Mirifice was founded by a group of experts from the broadcast and telecoms sectors. We have grown by strengthening the team of domain experts and hiring the brightest graduates. Mirifice can provide you with the best individuals or a balanced team with knowledge and experience in the following areas:
Technical Consultancy
We have recently provided consultancy in the following areas:
• Broadcast playout architectures
• VOD solution for European cable network
• CA swap analysis and feasibility studies
• STB middleware porting
• PVR chipset architecture
• Due diligence on 3rd party contracts
• Requirements Analysis
Program and Project Management
We have managed the following projects:
• PVR delivery
• STB middleware tendering
• SI monitoring solutions and end-to-end network architecture
• Embedded EPG
• Harmonisation of UK cable network
• Simulcrypt head-end system
• STB Vendor Selection
• Multiplexer and encoder control systems
Software Development
Set-top box: All levels of STB stack, from device drivers and board support packages through to the platform, middleware components and top-level applications.
Broadcast Head-End: Playout optimisers and analysers, SI monitoring and migration tools, encoder and multiplexer control.
Expertise includes CA, demux and descrambling, SI/PSI, tuning, AV encoding, PVR, VOD.
System Deployment
We have managed the deployment of a number of new network systems and consumer devices into the live network:
• CA swap and migration management
• New consumer device (STB) deployment
Broadcast Technologies
Our Broadcast expertise includes:
• Monitoring and Service Assurance
• SI Monitoring
• CA
• STB Software/Hardware integration
• Consumer device testing and acceptance
Telecoms
Our Telecoms expertise includes:
• Wireless and Wireline Technologies
• Consumer Device Development
• Core Network Equipment
• OSS (Fault, Performance, Monitoring, Provisioning etc)
• BSS (Billing, CRM etc)
IT Systems
Our IT Systems expertise includes:
• Business Process Analysis
• IT systems architecture review
• Meta data specification
• Integration of component systems from multiple vendors to create end-to-end business solutions