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Entone Hydra
IP Video Gateway Integrated with Minerva iTVManager and Latens
Conditional Access
Other Topics: IPTV Chinese
Service, IPTV Revenue
Entone, Inc.
February 5, 2007
San Mateo, CA -- Entone, Inc., a leading provider of IPTV customer
premise equipment (CPE), today announced that its award-winning
Hydra™ IP video gateway is integrated with Latens' conditional
access security system and Minerva's iTVManager™ middleware
platform. This collaborative effort will enable service operators a
more efficient and enhanced IPTV solution that can be quickly and
easily deployed.
Entone's Hydra IP video gateway enables service operators to
distribute video signals throughout the home using existing coax
cabling. Hydra dramatically improves the business case for IPTV
services by reducing the installation costs and eliminating the
complexities associated with IP video deployment. |
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"Entone's
traction is due not only to our field-proven platform but also from
our collaboration with best-of-breed partners such as Latens and
Minerva," said Ian Jefferson, Entone's VP of Business Development.
"Our tightly integrated IPTV solution will enable operators to go to
market faster while minimizing installation cost and complexities of
deploying IP video services. We are delighted to be working with
such world-class partners."
"Individually the economic advantages of Hydra and Latens' solutions
are highly attractive, combined we have a solution that will be
extremely compelling to the operators," said Dean Kashlan, Latens'
GM and VP of the Americas. "We are pleased to join forces with
Entone and Minerva and expect that this will further help
consolidate Latens' position as the most powerful, flexible and
cost-effective solution in the US marketplace for the secure
delivery of IP video."
"Coupled with our field-proven iTVManager middleware platform and
Latens' software-based conditional access, Entone's Hydra is the
ideal CPE for operators ready to deploy IPTV," said Matt Cuson,
Minerva's VP of Marketing.
About Entone's Hydra
Entone's award-winning Hydra™ is a multi-television IP video gateway
that has patent-pending technologies which enable it to support up
to three simultaneous television streams and broadband Internet
access over existing residential coax cabling. It significantly
reduces the costs of delivering IP television services to the home.
Whereas previous generations of IP set-top boxes required a separate
box for each television in the home, Hydra is a single gateway
device that can be shared by up to six televisions with any three of
them receiving independent, simultaneous video streams. Video
delivery within the home takes place over existing coax cabling,
therefore eliminating the need for extensive new Ethernet wiring
required by traditional IP set-top boxes.
Hydra's integrated HomePNA 3.0 interface allows for high-speed IP
service over existing in-home coax and phone lines. It also has
integrated Caller ID features and a built-in ATSC tuner for
receiving over-the-air broadcast. Hydra also offers full
interactivity and a modular personal video recorder (PVR) with up to
1 Terabyte of storage.
About Minerva's iTVManager
Minerva iTVManager provides the necessary tools to manage all key
aspects of an IPTV service. Operations ranging from channel and
media asset management to service packaging and pricing, as well as
subscriber and device management, are easily performed using
iTVManager. Providers that already have a business support system
(BSS) or operations support system (OSS) solution for back-office
service management can easily integrate Minerva iTVManager into
their platform by using a robust set of APIs. Minerva iTVManager
automates recurring processes like EPG generation, PPV scheduling
and billing and supports High Definition Television.
About Latens' Conditional Access Systems
Latens CA Systems are next generation, standards compliant
conditional access (CA) systems optimized for the IPTV, broadband
digital cable, one-way cable and satellite markets. Latens CAS is
differentiated by providing pure software solutions which replace
the proprietary smart cards or embedded set top solutions of
traditional CAS vendors with a downloadable CAS system using
innovative Secure Software Modules. This provides a more dynamic,
secure anti-piracy strategy at a much lower cost. Latens CA systems
are technically advanced solutions that are already deployed and
providing unsurpassed levels of security and flexibility while
maximizing the revenue earned and retained by the operator.
About Entone, Inc.
Entone is a leading provider of IPTV customer premise equipment
(CPE) solutions. Established in 1999 by the team that deployed the
world's first commercial IP telco video service, Entone's proven
technology enables service providers to reliably deliver integrated
video and broadband services using existing in-home cabling. Entone
has worked with a number of the world's leading video service
operators and is recognized for its practical focus on improving the
business case for video services by offering products that address
key CAPEX issues commonly associated with deploying IP video
services.
Entone is a privately held company with headquarters in California
and offices in Hong Kong. The company is backed by leading venture
capital firms and strategic investors such as Menlo Ventures,
Palomar Ventures, and Scale Venture Partners.
For more information about Entone Technologies, go to http://www.entone.com.
About Latens Systems
Latens is a privately held company based in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, founded by broadcast technology experts. Latens' sole
mission is to provide the industry's leading software-based Content
& Revenue Protection Systems for pay-TV and IPTV operators, as
software security replaces legacy Conditional Access (CA)
technology. Latens uses Secure Software Modules to maximize security
and minimize the risk of attack. Latens technology has the added
benefit that it is easily extended to provide security for the PVR
(Personal Video Recorder) and multiple set-top boxes homes. Latens
business benefits include lower implementation and running costs,
increased business flexibility and major cashflow advantages.
http://www.latens.com
About Minerva Networks, Inc.
Minerva Networks, Inc., is the leading provider of open-platform,
carrier-class solutions for the delivery of television services over
broadband IP networks. More than 85 broadband network operators
worldwide use Minerva's products and services to deliver
next-generation entertainment and communications applications.
Minerva Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, and on the
Internet at http://www.minervanetworks.com. |
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