IPTV World Series Awards winners unveiled

The IPTV World Series Awards 2008 were announced last night at a ceremony held at the IPTV World Forum in an atmosphere best described as tense. And the winners are….

Best interactive TV/advanced advertising - Harmonic, Inc. - Integrated digital ad insertion solution

Best IPTV customer premise equipment technology - ADB – 5810TWX

Best IPTV platform/middleware/application - THOMSON - SmartVision IPTV Service Platform

Best cable IPTV technology - Harmonic, Inc. - Harmonic Direct-to-Edge Cable IPTV Solution

Best Internet TV technology/solution - Widevine Technologies - Widevine Cypher® for Internet Digital Media

Best IPTV distribution/transport/delivery - Cisco Systems, Inc. - Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN)

Best IPTV test & Quality of Service/Experience technology or solution - Juniper Networks/Intelliden Inc. (joint solution) - Dynamic Network Automation (DNA)

Best IPTV content protection/rights management solution  - SecureMedia  - The Encryptonite ONE™ CA/DRM System Release 2

Best IPTV headend & video processing technology - TANDBERG Television - MPEG-4 AVC UltraCompression transcoder for HD and SD

Best Mobile TV technology - EXPWAY - FastESG v3.0 Mobile TV Platform & Engine