AirTies releases family of hybrid devices integrating home networking, OTT and broadcast Pay TV

ISTANBUL — AirTies, the innovative wireless networking and set-top box company will launch a range of new HD hybrid set-top boxes based on the next generation of Broadcom chipsets. On display for demonstration at stand no.5.B33 at this year’s IBC, the new AirTies product family integrates advanced cable and satellite features with OTT interactive services and wireless home networking. Enabling media convergence in a connected home environment, AirTies products offer access to Pay TV, Free-to-Air, music, photos, video content from multiple sources such as web, download services, OTT, broadcast, and local personal digital archive in one box under the TV. The product family can stream to multiple devices including the iPad, iPhone, Playstation, and connected TVs across multiple rooms.

Targeted at cable and satellite operators, the Air 7210 and Air 7310 STB are based on Broadcom BCM7231 chipset, and offer 3D/HD hybrid IP plus cable, satellite or terrestrial TV, PVR, PLTV, Flash video and graphics, OpenGL 2.0 capabilities and a browser with a customizable UI. Implemented on an all-IP, open standards, and browser based software stack, the AirTies product family features the next generation user interface, offering twice the speed of the current generation of STBs, at a competitive price.

The new Air 7310 and 7210 family integrate advanced wireless capabilities, offering AirTies’ trademark pixilation and interference-free wireless video distribution. They can receive video wirelessly from the home gateway as well as serving multiple HD video streams wirelessly to numerous devices and rooms simultaneously.

The Air 7310 and Air 7210 are perfect for OTT deployments with their support for HTTP Live Streaming and Smooth Streaming with adaptive bitrate, progressive downloading, gaming, web browsing and social networking capabilities. Additionally, they can be operated by an advanced remote control with an embedded full-featured keyboard.

The new STBs provide the perfect foundation for integration with many leading Web TV/IPTV middleware platforms. They support CA products from leading DRM vendors to meet enhanced security requirements. The new platform also complies with the Code of Conduct (COC) standard for low energy consumption.

Tuncay Cil, VP Product Management at AirTies, remarks, “We believe the new range of AirTies hybrid solutions bridges the gap between the broadband, broadcastand home networking worlds with a single powerful device. The initial customer reaction to this new family of hybrid products has been extremely positive and we anticipate a strong market demand”.