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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: ANT
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 April 2006
Framework found in IPTV box
Wegener Corporation has integrated ANT's next generation TV browser and client framework in its IPTV set top box.
Wegener Corporation has integrated ANT's next generation TV browser and client framework in its IPTV set top box ANT recently launched the Galio Client, the world's first TV Application manager to support TV on demand, video on demand, digital video recorder and EPG services in addition to walled-garden web applications and general Internet support
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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With Galio, clients can fully customise the presentation of services and provide consistency across multiple consumer devices.
The Galio architecture will provide programmers extensive opportunities for cross-platform branding based UI advertising.
"ANT values Wegener's ability to provide MPEG-4 IPTV single chip set-top boxes and work with us to complete this rapid integration project", stated Stephen Reeder, Head of Product Strategy for ANT.
"We look forward to building on this technology partnership".
Launching video services to high-speed Internet customers is part of a "triple play" strategy for telephone companies to increase service offerings to subscribers.
The highly rated SMD-515 IPTV set top from Wegener supports MPEG-4/h.264 and MPEG-2 decoding.
The IP set top fully supports both SD and HD video, optional PVR and rapid integration of third-party applications.
MPEG-4/h264 is an advanced video compression scheme seen as a key enabler to drive large scale deployments of video services, such as multi-channel broadcasts, video-on-demand and HD programming.
"This project shows the strength of our open architecture platform", stated Ned Mountain, President of Wegener.
"We are delighted that ANT trusted Wegener with this important IPTV set top integration of Galio".
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