Kasenna Unveils PortalTV 2.0 for IPTV

IBC, Amsterdam, September 7, 2006 –Kasenna has unveiled PortalTV 2.0, their blueprint for integrated delivery of Television and Internet video content at IBC this year.

PortalTV 2.0, built on a standards-based web service platform, enables service providers to rapidly deploy IPTV services for immediate revenue generation while positioning them for Internet video content delivery.

The blueprint outlined a broad array of services based on Dynamic HTML, RSS and XML for delivery of Internet content using the PortalTV platform that is currently used by Cavalier Telephone, TVSierre and other carries. Cavalier Telephone and TVSierre were among the first carriers to deploy MPEG-4 based IPTV services using Kasenna’s PortalTV platform. Consisting of Kasenna’s LivingRoom 2.0 IPTV middleware, MediaBase XMP video delivery platform and vFusion video network management system, Kasenna claims PortalTV to be the fastest and most cost-effective route to profitable IPTV services available in today’s market.

Mark Crandon, VP of Marketing for Kasenna stated, “the world of television is undergoing a major transformation with the ‘walled garden’ of content offered by Service Providers crumbling in favour of the more open Internet model that encompasses delivery of Internet content to individual subscribers and communities.”