BitBand, Espial, and Tilgin say they have integrated their respective technologies to cover all of the core elements of IPTV services with BitBand supplying the VoD, Espial the middleware and set top software and Tilgin the actual set top devices for both SD and HD TV.
The three companies say they are continuing to target tier one telcos with their integrated services. Most of the core suppliers of IPTV elements have multiple integrations for VoD, set top, middleware and DRM, and continue to work towards the fullest set they can manage so that it keeps the prices for a specific client implementation lower, but of itself it means nothing without a customer taking that integration.
“Tilgin is happy to announce the completed integration of BitBand’s VDN and Espial Evo with Tilgin IP Set-top boxes’, said Leif Bj’rklund, VP Business Development, Tilgin. ‘We have teamed up to provide a pre-integrated solution that meets operator needs for short time-to-market. Together with mutually supported CA/DRM systems, this turn-key solution delivers a broad range of options from basic MPEG-2 / Standard Def. services to advanced MPEG-4 AVC / High Def. and DVR enabled services.’
The system was demonstrated to customers at the IPTV World Forum show in London this week. Espial this week also said it had passed the 1 million mark for units shipped from its Evo family of products, which includes a basic browser as well as full middleware. Espial said that it shipped over 750,000 Evo subscriber licenses to operators during 2006.