground segment services and network management, Vodomedia’s first tier studio content and offline/online DRM, plus Apogee Network’s and Castanet 5G’s one-to all 5G broadcast expertise and program management.

Targeting North America first, VoDoS offering will empower ISPs, OTT providers, and IoT operators to rethink content delivery and empower future proof business models.“For our partners, this is more than a technology shift—it’s a market opportunity, continues Fotheringham. We are laying the infrastructure for sustainable growth in the next decade of media distribution, and we look forward to engaging with potential collaborators during NAB East in New York, October 21–23.”