Globecomm Unveils SkyBorne IPTV Regional Headend: "Globecomm Systems recently introduced its SkyBorne IPTV (News - Alert) Regional Headend (RHE) for telephone companies and broadband carriers looking to add video services. The latest in the company’s line of pre-engineered systems, SkyBorne RHE provides content acquisition, content management, subscriber management, content packaging and delivery to the carrier’s distribution network – all in a single, cost-effective, customizable package. Optional revenue-generating features include systems for advertising insertion and video-on-demand."
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
MatrixStream to release world’s first High Definition IPTV
HD IPTV: MatrixStream to release world’s first High Definition IPTV: "Unlike most IPTV and Video on Demand (VOD) solutions on the market today, which are bogged down by broadband bandwidth congestion and integration issues which leads lengthy download periods or low quality Internet videos, proprietary MatrixStream technology leverages proprietary H.264 end-to-end solution, allowing viewers to watch videos in DVD or HD over any best effort broadband; capable of instant VOD, streaming DVD-quality video in real time.
Simply plug one end of the STB into a TV set and the other into any broadband connection, and then watch Video on Demand and IP broadcast TV in DVD or HD quality. With the easy-to-use remote control in hand, end users will be able to access an ever-increasing range of content and channels from around the world. Features to be included are friendly interactive menus, and e-commerce capabilities tied to MatrixStream’s dynamic advertising management (DAM) technology, which targets advertising based on individual user’s preferences and interests.
MatrixStream’s high-end, affordable (price yet to be determined) STB in conjunction with the complete end-to-end MatrixStream IPTV/VOD backend solution is engineered to work over any best effort broadband network with or without quality of service (QoS) and thus can be utilized to target the entire global broadband market, currently standing at just over 200 million broadband users worldwid"
Simply plug one end of the STB into a TV set and the other into any broadband connection, and then watch Video on Demand and IP broadcast TV in DVD or HD quality. With the easy-to-use remote control in hand, end users will be able to access an ever-increasing range of content and channels from around the world. Features to be included are friendly interactive menus, and e-commerce capabilities tied to MatrixStream’s dynamic advertising management (DAM) technology, which targets advertising based on individual user’s preferences and interests.
MatrixStream’s high-end, affordable (price yet to be determined) STB in conjunction with the complete end-to-end MatrixStream IPTV/VOD backend solution is engineered to work over any best effort broadband network with or without quality of service (QoS) and thus can be utilized to target the entire global broadband market, currently standing at just over 200 million broadband users worldwid"
HDTV UK: MatrixStream offers High Definition IPTV
HDTV UK: MatrixStream offers High Definition IPTV: "Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is steadily taking off as an alternative, or addition to existing digital terrestrial, cable and satellite services, but the High Definition versions are taking a little longer to arrive. One company to be showing off an HD IPTV system is US based MatrixStream with its IMX 1020 HD. The box looks comparable in size to a Mac mini and can stream H.264 and MPEG 4 part 10 480P, 720P and 1080i high definition videos as well as accessing the same quality Video On Demand services."Monsoon Redefines Remote and Wireless TV Viewing by Mark Rouchonik
Monsoon Multimedia has developed a hardware device and software driver named HAVA Deluxe, that incorporates our VBooster technology and its Remote Video Access engine. By connecting HAVA to any video source such as a TV, TiVoTM, set top box, DVD, IPTV or a Camcorder, multiple users can watch their favorite channel or video on a notebook or desktop computer, cell phone or a personal media player simultaneously and wirelessly. Users can also control and watch their favorite TV show or TiVo from anywhere in the world over a broadband connection. VBooster technology enables reliable multicast video delivery over 802.11 networks, allowing unlimited amount of users to view their programming simultaneously. VBooster allows the video stream to bypass the access point (AP), effectively doubling the available bandwidth while still keeping the PC or other Wi-Fi enabled clients connected to the AP for non-video traffic. VBooster is capable of streaming more than 20 Mbps in a legacy 802.11a/g network to multiple PCs from a single video source. HAVA does not require a wired connection to the router to allow remote viewing over the internet. Its wireless configuration allows for remote viewing, home viewing and simultaneous network services (such as web browsing, email, chatting, etc.)
Furthermore, with its wireless MCE TV tuner, HAVA Deluxe enables the full TV functionality of Windows Media Center on any PC on the home network. HAVA eliminates the need to purchase additional TV tuners and/or install additional TV drops.
Using the popular MPEG-4 standard, HAVA enables consumers to watch their TV remotely on their notebooks or cell phones, over a broadband connection. Using its easy to use software, users can change channels and control their video equipment from outside the house over the broadband connection. HAVA supports worldwide TV standards (NTSC, PAL and SECAM.) HAVA adheres to copy protection rules, and has implemented all copy protection features consistent with the Microsoft Media Center standard. http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com/
Furthermore, with its wireless MCE TV tuner, HAVA Deluxe enables the full TV functionality of Windows Media Center on any PC on the home network. HAVA eliminates the need to purchase additional TV tuners and/or install additional TV drops.
Using the popular MPEG-4 standard, HAVA enables consumers to watch their TV remotely on their notebooks or cell phones, over a broadband connection. Using its easy to use software, users can change channels and control their video equipment from outside the house over the broadband connection. HAVA supports worldwide TV standards (NTSC, PAL and SECAM.) HAVA adheres to copy protection rules, and has implemented all copy protection features consistent with the Microsoft Media Center standard. http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com/
Saturday, March 18, 2006
The Coming Television Revolution
The revolution is just getting started and will be begin to make its mark this year. By 2010, it will begin to take off. By 2025, it will be the standard for all TV viewing. It's called Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV for short. IPTV works with a set-top box connected to any broadband interface and to a TV. It will allow users to choose among thousands (and eventually hundreds of thousands) of hours of programming, including movies, sports, classic TV, etc., and download their selections from the internet to the hard drive of the set-top box.
Initially, set-top box hard drives will be able to store up to 300 hours of programming at a time, but capacity will expand as the technology becomes more refined. Also, download times will become shorter and shorter as broadband connection speeds become faster and faster. Eventually, a two-hour movie will be fully downloadable in a couple of minutes. Once the programs are downloaded to the hard drive, they can be viewed on the connected TV at any time via a DVR-type interface provided by the set-top box.
Besides the convenience of an all video-on-demand (VOD) environment, IPTV will provide a much wider range of programming than broadcast, cable, and satellite TV, or even major video chains, could ever provide. Because the programming is available from the internet, it will be almost completely unlimited and unconstrained. Programming from all over the world will be available along with every imaginable genre of niche programming. Also, previously unreleased independent films that have been sitting on shelves for years due to the lack of a distribution source will suddenly become available to the masses via IPTV. Films that previously could not be made at all will become a reality and be available on the IPTV services. Long forgotten films and TV shows will have new life breathed into them by IPTV. To top it all off, much of this programming will be eventually be available in high definition (HDTV)!
Most IPTV platforms will be divided into "channels", but not the same kind of channels that we have grown accustomed to with traditional TV services. In this case, a "channel" is defined as a division of an IPTV service by individual content provider. Each content provider carried by a given IPTV platform will have its own guidelines for delivering programming on its channel. Some will provide their content for free to everyone who owns a given IPTV product. Some will be subscription based, i.e., everything on their channels will be available for a monthly or annual subscription. Others will be all pay-per-view. Still others will provide a combination of all of the above.
Several entrants into this market have either already debuted or plan to debut sometime this year. Among those are Akimbo (www.akimbo.com), DAVETV (www.dave.tv), TimeShifTV (www.timeshiftv.com), and VCinema (www.vcinema.com). Please see their respective websites for more details, as each one will offer a slightly different variation of IPTV technology. In addition, a joint venture between TiVo (www.tivo.com) and NetFlix (www.netflix.com) will be starting up later this year. TiVo plans to eventually make the entire Netflix DVD library available to its customers on an on-demand basis via a broadband connection to a TiVo box and a TV. Other potential IPTV contenders will be announcing their intentions over the next year or two. One of these nascent IPTV services headquartered near my home has already started placing "help wanted" ads in my local newspaper.
Within the next 20 years, all the fuss over broadcast TV indecency will become irrelevant, as there will be very little other than news and live sporting events on broadcast TV. The major networks will shift most of their entertainment programs to IPTV to avoid all the broadcast content restrictions currently being enforced by the FCC. Eventually, broadcast TV will cease to exist. Cable and satellite services as we know them will also become extinct. Yes, there will still be cable and satellite platforms, but they, along with DSL and wireless internet services, will exist merely as conduits for bringing broadband internet into homes and offices. There won't be any more cable and satellite TV, per se. The now 60-year-old paradigm of television schedules in which programs air at specific times on specific days of the week will pretty much be a thing of the past. Everything, except what's left of broadcast TV, will be exclusively available on demand via an IPTV platform.
These developments in no way mean that all TV programming will become more risqué. While there will be plenty of risqué programming available to those who want it, there will an almost unlimited supply of family and religious programs available. With a veritable smorgasbord of entertainment options at your fingertips, there will be something available for all tastes. IPTV may not turn out to be a TV utopia, but it's at least going to come close that ideal.
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, and trivia buff from Hopewell, VA. He also serves as a political columnist for American Daily and operates his own website - http://www.commenterry.com - on which he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Terry__Mitchell
Initially, set-top box hard drives will be able to store up to 300 hours of programming at a time, but capacity will expand as the technology becomes more refined. Also, download times will become shorter and shorter as broadband connection speeds become faster and faster. Eventually, a two-hour movie will be fully downloadable in a couple of minutes. Once the programs are downloaded to the hard drive, they can be viewed on the connected TV at any time via a DVR-type interface provided by the set-top box.
Besides the convenience of an all video-on-demand (VOD) environment, IPTV will provide a much wider range of programming than broadcast, cable, and satellite TV, or even major video chains, could ever provide. Because the programming is available from the internet, it will be almost completely unlimited and unconstrained. Programming from all over the world will be available along with every imaginable genre of niche programming. Also, previously unreleased independent films that have been sitting on shelves for years due to the lack of a distribution source will suddenly become available to the masses via IPTV. Films that previously could not be made at all will become a reality and be available on the IPTV services. Long forgotten films and TV shows will have new life breathed into them by IPTV. To top it all off, much of this programming will be eventually be available in high definition (HDTV)!
Most IPTV platforms will be divided into "channels", but not the same kind of channels that we have grown accustomed to with traditional TV services. In this case, a "channel" is defined as a division of an IPTV service by individual content provider. Each content provider carried by a given IPTV platform will have its own guidelines for delivering programming on its channel. Some will provide their content for free to everyone who owns a given IPTV product. Some will be subscription based, i.e., everything on their channels will be available for a monthly or annual subscription. Others will be all pay-per-view. Still others will provide a combination of all of the above.
Several entrants into this market have either already debuted or plan to debut sometime this year. Among those are Akimbo (www.akimbo.com), DAVETV (www.dave.tv), TimeShifTV (www.timeshiftv.com), and VCinema (www.vcinema.com). Please see their respective websites for more details, as each one will offer a slightly different variation of IPTV technology. In addition, a joint venture between TiVo (www.tivo.com) and NetFlix (www.netflix.com) will be starting up later this year. TiVo plans to eventually make the entire Netflix DVD library available to its customers on an on-demand basis via a broadband connection to a TiVo box and a TV. Other potential IPTV contenders will be announcing their intentions over the next year or two. One of these nascent IPTV services headquartered near my home has already started placing "help wanted" ads in my local newspaper.
Within the next 20 years, all the fuss over broadcast TV indecency will become irrelevant, as there will be very little other than news and live sporting events on broadcast TV. The major networks will shift most of their entertainment programs to IPTV to avoid all the broadcast content restrictions currently being enforced by the FCC. Eventually, broadcast TV will cease to exist. Cable and satellite services as we know them will also become extinct. Yes, there will still be cable and satellite platforms, but they, along with DSL and wireless internet services, will exist merely as conduits for bringing broadband internet into homes and offices. There won't be any more cable and satellite TV, per se. The now 60-year-old paradigm of television schedules in which programs air at specific times on specific days of the week will pretty much be a thing of the past. Everything, except what's left of broadcast TV, will be exclusively available on demand via an IPTV platform.
These developments in no way mean that all TV programming will become more risqué. While there will be plenty of risqué programming available to those who want it, there will an almost unlimited supply of family and religious programs available. With a veritable smorgasbord of entertainment options at your fingertips, there will be something available for all tastes. IPTV may not turn out to be a TV utopia, but it's at least going to come close that ideal.
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, and trivia buff from Hopewell, VA. He also serves as a political columnist for American Daily and operates his own website - http://www.commenterry.com - on which he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Terry__Mitchell
Video of worlds first IPTV STB by Matrixstream
irishdev.com - Video of worlds first IPTV STB : Matrixstream is about to launch IMX1020 1080P, a H.264 set top box, the world's first STB for IP TV over broadband. You can get a first look at their High Definition STB in action by clicking the links below. Watch an overview video of Matrixstream's high end / low cost end to end IPTV Platform that run's over "best effort" network to any broadband connection. Low bandwith(1.38MB) - High bandwith (69.7MB)
Matrixstream IPTV - short points:
Matrixstream IPTV - short points:
- End to End platform that run's over best effort network for set top box / PC Player / Cell phone.
- 1080P H.264 Low cost / High definition set top box that does 1080P from as low as 2.5mbps over best effort network to any broadband connection.
- Fast deploying / Low cost / easy to use / high user scaling / plug and play platform that run's over any broadband connection.
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