Malaysia’s MiTV to launch IPTV Service Summer 2005MiTV Corp Sdn Bhd (MiTV) is set to launch this summer (2005) with a full commercial roll out of a multi-channel IPTV service, with more than 50 live and on-demand channels planned.
MiTV has chosen the TANDBERG Television professional hardware encoding solution for Windows Media Video 9. As part of the contract TANDBERG Television will provide its EN5920 encoders and nCompass control and monitoring system to enable low bandwidth, broadcast quality video delivery over MiTV’s IPTV network, which utilizes a combination of Internet Protocol and UHF transmission technologies and infrastructures. MiTV's IPTV offering includes a broad range of services, such as live TV channels, interactivity, video-on-demand, network PVR, music-on-demand and pay-per-view. “With such a rich consumer offering, we are keen to manage our bandwidth utilization carefully while ensuring that the video services we provide to our consumers are second to none",says Jonathan Chan, Chief Operating Officer of MiTV. “The TANDBERG EN5920 provides us with the ability to deliver broadcast quality TV at bit-rates at a saving of approximately 50% when compared to traditional compression methods.� The TANDBERG EN5920 supports the Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile codec, enabling IPTV operators to offer live, broadcast television programming at lower data rates while maintaining broadcast-quality pictures. It is based on the TANDBERG Intelligent Compression Engine (ICE), a powerful and sophisticated video and audio compression platform that provides a modular and upgradeable solution for high quality implementations of standard definition and high definition Windows Media Video 9 and MPEG-4 AVC technologies. “MiTV is launching an exciting entertainment service for consumers in Malaysia and we are proud to have been selected to play such an important part in this milestone IPTV project. This contract further reinforces our leadership in advanced encoding and IP delivery systems and will take advantage of our rapidly expanding experience of deploying these advanced codecs in real systems around the world,� says David Godfrey, Sales and Marketing Director of TANDBERG Television Asia Pacific. About MiTV
MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd is poised to be the second pay TV operator in Malaysia, utilizing a cost effective home-grown IP over UHF technology. With the utilization of this technology, MITV plans to offer its subscribers more than 50 channels upon full commercial launch. These new and exciting channels will cover Malaysia's broad vernacular market segments. MiTV will also offer interactive services such as content on demand, instant messaging, email, and games. Website coming soon at http://www.mitv.com.my About TANDBERG Television
TANDBERG Television (Oslo:TAT.OL) designs and develops professional systems that enable new business models in the media and entertainment market through the delivery of high quality live digital video and on-demand content. For more information visit: http://www.tandbergtv.com |
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