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News Release from: Cabot Communications | Subject: Aurora
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 September 2005
User interface options aid DTV
customisation
Cabot Communications has introduced new user interface (UI) designs into Aurora, its pan-European DVB middleware stack for free-to-air digital terrestrial and satellite receivers.
Cabot Communications has introduced new user interface (UI) designs into Aurora, its pan-European DVB middleware stack for free-to-air digital terrestrial and satellite receivers Developed by interactive solutions design house Instrata, the new UI graphics will enable manufacturers to build set top boxes with visually appealing on-screen displays that can be easily customised to reflect brand identity
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cabot and Instrata are also working in partnership to develop customisable UI designs for digital video recorders (DVRs), which will be incorporated into Aurora Solutions, Cabot's optimised, flexible DVB middleware stack for combination digital TV devices.
This will enable manufacturers of DVRs to enable viewers to easily explore exciting features such as recording TV programmes from the electronic programme guide and pausing and rewinding live TV.
"UIs are becoming an important feature of digital TV devices, as viewers spend more time interacting with the on-screen display to make best use of viewing and recording features", said Giri Valliappan, Technical Marketing Manager at Cabot Communications.
"The new UIs will integrate fully into our Aurora Solutions portfolio of digital TV middleware so set top box and DVR manufacturers can benefit from optimised, flexible DVB software offering intuitive UIs that are easy to customise to reflect a brand identity".
Rachel Jones, Director at Instrata added: "Set top boxes and TVs are often situated in a central place in people's homes and watched for many hours of the day".
"It is critical to ensure that the interfaces to these devices are clearly laid out and easy to read, as well as pleasing to look at".
"Working with Cabot, we've put together some visually appealing new interface designs that afford this important role and complement the aesthetics of their setting".
Manufacturers using Aurora to build digital TV devices can use Cabot's Observatory PC Development Studio to customise and test the UIs quickly and easily in a PC-based Windows implementation of the Aurora stack.
Cabot is currently showcasing a range of set top boxes and DVRs built on the Aurora stack and using the latest UI designs at IBC 2005, on Stand 1.130.
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