[September 10, 2008] Ericsson launches IMS IPTV middleware Tweet (DMeurope Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Ericsson has launched what it calls the world's first IMS integrated IPTV middleware. Major TV technology providers have integrated their consumer devices, content protection solutions, video servers and applications software with the new open, carrier-class IPTV solution. The end-to-end IPTV solution is aligned with the Open IPTV Forum specifications and is claimed to be the first solution in the world to be pre-integrated with IMS. It brings together core Ericsson solutions - new IMS-enabled IPTV middleware, IPTV network infrastructure, video processing solutions and video-on-demand technologies - with interoperable third-party products from TV players such as Accedo Broadband, Agama Technologies, Amino, HP, SecureMedia, Sun Microsystem, Tilgin, Verimatrix, and ZyXEL. (Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 Communications Ltd (www.m2.com)) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]