IntAct and TI Collaborate
on IPTV Reference Design
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IntAct
July 18 , 2006
Cambridge, UK, -- IntAct, an Amino Technologies plc company, today
announced that it will produce a full reference design based on the
award-winning AmiNET124 IPTV set-top box (STB). The design will
incorporate Texas Instruments Incorporated’s (TI) TMS320DM642 720
MHz DSP-based digital media processor – one of the fastest
processors currently available – and will offer original equipment
manufacturer’s (OEMs) a reliable and proven technical blueprint. The
move to create a reference design from this successful STB
potentially opens the IPTV market to new OEM entrants, supporting
the IPTV industry’s growth and increasing the availability of
consumer premises equipment from different vendors. |
The reference design,
with TI’s processor, represents the collaboration of two of the
primary experts in their industry sectors. IntAct has more than one
hundred commercial deployments and is one of the most mature
software solutions available for IPTV. TI’s leadership is
long-standing and the company has an exemplary track record of
developing the most advanced and reliable semiconductor products for
streaming media applications.
“We believe that together, TI and IntAct will enable a smart
solution to address the needs of the emergent IPTV market.” said
Charlie Gonsalves, New Business Development Manager, TI. “The OEMs
ability to obtain a proven and dependable blueprint may boost this
growing market by providing a product that is cost effective and
scalable.”
The flexibility and high-performance of TI's DM642 processor coupled
with the IntAct software stack enables the same price/performance
advantage for H.264 that has been demonstrated with MPEG-2 in the
past. The reference design will also include IntAct’s highly
acclaimed H.264 video codec, which, designed in-house, is key to
enabling the TI DM642 processor-based STB design to achieve
industry-leading performance.
“As a member of the TI DSP Third Party Network, IntAct was able to
take full advantage of the DM642 processor to deliver this offering
that will transform the IP STB industry,” proclaimed Karthik Ranjan,
VP Sales & Marketing for IntAct. “Enabling licensees to walk the
design into any contract manufacturer in the world will result in
rapid and highly cost-effective market deployment of H.264
technology.”
IntAct facilitates outsourcing the costly software development
function, bringing a reduction in complexity and management and,
hence, operating expenditure. It also results in a reduction in time
to market; and a reduction in risk through use of an already
deployed and scalable product. With IntAct, operators can deliver
more video streams to more homes and maximize the return on their
IPTV investment.
TI's digital media processor supports MPEG-4, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1
formats. The device also processes standard definition (SD) video
decoding for the emerging H.264 format. The STB on which the design
is based has a similarly impressive story. Amino Communication’s
AmiNET124 has been the recipient of a number of industry awards
since its launch in June 2005. These awards include the Broadcast
Engineering Pick Hit Award for the best IP set-top box at IBC’05 for
its innovative design and advanced performance – features which have
already led to both customer interest and actual deployments, and
the NAB 2006 Award for Innovation in Media.
About IntAct
IntAct is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amino Technologies plc, and
was established as a spin-off company in early 2006. IntAct licenses
hardware designs and the IntAct™ IPTV software stack to operators,
OEMs and semiconductor manufacturers, enabling them to supply IPTV
set-top boxes and gateways for large scale deployments.
IntAct is one of the most widely deployed client software and
management solutions for IPTV present in over 50 countries
worldwide, with approximately 700,000 IntAct-enabled set-top boxes
used by more than 500 companies in commercial deployments and
trials.
For more information about IntAct visit www.intactos.com
About IntAct’s software stack
- Highly portable and can run
across multiple STBs based on different CPU architectures
(PowerPC, MIPS, ARM, x86, SHx, etc.)
- Supplied with the ability to
remotely manage & control a variety of IP STBs on the network
regardless of manufacturer.
- Flexible and allows operators to
use either off the shelf User Interface Applications or develop
their own UI through a variety of SDKs.
About the Texas Instruments DSP
Third Party Network
IntAct is a member of the TI DSP Third Party Network, a worldwide
organization of independent companies that offer products and
services supporting TI DSPs. As solution facilitators, TI third
parties provide expertise across a variety of applications including
audio, broadband, control, military, networking, optical networking,
security, telecom, video and imaging, voice processing and wireless
communications. Third party products and services include a broad
range of application software, development hardware and software,
and consulting services that help customers increase development
efforts and accelerate time-to-market. For more information about
the TI DSP Third Party Network, please visit http://www.ti.com/3p.
Contact details:
Joanne Martin-Loat,
IntAct Software Ltd
+44 (0) 1954 234 177
jmartin-loat@intactos.com
Al Haun
Precision Communications
Ofc: 508-876-9400, Mob: 508-212-2442 |
