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SeaMobile Selects ADB to Supply IPTV Set-Top Boxes for the Launch of
its New Digital, Interactive Video Service for the At-Sea
Entertainment Industry
Other Topics:
Intelligent Video Transport, IPTV
VoD Services
Advanced Digital Broadcast
March 11, 2008
Geneva, Switzerland & Chicago, IL -- Advanced Digital Broadcast, a
leading supplier of digital TV systems and software solutions for
interactive television, announced today that it has been selected to
supply IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) to SeaMobile (www.seamobile.com), a
dominant player and supplier to the at-sea/remote location
communications and entertainment services industry. ADB’s advanced
WAV-2500W units, based on the latest advanced video coding (AVC)
technology, are enabling SeaMobile to deploy interactive, digital
video services on their client’s cruise ships – the new services
will allow guests to access a wealth of video and interactive
entertainment services including IPTV and Video on Demand (VoD).
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The contract marks another
achievement in ADB’s progress in the IPTV market in North America,
where it has already supplied IPTV products to over 90 independent
operating companies (IOCs). It also marks the company’s first
incursion into the at-sea marketplace. “We are delighted to secure
this new contract with SeaMobile”, commented Jim Lomax, Vice
President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing from ADB. “It is the first
time that ADB has been involved in supplying an off-land application
in the entertainment and services industry. We believe that our
set-top boxes will enable SeaMobile to provide its customers with
market-leading and state-of-the-art digital entertainment”.
ADB’s WAV-2500W STB is an advanced IPTV STB enabling services to be
distributed from a central head-end to individual guest rooms cost
effectively, and will serve both European and American applications.
The new service will provide a combination of live video received
on-board by satellite signal, stored content and VoD distributed
over Ethernet. SeaMobile provides VSAT satellite communication
systems and many services like the ability to use mobile phones,
personal computers, and receive daily newspapers while at sea. The
company is the leader in the maritime industry, serving cruise
lines, ferries, yachts, commercial ships, the offshore energy
industry and the government and military. SeaMobile has recently
added video services to their expanding portfolio of products for
cruise lines through a SeaMobile division, Wave Entertainment
Network.
“We are very happy to be working with ADB to deploy our new video
and entertainment services”, commented Larry Lemoine, President of
Wave Entertainment Network. “As the leader in the at-sea
communications industry, it was essential that we partnered with an
innovative and proven IPTV set-top box supplier. We feel that we
have found the right partner with the technical knowledge to
successfully launch and deploy our latest product for the cruise
line industry”.
Product deliveries have already commenced.
About SeaMobile Enterprises
SeaMobile Enterprises is the
dominant global service provider of at-sea communications,
connectivity and content services. Our VSAT solutions are delivered
by the industry leader, Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a
division of SeaMobile specializing in the maritime industry. Our
global VSAT satellite communications network offers the reliability
that only “Always On – Always Available” systems can provide. Over
350 vessels worldwide, including most cruise ships, the government
and military, private yachts, ferries, the offshore energy industry,
and commercial shipping customers depend on our voice and data
networks to keep people connected anywhere in the world. Our premier
services include remote access for Internet, fixed and mobile
phones, fax, television, on-board newspapers, and direct payroll
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