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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: The Espial Group
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 November 2004
Browser set for Belgian IPTV trials
Espial Escape is to be deployed by Belgacom, Belgium's leading telecommunications company, to provide HTML rendering capabilities to deliver Wall-Garden and web content for its IPTV set-top boxes.
Espial Escape is to be deployed by Belgacom, Belgium's leading telecommunications company, to provide HTML rendering capabilities to deliver Wall-Garden and web content for its IPTV set-top boxes Services that will be accessible with the Escape browser include media-on-demand, local news-weather-sports, chat, e-shopping and the ability to surf web content and manage e-mail
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Espial Escape's pre-integrated and customisable user interface allowed Belgacom to get to market quickly", says Dr Neale Foster, Director of Marketing, TV.
"Our market approach of rich functionality, standards compliance and built for TV feature set allows set-top box manufacturers and triple play telcos to deploy with confidence".
"Users can expect intuitive interfaces that make access to media services, web browsing, e-mail and chat services quick and simple for every level of user".
The modular architecture of Espial Escape future-proofs the Belgacom offering, ensuring that the carrier can introduce new services or applications as the need arises.
The graphical user interface is easily customisable using traditional mark up languages and allows Belgacom to up-sell or cross-sell new services.
Easily integrated with any middleware or VOD supplier, Espial software can scale to meet the requirements of low-end to high-end set-top boxes.
Beginning in November, the Belgacom IPTV project will be tested by one thousand families around Ghent, Brussels and Liege.
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