BitBand, Espial and Tilgin Announce the Successful Integration of a Full-featured IPTV Solution
London, UK; March 5, 2007 - Espial® IPTV, BitBand and Tilgin have integrated technologies to create a feature-rich, scalable solution targeted at telcos and service providers rolling out IPTV services. Components seamlessly integrated include BitBand's Video Delivery Network (VDN), Espial's Evo® IPTV Service Platform, and Tilgin's product line of SD and HD IP Set-top Boxes. The integrated solution offered by the companies introduces a comprehensive IPTV system for Telcos that can support interactive services for millions of subscribers. The advanced integrated solution reflects the extensive successful commercial deployment experience of the companies worldwide.
"The successful joint solution allows our customers to quickly introduce a full range of IPTV services, among them management of operational and marketing activities in a dynamic modular structure." said Yuval Sovinsky, EVP Strategy & Marketing, BitBand. "It enables Telcos and service providers to efficiently promote marketing campaigns and network growth independently from each other."
"This unique combination of the three companies' technologies showcases the breadth of features of our Evo IPTV Service Platform ", said Brian Mahony, Espial VP Marketing. "It also shows how quick and easy integration with Espial's Future-Proof FrameworkTM allows telephone companies to provide compelling IPTV services with much faster deployment times, resulting in shorter time to revenue and return-on-investment."
"Tilgin is happy to announce the completed integration of BitBand's VDN and Espial Evo® with Tilgin IP Set-top boxes”, said Leif Björklund, VP Business Development, Tilgin. “We have teamed up to provide a pre-integrated solution that meets operator needs for short time-to-market. Together with mutually supported CA/DRM systems, this turn-key solution delivers a broad range of options from basic MPEG-2 / Standard Def. services to advanced MPEG-4 AVC / High Def. and DVR enabled services.”
The joint solution will be demonstrated to customers and prospects at the IPTV World Forum show 2007 in London in the following stands:
- BitBand stand #120
- Espial stand #57
- Tilgin stand #149
About BitBand
BitBand ( www.bitband.com ) is a world leader in providing video delivery solutions over IP broadband networks for Telcos. The company's solutions are targeted at large scale deployments of TV-centric residential subscribers and are optimized for Telco's hybrid and distributed network architectures. BitBand MaestroTM Content Distribution and Video network Management Suite and BitBand VisionTM appliance servers form the most scalable and cost-effective On-Demand solution existing today for the IP-TV environment. BitBand helps Telcos and Next Generation Service Providers realize the Triple Play offering, enabling quick entry into new markets, faster ROI and a safe track to profitable large scale service. BitBand's technology is field proven and widely deployed, serving more commercial subscribers than any other IP-TV VOD technology vendor. Additionally, BitBand partners with many system integrators and suppliers of other components of the IP-TV value chain, to provide the operator with a complete end-to-end solution.
About Espial IPTV ( www.espial.com )
Espial provides IPTV middleware and applications that are modular, fully skinnable, turbo-fast, and truly open. Espial's Evo® IPTV Service Platform, which can be purchased as best-of-breed components or as part of a pre-integrated client-server solution, includes Evo® Client, Evo® Server, Evo Future-Proof FrameworkTM (FPF), Evo SkinTonesTM and applications such as Electronic Program Guide, Video on Demand, Content Portal, Games, Triple Play, and Web Browser. Espial products have been integrated with or deployed by more than 100 vendors and operators including UPC Sweden, Auroras, Siemens, Motorola, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Amino, Thomson, Philips, Tilgin, LodgeNet, On Command and S-Net Systems.
About Tilgin ( www.tilgin.com )
Tilgin designs and delivers premier IP customer premise equipment (CPE) for advanced Triple Play and IMS-based services. Supporting the full convergence of voice, video and data, Tilgin takes a unique network systems approach to CPE that enables providers to offer a rich portfolio of dynamic and differentiated next-generation services. Tilgin's comprehensive product portfolio of IP Residential Gateways, Set-top boxes and related management applications, offers service providers unprecedented return on investment - delivering new service revenues and impressive cost savings over the lifetime of the product. Tilgin was founded in 1997 under the name i3 micro technology. It is headquartered in Kista, Sweden, with sales offices in France, Germany and USA.
Media Contacts :
BitBand:
Sharona Meushar
Tel: +972(9)8637148
sharona@bitband.com
Espial IPTV:
Meredith Dundas
mdundas@espial.com
+1-613-230-4770 x1142
Tilgin:
Katrin Buhre
katrin.buhre@tilgin.com
+46-8572 38686
