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Networking Hardware
News Release from: Amino Communications
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 February 2004
Set-top boxes set to appear in hotel
rooms
Amino has partnered with NEC to target the hospitality entertainment business.
Amino has partnered with NEC to target the hospitality entertainment business Amino's contribution to the partnership will be its miniature STBs which enable the distribution of TV and video entertainment, as well as Internet access, to guest rooms via Internet-type networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Hotel and motel chains will benefit from cost savings, quality improvements and increased revenue opportunities.
Rollout of the first systems to UK hotel chains will start in Q1 2004.
Internet protocol-based TV, or IPTV, is developing rapidly as it enables video-on-demand (VoD) and interactive services to be delivered over broadband telephone networks.
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Integrated set-top box for networked multimedia
Amino Communications has developed what it claims to be the industry's smallest and most integrated set-top box in a move that marks a change in the company's business strategy and market focus.
Amino's AmiNET210H set-top box and middleware from YesTV will be used in NEC's new Talia system, which offers the hospitality industry cost effective, high quality digital in-room entertainment with far higher video quality than traditional analogue-based systems.
Guests will be able to watch digital-quality TV programmes and have access to a wider selection of movies than presently available.
They will also enjoy high-speed web-browsing, Internet access and the availability of hotel and local information.
Talia offers guests access to true, on-demand video and audio programming - enabling them to watch what they want, when they want to watch it.
The onboard digital TV decoder of the AmiNET210H provides access to quality broadcast digital television and radio channels.
Guests may also use their own laptops to connect to the Internet, or gain access through the TV.
A wide range of value-added in-room services, such as guest messaging, bill checking, room service and many others are also available.
Talia benefits the hotelier by making available new revenue streams, improving existing revenue and providing regular management information in a succinct form to enable them to be tracked.
The system is fully digital and can be managed, monitored and interrogated from a central control centre.
As a result, the cost of day-to-day system management, maintenance and content distribution is significantly reduced.
Basil Fisk, (Director of Systems) for Amino, commented: "We're delighted to be partnering with NEC on its new Talia system as we have always considered IPTV and our STBs to be ideal for the hospitality industry.
The concept offers so many advantages to the guests as well as greater revenue opportunities and cost savings for the hotel management".
"Talia uses the very latest network and video-on-demand technology to make a range of entertainment and communication services easily accessible and affordable for customers", says Jonathan Rigg, Business Manager, NEC UK Business Network Solutions.
"The result is a landmark service for the hotel sector and should state NEC's intention with entry into this market.
This service is seen by NEC as a natural step in integrating the major components of NEC 'core' competencies - computers and communications - with those of key partners such as Amino".
Amino's AmiNET210H is not much larger than a paperback book and is operated by the hotel guest using a remote control or keyboard.
It incorporates a digital TV Tuner enabling it to receive a wide range of terrestrial digital TV programmes while also providing a large selection of movies on demand.
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