Espial Demonstrates TV Everywhere Solutions at CSTB 2012

OTTAWA, Ontario — Espial, a leader in on-demand TV software and solutions, today announced it will demonstrate its latest sophisticated and high-performance end-to-end solution at CSTB 2012 on Feb. 7-9 in Moscow. Visitors to the Espial booth will see a powerful TV Everywhere demonstration — showcasing the Espial Media Service Platform and Espial MediaBase solutions — for operators managing and increasing value-added services for subscribers.

“The Russian market represents an important focus area for Espial,” said Jaison Dolvane, CEO, Espial. “For service providers, our powerful Espial Media Service Platform and Espial MediaBase solutions fill a critical gap by providing a full range of HTTP-adaptive bit-rate video services to smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, and PCs on a single platform. Our product portfolio is tuned exactly to the needs of our customers looking to provide a superior video experience to consumers on the device of their choice.”

The Espial Media Service Platform allows carriers to create, introduce, manage, and monetize a unified video experience easily across multiscreen devices. Enabling delivery of a wide range of compelling video applications from the cloud, the platform capabilities include system administration, unified authentication and authorization across devices, business model flexibility, and an application toolkit. Equipped with these features, the Espial Media Service Platform simplifies introduction of TV Everywhere services for video providers. Operators can use this solution to introduce live TV, time-shift TV services, and video-on-demand services across many consumer devices including tablets, mobile phones, desktops, and smart TVs.

Also on display at the Espial booth will be the high-performance Espial MediaBase on-demand video platform. It supports essential TV Everywhere services including live TV streaming, time-shift TV services, remote storage DVR services, and video-on-demand services. With its recently introduced HTTP-adaptive streaming capabilities, Espial MediaBase is now available in several new configurations including origin servers, Internet servers, and unified servers. Its powerful content delivery networking engine, which is configurable using the Espial MediaBase Manager, allows operators to optimize system design to improve utilization of their network resources. With best-in-class performance on COTS hardware, operators can also achieve the lowest total cost of ownership for TV Everywhere services.

Espial will be exhibiting at the International Exhibition Center “Crocus Expo,” hall 2, booth 265.