Transparent Technologies Inc., has joined the ViP-TVT Reseller Program. As a reseller, TTI will market ViP-TV services to cable systems, telco operators, healthcare facilities, hospitality venues and enterprises seeking a cutting edge IPTV solution.

TTI of Lawrenceville, Ga., presents service providers across the nation fully integrated solutions that include advanced video and data offerings. As a Cisco Partner, TTI helps organizations implement Cisco’s IPTV platform to uniquely define their customer experience. TTI’s dynamic video solutions include: HFC, IPTV, Bandwidth Optimization & Reclamation, Interactive Services and Video Head-end Integration.

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TTI Joins Echostar’s VIP-TV Reseller Program to Deliver IPTV Solutions

Envivio introduces
Envivio On Demand, a new set of solutions that enable operators to turn their subscribers’
recorded content into premium on demand assets that can be made available to mobile
and PC screens for later viewing, on the go. Envivio On Demand solutions extend broadcast
and IPTV services beyond the living room, enabling them to reach consumers anytime
they access a network with a device that can display video.

Envivio On Demand is debuting at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, February 15-18
and will be demonstrated in Stand 2H12. It is already being deployed by major carriers
worldwide to expand their services.

Solutions based on Envivio On Demand are deployed entirely in the operator’s network,
requiring no costly, support-intensive customer-premise equipment and giving the operator
greater control. This approach enables the operator to instead invest incrementally
in valuable network capacity as needed to match increased subscriber uptake.

When a user requests the recording of a program on their PVR, a request is also sent
to the operator’s Envivio On Demand system at the headend to simultaneously transcode
the program into the appropriate formats for the end user’s other devices. The content
is available immediately after recording completes for viewing by the consumer via
streaming or download. The generated asset can be watched as it is being downloaded
to the device. Envivio’s new 4Balancer automated load balancing tool optimizes the
use of encoding resources to ensure seamless, uninterrupted operations of all encoding/transcoding
operations. Envivio 4Manager provides high-level service supervision for full control
and monitoring of equipment.

Content is prepared by the Envivio 4Caster C4 encoder/transcoder, which supports a
wide variety of codecs including H.263, MPEG4-SP, and VC-1, as well as Envivio’s leading
H.264 Elite and Extreme codecs. This variety combined with support for the widest
range of network protocols enables video streams to be optimized for the full range
of portable devices and provides the best viewing experience on any device, from an
iPhone to an HD laptop computer screen. Envivio On Demand supports encryption for
Windows Media, Silverlight and iPhone to protect premium content regardless of end
device.

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Envivio On Demand Connects IPTV PVRs to Consumer Mobile Devices and PCs

Dreampark announces
support for Over The Top Services. The company continues to expand its offering to
service providers by allowing for diverse next generation User Interface for TV and
content platforms. Over The Top is considered the latest solution in streaming media
and telecommunications networks and allows for a broader scope of television, video
content and social media offerings to subscribers. The Dreamgallery platform facilitates
multi-platform TV offering even for service providers who do not have access to the
appropriate network infrastructure to guarantee bandwidth but aim to provide continuous
content directly to existing and prospective customers and OTT is an important part
of this offering.

The Dreamgallery software suite enables operators to present their customers with
cutting edge IPTV services over IP networks and/or different type of hybrid solutions,
as well as Over The Top services. Delivering content Over-The-Top is a new prospect
for operators who strive to broaden the scope of their television offering to subscribers
that is not achieved by current networks and for those service providers who do not
have access to the appropriate network infrastructure.

Dreampark’s next generation portal enables operators to utilize OTT services and web
content to give their customers a unique viewing experience. It is necessary to have
the same user interface in both the controlled environment, such as IPTV, and in the
OTT environment so that operators can keep the same branding across the user interface.
Dreampark’s user interface may be designed to provide the subscribers with an identical
look and feel for both services, making it easier to move back and forth between OTT
and Managed IPTV service. The ease of use also allows customers to find new content
in a recognizable way.

Dreamgallery has established itself as an innovative solution for all TV viewers.
The next-Generation User Interface based on SVG gives customers a new and improved
experience in television viewing, providing outstanding performance for HD and SD
graphics. The Dreamgallery software is using native web technology and is a browser-based
solution, based on W3C standards, and provides facilities to easily port existing
applications to the TV environment. This provides Operators with a unique possibility
to make use of the existing services and content in the TV environment which has previously
been a very complicated and costly task, especially for non-browser-based solutions.
The suite is currently in large-scale commercial operations in various installations,
has been proven to accommodate future technical growth and service expansion.

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Dreamgallery Supports Over-The-Top Services

Sonic
Solutions and Entone are partnering
to provide telecommunications operators a comprehensive entertainment solution that
combines live broadcast TV and DVR capabilities with instant access to OTT entertainment
powered by Roxio CinemaNow.

Entone’s focus is to enable access to rich media, including live television and recorded
content, throughout the home without requiring new wiring or set-tops at each TV.
With Entone’s new hybrid TV service platform, the availability of recorded content
includes both programs stored on a whole-home DVR or on cloud-based services such
as Roxio CinemaNow.

Roxio CinemaNow services are able to deliver a massive selection of premium video
entertainment for rental or purchase. CinemaNow’s cloud-based media services power
devices from multiple manufacturers, forming a connected ecosystem that consumers
can use to seamlessly choose, move and view video entertainment. The CinemaNow ecosystem
currently includes PCs, connected TVs, set top DVRs, Blu-ray Disc and mobile media
players from leading manufacturers.

Roxio CinemaNow powered premium services will be available to Entone’s telco customers
via an IPTV service model or via Entone’s new SelecTV(TM) service that will be released
later this year.

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Entone and Sonic Deliver Digital Entertainment Services to Telco Operators

IneoQuest has
expanded its product line for optimizing Microsoft Mediaroom operations. iDMS Telco
now leverages the data collected on IQDialogue IPTV Mediaroom Installer to give operations
managers a consolidated collection of historical deployment data. Using IneoQuest’s
technology, providers can implement uniform procedures to ensure high quality installation,
maximize overall support for technicians and efficiently engineer their network for
improved performance.

Telecommunications providers are currently using IneoQuest’s IQDialogue IPTV Mediaroom
Installer to test the performance of Microsoft Mediaroom residential deployments and
assure that the setup and configuration of television, video-on-demand and multi-room
DVR services operate properly. Now, iDMS Telco allows for a centralized collection
of all data and measurements gathered in the field, including deployment location
and time, pass/fail results, fault identification, channel change timing and packet
loss, with specific identifiers for each IQDialogue IPTV Mediaroom Installer probe.

Using the data, iDMS Telco enables telecommunications providers to hone operations
management for improved deployment service, expense reduction and staff support. With
iDMS Telco, providers can review deployments for adoption of uniform processes and
cross-reference job details in case of follow up and additional service. At the same
time, providers can survey the type of jobs or regions where deployments took the
most time, enabling them to identify network challenges or provide training to streamline
deployments.

In addition to operations management, iDMS Telco provides a snapshot of performance
over time, giving providers trending analysis in order to resolve issues proactively
and plan for future upgrades. For example, iDMS Telco details top deployment failures
and issues, number of hours per deployment and individual identification of test probes.
Since large repositories of historical data can be stored, providers can solve systematic
issues to lessen the overall impact on subscribers.

With its centralized version control feature, iDMS Telco also notifies network technicians
to the latest updates to software and allows for an automated download of updates
to each probe during the synchronization process, ensuring all technicians are outfitted
with the most recent software version for standardized service.

As a result of its partnership with Microsoft, IneoQuest is able to offer a family
of products for Microsoft Mediaroom deployment support. In addition to iDMS Telco
and IQDialogue IPTV Mediaroom Installer, IneoQuest also offers the IQDialogue IPTV
Mediaroom Advanced for high-tier analysis and testing, monitoring and troubleshooting
capabilities.

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IneoQuest Expands Family of Microsoft Mediaroom Deployment Test Solutions