BeeSmart and Ekioh announce a fast growing number of IPTV users on SVG based client technology. The companies report that there are already over 40,000 end-users running BeeSmart middleware clients and Ekioh UI Engine. BeeSmart and Ekioh deployed the first SVG based IPTV service in 2008, which was the first such deployment in the world. Today both companies hold the largest customer base using this technology, which is fast becoming the industry standard for modern user interfaces.

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Already 40,000 IPTV Users on SVG Technology Provided by BeeSmart and Ekioh

France Telecom has selected Orca Interactive to provide the COMPASS Content Discovery and Recommendations platform for the implementation of a multi-screen content discovery and recommendation solution across all the Orange TV related services.

Orca’s COMPASS includes a variety of recommendations engines to provide a blend of personal, optimized recommendations to TV, PC and mobile users. With COMPASS, Orange subscribers will be able to easily discover content that is relevant for them, resulting in more customer satisfaction and higher conversion rates. Since Orange offers a variety of content services, being able to pro-actively assist customers with their purchase decisions becomes a crucial factor for increasing the ARPU. COMPASS comes pre-integrated with Orca’s world-class IPTV middleware, RiGHTv, so France Telecom will benefit from seamless integration and rich functionality.

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BeeSmart is proud to announce the release of BeeSmart Lite, a striking IPTV middleware software package, which is available online, intended for commercial use and absolutely free of charge.

BeeSmart Lite contains the most desired features needed for a sophisticated TV experience. The package is particularly useful for technically skilled operators and system integrators, who are seeking for easy accessible platform which can be successfully used in pilot projects and also in first stages of commercial projects. There are five hundred end-user licenses included in the package together with extensible documentation to help installing, configuring and running the system. There is also a safe migration path defined for users, who would later on like to switch from Lite to full version and gain extended features, more end-user licenses, support and regular upgrades.

BeeSmart Lite IPTV Middleware Package for Quick and Safe IPTV Deployments

Harmonic announces
that the Electra 8000 universal encoder was selected by Boston’s NBC affiliate WHDH-TV
for the recent HD broadcast of the 7 News pre-game and post-game shows at hockey’s
premiere regular-season event, the 2010 NHL Bridgestone Winter Classic, as well as
the local broadcast of the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, February 12-28.
WHDH-TV selected the Electra 8000 for these highly-viewed sports events due to its
superior MPEG-2 1080i video encoding quality, compact design and improved bandwidth
efficiency.

For the 7 News pre-game and post-game shows at the outdoor match-up between long-time
rivals the Philadelphia Flyers® and Boston Bruins® at Fenway Park, WHDH-TV used the
Electra 8000 to simplify the transmission of multiple camera feeds from Fenway Park
to their studio by delivering the highest quality MPEG-2 HD encoding at the lowest
bit-rates in a compact 1-RU design. Electra’s multi-channel HD encoding capability
at the venue eliminated the need for WHDH-TV to transfer costlier baseband HD video
back to the studio.

For the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics, WHDH-TV is using the already deployed
Electra 8000 for terrestrial HD broadcast of the events. The ability to easily configure
the Electra 8000 for multiple applications provides WHDH-TV with a high return on
investment, while lowering operating costs.

The latest generation compression solution from Harmonic, the Electra 8000 supports
SD and HD, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), as well as integrated statistical multiplexing,
broadcast quality up/down-conversion and other unique features such as Jünger Level
Magic automatic audio leveling adjustment. Electra 8000’s groundbreaking architecture
significantly reduces operational costs with its high density and power efficiency,
and facilitates the launch of new value-added video services. Broadcast, cable, satellite
and telco service providers around the world have deployed the Electra 8000 to power
more than 2000 high quality video channels since its launch in July 2009.

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Harmonic Facilitates HD Broadcast of the Olympic Winter Games and NHL Bridgestone Winter Classic

Digital
Rapids and Nederlandse Omroep Stichting announce that the Dutch public broadcaster
has selected Digital Rapids’ StreamZ encoding systems to power live and on-demand
Internet and mobile coverage of the 2010 Olympic Games for audiences in the Netherlands.
The 2010 Olympic Games will be held February 12-28 in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.

Part of Netherlands public broadcasting system Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, NOS is
a market leader in the field of news and sports coverage on television, radio, the
Internet and mobile devices. NOS will supplement their television coverage of the
Vancouver Olympic Games with up to eight simultaneous live streams on the Web and
extensive mobile content. The StreamZ systems will encode source video feeds into
Web-friendly streams for viewing through an interactive experience powered by Microsoft
Silverlight technology, and into multiple formats for mobile viewing. The encoded
live streams will also be archived for viewers to watch on-demand.

StreamZ is the industry’s most versatile encoding solution, delivering multi-format
video capture, encoding, transcoding and live streaming in a powerful turnkey configuration
that integrates easily into any professional media environment. Combining the quality
and performance advantages of hardware-based preprocessing with a format-flexible
and feature-rich software application, StreamZ seamlessly supports live and on-demand
multi-platform distribution opportunities with real-time, simultaneous encoding to
multiple output formats.

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NOS Bringing Vancouver Olympic Games to The Netherlands on the Web and Mobile Devices