Strategy & Technology IBC 2010 Preview

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
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10-14 September 2010, Amsterdam; Stand No: 1.A21 and Connected World Stand IP601

S&T will be showcasing a number of new products at IBC, and will also be exhibiting in the “IBC Connected World” area.

S&T Player and Mediator – An MHEG application for Video on Demand services including catch-up TV, with flexible back-office integration using S&T’s Mediator server. S&T Player and Mediator offer a configurable and customizable solution for MHEG Interaction Channel and CI+ platforms, supporting browsing and navigation of on-demand content as well as playback control.

RedKey™2 – The latest version of S&T’s MHEG-5 middleware engine offers a modular architecture and supports all of the current international profiles of the MHEG interactive TV standard, including those implemented in the UK Freeview / Freeview HD / Freesat, Ireland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Africa and Australia. RedKey™2 also fully supports the MHEG Interaction Channel to enable hybrid broadcast/broadband receivers for video on demand and catch-up TV services.

TSBroadcaster 2 – The second generation of S&T’s DSM-CC Object Carousel product for DVB (MHEG-5 and MHP), OCAP/tru2way and ETV platforms provides a new and enhanced user interface plus improved performance. The OCAP/tru2way version now includes support for Common Download and Out Of Band (OOB) playout as well as transport stream and GigE IP outputs.

TSMonitor – A product for automatic monitoring of both subtitles/closed captions as well as MHEG and ETV interactive applications. Scripted test-cases are run using virtual receivers running on a rack-mounted server, with alarms generated when exceptions or errors are detected.

MHEG Guide – A complete platform EPG including PVR integration for both PayTV and ‘Freeview’ operators based on MHEG-5 middleware. The EPG offers channel branding with logos as well as support for advertising and sponsorship banners.

MHEG Presenter – A general purpose publishing solution for MHEG-5 middleware allowing interactive applications to be created without development of MHEG code.