• Motorola will help Spanish access Net through the tube

    Submitted by ITV Production on Nov 17, 2001
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    Retecal, The largest cable operator in Castillay Leon, one of Spain‘s largest regions has signed a deal with Motorala to offer end to end, high speed data access solutions to its subscribers.
    Retecal will deploy the company‘s interactive analog cable platform as part of its newest cable system. The platform is based on Motorola‘s advanced analog SURFview set-top terminals. The terminals help operators offer the latest video, voice, and data services to their subscribers.

    About 90,000 homes will benefit from the end-to-end, high-speed data access solutions offered by Motorola. The platform will also help Retecal to quickly deploy the latest interactive analog services, including impulse pay-per-view (IPPV), high-speed Internet access enabling web browsing, and e-mail.

    According to a Motorola release, current subscribers of the cable operator will be able to enjoy interactive services. Retecal is now aiming to expand this service to other cities, the release says. Retecal claims to have over 60,000 TV subscribers, 25,000 telephone subscribers, and 16,000 broadband Internet subscribers.

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    Motorola will help Spanish access Net through the tube

    Nov 17, 2001

    Retecal, The largest cable operator in Castillay Leon, one of Spain's largest regions has signed a deal with Motorala

  • CDN Japan commences broadband content distribution

    Submitted by ITV Production on Nov 17, 2001
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    CDN Japan has started distributing 100-150 broadband content programs to a quarter of a million home users in Japan from Tuesday.

    A non-profit consortium established in March this year by Internet Initiative Japan, Oracle Japan and Cisco Systems, the company uses its its CDN-J Platform to distribute content. CDN Japan‘s distribution platform offers digital content control functions like authentication, billing, settlement and prevention of illicit use of content. It is an integrated platform system employing DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies. Content transmission bandwidth is configured to 300kbps and 1Mbps.

    According to an official release, broadband content providers will be able to enjoy CDN‘s services free for four months. CDN Japan also aims to help companies it does business with, expand viable revenue sources after April 2002, the release said.

    The company‘s customers include MTV Japan, Sky Perfect Communications and Sony Communication Network. It has the support of Content ID Form, an institution for promoting global standards in content ID mechanisms. The company addresses issues vital to content distribution like network scale, quality-driven transmission technology and protection of content.

    The company is also supported by IIJ‘s broadband network infrastructure (High Speed Media Network), which links mass broadband end users in Japan. IIJ‘s collaboration with CDN Japan helps it to promote the connectivity services of Japan‘s leading Internet-access and comprehensive Internet solution provider for regional broadband network operators.

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    CDN Japan commences broadband content distribution

    Nov 17, 2001

    CDN Japan has started distributing 100-150 broadband content programs to a quarter of a million home users in Japan f

  • Karlovy Vary

    Dubai video bags award at Karlovy Vary

    Nov 17, 2001

    A Dubai government produced video has bagged the best video award at the 34th International Film Festival and 3rd Tou

  • Nickelodeon sets interaction in action

    Submitted by ITV Production on Nov 17, 2001
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    The NDS developed set top boxes used by Nickelodeon fetched the channel an impressive 293,000 interactive votes in London during Watch Your Own Week earlier this week.

    This was the channel‘s first use of interactive TV applications and helped in rake in votes at the rate of 1.4 per second. An official release said that Nickelodeon was expecting a total of 100,000 votes during the whole week using the interactive TV application. The magic figure was, however, achieved within days of voting.

    During Watch Your Own Week, kids could vote every half-hour between 8.00 am and 8.00 PM for the shows they wanted to see on screen in the next half-hour slot. A total of 578,000 votes were received through interactive TV, SMS and phone calls during the seven days (iTV - 293,000; 58,000 - SMS, 180,648 - telephone) by Nickelodeon, which is the highest number of votes ever cast during a Watch Your Own Week on the channel.

    NDS officials said this is the first time such measurable results have been available to prove the success and viability of interactive applications.

     

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