IPTVision > 4Caster C4 Wins TelcoTV 2008 Vision Award

[IPTV News at IPTV Watch] The C4 is used in IPTV, Internet TV and Mobile TV applications and was selected by industry insiders for its ability to send live broadcasts directly to multiple screens as well as a wide array of mobile devices, set top boxes and PCs.

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[TVover.net] Envivio 4Caster C4 Encoder Passes Testing for Microsoft Mediaroom ...: Designed as an integrated solution for IPTV, Internet TV and Mobile TV applications, the 4Caster C4 supports digital, analog and MPEG-2 Transport Stream over IP inputs, and a range of video and audio encoding options to support efficient delivery of content to the Three Screens. The 4Caster C4 supports a wide range of encoding formats including the Chinese AVS video compression standard.

[IPTV News at IPTV Watch] Brits embracing media convergence: The official Internet and Mobile Broadcaster for the 2008 Olympic Games CCTV, China Central Television, launched its new IPTV service to coincide with...

[Digital TV Market Research News] Transition From Broadcast to Connected TV Gathers Momentum as ...: The accelerated growth rate comes as customers begin to maximize the functionality of the Mediaroom platform to differentiate their service offering with features such as personalized weather and sports information, the freedom to play back standard-definition and high-definition recorded programs on any connected TV in the home, or the ability to set the digital video recorder (DVR) remotely via a PC or mobile device.

[TVover.net] Calix to Demonstrates Microsoft Mediaroom Experience at TelcoTV ...: A comprehensive solutions environment enabled via the Calix C7 and the Calix E5 family of platforms that makes possible the delivery of the most advanced IP services over any protocol and any physical media The end-to-end ecosystem delivering the IPTV and advanced network management demonstrations will include products from a number of Calix Compatible interoperability partners and industry leaders including Broadcom, Cisco, ClearAccess, Comtrend, Microsoft Corp., Motorola, and Xangati. Service providers seeking to establish clear services differentiation are increasingly looking to these leaders for a superior IPTV user experience, and to fiber to the premises and advanced DSL solutions delivered via the Calix Unified Access Infrastructure to provide the bandwidth and quality of service required to deliver such applications.

[Satellite TV support forum & Digital TV support forum.] Disappearance of channels etc - Satellite TV support forum ...: Tried this frequency and to my surprise I managed to receive reception to all the C4 and E4 alternatives, the only problem being that it takes up to a half hour for the picture to settle down without pixilation problems etc. This problem may be because the signal seems to be on the weak side.

[nab365 News - All Stories] News - Microsoft Mediaroom-Powered Services Surpasses 2 Million ...: "The growing momentum and differentiation of Mediaroom-based services signals consumer demand for TV experiences beyond traditional cable and satellite offerings," said Enrique Rodriguez, corporate vice president of the Connected TV Division for Microsoft. "While the technology can be intricate, the formula is simple -- deliver quality content experiences that engage viewers in new, more impactful and easy-to-use ways.

[Satellite TV support forum & Digital TV support forum.] Project Kangaroo to get January trials - Satellite TV support ...: This is despite the continued wait for a judgement by the Competition Commission which will decide if the broadcasters' collaboration breaks its rules on coalitions. A judgement is expected by the end of November.

[Connected TV] Telegent makes [mobile TV] hay while the [analogue] sun shines at ...: It’s worth noting, though, that Telegent last week sealed a deal with Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment Co., the leading OEM supplier of mobile handsets in China, according to which Tianyu will increase the number of handset designs leveraging Telegent’s technology, to drive growth into the Southeast Asia market and capitalize on the popularity of analogue TV phones in this region. As part of that deal, Tianyu has integrated Telegent’s technology into the world’s first hybrid CMMB and analogue TV handset targeted at the domestic China market.

[IPTV News at IPTV Watch] Hamonic Picked For IPTV Delivery by MTS: Making use of Harmonic’s solutions will allow the company to transmit images that will be the equivalent in quality of MPEG-2, while only using around half of the broadband capacity to deliver both SD and HD programming to its customers in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

[Under The Rotunda] Under The Rotunda: Video news: 5 for a £1: Ashley Highfield has left the top job at Kangaroo (the joint venture between ITV, Channel 4, and BBC Worldwide). He is off to head up Microsoft/MSN.

[Connected TV] NDS Jungo unit patents new solution to decrease IPTV channel ...: One other attractive feature of the new technology is the claim that it can be used on “any off-the-shelf [IPTV] STB,” whereas the Mediaroom IPTV suite would be restricted to only those IPTV boxes configured to use the Mediaroom middleware.

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