Leading IPTV Vendors Strengthen Partnership to Provide a Pre-Integrated, Ready-To-Deploy Solution

March 27th, 2006 -The pre-integrated solution includes Tilgin IP Set-top Boxes, Latens Content & Revenue Protection and Minerva Network’s iTVManager Middleware Tilgin, Minerva Networks and Latens Systems today announced that they have released an immediately deployable IPTV solution that is fully integrated and ready to deploy.

The solution is the result of a strengthened partnership that has grown from market demands in Europe and North America.

The pre-integrated IPTV solution includes: Tilgin Mood 300 IP Set-top Boxes, Latens FCAS Content & Revenue Protection and Minerva Network’s iTVManager middleware. The ecosystem additionally benefits from a seamless and secure migration path to advanced IPTV services, such as network PVR, High Definition IPTV and support for MPEG-4 / H.264.

"This partnership has resulted in one of the strongest IPTV solutions on the market. The combination of MPEG-4 AVC capabilities and advanced IPTV architectures provides an open platform technology infrastructure that can be tailored to the specific needs of all IPTV service providers,” says Dante Iacovoni, Marketing Director, Tilgin.

“This solution provides an easily deployed IPTV system for operators to maximize their business flexibility. I would advise any telco taking IPTV seriously to take a careful look at our system, rather than wait the months or years for proprietary single-vendor solutions to become ready for commercial roll-out,” says Andy Mathieson, Director, Latens.

The IPTV ecosystem benefits from a seamless and secure migration path to advanced IPTV services that include MPEG-4 AVC, network PVR and High Definition IPTV. The value proposition for IPTV operators includes:

• Reduced deployment timeline to market and revenue
• Leveraged ecosystem provides vendors with no risk pre-integration technology
• All partner solutions/products deployed and proven worldwide
• Easy implementation of advanced future services
• True Open Platform to empower operator choice

“By pre-integrating three industry leading and globally proven solutions into an end-to-end IPTV system, we have solved the complexities of deploying an IPTV service. This means that operators can focus on launching and marketing groundbreaking IPTV services that will attract and keep customers and increase ARPU,” says Justin Holloway, VP International Sales, Minerva Networks.
 

About the IPTV Ecosystem
Tilgin IP set-top boxes provide advanced video streaming and offer dual CPU delivery of IPTV/video services, integrated Personal Video Recording with trick-play and time-shift viewing, MPEG 2 & 4 and programmable DSPs. Latens Foundation CAS (FCAS) is a conditional access system which enables a start-up to launch with a simplified but secure service without reducing the future functionality of its Content and Revenue Protection system.

Minerva's iTVManager is a complete software platform for the management and delivery of compelling and profitable television services over broadband networks. The system provides access to a variety of video services including Electronic Program Guide (EPG), Video-on-Demand (VOD), Subscription VOD (SVOD), Pay-Per-View (PPV), Caller ID, Personal Video Recorder (PVR), and a comprehensive set of backoffice tools.

For more information about Tilgin, please visit http://www.tilgin.com

For more information about Latens systems please visit http://www.latens.com

For more information about Minerva Networks please visit http://www.minervanetworks.com