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May 21, 2008

TANDBERG Television's OpenStream to Help ZON TVCabo Launch VOD Services

By Arvind Arora, TMCnet Contributing Editor


TANDBERG Television (News - Alert) has announced that ZON TVCabo of Portugal has chosen its OpenStream Digital Services platform for its planned video on-demand (VOD) services, and also to take the role of lead integrator for the VOD play-out. The leadership maintained by TANDBERG Television in the on-demand market, and many recent customer announcements in both Europe and China are behind this deal.



 
Zon TVCabo is a part of ZON Multimédia and a player in the pay-TV market of Portugal. More than 1.5 million customers under its kitty, Zon TV Cabo aims at creating a pioneering VOD system that will provide users with an advanced interactive and entertainment experience. TVCabo is also one of the known cable operators in Europe, and provides broadband Internet & telephony and pay-TV service comprising of more than 100 digital TV and radio channels as well as advanced services such as multi-cameras, multi-games and VOD, and accessible nationwide through cable and satellite platforms.
 
As the next step by TVCabo towards providing better and expanded services to its customers, the company aims to utilize the VOD services. It already had a digital network, and now it was necessary for TVCabo to choose a flexible platform so that a smooth and seamless transition to VOD could be possible.
 
Edward Allfrey, business development director, TANDBERG Television, said that as a market leader for pay-TV in the country, TVCabo already owns a sophisticated digital cable network, and TANDBERG developed the OpenStream platform to allow flexibility, scalability and the lowest possible total cost of ownership by utilizing open architectures, and without sacrificing performance, security or freedom of choice, making it a right choice for TVCabo.
 
Utilizing the TANDBERG OpenStream platform, cable operators will be able to utilize on-demand and nPVR services using VOD servers, applications, billing systems, and other system components of their choice. The open architecture of the system enhances the cable head-end beyond VOD, and makes way for television's next generation of interactive services.
 
Including UPC Netherlands and Multimedia Polska, six OpenStream systems have already been deployed in Europe, and TANDBERG Television has began leading the European market in on-demand back office solutions in quite a short time span. In North America and Asia too, OpenStream has become the open digital services platform of choice, with instances like Tianjin TEDA Cable, Star Communication and Oriental Cable Network (OCN) in Shanghai having deployed it.
 
TANDBERG Television is a subsidiary of the Ericsson (News - Alert) Group and develops the multimedia technology and expertise to push digital video forward. From advanced compression systems to on-demand or content distribution, its solutions are used by the many broadcasters, operators and programmers worldwide to deliver new viewer experiences and advertising opportunities. To know more about TANDBERG Television, please visit www.tandbergtv.com.
 
Arvind Arora is a TMCnet contributing editor.


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